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  • @Phatboino1
    @Phatboino1 Год назад +88

    Its a crime this has only 1.2 million views.......im responsible for 1000 plus myself

    • @OGillo2001
      @OGillo2001 7 месяцев назад +4

      Yes Brother! x

  • @granttully6807
    @granttully6807 4 года назад +704

    If you dont smile when you hear this song you must be on another planet........Proper feel good music. And we need that so much right now.

    • @carolinebedford9836
      @carolinebedford9836 3 года назад +14

      Grant Tully, 100% agree with that, this song brings back so many happy memories for me. 🙂

    • @rickywest2022
      @rickywest2022 3 года назад +7

      Yeah I really couldn't agree more with you

    • @hoogabooga9736
      @hoogabooga9736 3 года назад +6

      amen to that. watch "wee day out" youtube video of Danny MacAskill if you're not familiar with it--that's how i came across the song. It's amazing and matches the music perfectly.

    • @1garryrippon
      @1garryrippon 3 года назад +5

      Wasn't there an alternative video where the hostess walked between the aisle of a bus?

    • @richarddiddler3380
      @richarddiddler3380 2 года назад +2

      If it doesn't make you angry you're a moron.
      This is is the NHS that you twats have been clapping for.
      This amazing song writer/performer hits nails squarely on the head.

  • @MattVF
    @MattVF Год назад +70

    Takes a certain genius to come up with this video for this song

    • @Peter-p7o5v
      @Peter-p7o5v 4 месяца назад +3

      Neil Hannon was a certain type of genius.

    • @JoeGerard-s2m
      @JoeGerard-s2m 6 дней назад +1

      @@Peter-p7o5v is*

  • @chuk453
    @chuk453 Год назад +55

    This is comedy gold… he’s not a bus driver lol

  • @MrSam4850
    @MrSam4850 5 лет назад +169

    As a former NX driver I used to sing this to myself several times a day...

    • @roberthorwat6747
      @roberthorwat6747 4 года назад +4

      Alwsys sing along to it when driving if it comes on the radio - even now I can't get through the whole song without bursting out laughing at some point, the lyrics are bloody hilarious🤣🤣🤣

    • @helenkahajossyova298
      @helenkahajossyova298 3 года назад +2

      Cool 😊

    • @joebloggs6099
      @joebloggs6099 3 года назад

      Now when I hear it driving home it bloody annoys me. This songs make it sound happy when in general people who get on destroy the coach.

  • @willsaunders8132
    @willsaunders8132 Год назад +78

    Going on my first National Express trip today. Safe to say I will blast this song

    • @imahappycamper2022
      @imahappycamper2022 10 месяцев назад +5

      I'm doing it now, the whole coach just start cheering as soon as it kicked it . Going from Luton Airport to London Victoria, and then Stamford Bridge for the Chelsea vs Wolves game. Ever since this song came out all them years ago, I've always wanted to travel with them, although there's no trolly lady

    • @jonmurray2350
      @jonmurray2350 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@imahappycamper2022 Just trolleyed ladies.

    • @TheArtOrchard
      @TheArtOrchard 29 дней назад

      @@imahappycamper2022ah, but when this song came out there still was. It’s changed rather a lot in the decades since this came out.

  • @EnidAgnusDei
    @EnidAgnusDei 4 года назад +815

    The line "When your arse is the size of a small country" never fails to crack me up!

    • @exsappermadman25055
      @exsappermadman25055 4 года назад +21

      I actually heard this song on a National Express bus going "darn sarth" back in the day and the radio station and/or National Express bleeped it out!......Sense of humour failure.....

    • @paulosborne3954
      @paulosborne3954 4 года назад +16

      Spot on , despite the countless times I have enjoyed this , like you that one line makes my day !

    • @artvandelayRFC
      @artvandelayRFC 4 года назад +10

      I've "met" a few girls like that...

    • @EnidAgnusDei
      @EnidAgnusDei 4 года назад +7

      @@artvandelayRFC Likewise! built for comfort! ;-)

    • @roddyteague6246
      @roddyteague6246 4 года назад +9

      @@EnidAgnusDei Wearing shell suits as well. Dressed for the track but built for the bar.....

  • @adrianthomas3571
    @adrianthomas3571 8 месяцев назад +17

    I don’t smile when I watch this. I laugh so much my ribs hurt. An absolute scream. The funniest record I have ever seen and heard. Just a happy , wonderful song. I always feel good after hearing it.

  • @ajlomas7185
    @ajlomas7185 4 года назад +188

    I love the change in tone when he sings "We're going where the air is free, tomorrow belongs to me" such a beautiful melodic line, it gets me everytime. A great band, just love their sardonic and iconic lyrics, with their catchy melodies, we could with more bands like this.

    • @stephenbarrett7122
      @stephenbarrett7122 2 года назад +7

      Someone else that shares my love for that change in tone 🤩

  • @dukedexter8764
    @dukedexter8764 14 дней назад +2

    Its a great tune ...... it so kicks in with the guitar break at the end ....... what a band . 👏

  • @adamh2900
    @adamh2900 4 года назад +141

    Easily one of the top 20 best songs ever written

    • @garethirwin4714
      @garethirwin4714 3 года назад +3

      Did you see the documentary he made for bbc hes some guy

    • @deanrichards5223
      @deanrichards5223 3 года назад +14

      Are you serious 😂😂 I’m not a fan personally but even if it was something I really liked, there’s no way it could go into a top 20. Come on now pal

    • @garethirwin4714
      @garethirwin4714 3 года назад +2

      I predict his best is yet to come

    • @skollybob
      @skollybob 3 года назад +5

      Don't be so ridiculous

    • @hartleyjr
      @hartleyjr 3 года назад

      Dear God - I dread to imagine your music collection!

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 Год назад +32

    There's part of me that wonders why this band wasn't so bigger than it was. I so loved hearing them on TFI Friday and thinking 'This is the fkn life!'

    • @Dermacrosis
      @Dermacrosis Год назад +5

      Because genius is very rarely recognised in it's generation. Barring Wuthering Heights even the great Kate wasn't really big back in the 80s let alone the 90s.

  • @TheMimifur
    @TheMimifur 3 года назад +109

    Neil is part of the wonderful tradition of wordsmiths and music makers that I have grown old with. From Flanders and Swann and Tom Lehrer and including oh so many wonderful talents that unite words, music, wit, sardonic humour and just pure talent.

    • @briane5706
      @briane5706 2 года назад +4

      Billy Joel is a brilliant pianist, composer and wordsmith.

    • @paulmchugh8695
      @paulmchugh8695 2 года назад +4

      Don’t forget Gilbert o Sullivan ! His first album himself ! Apple 🍏 it

    • @andreagaul4960
      @andreagaul4960 Год назад +3

      I would love to hear him cover some of Lehrer 's wotk.

  • @deanrooney5631
    @deanrooney5631 3 года назад +80

    As a Canadian, when I first arrived in the UK I '85...I couldn't believe there stewardesses on a bus for my 1st trip from London to Wakefield!....this song always takes me right back there!!!

    • @stevewhite7084
      @stevewhite7084 2 года назад +2

      Exactly the same for me and when I heard this song for the first time and every other time I guess a smile was brought to my face.

    • @jumpstar9000
      @jumpstar9000 2 года назад +1

      Lucky Lucky

    • @adrianclint1449
      @adrianclint1449 2 года назад +2

      Stewardesses on a bus to Wakey WOW. You need to watch the Yorkshire Airlines sketch

  • @susanhalsey4748
    @susanhalsey4748 9 месяцев назад +15

    I am going to meet Neil Hannon and say what an absolute legend he is.
    I have been inside St. Bernard’s Hospital, in Middlesex, myself, in 1981, and this song could have been written for me🎉!!!
    I love you-Neil Hannon ❤.
    Up the Irish 🌈🤮👗☘️🍕👍

    • @suzukiwagonrgeorge907
      @suzukiwagonrgeorge907 9 месяцев назад +2

      This was filmed in Joyce Green hospital in Dartford

    • @leod-sigefast
      @leod-sigefast 5 месяцев назад +2

      He is Northern Irish prod.

    • @JohnnyKnackertache.
      @JohnnyKnackertache. 3 месяца назад

      ​@@leod-sigefast
      So,
      Up the English.
      Simplissimo...
      🇬🇧

    • @JohnnyKnackertache.
      @JohnnyKnackertache. 3 месяца назад

      Great wee scumbag fringe haircut.

    • @steveroe7773
      @steveroe7773 Месяц назад

      I fawt it was quite jolly and a great bit of publicity for the National Express! don't have to take it personally!

  • @Foxy64
    @Foxy64 2 года назад +49

    What a cleverly written song , just brilliant . I never get tired of listening to this

  • @oneprizeonegoal
    @oneprizeonegoal Год назад +27

    Can’t help but sing along. Neil is truly a poet for the ages

  • @wubbs77
    @wubbs77 7 лет назад +111

    Wow, I've only ever heard the song. This video is magic.

  • @kcollyer4003
    @kcollyer4003 5 месяцев назад +13

    This was taken inside of Joyce Green Hospital right by the Dartford crossing, was closed and in-between the closure and all knock down this was made. My wife worked there - originally it was a war hospital, then was a spill over from West Hill hospital. It had horses roaming too and that used to frighten the staff and they waited in their cars. the Hospital moved into a small hospital at Darenth Valley the other side of the M25 (Also known as Death Valley hospital!).

  • @chrno269
    @chrno269 2 года назад +20

    I never fail to hear this song in my head when I see a National Express bus, and it never fails to make me smile 😊

    • @yourgirlme9163
      @yourgirlme9163 3 месяца назад

      Me too. Just seen the add hence...

  • @chrisd0801
    @chrisd0801 Год назад +34

    My brother Anthony was a big fan of travelling on the National Express from Pembroke to London to visit family.
    Sadly he passed away 2 years ago next month and everything I hear this track I think about him. 🙏

    • @gillchatfield3231
      @gillchatfield3231 Год назад

      I checked, as so many services haven't resumed. Now the service is via Swansea, where there's a connection to the Swansea via Cardiff only, to London. Doubt he would have been such a fan of this route!

    • @chrisd0801
      @chrisd0801 Год назад

      @@gillchatfield3231 hi Gill, thank you for your reply. My late brother left Pembroke then Swansea then onto London to meet up with another brother before heading on to Kettering on the national express regularly up till 2 months before he passed away.
      Not debating the route it's just he loved traveling on The National Express 😁 hence this track brings back memories.

  • @bradleypitts7685
    @bradleypitts7685 3 года назад +78

    Every morning I walk to the bus station to catch my bus to work. There’s a National Express coach loading at that hour and I ALWAYS hear this song in my head. It’s quite nice actually.

    • @jaquelineoreilly294
      @jaquelineoreilly294 Год назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @garyknight750
      @garyknight750 Год назад +2

      Everytime I hear National Express mentioned this song Starts in my head. Brilliant stuff.

  • @nannybebe74
    @nannybebe74 2 года назад +16

    Probably the greatest song ever written, lyric wise. Absolute genius.

  • @robertmorgan8581
    @robertmorgan8581 3 месяца назад +5

    He’s not a bus driver.. pure quality, Neil Hennon is a lyrical genius 🙌🏼

  • @alchemyphoenix2374
    @alchemyphoenix2374 3 года назад +59

    I got lost coming here searching for The Silent Comedy. I'd never heard of this band before. This song is an absolute banger! I freaking love this!

  • @adorenebula-haze410
    @adorenebula-haze410 5 лет назад +65

    I miss you guys! We need more crazy weird and happy music like this in our lives xxx

    • @amyp66
      @amyp66 5 лет назад +5

      You don't have to miss them, they're still around producing some wonderful music!

    • @simonidastankovic2627
      @simonidastankovic2627 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@amyp66.. and touring as well.

  • @stuartlaugharne6862
    @stuartlaugharne6862 Год назад +6

    The line " when she danced down the aisle back in 63" conjures a wonderful image in the imagination 😄

  • @stephaniestj5237
    @stephaniestj5237 2 года назад +11

    A genius song. A perfect combo of catchy, dark, and very poignant. Even after the ECT he still thinks he's driving the National Express!!

  • @jonathanhayward9401
    @jonathanhayward9401 Год назад +13

    Wow! I can't believe this came out in 1997!

  • @lindseystephen4810
    @lindseystephen4810 Год назад +15

    This song makes me get in such a good mood every time I hear it. So many brilliant lyrics. Never gets old ❤❤❤

  • @mongo3829
    @mongo3829 2 года назад +35

    The thing I remember about travelling with National Express is that as soon as the doors first open, all the old people rush to get on like they're at the Somme going over the top. They'll trample anyone who stands in their way.

    • @Dana-dana1
      @Dana-dana1 2 года назад +3

      Then halfway through the journey, they'd get their egg sarnies out and complained if you opened the windows..Ahh the memories..

    • @andiemorgan961
      @andiemorgan961 Год назад +1

      First ones on usually had reserved seats!😉

  • @ChrimsonCrabtree-d2f
    @ChrimsonCrabtree-d2f 26 дней назад +1

    I really love Divine Comedy this song gets me through the day these days. I think it’s a timeless classic.

  • @Daveyboy4
    @Daveyboy4 Год назад +24

    If anyone has been on a national express, you know how sarcastic this song is 😂

    • @smugsheep3307
      @smugsheep3307 6 месяцев назад

      It's not that bad if you take a trip to Scotland!

  • @brianallsopp69
    @brianallsopp69 2 года назад +72

    I think Neil's a very underrated singer , he could have definitely have held his own in the sixties with Scott Walker , Gene Pitney etc 🤔

    • @MarkARhodie
      @MarkARhodie Год назад +1

      For a skinny guy, he's go a good voice.

    • @lcozzarelli
      @lcozzarelli 10 месяцев назад +4

      …and even with this little-known guy called Jim Morrison. Has no one heard of him in these comments? He’s a sound-alike!

  • @randomtransportguyx4397
    @randomtransportguyx4397 2 года назад +7

    Saw them live yesterday best night of my life

  • @Devkumar43072
    @Devkumar43072 7 месяцев назад +6

    This should be on all the national express adverts and I had many great experiences with national express services. So today I will be going on another coach journey at 11pm. Anything will be better then that 12 hour coach journey from Elubo to Togo/Ghana border overnight journey on an ex-eurolines coach

  • @jonjames7328
    @jonjames7328 9 месяцев назад +7

    A profoundly philosophical song about public discourse, sophistry, politics and press conferences- amongst other things.

    • @jonjames7328
      @jonjames7328 Месяц назад

      And therefore must have a google censor warning. So sad. How did I earn my place to study philosophy at the university of Oxford?

    • @bobbieparry646
      @bobbieparry646 29 дней назад

      @@jonjames7328 I’m guessing it’s about the flashing lights triggering photosensitive epilepsy, and so that people who have been tied down and/or drugged up in hospitals can proceed with caution.
      Why the fuck would that bother you?

  • @terrortorn
    @terrortorn 3 года назад +15

    My lovely horse running through the fields.......

  • @garyslater1243
    @garyslater1243 2 года назад +13

    I absolutely adore this song ! Proper feel good, make you smile music, that is always played at FULL volume.
    "To the family man, manhandling the pram, with paternal pride......" What a line !!!!!

  • @paulne9
    @paulne9 10 месяцев назад +10

    The AI gone mad with a warning on now. did not have this a few weeks ago, its about taking a bus ride lol ..

  • @kayakingdj
    @kayakingdj 10 месяцев назад +3

    Every time I see a national express, I sing it! Love it

  • @daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
    @daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan Год назад +3

    The smoothness of the orderly accepting his money and subtly putting it back into his wallet before putting the wallet away is just beautiful.

  • @paulamolyneux9019
    @paulamolyneux9019 2 года назад +4

    This is therapy for me, put my headphones on & for a few beautiful minutes i am lost

  • @manuelv8449
    @manuelv8449 3 года назад +35

    I can’t stop playing this song everyday, when having a bad day this song is bring a smile a warmth in heart
    The video is just fantastic!

  • @AlanDuke-z6k
    @AlanDuke-z6k Год назад +30

    I cant look at a national express coach without thinking of this song and smiling 😂

    • @MarkARhodie
      @MarkARhodie Год назад

      I saw a meme on Fb with a bus with National Express, so I came looking for this song. lol

  • @stevendimmock4791
    @stevendimmock4791 2 года назад +25

    Neil Hannon for prime minister. He makes great music, he writes great words and he knows how to treat a nurse!!! Long my he run!!

  • @joelrizzo2786
    @joelrizzo2786 4 года назад +89

    Ive always gotten a kick out of seeing/hearing that booming baritone coming out of that little tow headed fella. Love him.

    • @boofuls
      @boofuls 4 года назад +4

      Joel Rizzo I endorse this comment 🥂😂

    • @joelrizzo2786
      @joelrizzo2786 4 года назад +5

      @@boofuls Thanks for chiming in. Always nice to touch base with Divine Comedy fans. A rare bird in U.S., I've found.

    • @marktorrance217
      @marktorrance217 3 года назад +1

      Incredible isn't it? Seen him live a few times and it's even more astounding!

    • @george474747
      @george474747 3 года назад +5

      Comic lyrics distract people from the fact that he can really sing.

    • @joelrizzo2786
      @joelrizzo2786 3 года назад

      @@george474747 Maybe so. Not in my case, however. Hes almost as good a singer as Scott himself. Almost. :)

  • @anneliesedevere4284
    @anneliesedevere4284 Год назад +6

    Heard this recently on radio 2 and love it!! ❤

  • @Donseycat
    @Donseycat 4 года назад +21

    Love Neil Hannon's voice - not unlike Matt Monroe - would love to hear him sing some classics x Great track

    • @andrewellis3326
      @andrewellis3326 2 года назад +1

      love matt monroe..sinatra even said his voice is sublime.

  • @powerchord1000
    @powerchord1000 3 года назад +8

    Brilliant, reminds me of a UK TV drama called the singing detective, what a hoot that was 😂

  • @sweetfangs1979
    @sweetfangs1979 4 года назад +13

    The first time I saw The Divine Comedy and this National Express video in particular on the program Planet Rock Profiles (back in 2001)... I was like, wow! It was something I never heard before. Pretty much changed my life and opened me to the world of The Divine Comedy... been a fan ever since. :)

  • @jamiehughes297
    @jamiehughes297 2 года назад +16

    Went to see them live a couple of years ago, still absolutely fantastic, what a voice and so creative, they did a cover of where do you go to my lovely by Peter Starsted that sent chills down my spine and followed up with blue Monday by new order as well as all of their hits. Absolutely fantastic live band.

    • @terrra_2024
      @terrra_2024 2 года назад

      Yeah he does a very classic and great voice.

    • @brianallsopp69
      @brianallsopp69 2 года назад +2

      If Neil was knocking about in the 60s he would have been huge ( Windmills of my mind etc ) ....

  • @lydiasturgeslaw5788
    @lydiasturgeslaw5788 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is my go-to for a dose of happy. Love it!

  • @TransmissionEpicts
    @TransmissionEpicts 7 лет назад +142

    I love the "...he's not a bus driver" line at the end, and that whole conversation at the start. Basically saying to the listeners and video viewers "No! It's not about that damn bus/coach company, OK?!!" Haha!

    • @TrainsInTheSouthWest
      @TrainsInTheSouthWest 6 лет назад +10

      Telegothika Telgothika though he did think of it whilst on a national express coach 😂 and got the idea for the lyrics

    • @gavinduggan199
      @gavinduggan199 5 лет назад +1

      What is it about?

    • @ahshatmasell6751
      @ahshatmasell6751 4 года назад +12

      Drugs from the National Health Service

    • @pklongutoobe
      @pklongutoobe 4 года назад +3

      That's right, he's a coach driver :P

    • @FeedbackPete
      @FeedbackPete 3 года назад +2

      I have a National Express ticket booked to a gig in Manchester in December. And when I'm on the bus I won't be able to not think about this song lol.

  • @Rydonittelo
    @Rydonittelo Год назад +4

    when I was a kid I didn't understand the appeal of this song and it wasn't until I was about 20 , 10 years after it came out I relised how amazing it was.

  • @slammy102
    @slammy102 3 месяца назад +4

    "Viewer discretion is advised" when trying to watch these days... christ on a bike! This song cheers you up :D

  • @geoffgane7550
    @geoffgane7550 2 года назад +28

    This song would have been an absolute Eurovision winner.

  • @slushpuppie19
    @slushpuppie19 3 года назад +13

    I loved this song as a kid and was very excited to take my very first National Express as a teenager lol. The sheen wore off somewhat in my mid-20s when they put me on the direct coach to Glasgow instead of the one that stopped at Preston. I woke up somewhere near Carlisle and despite pleading, the driver would not let me off, so that was my first visit to Scotland lol

  • @marcyp6848
    @marcyp6848 3 года назад +4

    Always loved how he sings "crisps and tea" ❤️

  • @jasonward9429
    @jasonward9429 4 года назад +7

    Singing Detective (original British version) + "Carry-on" films = This wonderful mish-mash of lunacy. Love this, always will.

  • @davewilson9738
    @davewilson9738 8 месяцев назад +11

    In real life he is a gentleman and is incredible to see and hear live.

  • @jeannekehodges3287
    @jeannekehodges3287 Год назад +5

    absolutely genius song, so catchy and great lyrics. And then he blows your mind all over again with the video. Layer upon layer of perfection, this is the one, the best music vid ever

  • @Sinclair80
    @Sinclair80 3 года назад +2

    This song is glorious.

  • @iveneverseenahealthyvegan.9885
    @iveneverseenahealthyvegan.9885 2 года назад +8

    A fantastic song well written, great vocals, and a video that make you smile everytime..

  • @oakwoodfarm2478
    @oakwoodfarm2478 Год назад +2

    GENUIS MIX OF LYRICS AND 60'S STYLE BACKING..BOTH MUSICALLY TRIM AND PUTS YOU IN A MOOD FOR BETTER DAYS... THIS IS WHAT MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT.... OH ! DECENT VIDEO TOO..............

  • @thetruthk5138
    @thetruthk5138 3 года назад +4

    A great feel good song that always puts a smile on your face

  • @ughettapbacon
    @ughettapbacon 2 года назад +26

    I am just now discovering this band and I'm highly furious that it's taking this bloody long. Absolutely brilliant!

    • @jaquelineoreilly294
      @jaquelineoreilly294 Год назад +2

      me to , and them is irish ffs like me ,, so thort with that accent them was from York lol

  • @Sunflowers1591
    @Sunflowers1591 3 года назад +11

    I've been in hospital for the past 10 days and they've played a weird selection of music on hospital radio - including this. I couldn't wait to get out and find out more about it. The video is even better. I've travelled on a lot of NX buses (cheaper than the train) and I've seen these people at first hand. I was on a bus many years ago when a young couple got on in Birmingham at almost midnight. The driver wasn't going to let them on because they looked to be out of their skulls and kicked up a stink when he objected to them but they had valid tickets so he had to. Later, I saw them heading towards the toilets at the back with small bags of powder.

  • @user-ky6vw5up9m
    @user-ky6vw5up9m 4 года назад +10

    The backing track is so cheerful and optimistic.

    • @802Garage
      @802Garage 4 года назад

      Monty Python style dark humor, I suppose.

  • @ewak.5652
    @ewak.5652 Год назад +5

    I love it, love it, love it !! I listen to this song each time I book a N. E. ticket 😂

  • @zigmondmontefiore1399
    @zigmondmontefiore1399 5 лет назад +9

    One of my favourites of all time... Mind you, took the National Express so many time (Cardiff to Heathrow) never seen a jolly hostess selling crisps and tea...

    • @CarolineFord1
      @CarolineFord1 4 года назад +2

      They used to, been many years since they had them. I remember them selling pot noodles.

  • @Beatman732
    @Beatman732 8 лет назад +24

    He sang this at Glasgow Concert Hall on Wedneday night. Was fab.

  • @christopherbudny1339
    @christopherbudny1339 4 года назад +7

    Danny's Wee Day Out brought me here, and just wow... What a delight to "discover" a singer/songwriter you've never once heard of before, who has a couple decades of great stuff waiting to be explored...! I've probably played this on repeat 20-30 times in the last 3 days. Toe-tapping, get-up-and-dance music... Can't wait for the air to be free again!

  • @shauntbarry
    @shauntbarry 2 года назад +6

    Love this song but never knew it was about someone who'd lost the plot.. Genius!

  • @williamjamesdeering-webb1656
    @williamjamesdeering-webb1656 5 лет назад +24

    I was a national express driver late 80’s early 90’s. the image this creates is spot on! I never could figure out those bloody push chairs!

  • @djaw9697
    @djaw9697 3 года назад +31

    Take the National Express when your life's in a mess
    It'll make you smile
    All human life is here
    From the feeble old dear to the screaming child
    From the student who knows that to have one of those
    Would be suicide
    To the family man
    Manhandling the pram with paternal pride
    And everybody sings, "Ba-ba-ba-da"
    We're going where the air is free
    On the National Express there's a jolly hostess
    Selling crisps and tea
    She'll provide you with drinks and theatrical winks
    For a sky-high fee
    Mini-skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle
    Back in '63 (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
    But it's hard to get by when your arse is the size
    Of a small country
    And everybody sings, "Ba-ba-ba-da"
    We're going where the air is free
    Tomorrow belongs to me
    When you're sad and feeling blue
    With nothing better to do
    Don't just sit there feeling stressed
    Take a trip on the National Express
    On the National Express, let's go

  • @brandonbentley5453
    @brandonbentley5453 Год назад +1

    Neil played at my Uni in 99...been a fan since.

  • @mikechristelow944
    @mikechristelow944 4 года назад +17

    Always loved this song and the vid is a stunning criticism of collective misunderstanding of mental illness. Great stuff.

  • @flynnc.902
    @flynnc.902 Год назад +1

    aaaaalright, this is the firts song from this band that i listen, and im already have fallen in love

  • @cakredi4132
    @cakredi4132 3 года назад +8

    This song is destined to be in an Ad for some airways
    that I will probably be afraid of flying with.

  • @paulamolyneux9019
    @paulamolyneux9019 2 года назад +1

    This song keeps me alive x

  • @kesavm3952
    @kesavm3952 4 года назад +12

    This video should get million views but why isint it's famouse

  • @FuriousGibbon
    @FuriousGibbon 4 года назад +188

    The eclectic brilliance of 1990s Britpop stems from the intellectual freedom of its songwriters, whose imaginations were fertile enough that they could take inspiration from anything and everything. I'll bet my eyebrows that we never hear some X Factory wannabe singing about National Express coaches, hiding inside a female friend's big sister's wardrobe or being caught by the fuzz while still on a buzz.

    • @scottde-walden2760
      @scottde-walden2760 4 года назад +9

      No,sadly they are all karaoke wankers these days ,not allowed to have your own thought processes these days thanks to the modern education system 🤮

    • @dannydorko7075
      @dannydorko7075 4 года назад +15

      @@scottde-walden2760 not sure why you're bringing x factor into it. Whilst the britpop thing was happening so was boyzone, robson and jerome etc shit pop has always been around. trouble is there doesn't seem to be any good guitar bands in the charts anymore. I know people will say 'who cares about the mainstream' but i feel like what is in the charts has an effect on people because you'll hear it everywhere- on tv, on the radio, in the shops etc

    • @jenniferkonstant5920
      @jenniferkonstant5920 4 года назад +9

      To be fair, though, he only went with her cause she looked like you

    • @sexobscura
      @sexobscura 3 года назад +2

      intelligence has and always will exist regardless of 'a decade'

    • @misternewoutlook5437
      @misternewoutlook5437 3 года назад +1

      You cut a good slice of the driving force of Britpop in this comment. A successful genre - obviously - and lasting well into the early 2000s.

  • @robddickinson4217
    @robddickinson4217 4 года назад +19

    The subject matter might be dark but the song never fails to make me feel good and raise a smile...

    • @Waiting664
      @Waiting664 2 года назад

      Mental illness is dillusion which look like perception and to another people why reason why he doesn't understand even life movie season days

  • @martincraig1830
    @martincraig1830 9 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely sublime

  • @5sbooth
    @5sbooth 4 года назад +4

    This song always makes me sing along to it whenever I hear it.

    • @Phatboino1
      @Phatboino1 Год назад

      And dance like nobody is watching

  • @thomasruane9106
    @thomasruane9106 4 месяца назад +2

    “It’s hard to get by when your arse is the size of a small Country” 😂

  • @alexisnewell3672
    @alexisnewell3672 2 года назад +3

    THE DIVINE COMEDY!! Just saw you on Graham Norton NYShow love love your sound unique you are, awesome this 76 yr old young at ❤ Grandmother made my night Love from Australia 🎶🎶🎉😍 happy touring 2022 ❤❤💫

  • @madeleinealdridge1788
    @madeleinealdridge1788 2 года назад +111

    “But it’s hard to get by when your arse is the size of a small country” kills me every time 🤣🤣🤣

    • @bettyswunghole3310
      @bettyswunghole3310 2 года назад +1

      As someone whose arse *IS* the size of a small country (roughly "Lichtenstein"), I can confirm that it is hard to get by...

    • @madeleinealdridge1788
      @madeleinealdridge1788 2 года назад +15

      @@livingiseasywitheyesclosed4553 Well it makes me laugh, and after being in a bad place since losing my dad last September I’ll take any laughs I can get

    • @karenortiz9238
      @karenortiz9238 2 года назад

      explain, I dont get it

    • @cathalsweeney6
      @cathalsweeney6 2 года назад +3

      When it got played on the raido they dropped the word arse from the song

    • @cathalsweeney6
      @cathalsweeney6 2 года назад +4

      @@paulmcgrath6118 to prudish they don't want to offend the snowflakes. It's a crazy world. 😀

  • @FLAVCO
    @FLAVCO 4 года назад +7

    Yet again The Diving Comedy has saved my day 😅😊

  • @geoffreyjonathanwilson9932
    @geoffreyjonathanwilson9932 2 года назад +5

    Neil is a brilliant lyricist.☺️

  • @jw4325
    @jw4325 3 года назад +5

    I agree with Adam H. Well done Neil ! Amazing musical authority like this deserves an OBE.

  • @BevMarsden-i1p
    @BevMarsden-i1p Месяц назад

    Loved this for years always makes me smile ❤ xx

  • @helenkahajossyova298
    @helenkahajossyova298 3 года назад +3

    Love, adore this!! 😳😍😉👍

  • @wagbelt4050
    @wagbelt4050 2 года назад +2

    The best ever comedy record.

    • @andrewellis3326
      @andrewellis3326 2 года назад

      toast was another good one...gordon is a moron as well.

  • @beckyh5916
    @beckyh5916 4 года назад +15

    totally forgot about this gem of a song...love it...
    making a nervous breakdown look cool.

  • @JJ-di6tf
    @JJ-di6tf 2 года назад +1

    What a band totally overlooked brilliant xxx

  • @howardmckenna
    @howardmckenna 4 года назад +15

    That's Mark Lamarr as the "screaming child"!

    • @cliffthegardener
      @cliffthegardener 6 месяцев назад

      Had to have a double take when I saw him

  • @eon14873
    @eon14873 2 года назад +2

    always listen to this before i get the national express. always nice to chill rather than drive sometimes

  • @RetroJay1974
    @RetroJay1974 4 года назад +65

    I consider this to be part of the golden age of music! around the mid 1990's, 1996, 97 and 98. Divine Comedy, Space etc. They were dam good groups. This chap even more so as I understand, if it is true he was on the dole and wrote the whole album hiding away from the world. I just think hes brilliant! the icing on the cake is around this time he also did the music for Father Ted.

    • @MandyLynx-l7g
      @MandyLynx-l7g 4 года назад +2

      RetroJay1974 you forgot Jarvis!!

    • @RetroJay1974
      @RetroJay1974 4 года назад +1

      @@MandyLynx-l7g Yup bad I forgot him, but I agree 100%

    • @rafaelsantosx
      @rafaelsantosx 4 года назад +2

      Thank you for introducing me to Space (uk).

    • @onionbot2
      @onionbot2 4 года назад

      also did the music for the IT crowd

    • @RichardM-kv4uu
      @RichardM-kv4uu 3 года назад

      Space? What?