There’s a lot of animosity between England and Scotland, but as an Englishman I’ll say this - you can keep your gas, your whiskey, your free prescriptions and free university fees. This is the greatest thing to EVER come out of Scotland, and I’ll fight to the death to keep Scotland in the UK so that I can keep some tenuous link to being part of this song. Best song ever written. EVER.
I feel so lucky and privileged to say ive been around and following Deacon Blue since the 80's. Amazing band live. Loaded fore is my favourite. Dignity is an absolute timeless classic. All ages know it.❤️
Reminds me of my grandad, he was a miner. Retired and got a boat to go with his car and caravan. He had a short retirement but he made it count. 💕He's a miss xx
Reminds me of my grandad. A miner. Didn't have a pot to piss in. Couldn't save. And died before retirement unable to do anything he had hoped for. This song is capitalist propaganda. It's everything the boss class wants the workers to believe. The carrot on the end of the stick.
This is describing me to a tee and seeing them sing this live in Cardiff made me realise my life really isn’t that bad! My music was/is the 80’s and what a time to be alive and a teenager
I like Deacon Blue. They've just done their thing win, lose or draw. Not tried to conquer the world, no theatrics through the years and just a good band to listen to.
Late 80's, 19 years of age, with awesome friends, united by hardship and destiny, singing our heads off feeling like champions. Thank you with all my heart.❤
This band are awesome....been a fan since they started and never looked back seen them loads of times ...great memories with my Walkman riding on my bike round Cornwall awesome💙💙💙
There is nothing wrong with collecting litter from the gutter. It’s an honest job. The chap in the town I live In who does it is hard working, polite and always doing it. I wish everyone knew what hard work was like he does.
@declansullivan6947 I totally agree.Deacon Blue are basically a band fronted by a duo..She is such an integral part of their sound, that calling her a backing singer is doing the whole band a misjustice
Absolutely fantastic for every working class person in every scheme in Scotland this song tells you there’s always hope but never forget where you came from best lyrics I’ve ever heard 👏👏👏👏👏👏
It is a capitalist propaganda song. It tells you that you must work hard for the promise of a decent retirement - which hardly anyone ever experiences. While the workers dream of having a little yacht in 40 years time, the bosses are crusing the world in superyachts in the here and now. It's carrot and stick. Everyone in my family worked hard and either died before retirement or didn't have a pot to pee by the time they retired. It's a nice fairytale the bosses sell to the workers to keep their noses to the grindstone.
Live for most of us is hard for some very hard if not impossible,if you get to the end and can leave with a smile on your face you have succeeded and the won the game of life. 👍♥️
Completely takes me back. Reminds me of a train journey from Uni in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to my (then) girlfriend in Carlisle where a bunch of girls invaded my carriage convinced I was you in my dungarees. I enjoyed myself.
There's a man out here, walks up our street, He's been working for The Council..Has Been 20 years. And he takes no shit off nobody,, An litter off the gutter He puts it in his bag, And never seems to mutter. And he wraps his lunch in a Sunblest Bag,.. And the children call him Bogey . He never lets on, But, I know cos he once told me ,, He let me know his secret, ; ... About the money in his kitty.. ..He's gonna buy a dinghy... and call her.. ..D.I.G.N.I.T.Y. I Absolutey Adore This Deacon Blue Song.. ....AMAZING BAND!!!. Tuned In from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧 2024.
The children didn't call him "Bogey", that's the PC version. "The children call him Jesus" is the originally correct version. BTW, I've been doing the job 18 years, its our theme song just for the original first verse.
Kept me going when I had to work.. Every hour I could with some awful people no respect just a joke but now I own my own life my house my car and I get to share it with my beautiful wife....
I'm so hoping to come see you with my 2 sons in Liverpool this summer. I've never had the chance until now, Deacon Blue was always the theme in our house in the 80s an beyond. I just never got chance to see you. Maybe this Yr 🙏
Saw them whilst serving in the Royal Air Force over 30 years ago. (4th May 1994 Cardiff Ice Rink). I Didn't plan to go, was just out on the lash in Cardiff that day. A load of friends who had tickets, shouting from a local pub caught my attention and carried me off to a brilliant last minute concert. Setlist that night: 1. Your Town 2. Peace & Jobs & Freedom 3. Hang Your Head 4. Cut Lip 5. Your Swaying Arms 6. The Day That Jackie Jumped the Jail 7. Will We Be Lovers 8. Last Night I Dreamed of Henry Thomas 9. Wages Day 10. Dignity 11. Loaded 12. Fellow Hoodlums 13. The Very Thing 14. Fall So Freely Down 15. Raintown 16. Only Tender Love 17. Bethlehem's Gate 18. Twist and Shout 19. Better the Devil You Know (Kylie Minoque cover) 20. Fergus Sings the Blues. Long may they continue. Richard, York.
Seen this show in the Echo arena Liverpool with my daughter and her fella. He’d never really heard a lot of what they’d recorded. But was blown away with there performance. So much so he lost his phone in the excitement . He had to go back to the venue ,whilst we went back to the car. Most leaving the venue were families all singing mr blue sky. A great night.
@@stewartmcculloch6808 you’ve got a Scottish 🏴 name.. you must be a Scot? Mah wee cousin is Scottish, also called Stuart. He’s a stand up comic, look him up, Stuart Mitchell. Best wishes to you Stewart.
Excellent and underated. Ricky Ross has a wonderful voice he has also written some classic songs. Let's not forget Lorraine McIntosh who did some of the most sublime backing and harmonies.
@@safcdean7374Happy Mondays another good band as well as Deacon blue. As I mentioned I am going to see deacon blue in Scarborough in June 2024.see you are from Sun-land marra. I am from the Boro.
My God. 1990 and I was madly in love with her. We heard the song. But she wasn't in love with me. Bloody hell. But I'm still a bit enamoured when I hear it again.
All ways reminds me of driving round with my mate Gordon in his xr3 year’s ago with this blasting out one of my favourite bands ever and always will be 😊
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56 years old and I'm living on a boat.
This song makes me cry with drunken happiness...especially when the piano sings. 🙂
did you call it Dignity
I lived on a narrowboat for several years some of my favourite years so far.
Dude I'll drink whiskey with on that boat and talk about the old days man
Class mate ! Enjoy life !
LOL my boat is called dignity and i wouldn't change it for the world, and I'm 54.
There’s a lot of animosity between England and Scotland, but as an Englishman I’ll say this - you can keep your gas, your whiskey, your free prescriptions and free university fees. This is the greatest thing to EVER come out of Scotland, and I’ll fight to the death to keep Scotland in the UK so that I can keep some tenuous link to being part of this song. Best song ever written. EVER.
plenty of english bands to follow ! or other non english bands ?
Think you may have forgotten about the Scottish legend that is "Donovan"
Stop muttering about you're insecurities that's how wee save our money for DIGNITY
Wow! Big man! We aren't all SNP big guy
@@DuncanMcTaggart it was a joke, or at least in my mind. Celebrating your identity. But if you really want a fight…. 🥳😂😂
I feel so lucky and privileged to say ive been around and following Deacon Blue since the 80's. Amazing band live. Loaded fore is my favourite. Dignity is an absolute timeless classic. All ages know it.❤️
Saw them in Sydney this year…one of the best gigs I’ve been too. Had tears in my eyes
Sung at the funeral yesterday of my life long friend Damo Donnelly in St Pats Cathedral Armagh . RIP my friend and brother.
Sorry for your loss. May Damo Rest in Eternal Peace listening to this classic tune. 🕯🙏
I live in the States and sadly I have never heard of them until today. I'm 52 this year and they are FANTASTIC!!!!
Fantastic live dude,they really are
They had another song called real gone kid
Back in the day they were the best,still are.
Back when this track landed I was lucky enough to be there. There was absolutely nothing like it and this guy is an absolute legend. Thank you Ben x
UK we love you
Live !!!!! Proves the talent can never be matched
Why have I only just come across this lady what a voice and absolutely beautiful as well . Sent shivers down my spine listening to this
Oh yes she is special
I hope you respect the uk
@@leemansell3625 ?
Reminds me of my grandad, he was a miner. Retired and got a boat to go with his car and caravan. He had a short retirement but he made it count. 💕He's a miss xx
Reminds me of my grandad. A miner. Didn't have a pot to piss in. Couldn't save. And died before retirement unable to do anything he had hoped for. This song is capitalist propaganda. It's everything the boss class wants the workers to believe. The carrot on the end of the stick.
My dad was a miner just outside Edinburgh. Where you from
Its a very humble song never gets old
Best song ever written ❤
This is describing me to a tee and seeing them sing this live in Cardiff made me realise my life really isn’t that bad! My music was/is the 80’s and what a time to be alive and a teenager
fancied lorriane since the 80s, still do ............lovely voice, great band
I like Deacon Blue. They've just done their thing win, lose or draw. Not tried to conquer the world, no theatrics through the years and just a good band to listen to.
Still giving me goosebumps now. Absolutely brilliant 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Late 80's, 19 years of age, with awesome friends, united by hardship and destiny, singing our heads off feeling like champions. Thank you with all my heart.❤
I wonder if I was one of your mates? Haha i was 19 then too 🏴
@@RockyBobbieBuster time to be alive Mate, Golden Years ✨️ 👍🏻
@@michaelryan6947 unfortunate name there Micheal (hungerford) Ryan 🤔
Doogi vipond
I'm 35 and just discovered this amazing band today 🍀
This band are awesome....been a fan since they started and never looked back seen them loads of times ...great memories with my Walkman riding on my bike round Cornwall awesome💙💙💙
This Song Is a ride into joy
The greatest song to come of Scotland. Bar none. Congrats, from Northern English brothers and sisters …..Dignity!! 🥰
Wow a stage of absolute masters of music. An epic performance and example of what real musicians are
The respect these guys give this song is amazing.
Should do, they wrote it.
Stunningly beautiful……I tear up every time I listen to this……❤ Donna in Toronto
The drummer living his best life.
There is nothing wrong with collecting litter from the gutter. It’s an honest job.
The chap in the town I live In who does it is hard working, polite and always doing it. I wish everyone knew what hard work was like he does.
I am 66 this month and still think this rocks 👏👏👏👏
Lorraine Ross defines this band in a way that no other backing singer does
How dare you call her a backing singer, she's absolutely brilliant 😂
Wendy Smith is equal but yes, she's brilliant :)
@@johnscott9154 Thank you for that, that was a useful alley for me to explore.
@declansullivan6947 I totally agree.Deacon Blue are basically a band fronted by a duo..She is such an integral part of their sound, that calling her a backing singer is doing the whole band a misjustice
Absolutely fantastic for every working class person in every scheme in Scotland this song tells you there’s always hope but never forget where you came from best lyrics I’ve ever heard 👏👏👏👏👏👏
It is a capitalist propaganda song. It tells you that you must work hard for the promise of a decent retirement - which hardly anyone ever experiences.
While the workers dream of having a little yacht in 40 years time, the bosses are crusing the world in superyachts in the here and now. It's carrot and stick. Everyone in my family worked hard and either died before retirement or didn't have a pot to pee by the time they retired.
It's a nice fairytale the bosses sell to the workers to keep their noses to the grindstone.
@ 100% agree fantastic comment 👏👏
You could see the sheer pleasure on her face singing with these guys
This song never gets old
Simply stunning.
And there she is again ….. another of Scotlands so underrated talents ma Lorraine , such amazing vocals xxxx😢
I am English with a Scottish wife deacon blue amazing ❤❤🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Omg gone back to my 20s love you both
Lyrically perfect..Lorraine's excitement is exceptional.
Love you deacon blue
Never gets old.
Absolutely nailed it.
Great band live seen them six times in 25 yrs..
Brought up with Deacon blue 🏴 1980 hopefully many years still 2 come 🙏
What a classic this song is !!! Pure bliss :)
You are such an amazing artiste. Will see you in Bury again 🙏 God willing. You are so wonderful. Thank you for everything you have given us 👊🏻😇
Loved Waterboys & world party .. but your music lives on.
My daughter’s boyfriend loves this song .. He sings it at every opportunity.. And we love it & Jonny ❤
Makes you feel so happy
Stunning and timelss❤
So happy to have been following this band since 80s still going strong talented good people ❤
Stevie's favourite...he was mine..missed..xxx
The lyrics mean so much to me as I lost my dad at 13 and got lifted at 17 as a hooligan at the time my mother was skint
Great band !!!
Karaoke, Mully's Port de Pollenca July 2024, best moment of the night! THANK YOU!
Live for most of us is hard for some very hard if not impossible,if you get to the end and can leave with a smile on your face you have succeeded and the won the game of life. 👍♥️
What a beautiful woman ans singer she is ❤
Completely takes me back. Reminds me of a train journey from Uni in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to my (then) girlfriend in Carlisle where a bunch of girls invaded my carriage convinced I was you in my dungarees. I enjoyed myself.
...I bet you did!😅
There's a man out here, walks up our street,
He's been working for The Council..Has Been 20 years.
And he takes no shit off nobody,, An litter off the gutter
He puts it in his bag,
And never seems to mutter.
And he wraps his lunch in a Sunblest Bag,.. And the children call him Bogey .
He never lets on, But, I know cos he once told me ,,
He let me know his secret, ;
... About the money in his kitty..
..He's gonna buy a dinghy... and call her..
..D.I.G.N.I.T.Y.
I Absolutey Adore This Deacon Blue Song..
....AMAZING BAND!!!.
Tuned In from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
2024.
The children didn't call him "Bogey", that's the PC version. "The children call him Jesus" is the originally correct version. BTW, I've been doing the job 18 years, its our theme song just for the original first verse.
Seen them twice in concert - Wembley 1990 and Barcelona 2018. Brilliant band !. RR maturing like a fine wine
Kept me going when I had to work.. Every hour I could with some awful people no respect just a joke but now I own my own life my house my car and I get to share it with my beautiful wife....
I'm so hoping to come see you with my 2 sons in Liverpool this summer. I've never had the chance until now, Deacon Blue was always the theme in our house in the 80s an beyond. I just never got chance to see you. Maybe this Yr 🙏
Oh you’ve made me want to go
Me n wife never shared music taste, said other night you fancy us going deacon blue in liverpool ? She said yeah, why not. Result 😊
Brilliant
Excellent Karim! Love it. I keep listening to it and great video.
Good to see Lorraine still giving it the full beans !
Me + my mate sang this is in our local the night before his wedding, we werent quite as good as this 😂😂😂
The best 5 minutes of whatever festival this is, and there’s people in the background spending money on a carnival ride!! 😮
Beautiful
Love it
The drummerc❤️
Love this song , the group xx
I❤DEACON BLUE
Saw them whilst serving in the Royal Air Force over 30 years ago. (4th May 1994 Cardiff Ice Rink). I Didn't plan to go, was just out on the lash in Cardiff that day. A load of friends who had tickets, shouting from a local pub caught my attention and carried me off to a brilliant last minute concert. Setlist that night:
1. Your Town
2. Peace & Jobs & Freedom
3. Hang Your Head
4. Cut Lip
5. Your Swaying Arms
6. The Day That Jackie Jumped the Jail
7. Will We Be Lovers
8. Last Night I Dreamed of Henry Thomas
9. Wages Day
10. Dignity
11. Loaded
12. Fellow Hoodlums
13. The Very Thing
14. Fall So Freely Down
15. Raintown
16. Only Tender Love
17. Bethlehem's Gate
18. Twist and Shout
19. Better the Devil You Know
(Kylie Minoque cover)
20. Fergus Sings the Blues. Long may they continue. Richard, York.
Great song. One of my altimeter favourites.
Just beautiful ❤
Seen this show in the Echo arena Liverpool with my daughter and her fella. He’d never really heard a lot of what they’d recorded. But was blown away with there performance. So much so he lost his phone in the excitement . He had to go back to the venue ,whilst we went back to the car. Most leaving the venue were families all singing mr blue sky. A great night.
Que gran grupo....love your music
Iconic voices
This is it! 🏴♥️🇺🇸🇬🇧
His backing singer is bloody brilliant
It’s rickie,s wife Lorraine
@@stewartmcculloch6808 hahaha, is it really??? That’s crazy
@@stewartmcculloch6808 you’ve got a Scottish 🏴 name.. you must be a Scot?
Mah wee cousin is Scottish, also called Stuart. He’s a stand up comic, look him up, Stuart Mitchell. Best wishes to you Stewart.
We need them to come and play at The Piece Hall this summer!!!
Pure gold❤
I'm south east but I think this song joins the UK together
this song... you just cant help having a broad smile when you here it or is it just me?
Excellent and underated. Ricky Ross has a wonderful voice he has also written some classic songs. Let's not forget Lorraine McIntosh who did some of the most sublime backing and harmonies.
Excellent group
Just fantastic
Never grows tired! ❤
Saw them when I was 16, 1989 whiteley Bay ice rink then again following year. Amazing!!!
Whitley bay ice rink. That's a blast from the past. I seen Depeche mode there in the 80s.i am going to see Deacon blue in June 2024 in Scarborough.
@@glenshea1967 I actually saw deacon blue at whitely Bay the year before happy Mondays. Amazing times
@@safcdean7374Happy Mondays another good band as well as Deacon blue. As I mentioned I am going to see deacon blue in Scarborough in June 2024.see you are from Sun-land marra. I am from the Boro.
@glenshea1967 lived in boro for 15 years only moved back to Sunderland about 5 years ago
Great live version of this 80s classic definitely a great get up and shout song thanks for sharing this
Brilliant song !
This is one of those tracks when you suddenly think.... Fuck how can i top that?... Ricky you can't it's an absolute gem .. live with it
This song still rocks !!
Brilliant.
that's everything to me
The best
Such a happy song😢
Love you
Class…is timeless
My God. 1990 and I was madly in love with her. We heard the song. But she wasn't in love with me. Bloody hell. But I'm still a bit enamoured when I hear it again.
Mighty song
All ways reminds me of driving round with my mate Gordon in his xr3 year’s ago with this blasting out one of my favourite bands ever and always will be 😊