Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @Reapersinbound
    @Reapersinbound 5 лет назад +1648

    Nik is a really nice guy in person aswell. I do security at Lets Rock 80's festival that travels around the uk and I talk to him every time. One thing is for sure. He always remembers a face. First time I met him was last year at Lets Rock Sunderland. A year later he remembered who I was.

    • @roseault6335
      @roseault6335 4 года назад +73

      That's really nice to know :)

    • @chaoticlove7988
      @chaoticlove7988 4 года назад +94

      That's really cool, good to see artists who are grounded and don't have an ego.

    • @Mymindseye8
      @Mymindseye8 4 года назад +37

      If you ever see him again please tell him the starseeds and light workers send love and light ❤️❤️🙏🙏🌎🌎🕯️🕯️

    • @Unknown-gf6mk
      @Unknown-gf6mk 4 года назад +11

      I snogged him sometime in the early eighties 💋

    • @ianofliverpool7701
      @ianofliverpool7701 4 года назад +9

      He doesn`t get out that much lol

  • @Paris__
    @Paris__ 2 года назад +1018

    You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!

    • @CaritoWest
      @CaritoWest 2 года назад +35

      Me neither! I have been one of the lucky ones, just like you! Oh, the '80s!

    • @Paris__
      @Paris__ 2 года назад +9

      @@CaritoWest Right up there👍

    • @Paris__
      @Paris__ 2 года назад +11

      @Jenna Same here sister. The benefit we have is that we can rewind time and listen to these songs again, and suddenly we are transported back to that time again

    • @Paris__
      @Paris__ 2 года назад +16

      @Jenna Yes, that's true Jenna. These are surreal times. You know, I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them 😉

    • @Paris__
      @Paris__ 2 года назад +3

      @Jenna ❤️

  • @fodsaks
    @fodsaks 4 года назад +638

    In the 80's we took music of this quality for granted... We had no idea the chart was full of absolute gems.

    • @chaoticlove7988
      @chaoticlove7988 4 года назад +2

      fodsaks and such great songwriting 🔥

    • @manweller1
      @manweller1 3 года назад +4

      True

    • @brandonwoo8299
      @brandonwoo8299 3 года назад +9

      I think this kind of music was ignore on that period because its sound way ahead of that time.

    • @HeartFeltGesture
      @HeartFeltGesture 3 года назад +10

      @@brandonwoo8299 I was only 10 but I loved it, I didn't ignore it, I danced to it, it made me happy.
      Older people ignored it, thinking its just noisy shit compared to what they grow up with, and they are depressed from life experience crushing their spirit.

    • @davidgeisler9885
      @davidgeisler9885 3 года назад +7

      @@brandonwoo8299 it was a big hit at the time

  • @Nottodaysatan71
    @Nottodaysatan71 8 месяцев назад +14

    When i'm in a deep dark place this song is fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @davidrider2264
    @davidrider2264 Год назад +335

    Craft, melody, lyrics. THIS is why the 80s were so great, and this song is a perfect example.

    • @richardoakley8800
      @richardoakley8800 Год назад +10

      In the 80 's they wrote songs you could join in ..and were goood

    • @piaconis69
      @piaconis69 Год назад +4

      Absolutely

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 10 месяцев назад +2

      Playlist with best-selling singles of the 80s in the UK: ruclips.net/p/PL6oCQqv2KW6XIEHtzEroDJt2a1vFwmyLW

  • @chrismr368
    @chrismr368 3 года назад +221

    Three decades ago, walking out of school one evening with this on my mind, the sun on my face and wondering where I fit in. Thirty five years later, I'm not sure I've found out yet but this song is still here and the sun is still on my face.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 3 года назад +16

      Best comment I have seen today, thank you. I was falling asleep when I saw it too but it woke me up! I am 50 and feel the same. I have been listening to Nik Kershaw since 1984 when I bought the album ( it is still fantastic) and I feel the same much of the time when I hear the music as I did then. The follow up album was superb too.

    • @simonreeves3229
      @simonreeves3229 Год назад +10

      nice comment 👌✅

    • @davidkelly1414
      @davidkelly1414 Год назад +2

      ​@@eightiesmusic1984 I never really paid much attention to Nik during his heyday. When the lady cooks at my Scripture Union camp kept playing his songs I became well and truly hooked. Similar story with Gilbert O'Sullivan in the 70's.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 Год назад +2

      @@davidkelly1414 Glad you have enjoyed his music through the years. I saw him live in Liverpool in 2011 at a small venue. His vocals and guitar playing were just as good as in his prime in the eighties. I could not help think of the contrast between a small crowd and his performance at the legendary Live Aid on another day now far away in July 1985. The cooks had good taste in music!

    • @StingRayRobertson
      @StingRayRobertson Год назад +1

      Beautiful 🤍🐦 When you were thinking that, I wasn't even alive. 🥲

  • @nataliemolyneux8951
    @nataliemolyneux8951 10 месяцев назад +130

    This song hits hard for me. After I lost my husband to cancer in 2021, the lyrics described how I felt at the time. I literally didn't want to be here no more. Only for our son, did I keep going. This song still gets me choked up though when I listen to it. Such a deep and fantastic song xx

    • @pedropolanco9042
      @pedropolanco9042 10 месяцев назад +5

      Me: Hi there! My deep respects! I don't know such deaĺ of pain; though, these days vary so much from those 80's driven tunes, concepts, lyrics, melodies and more... that you get into outsided mode n' else. Please, is OK... You're not alone. Nice reading on ya...!

    • @pistonslapuk
      @pistonslapuk 5 месяцев назад +4

      Stay strong. He’s still with you in spirit and you’ll be back together one day x

    • @mary-kittybonkers2374
      @mary-kittybonkers2374 5 месяцев назад +3

      I’m so sorry for the loss of your husband. I understand why this song affects you, I was going through a particularly painful time in my life when it was in the charts. His lyrics really reflect turmoil, confusion, sorrow and questioning that many of us feel. I also lost my husband when we were 35 years old over 20 years ago, I didn’t want to be there as well, the pain was too great. When I listen to songs now, although I feel sadness, I also remember the love, joy, fun and togetherness we had. Again I’m so sorry . He’ll always be with you in your heart, regards, Mary x.

    • @xristospallas4477
      @xristospallas4477 4 месяца назад

      The best

    • @pearljam619
      @pearljam619 4 месяца назад +4

      Thoughts and Prayers with you.

  • @BruceLee-zd9bw
    @BruceLee-zd9bw 5 лет назад +641

    Nik Kershaw is without doubt one of the most underrated solo artists of the 80's.
    Not only is he a brilliant guitarist, his lyrics and song writing ability is second to none.
    Its desperate when you listen to the total crap that's hitting the charts now compared to stuff like this song.
    A reminder of just how great the 80's really was. The best era for music in my opinion by far..... 👍😎

    • @ry4bfggfd
      @ry4bfggfd 4 года назад +25

      Music today just absolutely sucks. Todays music + coronavirus = hell

    • @kolasillers7776
      @kolasillers7776 4 года назад +8

      Are you real Bruce Lee?

    • @findadmagusfindadmagus7864
      @findadmagusfindadmagus7864 4 года назад +4

      He’s the real Bruce lee!!

    • @brandonwoo8299
      @brandonwoo8299 3 года назад +6

      He is underated that period because of his song way ahead of time.

    • @terenia27shandy95
      @terenia27shandy95 3 года назад +2

      I know the song but never heard of him

  • @declankane7131
    @declankane7131 7 лет назад +204

    I met Nik on Saturday after a concert in the TLT theatre in Drogheda , Ireland . Spoke for a few minutes . What a lovely lovely man . A true icon

    • @pyt7778
      @pyt7778 5 лет назад +16

      That's so cool, I met him in the 90s in Mark King (level42) dressing room, I agree, top bloke! I blurted out 'I loved you when I was at school' for some reason they had a good laugh over that, but Nik hadn't been around since I was at school(left in 86) so I just meant that. So cool so many80s bands are doing the rounds, I can pretend I'm a teenager again xx

    • @seamusnolan4083
      @seamusnolan4083 5 лет назад

      Big into trad especially The bothy band

    • @hsvforever1887
      @hsvforever1887 5 лет назад +2

      Fake. We didn´t speak.

    • @cheesy-p1j
      @cheesy-p1j 4 года назад

      I remember him as a bit tiny and always with those suspenders :-)

    • @Siasmummy
      @Siasmummy 4 года назад +2

      He was an old neighbour of mine, We was really good friends with him and Sherrie, I am still in touch with his first wife Sherrie, he even used to read bed time stories to my son

  • @BurningCarPL
    @BurningCarPL 4 года назад +683

    This track is
    timeless. It still sound so fresh.

    • @leerobinson6017
      @leerobinson6017 2 года назад +7

      I was an apprentice in 84,for £2 ,3 pints of bitter,game of pool,a packet of cheese and onion crisps.£37.50 a week ,£10 board,saved for my moped ,fs1e.Glory days!!

    • @venomousbluefrog
      @venomousbluefrog 2 года назад +9

      And at the same time it sounds so 80s.

    • @walterweiss7124
      @walterweiss7124 Год назад +3

      MacGyver haircut as well

    • @ssesf
      @ssesf Год назад

      sounds

    • @fidelcatsro6948
      @fidelcatsro6948 Год назад +2

      2023🐱👍🏿

  • @fernandopinto7970
    @fernandopinto7970 6 месяцев назад +191

    This is a masterpiece from the 80's

    • @fabriziovacca3391
      @fabriziovacca3391 2 месяца назад +1

      Non soltanto degli anni 80 ma del ‘900

    • @antonioquepasa3474
      @antonioquepasa3474 Месяц назад +1

      Da igual cuantos temas haya grabado en CD con mi ordenador, esta canción siempre aparece en todos los CD's. Es como un jodido virus que tengo dentro desde 1985 cuando la escuchê por primera vez. Pero es una buenisima canción, no creen?? Saludos desde Madrid

  • @carlottamatuschanskayasky2839
    @carlottamatuschanskayasky2839 2 года назад +648

    One of the most beautiful pop songs ever.

  • @rubytuesday1345
    @rubytuesday1345 6 лет назад +50

    Nik Kershaw. One of the best singer/songwriters the UK ever produced.

  • @floriankohler494
    @floriankohler494 6 лет назад +149

    The Most underrated songwriter in history. What a Genius! !!!

    • @onesong2001
      @onesong2001 4 года назад +7

      You've never heard of the most underrated songwriter in history. Nobody has.

    • @siemniak
      @siemniak 4 года назад +7

      I i thought that he was very popular in the 80's ?

  • @MILUNGAO
    @MILUNGAO Год назад +80

    80's MUSIC NEVER DIES !

  • @antoinesubitlescoups338
    @antoinesubitlescoups338 Год назад +303

    Folks don't be sad that the 80s are gone. Be glad that they existed and we experienced them in our bones and soul ❤

    • @barbarasmith3881
      @barbarasmith3881 Год назад +3

      Makes me feel young again, the thrill of it all x UK den

    • @pocho-mkin
      @pocho-mkin 11 месяцев назад +4

      同感です♪

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 10 месяцев назад +2

      Playlist with best-selling singles of the 80s in the UK: ruclips.net/p/PL6oCQqv2KW6XIEHtzEroDJt2a1vFwmyLW

    • @roydavis5613
      @roydavis5613 7 месяцев назад +4

      1983 was the best year of my life. Dire Straits Alchemy tour, An Officer and a Gentleman, my time living in Norway. Unforgettable!

    • @robryan2875
      @robryan2875 6 месяцев назад

      Be glad it's still in you, jeeze! Why so serious😂❤

  • @andreylonergan8265
    @andreylonergan8265 Год назад +65

    Probably the best song I know about lack of empathy. Masterpiece

    • @yannickcdr
      @yannickcdr 6 месяцев назад +1

      ABSOLUTLY

    • @gontierfrancois8115
      @gontierfrancois8115 6 месяцев назад

      I don't understand any english. What a pity

    • @deborahmaxfield5102
      @deborahmaxfield5102 Месяц назад +1

      Yes. Absolutely. It is how I feel about the vile bullies in my life. I am crippled with spinal stenosis yet I get treated like dirt.

  • @kjracing007
    @kjracing007 2 года назад +167

    This was truly one of my favorite songs in the 80s. How good it was and still is!!!

  • @dre5736
    @dre5736 6 месяцев назад +216

    They dont make music like this nowadays💯

    • @parisgyre7469
      @parisgyre7469 3 месяца назад

      It's about shaggin' that's why...this stuff was the other romance Picasso

    • @JayKhwaja
      @JayKhwaja 2 месяца назад +1

      It Hurts 😢

    • @DanWright-v2j
      @DanWright-v2j Месяц назад +1

      What are you trying to say? Is cardi b or Megan the donkey not good?? 😢

  • @grahampatersongrahampaters1755
    @grahampatersongrahampaters1755 Год назад +24

    One of the greatest songs of the 1980's. This song brings back so many great memories of 1984.. Great friends, music and life in general.I would love to go back to my teenage years in that decade. Things were not perfect , but so much better than now. Nik Kershaw , you are brilliant.

  • @sinisapetrovic4707
    @sinisapetrovic4707 2 года назад +134

    What a brilliant song. What a great decade.

  • @michelleprie2854
    @michelleprie2854 5 лет назад +1259

    Wouldn't it be good, if they still could make music like this?!? 👍❤👍

    • @albertosuarez2844
      @albertosuarez2844 4 года назад +2

      Oh, yeah, i love you, my melody, i'm listenin' to themme in june 13 in 2020, my lady. Very good, the 80's songs are specials. suarezalberto575@gmail.com 13-6-2020 12:02 Generation 2020.

    • @frederickleivaoyarce7916
      @frederickleivaoyarce7916 4 года назад +5

      Beautiful you and MUSIC, congratulations to Curicó Chile 😏🍸🍸😍

    • @michelleprie2854
      @michelleprie2854 4 года назад +7

      Thank you so much, dear guys... 😊 a BIG HUG for you, from Austria/Europe!!! 🌈🌻🌈

    • @shane-irish
      @shane-irish 4 года назад +1

      Wouldn't it

    • @guleiro
      @guleiro 3 года назад +5

      It would be fantastic...😆

  • @vincepham2997
    @vincepham2997 8 лет назад +914

    This decade was full of epic melodies. Bring back the 80s!!!!

    • @MsMimilala
      @MsMimilala 7 лет назад +21

      Bavinh Pham ....I totally agree with you its hard to pick a bad 80's tune tbh... 😊

    • @heidithechubbybunny8949
      @heidithechubbybunny8949 7 лет назад +23

      Bavinh Pham I was born in 1988 and I totally agree

    • @fryim
      @fryim 6 лет назад +3

      Bavinh Pham, pity it’s gone...

    • @argsgsgsgnngndg9894
      @argsgsgsgnngndg9894 6 лет назад +2

      look up the NewSynthWave channel here on youtube
      thank me later

    • @TyTye
      @TyTye 6 лет назад +7

      It will be the 80s in 62 years

  • @sirblaze3002
    @sirblaze3002 Год назад +27

    Nik Kershaw is a musical genius, I was 11 when I first heard your music and it definitely made an imprint on my musical taste, but being young at the time I never really understood what the song was about. Fast forward today and the song resonates with so much more clarity and meaning. This song is a timely reminder that you never no what people are going through in life and to be grateful for the good things we are blessed with. Thank you Sir for creating masterful works of musical art.

  • @sandrospidey683
    @sandrospidey683 9 лет назад +272

    This is PURE 80's LOVE!!!

  • @X_Kuromi_X23
    @X_Kuromi_X23 Год назад +281

    The lyrics hits deep, especially when feeling at your lowest.

    • @GeigermSv
      @GeigermSv Год назад +24

      This is something I like a lot with 80's new wave and pop songs : behind the out-of-this-world instrumentals and flashy trends or weird clips, you can notice a very down-to-earth melancholy and existential angst which countered the superficiality this era wanted to drown people into in the West.

    • @mariab.4448
      @mariab.4448 Год назад +4

      @@GeigermSv so true!

    • @nadegelouiseo5428
      @nadegelouiseo5428 11 месяцев назад +1

      ouii@@GeigermSv

    • @terriegym
      @terriegym 7 месяцев назад +3

      Spent my 14th & 15th years, feeling exactly what this song says.

    • @liam3284
      @liam3284 7 месяцев назад

      New Wave wss far more resistance than most reslised at the time. But as Chris Rea sang, we were on the road to Hell.

  • @jarikasari8694
    @jarikasari8694 3 года назад +92

    One of the best choruses ever made.

    • @monkem
      @monkem 11 месяцев назад +3

      tho the verses are fire

  • @taotoo2
    @taotoo2 Год назад +19

    The way the solo hits when you're expecting a regular chorus is terrific

  • @desjohn4268
    @desjohn4268 2 года назад +115

    As a child of 82.... these kinds of music from this decade will never be matched 👍💪🇦🇺

    • @klaumkl5373
      @klaumkl5373 9 месяцев назад +1

      I’m a 90’s kid and i love the Down Low rmx version to

    • @oatmilkandtea
      @oatmilkandtea 6 месяцев назад

      Good singer yes

  • @DrumsTheWord
    @DrumsTheWord 5 лет назад +455

    Still sounds amazing. Still sends shivers down my spine. We need more original melodies like this on the radio. Happy 2019, everyone!

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 5 лет назад +1

      Too right!

    • @carlitobrigante6304
      @carlitobrigante6304 5 лет назад +1

      Lot of hate for this video 😭

    • @charlesparker2206
      @charlesparker2206 5 лет назад +2

      "Wouldn't it be good, if we could live without a care"? Yep, it would be GREAT! So just keep listening to 80's music :)

    • @imho4990
      @imho4990 5 лет назад

      Now music industry is occupied by black DJ's and shit.

    • @pmacc3557
      @pmacc3557 5 лет назад

      @Evil Doctor PorkChop MAGA 2020😉

  • @Atif_Ph.D._Kate_Bush_Fan_Club
    @Atif_Ph.D._Kate_Bush_Fan_Club 6 лет назад +56

    God bless you Nik Kershaw. What a great song. I miss the ‘80’s so much.

  • @NattyWalsh-gj6gv
    @NattyWalsh-gj6gv Год назад +40

    I was born in 94 and I grew up with all the 80s music I thank my mum and nan for that lol gotta love 80s music

  • @paulbessant8182
    @paulbessant8182 4 года назад +1823

    The 80s was such a fantastic decade to live through musically

    • @franceleeparis37
      @franceleeparis37 4 года назад +37

      paul bessant ... lets faces it, so was the 70’s and the 60’s and the 90’s.... just be thankful we have lived through the most glorious period of music in our lives...

    • @chaoticlove7988
      @chaoticlove7988 4 года назад +35

      I wish I had been a teenager then, everything seemed more real then including the people 🤙🔥

    • @ilbeda
      @ilbeda 4 года назад +19

      the best one. Then the worst of the hits was 100 times better than anything today!

    • @stevem2323
      @stevem2323 4 года назад +8

      @@franceleeparis37 Yeah but there is something quite special about the 80's.

    • @benegasi
      @benegasi 4 года назад +3

      The music was nice,but to soft....90´s rulezzzz

  • @adamcomedy2
    @adamcomedy2 8 лет назад +103

    Nick Kershaw is a highly intelligent artist. His music videos are very enlightening and i believe they are designed to really make us think about life and what's going on in the world we live in.

  • @tammys701
    @tammys701 3 года назад +52

    I was 12 when this came out, just about to hit my teens! Nik was the hottest thing back then! Still is now! There was no internet back then just tape decks, countdown, and MTV!! I'd stay up late just to watch the top 10 and get a glimpse of Nik! I was crazy about him!! I'd write every lyric down on paper and practice every word! I still know every song he wrote!! Best days !! 💕😄🙏

    • @raishriebinda4443
      @raishriebinda4443 3 года назад +4

      Hahaha and I was 3 years old or almost 3 years old. 😉. I love this song I just keep listening to it.

  • @Schnipp08
    @Schnipp08 Год назад +115

    Let's be honest, this song is a classic! Even in the year 2100 people will listen to this masterpiece.

  • @hyperdrive608
    @hyperdrive608 8 лет назад +41

    Saw him perform this at Chilfest last week - sounds as good now as it did in the 80's. He is still a great singer and performer - thumbs up Nik!

  • @ese30
    @ese30 3 месяца назад +20

    Impresionante, tengo 58 años y es un orgullo haber sido testigo de esta época dorada de la música.

    • @trance_trousers
      @trance_trousers 2 месяца назад

      I'm the same age as you and feel exactly the same way!

    • @tarifastylin
      @tarifastylin Месяц назад

      Yo tengo 57, disfruté mucho los 80 porque era joven, pero sigo disfrutando cada decada, de hecho sigo trabajando de DJ y disfrutando mucho. La vida sigue ❤

  • @onceuponatime6761
    @onceuponatime6761 2 года назад +16

    This was the "light" music of the 80s ... to the face .... Thanks Nik ... One of the most beautiful hits of the period ... and then the solo with electronic horns and triplets .... ... when even the pop music was of quality and full of ideas and good taste ....... what good times ....

  • @gav240z
    @gav240z 8 лет назад +138

    back in 2010 I backpacked through Syria before it all went to shit. I had this song on my iPod and listened to it over and over and over. Now years later it will always remind me of that incredible time.

    • @Andyatallah
      @Andyatallah 6 лет назад +4

      Indeed I am from Syria, this song matches Syria colors in the night and countries that belongs back to the Soviet union. Armenia, Georgia,,,,,

  • @lushikatakanbaru2508
    @lushikatakanbaru2508 9 лет назад +221

    Nik Kershaw understands our problems.

  • @Richard-fv7rq
    @Richard-fv7rq 3 года назад +36

    This is so 80's - the music, hair, clothes, atmosphere. Great music decade to grow up in, continuous stream of brilliant hits.

  • @andrewdobson7403
    @andrewdobson7403 9 месяцев назад +9

    I was 21 in 1984, this is one of the greats...timeless!!!

  • @scottlloydamey6154
    @scottlloydamey6154 4 года назад +29

    The Chord Progression is unlike any other Pop track ever.... Genius writing and, that instrumental melody is almost hypnotic... My youth in a few minutes 💙

    • @studonaldson1497
      @studonaldson1497 2 года назад

      Thanks Scott. Couldn’t agree more and without descending into muso pomposity Nik was a bloke who was musically accomplished, technically adept and brave in his song structures, qualities so often missing in much of ‘pop’ music especially today. Nothing derivative or formulaic about this either. First time I’ve listened in years and still ‘fresh as a daisy’ as they say or said. Great video too, Stu X

    • @nikedecke766
      @nikedecke766 2 года назад

      I agree. The intro does it for me. So good😍

  • @Imnottrainedforthis
    @Imnottrainedforthis 5 лет назад +66

    I just love his enunciation and breathing technique. There's no slurring, no audible breathing or even gasping. He hits every note and syllable with precision.
    Given that it's "just" pop, and not something like opera, I feel like people often underestimate singers like him, no matter the commercial success. As if it were mostly just that they were born with this kind of voice. Still you need to practice just as much as someone who wants to master a musical instrument.

    • @notjustforme
      @notjustforme 3 года назад +7

      As someone who has butchered this song a trillion times in Karaoke-bars, I can only agree with your statement.
      The way he sings is actually what's gotten me hooked to the artist. It's not often that I can fully understand a songs lyrics the first time around. But it doesn't sound overly deliberate, it doesn't feel technical. Just his unique style.
      Love it.

    • @drawntofashionillustration9596
      @drawntofashionillustration9596 2 года назад

      Got ya , sis. Most artist today slur, drag the notes, breathy voices. This almost borders on rap in its rhythm. Hypnotic.

  • @cecilienilsen3722
    @cecilienilsen3722 4 года назад +206

    I got it bad
    You don't know how bad I got it
    You got it easy
    You don't know when you've got it good
    It's getting harder
    Just keeping life and soul together
    I'm sick of fighting
    Even though I know I should
    The cold is biting
    Through each and every nerve and fibre
    My broken spirit is frozen to the core
    I don't want to be here no more
    Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
    Even if it was for just one day?
    Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away?
    Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?
    The grass is always greener over there
    Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?
    You must be joking
    You don't know a thing about it
    You've got no problem
    I'd stay right there if I were you
    I got it harder
    You couldn't dream how hard I got it
    Stay out of my shoes
    If you know what's good for you
    The heat is stifling
    Burning me up from the inside
    The sweat is coming through each and every pore
    I don't want to be here no more
    I don't want to be here no more
    I don't want to be here no more
    Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
    Even if it was for just one day?
    Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away?
    Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?
    The grass is always greener over there
    Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?
    I got it bad
    You don't know how bad I got it
    You got it easy
    You don't know when you've got it good
    It's getting harder
    Just keeping life and soul together
    I'm sick of fighting
    Even though I know I should
    I don't want to be here no more
    I don't want to be here no more

  • @welshcauldron
    @welshcauldron 15 дней назад +3

    Loved nik kershaw. Still do. I waited 43 yrs to get to see him live, and to own my 1st ever Nik t shirt and beanie.. my partner bought tickets for my 50th to see him at Tramshed this past October in Cardiff

  • @667neighborofdabeast
    @667neighborofdabeast 7 лет назад +111

    I just love that lyric "I'm sick of fighting even though I know I should". This could not apply more to my life right now.

    • @RogueElephant101
      @RogueElephant101 6 лет назад +6

      hopefully since your comment a year has passed and your still fighting, there is loads of us out there trying to make sense of each day that passes..

    • @Colquhoun2676
      @Colquhoun2676 6 лет назад +8

      We all have a battle to fight sweetheart, don't ever be sick of fighting, the fact that your fighting says your strong, it's when you stop fighting it means you gave up, don't give up👊Take care 🙏x

    • @xeroker1985
      @xeroker1985 6 лет назад +1

      i feel the same, but that is when i got to remember, Jesus is fighting for me. It's not about my strength its abut His

    • @hollie6978
      @hollie6978 6 лет назад +3

      Always keep Fighting!! Your Stronger than you relise💪💜

    • @nicholassmith7984
      @nicholassmith7984 6 лет назад +2

      I know what you mean.

  • @graemebroderick1020
    @graemebroderick1020 2 года назад +46

    The best music came out of the 80's. Love it.

  • @jadegb5474
    @jadegb5474 2 года назад +61

    I am now 56 and every day I go back to the 80s.......a time when I was at comprehensive school, paper round, college, first car, first job, loads of mates, out down the pub every night, football, great music and fashion. Punks, skins and mods, nothing was false like today. I have had children and saw that none of them lived their teenage years like we did..........we were lucky.

    • @sergiogonzalesYT
      @sergiogonzalesYT 2 года назад +1

      True words, mate!

    • @magnusemeritus
      @magnusemeritus 2 года назад +2

      I barely lived in the eighties. I was an infant. And I also yearn for that time. Wouldn't it be good if I woke up in 1980?

    • @Quannluong1571
      @Quannluong1571 9 месяцев назад

      ❤❤❤

  • @susanmitchell4744
    @susanmitchell4744 Год назад +9

    In the early 80's I was working in the studio of a merchandise company in London and one of the t-shirt logos I was asked to design was Nick Kershaw. Wish I'd kept the t-shirt! Great days!

  • @neighbourhoodwitch18
    @neighbourhoodwitch18 4 года назад +11

    My friends and I ended up backstage with Nik and The Krew in 1984, Edinburgh Playhouse, courtesy of my artwork and a kind security guard - none of us have forgotten it and we’re all 50 this year. This song means so much to me!! ❤️❤️

  • @MrDESPREOCUPADO04
    @MrDESPREOCUPADO04 4 года назад +4628

    1980 people: The future will be awesome!
    2020 people: I want to go back to the 80s

    • @Dadounette29
      @Dadounette29 4 года назад +22

      A qui tu le dis !

    • @chaoticlove7988
      @chaoticlove7988 4 года назад +57

      Haha so true, the best tunes ! 😅

    • @neocortexlab
      @neocortexlab 4 года назад +21

      2021: coronaviruses silently fly here and there

    • @jamespeters2052
      @jamespeters2052 4 года назад +28

      Go on back to a time before laptops, iphones and Internet if you want to, you don't need to go back in time to achieve that

    • @jamespeters2052
      @jamespeters2052 4 года назад +13

      Wouldn't it be good if you lived to see the future they spoke about because it'll be well after our time

  • @cheesy-p1j
    @cheesy-p1j 4 года назад +48

    One of my absolute Top 10 Songs of the 80s. This never get old.

  • @semilife
    @semilife 2 года назад +36

    A real gem from my 80s youth. Wouldn't it be good to be back in the 80s.

  • @mochaman7472
    @mochaman7472 3 года назад +25

    Every single song my dad keeps listening over and over is a masterpiece. I don't like all of them immediately, but always end up loving them. This one I used to hate because he would blast it on the car EVERY.SINGLE.TIME ... but here I am... no one forced me to search this song... It's 4 AM and this song just seems PERFECT PS: I still live with him and as we grow older our music taste match more and more... and I am not complaining at all hehe

  • @davidthomas9190
    @davidthomas9190 8 лет назад +72

    best instrumental bit ever in the middle. epic !

    • @aaronclareyloveshr6918
      @aaronclareyloveshr6918 7 лет назад +6

      Hell Yeah!... Glad I'm not the only one who loves it and comments on it.

    • @younessmoussaid6904
      @younessmoussaid6904 7 лет назад

      David Thomas yeah of course. that was incredible and very nicely played 33 years ago :)

    • @loveconquersall143
      @loveconquersall143 5 лет назад

      Agreed! 🤩❤

    • @raisarosal1269
      @raisarosal1269 6 месяцев назад +1

      🤩🤩😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤

  • @thomasmalone8216
    @thomasmalone8216 Год назад +12

    The video and the song were ahead of their time. How can you forget this song.

  • @marklittlewood2919
    @marklittlewood2919 Год назад +3

    Nik Kershaw is a one off so talented and yet so humble ..I've read some comments from people who have met him and I can agree in full that he is a real gent ..a few years back I'd called at a venue to try and get Nik to sign me some vinyl (was late afternoon soundcheck time )I had missed him by about 5 mins ....someone must have told him since a short time after he came out looking for me and signed me the records ..we had a nice chat ..since that day I've met him on one further occasion and we had another great chat ....he has made some fantastic records and in my opinion his live aid performance on that unique day back in the summer of 85 was right up there with the best ....Nik you are a credit to music and it was a pleasure to meet you

  • @jamo5468
    @jamo5468 3 года назад +52

    This was my favourite song in 1984 at the age of 16 and still is today at 53!!

  • @NM-dx6zw
    @NM-dx6zw 3 года назад +144

    one of the greatest pop tracks ever done. impressed me when I was kid and does it again and again. especially the sax solo is brilliant

    • @mlh4711
      @mlh4711 2 года назад +1

      Sax? 🤣

    • @NM-dx6zw
      @NM-dx6zw 2 года назад

      @@mlh4711 sorry you are late

    • @ClaptrapRapture
      @ClaptrapRapture 2 года назад +6

      It was a guitar solo first, interestingly. The producer had the idea to double it with a horn section. Worked well.

    • @roberto2k1
      @roberto2k1 Год назад

      It's actually a horn section layered with an electric guitar

    • @williamkerr3350
      @williamkerr3350 Год назад +2

      Sax????Methinks guitar.

  • @StevenFordrockabillycat
    @StevenFordrockabillycat 8 лет назад +463

    Long live the 80s.Great song great era.

    • @chantellestevens2086
      @chantellestevens2086 7 лет назад +30

      Steven Ford ...The 80's were the best..👍

    • @carrhartt2424
      @carrhartt2424 7 лет назад +2

      80's movies man they rule too

    • @gayatriyardi2068
      @gayatriyardi2068 7 лет назад

      Chantelle Stevens this is one of the greatest songs of the centuries. i agree sure thing thank you very much.

    • @richardzylstra2744
      @richardzylstra2744 6 лет назад +4

      80s forever

    • @elim5310
      @elim5310 6 лет назад

      Steven Ford AMEN ! For ever 80's💕💕💕💕💕

  • @BeNice.22
    @BeNice.22 Год назад +8

    💛💛💛 Thank you Nik Kershaw so much, this is my Alltime-Favorite-Song since 1984 !! 💛💛💛

  • @cesardominguez
    @cesardominguez 7 лет назад +9

    Back to the 80's, BBC had this radio show on English lessons "Catch the Words", and when they featured this AMAZING song I always thought they were a duo singing to each other!

  • @kleelove5184
    @kleelove5184 7 лет назад +288

    The instrumental is epic

    • @212th
      @212th 5 лет назад +11

      You don’t get a lot of Instrumentals in modern music sadly

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 5 лет назад +1

      I'd be honored if some fans of 80s classics would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, PRAYING FOR TIME by George Michael, and EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor on my YT channel in tribute to the era of legendary power ballads. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks & peace.

    • @Kieran84ire
      @Kieran84ire 4 года назад +1

      it's fantastic, so enjoyable.

    • @bp6329
      @bp6329 4 года назад +1

      this was his best song in my opinion.

    • @leafl75
      @leafl75 3 года назад

      @@willritter4076 Me, i would like to hear your performances. I love the songs you mentioned and of course 80s power ballads.

  • @jamilaandersson7533
    @jamilaandersson7533 6 лет назад +164

    Amazing Beautiful Song From The Awesome Great 80's Era ♥

    • @jamsee1
      @jamsee1 5 лет назад +2

      Glad to make it 80 likes for your comment Jamila :)

    • @loveconquersall143
      @loveconquersall143 5 лет назад +1

      Yeahhhh babyyyy!
      Perfectly said & spot on 👍❤

  • @HenrysHowTos
    @HenrysHowTos 6 месяцев назад +41

    I’d give anything to travel back in time

    • @gontierfrancois8115
      @gontierfrancois8115 6 месяцев назад

      Best remembering of the eifhties, indeed

    • @johnnoonan5802
      @johnnoonan5802 5 месяцев назад +1

      im buying a ticket if wer going back get a gang together we go back for a bit ,, Wouldnt it Be good to live without a tear

    • @antoinettenovella1630
      @antoinettenovella1630 5 месяцев назад +1

      It would be awesome in some ways, not so great in others. Title is ironic.

    • @aunicornofthemultiverse
      @aunicornofthemultiverse Месяц назад +1

      Psst! Henry's! Wanna buy a used Delorean?

  • @MadMaxBLD
    @MadMaxBLD 3 года назад +45

    As a kid I was scared shitless when 3:08 came along, culminating in panic when the loud synth with the rising note appears before the solo. It actually still gives me chills although I relish it now. The whole song has this light-dark theme, where the verses are very eerie and unsettling (musically), which fits with the lyrics, but the chorus is so upbeat and hopeful. What a song

    • @jane1975
      @jane1975 2 года назад

      Nik Kershaw and his then first wife had a son with Downs Syndrome and this song is born out of feelings over his sons condition.

  • @Lesterjcary
    @Lesterjcary Год назад +30

    We will always keep the 80s music alive and in our hearts. We always lift our spirits when we put 80s music on. Thanks Nick Kershaw for being such a big part of our memories.

  • @markemsworth4235
    @markemsworth4235 Год назад +23

    I'm now 51 and grew up with this track. To this very day - 3:30 still gives me goosebumps.

    • @billylum3243
      @billylum3243 Год назад +2

      My brother is 51, I'm 61. We both are mesmerised by the 80s music. Nothing else comes closer, nothin' ! Today, we are still listening to the 80s. Greetings & love from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 🇲🇾 ❤️

    • @markemsworth4235
      @markemsworth4235 Год назад +1

      ​@@billylum3243...Tonnes of love to you and your dear brother over there in Kuala Lumpur. 🇬🇧

    • @billylum3243
      @billylum3243 Год назад

      ​@markemsworth4235
      Thk you, Mark.❤
      Here's a very special X'mas greetings to you and your loved ones coming real soon on 25 Dec 2023. All the best for 2024.
      Peace for all, Peace to Humankind to make our tiny Earth we call Home, a safe place for everyone to live.

  • @ThePoetryOfMyDreams3
    @ThePoetryOfMyDreams3 3 месяца назад +5

    The visual effects in the video are like poetry.

    • @pankaburek59
      @pankaburek59 18 дней назад

      When he walks near mirror im still shocked they managed to do this.

  • @Smudgeroon74
    @Smudgeroon74 Год назад +7

    The skills required to produce this type of music is almost unfathomable.. especially the guitars.. great tune

  • @ianbourne9970
    @ianbourne9970 Год назад +14

    Proper 80's royalty this song 💙🤎💜🎼🎵🕺‼️💯

  • @TheSpookyDuke
    @TheSpookyDuke 7 лет назад +28

    Listen to this as loud as you can, it's a masterpiece

  • @urmeli0815
    @urmeli0815 9 месяцев назад +5

    This song is brilliance from start to finish. The 80s are the years with the most killer melodies.

  • @rickcutrona3295
    @rickcutrona3295 2 года назад +13

    Thank you for this song Nik.. I clearly remember as a very young boy first hearing this song and I became obsessed with it and i would always dance around and sing when it would come on the radio or on TV… i am now 49 years old and I still absolutely adore it and still dance around and sing along to this gem of a track… much love to you 👍👍🕺🕺🕺

  • @jonathandonohoe1526
    @jonathandonohoe1526 2 месяца назад +16

    The 80s really where a fantastic decade for music, 🎉

  • @luciestorey506
    @luciestorey506 3 года назад +38

    i can’t stop listening to this. it makes me so happy

  • @rebeccaclose5558
    @rebeccaclose5558 16 дней назад +10

    Im 53.. listening to this is taking me right back to the glorious 80s....such happy happy times snd memories. I'll always love Nick Kershaw ❤️

  • @mriderpov
    @mriderpov 7 лет назад +81

    This is real music

  • @mia35767
    @mia35767 8 лет назад +106

    My childhood music, love the 80s

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne Год назад +6

    Great song and composition. Love the chord changes in the verses such as during the bit '...The cold is biting through each and every nerve and fibre. My broken spirit, is frozen to the core...'. Nice contrasting moods at play.

  • @the_katman2181
    @the_katman2181 Год назад +6

    This is the perfectly crafted pop song. Nik is a phenomenal songwriter.

  • @joshthetree
    @joshthetree 3 года назад +36

    I never get bored of hearing this 👌

  • @chloebyrne9130
    @chloebyrne9130 7 лет назад +640

    im 16 years old and absolutely in love with 80's music, i love this song (:

    • @Olegzyan
      @Olegzyan 6 лет назад +13

      no wonder. 80's music was great!

    • @rauru789
      @rauru789 6 лет назад +26

      I'm 14 I love 80's music this song's really good

    • @jessg4073
      @jessg4073 6 лет назад +18

      Mee toooo but I'm 15. Wish i couldve lived through the 80s so bad

    • @yaboi-ep5eo
      @yaboi-ep5eo 6 лет назад +14

      Am 15 Aswell and I love 80s music it just bring me joy

    • @jamesmurphy6466
      @jamesmurphy6466 6 лет назад +12

      Actually same all my friends hate this music 😕😕

  • @ChrisBrooksGuitar
    @ChrisBrooksGuitar 5 лет назад +26

    I got to live in the 80s as a kid so I don't feel like I missed out, but to paraphrase the song, we didn't know when we had it good. I just always assumed music would always be this good.

  • @InfiniteGoddess971
    @InfiniteGoddess971 8 месяцев назад +7

    The days of a $10 concert. Seeing him live was my teenage dream come to life

  • @juanmanueldiazzuniga4239
    @juanmanueldiazzuniga4239 2 года назад +27

    tengo 42 años y no me canso de escuchar estos clásicos eternos

  • @drb141719
    @drb141719 4 года назад +94

    My best decade of all. Born in the 60's, tried to figure what growing up was all about in the 70's, went out out into the wide world in the 80's and put my stamp on it by getting married in 88. Any song in the 80's conjours up nostalgic memories for me, times, places, the smells and of course friends and acquaintances who shared those ups and downs with us. I'm a father of 3, grandad to 2 (so far), still married to the same girl who stole my heart with her crazy Maddona look. My kids and grandkids think i'm a nutter when Frankie, DuranDuran, the Cure etc. is played and i start my jigging thing going on lol but god, wouldn't it be nice to be my youth in the 80's for just one more day ...... Peace guys xxx

    • @blacksalami3218
      @blacksalami3218 4 года назад +5

      Damn man , many people are married then they divorcing after few years after marriage
      Nice for u and ur wife for stayin still

    • @moltderenou
      @moltderenou 2 года назад

      Join the Rolling Stones

    • @tat-q6i9o
      @tat-q6i9o Месяц назад

      Your so absolutely right!!! I’m born 1970 and was a Teenager and young adult woman in the 80s. The best time ever with absolute cool and unforgettable music, with crazy unique style and - the best ! - without so much technic but with real humanes. 80s forever!

  • @sjcap4233
    @sjcap4233 4 года назад +18

    Beautifully written music, proper talented artists times like this are rare now

  • @madeyemo831
    @madeyemo831 7 месяцев назад +2

    Love Nik kershaw's acting
    in the Film. ❤
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤o

  • @watermelonsandal4206
    @watermelonsandal4206 4 года назад +91

    Wouldn't it be good if music today had this much meaning,
    Even if it was for just one day?

  • @davidschaftenaar6530
    @davidschaftenaar6530 6 месяцев назад +36

    80s folks, because I didn't experience the 80s myself I can confirm that: The music you grew up with holds up incredibly well, the way you feel about it isn't just the nostalgia talking.

    • @lifesahellofaride
      @lifesahellofaride 5 месяцев назад +1

      made my day reading this, youre great

    • @lucaspierre9305
      @lucaspierre9305 5 месяцев назад

      What a thought! Thank you!

    • @HandleGF
      @HandleGF 5 месяцев назад

      In popular music, the first half of the Eighties was much better than the second.

  • @nielsdaemen
    @nielsdaemen 3 месяца назад +7

    Why does this sound like magic to my ears😇

  • @remixrae9621
    @remixrae9621 3 месяца назад +1

    Saw him in 1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London and cried throughout! But came here to point out the special (at the time!) effects in this video, which was way ahead of its day then. Still love you, Nik ❤

  • @govitch
    @govitch 3 года назад +6

    Fewer and fewer of us have known and grown up in these beautiful 80s. I am happy to be still here to tell my son about it! "Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care ?"

  • @EnidAgnusDei
    @EnidAgnusDei 9 лет назад +13

    One of the best records ever made and a great video too.

  • @chaoticlove7988
    @chaoticlove7988 4 года назад +263

    “Wouldn’t it be good .. if we were out of the covid 19 quarantine and transported back to the 80’s” ?? 😊

    • @Scarletpimpanel73
      @Scarletpimpanel73 4 года назад +4

      Stop whinging - Granddad in 1942 went to war and watched his best mate get shot to bits - me in 2020? Had to stop socializing with insufferable idiots.

    • @elizabethsmith6265
      @elizabethsmith6265 4 года назад +7

      I wish!! I was 16 when this song came out, still love it, life in the 80's was simple, fun, electric and colourful xx

    • @stevem2323
      @stevem2323 4 года назад +2

      @@Scarletpimpanel73 Still, it would be good to go back to the 80's 😉

    • @chrisgrant1029
      @chrisgrant1029 4 года назад +1

      Definitely

    • @csills7425
      @csills7425 4 года назад +1

      Yes

  • @richarddziadulewicz6337
    @richarddziadulewicz6337 11 месяцев назад +4

    Such an underrated song writer..Nik is brilliant!

  • @mc77ification
    @mc77ification 7 лет назад +25

    January 1984. One of the best Clips EVER!!!!!!!