my dad loved david gray. i forgot he existed until i was sitting in the car waiting to go in the funeral home for my dads service and heard this song. i used to tell dad he was a flamer or a chick listening to these songs and here i am at 28 years old. crying listening to my dads old music. i miss you man. so much. Kelly Scott Bush September 17, 1968-February 17, 2024 you’re my hero old man. your legacy lives on 💙

@moonunit007

Ай бұрын

I'll raise a glass to your old man

@GG-sr5tc

Ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@RobTheTrucker

Ай бұрын

So sorry for your lose, I lost my Dad 3 months ago. Been looking through his old music collection as well. ❤

@jeffeory6711

19 күн бұрын

Cherish the moments you had, man. I lost my mom a couple years ago and you never lose that feeling, but the feelings have softened and I've been able to reflect and reminisce without losing it now. Hopefully, someday you're able to do the same with his music and just listen and smile. I'm with ya, my guy.

@ainemcgowan4495

6 күн бұрын

How beautiful....just a month has passed since we buried mum.....oh my God we sadly only just skim the surface of how magical our loved ones are and the time spent with them is precious. Then when they aren't with us anymore boy do we realise how unique they were and a song can bring all those memories of them back to us....and it's so bloody hard....

David Gray is ridiculously underrated!

@davida.quinnsr.8847

3 жыл бұрын

They play him on KOST now!

@anthonymarsden8708

2 жыл бұрын

100%

@johnmc3862

2 жыл бұрын

He’s isn’t underrated one bit!

@Nick-Emery

Жыл бұрын

Who by?

@mir3349

Жыл бұрын

Yes also think!!! 🤨🥰👏🔥

I remember in my late teens sitting in a stolen car with two of my childhood friends, in a car park taking heroin… this song came on the radio and we all paused in a moment of life evaluation… for those 2 minutes we shared this song and a magical moment. my two friends are no longer here… yet my life has ended up really good, great job, home, and a family that love me… I’m 40 years old on Sunday, I consider myself very lucky!

@roxanelvgsch

2 жыл бұрын

You really are 😘

@danka2000

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you were born in 1982 like I was. I turned 40 back on May 29th. When this song came out you were 18 and I was 18 since the song came out around late 2000. I remember hearing this song in the Fall of 2000, was my first quarter in community college. Sorry to hear about your friends, what happened to them? Im glad in end your life turned out for the good.

@Nick-Emery

2 жыл бұрын

@@danka2000 yes I was born in 1982, One got killed in an accident at work, the company tried to blame him being on drugs but it was found that they were in breach of health and safety. The other tried to take a short cut over a railway line and his coat got caught on the fence and it strangled him 😕 he was homeless and really fucked up at the time.

@Nick-Emery

2 жыл бұрын

@@danka2000 and thanks 😊

@henrikedvardsson5320

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I´m sorry. Sorry for those you stole from and all the people youve harmed.

Thank you, Matt McCusker for reminding me of this gem.

@jordandunne5292

4 ай бұрын

Brother, I knew the shaman wouldn't lead me here alone! God bless!

@jaydeatts

4 ай бұрын

the shaman would never mislead us

@JDAWG9162

4 ай бұрын

Took a David Gray deep dive when I heard Matt mention him. My personal favorite so far is “Lead Me Upstairs.” Shoutout to all the DAWGZ.

@arlovisuals

4 ай бұрын

That"s how i got here!

@dollabill167

4 ай бұрын

Haha same I couldn't remember who sung "this years love" for years till Matt brought him up 😂😂

Sweet freaking jesus, I've literally been looking for this song for about a decade or so. I heard it in a safeway grocery store and misinterpreted the lyrics and eventually figured I'd never find out. You have no idea how nice it is to find the title to the song that's been playing on my head for ten years.

@josiahlallan7145

4 жыл бұрын

Same bro been looking for ages till I heard it on the radio recently

@RobWitchdoctor

4 жыл бұрын

What do you make of it?

@pamelathomas847

4 жыл бұрын

Ah that's lovely ,delighted u found it

@codystriegel

4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@jipsees1908

3 жыл бұрын

Biblical Babylon

Thank you for sharing your White Ladder memories in these comments! We're working on a special project to share these stories for the 20th anniversary of White Ladder - help us bring this project to life by sending us your memories with a photo or video at davidgray.com/wl-memories.

@matthewirving99

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@sachalebabe

3 жыл бұрын

Nice idea! Love you David Gray, thank you for the music!!

@georgejamestaylor5225

3 жыл бұрын

What is the meaning behind the lyric "Babylon”?I always thought it was a plea to go back to the beginning of the said relationship? I'd really appreciate you letting me know. Though I appreciate you cannot have/take the time to answer all questions. But if you could, I'd be very appreciative!!! Gb, amazing song, thanx for your music, George.

@kerrystone7375

3 жыл бұрын

My husband and kids and I love all your music, its especially good in our car on long trips. My kids have grown up listening to it. It has been the source of much comfort listening to your music. Thank you. ❤

@IfNotNow_Wendy

3 жыл бұрын

What ever happened to this project. I have the best story.

I get a heartache kind of nostalgia when I listen to these songs.

@darenmcallister5124

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I do also, young an dumb I was.

@rhiannonleigh2715

2 жыл бұрын

Yes me too ❤️

@trevor6412

2 жыл бұрын

@@rhiannonleigh2715 Me to. Sends me back to the good old days. Great artist.

@gammergq9741

2 жыл бұрын

Me too reminds me how life felt so much better when this song was in the charts and I sore this wonderful video for the first time.

@AmyDredge

2 жыл бұрын

Heart definitely started beating irregularly for sure

I lost my former Sweetheart just before Christmas. She loved David Gray. His music were the first songs that come to mind when I think of her. I miss her so much.

@alicachapman2446

2 жыл бұрын

Sending much love

@lewiedavison7135

2 жыл бұрын

I hope your doing okay mate 🙏🏼

@joeljewkes2883

2 жыл бұрын

Keep your head up bro

@Annabella-yf1qg

2 жыл бұрын

🌹

@OliverOz2

2 жыл бұрын

Four months in and I think that you are going to do ok. This is a great tune. Enjoy it. Don't let the past be an anchor. Smile lots, work out and be the person you want to attract. Trust me.

Another 90s kid here who fell in love with this song in 2000. And 20 years later it's as powerful now as it was then.

@sammysweetheart8600

2 жыл бұрын

95' here and this is one of my favorite songs ever

@JoeMama025

2 жыл бұрын

@@sammysweetheart8600 My heart still sinks into my stomach at “if you want it, come and get it, for crying out loud, the love that I was, giving you was, never in doubt.” 2000 nostalgia for life 💕

@brickrenegade7424

2 жыл бұрын

As a guy who was born in the late 90s, I definitely feel you on that.

@normcooprjr

2 жыл бұрын

50’s kid here and love this song! Good music can never be denied.

@JoeMama025

2 жыл бұрын

@@normcooprjr Truth! You have undeniable good taste!

For my best friend and all the times we sang this song dunk as hell. Miss you bro. R.I.P. Daniel Hagen

@philstoke

5 жыл бұрын

How he die

@Billyb96

5 жыл бұрын

SuperPhilcool have some respect you dosser

@rgel22

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that James. May he rest in peace brother!

@ChampFour5

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss, hang in there brother

@CPLGDR

4 жыл бұрын

f

This was our tune. First heard it on holiday in Ibiza. He died last year. Rest in peace hubby. ❤

@davidgoldman4530

Жыл бұрын

Haley Hazey so sorry for your loss. 🙏

@thomasashe9685

4 ай бұрын

Rest in eternal peace ✝️ God willing you'll see him again

@margaretmasters3582

3 ай бұрын

Till you meet again

@clarecampbell4481

3 ай бұрын

🫂❤️

@lilsusieq100

2 ай бұрын

💖🙏🫶💔😢

My baby sister got me into this artist, in the early 2000's. She went to heaven in 2012. We had the BEST taste in music, and books. I miss her everyday, and can't wait to listen to music together again.🎼🎶

@JaneParkerBowls

3 ай бұрын

Ru Irish

@benjaminphilpot4262

5 күн бұрын

❤

I quit my job yesterday to get myself better mentally. My job has caused me stress anxiety and depression and has been affecting life with my little boy and girl as well as my partner. This song makes me feel like everything is going to be ok. I know we'll be fine.

@alfioragusa1326

3 жыл бұрын

You’ve got my support my friend

@J_P1

3 жыл бұрын

Blessings to you Adam White

@markcussens5380

3 жыл бұрын

I hope it all worked out well for you!

@dboypompeyreturns

3 жыл бұрын

Best of luck to you and yours.

@jamesreacts5353

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you're awesome, no job is worth your mental health and there is always another out there :)

This is one of my all time favorite songs hands down.

@Daniel.Hollenfurst

3 жыл бұрын

It was used for torture

@mgee276

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel so was a picture of you haha shutup this song is amazing

@mgee276

3 жыл бұрын

This songis poignant af

@EBerkano417

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard this song in years. I find it again tonight while tripping on shrooms. The feels are strong AF. ♥️

@andrewcrombie1371

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt

What a song. Can evoke so many good memories for me. Where does the time go 😅

Such a timeless song. Just a joy to listen to every time.

My brother loved David Gray. Rip Clayton Finn, too beautiful for this Earth, leave a light on for me bro x

@emilychandler1534

4 жыл бұрын

He's right next to you!! Regardless!! We never leave those we LOVE,, EVER🎼🤗🎵🙏🤗 They become our New Angels who watch over us n sit right next to us hearing every single word you say to them... Till yous meet again💙🎼🙏🎵💙🤗😘

@emilychandler1534

4 жыл бұрын

God Bless yous!!🙏🤗🙏

@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826

4 жыл бұрын

Beverly, that's lovely.

@emilychandler1534

4 жыл бұрын

Jus Somethin so Special bout his words!! Babylon kisses our hearts is so many ways!! RIP Clayton Finn!💞 are yous with me for him?!?😘💞🤗😘💞

@gavindavies2687

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry too hear about that, but don’t worry his light is forever burning, never give up, always remember! Sorry for your loss

This song came at a difficult in my life and it saved me , God bless David grey and all you wonderful people still listening to a masterpiece🙏🏻❤️

Laying down on my couch listening to David singing Babylon.

Whos here 2024

@mickygilmore1560

Ай бұрын

Never left😅

@user-th2bz5cp4r

Ай бұрын

Me listening to it 😊🇬🇧

@crystalpower1217

Ай бұрын

Ireland 🇮🇪

@davidpaulbrennan3729

24 күн бұрын

🇮🇪

@nicks3350

9 күн бұрын

@@mickygilmore1560exactly what I was about to say😂

God I miss these days

@markmcgrath8051

3 жыл бұрын

Still there again

@loveleighfiji

3 жыл бұрын

As do i 🙏

@gcrumps

3 жыл бұрын

If we band together get find stewie I'm sure he can build us a time machine Because I rather be there and my Grandparents was still alive

@lammypie3561

3 жыл бұрын

You mean when things were a little more normal (the people weren't as strange either)

@FB-kz8vc

3 жыл бұрын

Yep same

“Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.” God Bless everyone

@sarahscofield3946

4 жыл бұрын

warren Stephens hmmmm

@deejarrett8291

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good thing, frankly.

@christopherhammell164

3 жыл бұрын

I have so many notebooks filled with lyrics and drawings but can’t play an instrument... seeing this written with the words u use, so simple yet so true.. I had to comment

@MrSalvia18

3 жыл бұрын

@Ali Alejandro cheers brother 😁 Diolch thank you

@PresidentLincoln

Жыл бұрын

@@deejarrett8291 No one wants to hear what my nana had locked up in her. Trust me.

Here in 2024 🎉🎉 hello from Ireland 🇮🇪

@ambassadoroftheandromedagalaxy

Күн бұрын

KZread should just add year counters, I know we can technically check the video stats for ourselves quite easily, but imagine at the top above the comments is just the "viewer count for this year" and buttons for prior years if you're interested.

David Gray's music makes me feel so nostalgic. It reminds me of the bus rides into town with mum as a young kid, his music was on the radio a lot back then in the early 2000s. My town (Christchurch City, NZ) changed so much after the earthquakes and isn't the same anymore. So this music takes me back to a better time 💜

In France, "Babylon" was on heavy rotation on radios by summer 2000.

Shocking that this song has only 17 million views in 10 years as it should have atleast 10x that. Well atleast there's 17 million people in this world that know what proper music sounds like

@johnbon472

8 ай бұрын

Come on, David Gray, we need a live show in Manchester

@Lefthookhero

6 ай бұрын

1 million of those views were from me 😅

I was born in 1990 and this song could be in the background of some of the most "coming of age" moments of my life as I look back. So many people listened to it so you would hear it everywhere you went.

Wow, thank you Matt McCusker for bringing me back to this. My mom used to sing along to this on the radio driving me home from school when I was 8 years old. Really good memories

@jaydeatts

4 ай бұрын

praise be to the shaman

Sometimes I listen to this song on repeat all day while working. Is that normal? I love it.

@thrownforaloop58

7 ай бұрын

Totally 😎

@matthewhardy5610

7 ай бұрын

Yep, I am guilty as charged.

@stevesmyth1769

7 ай бұрын

Yes 👍❤

@1greenMitsi

6 ай бұрын

no - go get yourself checked

@chrisatkinson168

5 ай бұрын

Seems reasonable

I was 16 when this came out. Miss them days it was a far better time

This song takes be back to my time just out of university landing a job in Chicago and living in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. Absolutely loved going on pub crawls with my buddies and hearing this song being played. The bartenders would crank up the volume for this song and the whole pub would sing along.

This is my absolute favorite song and always will be. The lyrics, melody, instrumentation, his voice. An absolute masterpiece

Reminds me of living in Bayswater, London. I'm in Nottingham now, I'm 52. I just want to turn the clocks back a bit.

@chewbaccasworld3672

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of living in Fulham bro. I saw him at Earls Court during this time. I'm in New Zealand now and life is good but sometimes when I think back to those London days...

@deesmit2222

3 жыл бұрын

Woof Olliesmydog Reminds me of working in a Nursing home-2002/3? Now 54, I get what you mean by turning the clock back.I would like to have one long weekend,June/July 1983 Chichester,West Sussex,with the knowledge/wisdom if you like of myself today x

@drooshmaroosh8261

3 жыл бұрын

@@deesmit2222 I think we all wish that!

@terinasargeant138

3 жыл бұрын

AHH bless. It reminds me of working at Nottingham train station aged 26 as a train guard. Early mornings and late nights I've seen many lights change from green to red. Yes I miss those days😢

@julieweedon1731

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

My brother died today.. I was working with him. He was diabetic.. He told us his blood sugar was low.. He had glucose tablets in his backpack and emergency diabetic supplies. We offered him some food not even 5 minutes before he fell. My friend we were helping with a job told me my brother was on the ground. I had just seen him a minute before that standing up. We didn't have cell service where we were at.. We carried him to the truck and drove to the nearest house. They let us come in and we began chest compressions my brother had stopped breathing. I gave my brother mouth to mouth.. I felt his hands grow cold. I watched as his face turned pale. We continued for 30 minutes before emergency vehicles showed up and continued on for another hour... Until there was nothing we could do anymore. I watched as my brother was zipped into a body bag... I cried... I couldn't cry. Then cried some more. I prayed. I pleaded. I let go. I decided to try to finish the job my brother and I started.. On the way back to unload the lumber... This song played on the radio... So beautiful. Rest in peace brother Jesus has you now. This isn't goodbye... I'll see you later... Until then I'm gonna strive to make you proud... You will be sorely missed. I love you always. I know you'll always be with me.. You wont have to suffer anymore. I'm gonna miss you. Until we meet again my friend!

@patriciasmith3509

5 ай бұрын

I needed to read this today in January 2024... thank you❤

@MrGekko564

5 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry lost too many also blessings x

@JayRyan-np1ke

3 ай бұрын

My heartfelt condolences to you & that agonising pain is unexplainable 😔 lost my brother sept 2021 & still feels so raw & very painful to accept..44 years old & I’d choose him as my brother again,he didn’t just say he cared about anyone,he really made you feel loved & had a big heart..I’ll never be the same & listen to music he once did ‘ he loved his 🎧 on their soul journeys & will be waiting when it’s our turn ❤️

@MrMpyne

3 ай бұрын

Hi Bruce, so sorry for you. Mark

@denisepaxford8247

Ай бұрын

So so sorry for your loss my son had dmd sadly died before his 18 birthday I was holding his hand at the end our loved ones always in our hearts❤ xx

My little sister loved this song so much she requested it for her funeral, sadly she died at 43 due to addiction, this song was played whilst she departed alone..

@Nick-Emery

5 ай бұрын

Nice song 🥲, as someone who beat addiction I feel very fortunate that I’m still alive.

@claire121

5 ай бұрын

Rip 🙏🏻 🕊

@terrysmith1509

4 ай бұрын

No one departs alone . they're waiting for us , RIP

@AnalogX64

4 ай бұрын

My condolences.

@thomasashe9685

4 ай бұрын

❤❤

This song reminds me of a time in my life with lots of turmoil. A person, Daryl, came into my life and was nothing more than a friend. A friend who was needed and always lent an ear to my chaotic life and back and forth thoughts on a love lost. Still think of this guy now as he always used to listen to this song. Thanks for all the support D - miss ya man!

What a time the 90s were. As a child, I remember falling in love with this song and so many others and feeling nothing but optimism. I feel so lucky to have grown up in this era. No social media. Tech didn't rule our day to day lives. Truly simpler times.

i love how a song can take me back in time sometimes to happier more innocent time, this is one of many

🎵a wobbly voice, and a wobbly head🎵 20 years ago, where has it all gone?

This artist is very much underrated, love David Gray's music always.

I have been loooking for this song for almost 20 years. It's like reuniting with an old friend after many years.

@weewarrior1228

4 жыл бұрын

Vernor Oviedo i mean clearly not you would have found it fairly easily by just listening to the lyrics and asking people

@ingabrown3916

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@motorxrules1

4 жыл бұрын

@@weewarrior1228 This song is not easy to find just off the chorus.

@christinetaylor70

3 жыл бұрын

understand

This guy is a genius ,such an amazing talent ,grossly underrated

@Hobiexoxo

3 жыл бұрын

💯

@RAGproduction

3 жыл бұрын

so grossly

@carolynboyd3796

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody missed this.Major.

@owencampbell8799

Жыл бұрын

White ladder saved my life.

My mom played this song all the time in her car when I was little, it's been in the back of my mind for over 20 years. Didn't know enough about the song to be able to find it, but then just it randomly came on the radio today. How cool, haven't heard it in a very long time, great memories.

Love this song my mother is sick in hospital I dedicate this song to her❤

The 90's were so amazing. Shame we didn't appreciate them enough at the time 😐

@ramboj7924

3 жыл бұрын

yeah was the best for music, movies and everything really

@qwertyqwert2772

3 жыл бұрын

It all went so fast.. shows we had great fun.

@misterkip2923

3 жыл бұрын

Ah but we appreciate them now so

@trainenthusiastproductions5219

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats 90s music.

@maurinphillips9293

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100% but I keep it alive by listening to 90s music all the time - so much that my son born in 2003 prefers 90s music to anything else. Makes this momma proud.

Anyone else singing to this this 2020? Like a fine wine, just gets better with age, a pure classic.

@renelopez2244

4 жыл бұрын

3-29-20

@pandorabateman2443

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love Mr. Gray's tunes, they're seemingly ageless to me! 🙂

@LJCountry88

4 жыл бұрын

4/11/20 👍✌️

@Icarmzzy

4 жыл бұрын

May now! Time keeps tickin'. Stay safe out there! Blessings from FL

@RobWitchdoctor

4 жыл бұрын

What do yous all think of it?

God I love this guy's voice

I love this song but really hardly ever listen to because every time i do i end up crying. i love it so much than it hurts. Reminds me of my best years.

@Curteezy

Жыл бұрын

The best is yet to come bud

@kinghailz786

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry. Probably not as sad as the Iraqis forced to listen to it on repeat for hours and hours from a massive speaker Infront of their face, while soldiers would "gRAPE" their children in front of them... You'll be fine bud.

@DennisBrouwer-ir5cr

Жыл бұрын

I can feel you but I'm a cry baby ..😂😂

@margaretmasters3582

3 ай бұрын

Me too. Very emotional record

The song's theme suggests that just like the city of Babylon (the 3rd World Power in human history) was kept safe by walls too high to scale and the Euphrates river as a giant moat surrounding it on all sides for miles, a fragile human heart will desperately try to shield itself from pain and regret by creating all sorts of barriers designed to keep harmful people out and peaceful solitude in. The downside is that such a strategy also keeps helpful people out and painful loneliness in as well. In order to live a full life, a person HAS to let go of fear and doubt to be free to truly enjoy his/her time on earth.

@rosemaryochoa4789

8 жыл бұрын

+Jomanro great job, you did speak clearly to me, saying something and it has girth, time is short, used to think gazing at the stars was the end all of all, then life happens

@supastar25

8 жыл бұрын

+Jomanro Thank you for that

@blackbird426

8 жыл бұрын

+Jomanro Keep it simple and just Babble on.

@stereodelirium

8 жыл бұрын

+Jomanro i totaly agree with written. it does not get any more truthful than that what you have written, for i have expirienced it myself. thank you for that friend...

@jeffwolfenden904

8 жыл бұрын

+Georgia Fiefer ha ha...lol, clever girl

If you are watching this in 2020, then just remember that you are a Legend! 🔥💯

@keatonbanta

3 жыл бұрын

I’m visiting from chromatica

@benwilliams606

3 жыл бұрын

Keep seeing this comment on a few bangers out there

@RatThing8369

3 жыл бұрын

Thank for the reassurance

This tune has a magical power to take every listener to a private place where you will reminisce or remember a certain era/place in your timeline and mentally time travel to it. Still ❤️ 2022

@THEATKINSHOME

Жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes. I am in a place, with a circumstance, and I can still feel that like a jacket when I hear this .you are so right. Nice work 🙏

@six66string

Жыл бұрын

It’s true.

@jasonbarney5587

Жыл бұрын

This song came out when I was 23, and now I'm 45. Almost half my life ago. I'm not sure what made me think of this song. Being in a place now, traveling for an extended period, where I'm contemplating everything that has ever happened in my life and the music that draws me to those memories. This song has has a special place in my timeline.

It finally happened, I finally found the song!! It played in my head for more than a decade!!!!!!

@oktoberina

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it came out in like 1999 or 2000. I had a basset hound named Elvis at the time and any time this song/video would come on he would come running From wherever he was and stand in front of the TV and bark his head off until it was over. It was hilarious. 🤣 I don’t know what it was about this song but it’s the only one he ever did that to. So of course I think of him any time I hear this song. But it’s a great song from a GREAT album and I highly recommend you checking out the rest of this album for sure. It’s absolutely fantastic. Glad you found it after looking for it for so long. I know what that’s like and it can be maddening! 😜 Seriously…check out the whole album. You won’t be disappointed. ❤

@melchowistz

Жыл бұрын

You and I, Mr Bull, have had the same predicament. I shrieked when I found it as well. I have been singing along to bits of it without knowing the artist or the title. Here's the fun part, my colleague's name is David Gray!!! lol

@rutiliomartinez9216

Жыл бұрын

All you had to do was let go of your heart, let go of your head… respectfully.

@heffslifemixobrien1920

9 ай бұрын

Too funny the stuff you hear at the supermarket Perhaps a comment on life😂😂

How incredible is this track. Will never get tired of this one.

@kmaz8329

5 жыл бұрын

Music4allofU. ...

@kmaz8329

5 жыл бұрын

Music4allofU wild 9.no.love productio s of ny.macho g.is the kingdom of princess nemo.and that's that little memo.on HBO

@kidcopernicus

5 жыл бұрын

Try listening at 0.70 percent speed, voice pitch shifted. For a more soulful experience...

@mickeykindley9885

5 жыл бұрын

This is a great song and amazing album

@RobWitchdoctor

4 жыл бұрын

What do yous all think of it?

Who here listening 2024 🎉 happy new year from Ireland 🇮🇪

@pleasantville4529

6 ай бұрын

Happy New year to you also. Ridiculously good song, even after 25 years.

@loekrietmeijer5487

5 ай бұрын

Yes me 13-01-2024 i heard this song yesterday on the radio on my way home from work it was new for me amazing

@claire121

5 ай бұрын

@@loekrietmeijer5487 it's brilliant 👏

@mariner4ever

4 ай бұрын

I’m listening in 2025, I’m a time traveller like Marty McFly but in a converted Peugeot 208 instead of a DeLorean. To prove it I’ll tell you who wins the 2024 General Election - a Labour landslide. There you go there’s your proof. 😃

@cubieosity

4 ай бұрын

Here and grateful to listen again

The lyrics have such a stream of consciousness feel. It’s amazing how fluid it all feels

@jedidahadser9385

Жыл бұрын

Ooòhhh

@jedidahadser9385

Жыл бұрын

Love

To my ears, this might be one of the finest songs of the last 50 years. This song was a hit on the radio when I visited my family in England back in summer 2000. I bought the cd at Gatwick before my flight home and this song has never left my playlist.

If you are watching this in 2021, then just remember that you are a Legend! 🔥💯

@benisle2629

3 жыл бұрын

👍

@maxhammer4067

3 жыл бұрын

An unknown legend

@matthewkiggin5456

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant song I have it in my head even without listening to it I also had a dream about having the song on last night.

@RAGproduction

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewkiggin5456 dream a dream baby

It’s great hearing how this song makes people feel nostalgic. I was born at the tail end of the 80s. Back in 2000 this song along with a few other artists was some of the first music I listened to that wasn’t my parents influence (they still think 70s music is the best). The video is a great representation of London at the end of the 90s. It’s good to relive those memories.

This has been an earworm of mine for years. I can often be found doing mundane tasks and singing this song

This always reminds of 2000's Ireland. Being a kid enjoying school, sun and the end of the Celtic tiger and some of the best memories of my life.

When this was released I was living and working away from home. I was lonely and not very happy. I heard this on the radio, went out and bought the album and played it in my little flat. It cut through me like a knife through butter. It is, without doubt one of the best songs I have ever heard. So full of depth and melancholy and meaning. Thanks David, you're a star. BTW the live version you did at that concert in Switzerland was wonderful.

Such an unassuming, simple, but perfect and beautiful song. Takes me back!

my sons were messing around with my mom's old record collection that she gave me. My mom has records since the 1940s. I also have glass records from my grandmother since the late 1800's.. I had a large cassete tape collection that is gone now and a lot of my cd collection is missing which is a long story. My sons were messing with the records I had left, cassettes, and cds. they were messing with my old cds and talking about them with me and then they found David Greay. I was a dj in highschool and college. I was working on an associates in radio broadcasiting and I was working at a cafe on the campus. I was a dj on college radio for years and was an intern for a lot of stations and I remember this was one of my favorite songs to play. The entire album is so amazing and unique. Once the cafe closed and I was totally discouraged by my father and transferred to a different job I felt I was going nowhere. I gave it all up to marry my middle school sweetheart who was in the navy when we graduated highschool.. I have been with my husband my wholle life and we are very happy still, but I gave up a lot of dreams. I was a dj for a long time and this song was huge then. It's too bad that it faded away in peoples memories. It's still good. It's still a gem. Thanks David Gray for all of the good memories. You are still an idol in my heart and am icon at everything I deejayed. I have a lot of fond memories with this song, and now my sons will too.. My husband does also, God bless!

@margaretmasters3582

3 ай бұрын

Wow just wow ❤❤❤

Wow...Released 24 years ago, and it's still so good! David Gray is so talented!! Love his music, especially this song, and this album. I still have this CD. It means something to me -- 1999 was a life- changing year for me.

Like a fine wine, just gets better with age, a pure classic.

@delmonte5796

5 жыл бұрын

without a doubt so good its frightening

@debowiec3

4 жыл бұрын

It has an atmospheric quality that's almost impossible to translate into words............other-worldly or something like that!!

@RobWitchdoctor

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing isn't it?

@SMCC81

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😉

@timothyt2645

Жыл бұрын

YOURE SO FUCKING RIGHT NEVER GETS OLD ONLY BETTER WITH TIME. BABYLON

This song hits me in so many ways. So many memories. David gray, what a singer!

I love this entire album so much. Every song peels back another layer and it surprisingly raw for a lot of it. The first song is Please Forgive Me which is kind of a quirky song and then this masterpiece. The album ends with Say Hello Wave Goodbye which makes you feel like Buddy Holly just died in American Pie for 9 minutes.

@orangewarm1

8 ай бұрын

It's a good album, but it's not considered a classic in the pantheon of music.

@Y64cvFu245

6 ай бұрын

Maybe it's just "a good song" . Perhaps...

Anyone here 2024

There is no song out there that makes me reminisce to when I lived in London like this song, classic. Masterpiece.

This song should be a monument in the history of music.

Yes it is true, David Gray is underrated! He is a gifted artist! I never grow tired of listening to Babylon and other great songs that he has recorded! Thank you, David Gray for enhancing the world of music!

When i was a kid, we used to go on holiday to Spain every year up until the financial crash. Our first time there, my dad bought White Ladder an had it on the CD player on our rental car. Hearing this brings me back to happy memories. Thanks David.

Such an emotionally charged song....Sung with strong emotional energy....Honest Sincere Vocally caressing my heart

This is the song of an entire generation. Thank you David for creating such a tune.

There is something special to me of songs that came out in the late 90s and the year 2000. Even though I didn’t listen to this song around that time (I honestly didn’t learn about this song until recently), it feels nostalgic to me. I’m really grateful for David Gray for composing this masterpiece of a song. I have honestly been listening to it on loop for the past several days now.

Love love love this song! I'd forgotten just how good it made me feel and came across it here and had to play it. Still fabulous all these years on........

This song brings a lot of comfort in difficult times we face in 2020. Thank you for the beautiful lyrics and harmony.

Being 20 in the 90's was the coolest time.

@danielsmith4810

7 жыл бұрын

Leta Robinson it sure was

@samanthalee23

6 жыл бұрын

Good song

@MrMusicformyhead

6 жыл бұрын

Leta Robinson Being twenty in any time is the coolest time.

@theubercaste

5 жыл бұрын

Leta Robinson l was there.

@codieleigh6877

5 жыл бұрын

How’s 45 for you

2022 any body else still listening to this masterpeice ✌

People don’t know how symbolic this song truly is

@JohnBGood-ry9wj

Жыл бұрын

It was about the loss.of innocence....and a few years later 9/11 happened and to me the song was prophecy

@mir3349

Жыл бұрын

Amen 🔥💞🔥

@pagen5219

Жыл бұрын

I think many do.

@teddyber6337

Жыл бұрын

Do you ear them ...

@ajlook5457

11 ай бұрын

Actually people do understand.

That song touched me David! I wasn't in the best period of my life at 19 looking for my identity but i will always remember this song. She is beautiful and thank you!!

I've been looking for this song for years lm glad I found it again I'll never lose it

In the 2000’s I had a daily commute of 1 hour and 20 minutes each way … David Helped Me get through that Commute… Great Driving Music… Thank You David ❤️

Such a beautiful song, every time I hear it, it brings back the year 2000, when we had one foot still in the 20th Century, and the other in the 21st, the comfortable past was slipping away, and an unknowable future coming at us like a freight train.

@francescathegreat1

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

March 12,2006.. First time I heard this song playing in the background, and watching SA vs AUS 438 game. What memories !!! Wish I could go back and relive it once again.

Saw David and Ray at Millennium Park in Chicago on a warm summer night. Our first date after our son was born. Magical.

One of those songs that you can repeat and never gets old. Love this song!

@hanslanda58

8 ай бұрын

Funny because they used this song to torture prisoners in abu grain by having it on repeat

Went to his concert Friday night at the Freo Arts Centre with the wifey. Absolute AMAZING!!! "This Year's Love" was our wedding song that we danced to when we were married. Honestly say that he sounds better live than he does recorded. AMAZING...

One of the best singles of the 00's

When I was in 6th grade I had a social studies teacher who would play David grey when we took test or did any projects I fell in love with his music back then and still listen to it today my kids also love David grey such good music

@davida.quinnsr.8847

3 жыл бұрын

Until your rivers run dry...

This song came out originally in mid 1999. It has this vibe to me. The 90s were almost over, a new point in time was soon coming in. Things weren't going to be the same.

This David Grey song Babylon is a masterpiece of music 😊he is so talented thank you for this wonderful song from a 60 years young Irishman fan 😊

I’m 13teen years old and this is my favourite song, I feel like it makes all my problems go away. :)

@hashtag2452

4 жыл бұрын

Keep this song with you for as long as you want, it will keep you happy.

@Helaw0lf

3 жыл бұрын

When I was 11-12, I too felt the same back when it aired on the radio.

Its clear to see that this song has helped get people through very dark times. STAY STRONG, green and red lights will come and go. Go on amber and smile along the way.

@denvernugg1151

Жыл бұрын

Remember to bring passenger's but leave the luggage/deadweight behind.

@sophieb5368

Жыл бұрын

This is such a great comment

@denvernugg1151

Жыл бұрын

@@sophieb5368 hope you are doing all ok !

@louiserussell6020

11 ай бұрын

I needed to see this comment 🫶

@denvernugg1151

4 ай бұрын

@@sophieb5368 How you doing Soph? x

I ama musician of 40 plus years very fortunate to make my living playing music This song is oneof my all time favorites. Melody, percussion, phrasing, story, chords.......I do play it from time to time and like all the classics I may get it right one out of ten times I do it. Such a challenge to deliver it. Anyway, top 20 songs all time along with artists like Prince, Sting, Zeppelin, Neil Young, Ray Charles, Leon RUssel, Sinatra, this song resonates.........

This is an absolute classic. I play it on loop frequently, love the video too. David is so underrated, its unbelievable.

My favourite song. Takes me back to when times were so good and life was simple. ❤️

All my mates here in australia remember me for binging davids albums from the uk to oz .and my god how many new ones i had to buy .from them borrowing and never giving back .lol ps i won a karaoke singing sail away .i lov his music always have .

To me this song not only defines the feeling of the 1990's but it was a song that hit me directly when I went through a horrible breakup almost exactly the time this song was soaring through the charts......

1998 classic i love this tune its ageless and your voice is amazing david gray.😁