It took David Grays vocals for me to realise that Marc almond wrote a classic

@Topazeification

3 жыл бұрын

Almost like Tears for fears - Mad world, upbeat but has no corolation to the meaning of lyrics, unlike Gary Jules - Mad world, that capsulates the depressing tone of the lyrics

@thekitchens3651

3 жыл бұрын

@@Topazeification that’s probably why we hear Mad world a lot more on the airwaves than we hear this song 👆🏽. Still really like say hello wave goodbye 👋🏼

@connercramer895

3 жыл бұрын

Beauriful way to put it!

@peterfarkas2154

2 жыл бұрын

It was soft cell who sung it

@davelaye7003

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterfarkas2154 and the lead singer of soft cell is?.........

I just sent this to my ex. I loved him and wanted him so much, while I felt in the relationship he went back and forth, played on my heartstrings and then broke my heart over and over again. I took him back relentlessly because I just loved him so much. But I realised Im a good person and I deserve so much more. But he really broke my heart in a way I have never felt before. Feel totally gutted.

@eddmaynard844

2 жыл бұрын

Feelin' that

Soft Cell version just had that cruel edge to it - whilst David Gray made it a love song. Two great versions of a brilliant song.

I was at this event. Only just found this video after all these years ! He told a story beforehand about why he did this song. Something to do with hearing some old geezer singing the most beautiful version he'd ever heard in some seedy northern club when he was on tour, if my memory serves me correctly...

I saw David Gray in the street in London a couple of weeks ago and he stopped for a chat. We spoke about his cancelled tour and upcoming gigs. Really nice down to earth guy.

@larascott3793

3 жыл бұрын

I had tickets for that...

@just_another32

3 жыл бұрын

Say hello and wave goodbye

@chrisscott354

3 жыл бұрын

@@larascott3793 Maybe next year(s love)

@chrisscott354

3 жыл бұрын

@@just_another32 Very good..😉

Wow. So raw.

Talent. Pure talent. Outstanding 👏👏

Just seen him in Liverpool on his tour. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE ...that voice, so effortless

Beautiful, David Gray feels the pain you can’t manufacture that. White Ladder one of my top albums thank you.

Flipping amazing... What else can I say? One of the greatest songs from one of the greatest albums of all time.

Ssen DG at a private gig in Dublin .I can tell you that man can sing and for hours if you ever get a chance to see him play .be first to get a ticket as he is a jem and a down to earth guy to go with it.

@sartainja

4 жыл бұрын

MJX DRONES Amen.

Génial ! Talent et simplicité ! Bravo ! Merci !

I will see this man when covid is over for sure!

This song always puts me in my feels. It makes me time travel to a beautiful disaster

Brings back such brilliant memories of listening to white ladder on loop. That riffing at the end is excellent.

The best version by far! Surely the BBC can afford a decent blue screen, David Gray certainly deserves better!

@johnbruce5107

3 жыл бұрын

The BBC doesn’t give a toss any more, the sooner people stop paying the licence the better, you can get far better programs on Y tube.

Outstanding.

Great Song, love the words & David Gray has an Awesome voice!

Love the way he goes into his zone , like it’s just him there 👌

Fucking goosebumps bro.

So rips my heart (Brilliant)

Just beautiful

Miss that old Lowden. Good to see it and hear it again.

One of my favorite songs ever. Thank you for writing it.

@shhhplease1050

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't.

@Musantry

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark Almond and David Ball.

@shhhplease1050

4 жыл бұрын

😉👍

@johnpod

8 ай бұрын

He didn’t write it, he just perfected it! (No offense Marc Almond, you wrote a timeless classic)

Wonderful ❤

Brilliant 🖤🙏

Awesome!!

Excellent David ill have that jacket ....

Very influenced by Van Morrison and the Astral Weeks album…one of my favourites. Truly great cover.

The Lowden returns!

Fantastic version, better than soft cell.!!!

@richardwest995

3 жыл бұрын

Almond's later remix is much better than the original.

@alanedwards3180

2 жыл бұрын

But it’s not

wow!

One of best songs written.. Mac did it in one take

Wow!

Missed your bobblehead so much , where you been?!

This crowd... c’mon. This is a classic.

Love this song. I always think it's about breaking up with a narcissist... :/

@xxnonstopdancingxx

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god you’re so right. I broke up with a narcissist (actually I wasn’t allowed to break up with her, we got back together then she broke up with me)... and whenever I missed her I played this song without knowing why it made so much sense. Thank you.

@just_another32

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're out of it. :-)

@ageary

Жыл бұрын

So True it took me 17years to get away , and in the end I lost everything in the process. But im out.

One of the best cover version ever done 😎

@ageary

Жыл бұрын

Best

@Chrisdavies33

Жыл бұрын

@@ageary 🙈

This is the extended version.

The most underestimated singer songwriter in the history of real life music, ok I’ll retract a bit, he’s a terrible breakdancer so I hear.

I’ve never seen anyone tune a guitar with a capo on, every day is a school day

@nickkerry4859

4 жыл бұрын

That type of capo can knock your strings out of tune by too much pressure.. just tune it back down once it's on

@lpjbird

4 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to figure out how he can reach over with his thumb and fret the E string without muting the other strings, seems almost impossible but he manages. And I agree with you on the capo but sometimes ya just have to do what ya have to do.

This song is about being in a relationship with someone suffering from a b cluster personally disorders most likely NPD.

Is this just a work function!?

I think he got to say goodbye

Thanks for keeping your cover fresh David! I just covered it your style, but wondering, which do you folks prefer: Soft Cell 👨‍🎤or David Gray 🪕 version?!

@lawrencefanta9812

3 жыл бұрын

They're both gorgeous. Like good apple and good orange.

@alanedwards3180

2 жыл бұрын

You can’t beat the original , he’s made a good job of it though

@paulbrown7374

Жыл бұрын

The vocal on the original is awful but amazingly written.. The DG version is far superior in my little old humble opinion...

Is that Mark Kermode’s head in the bottom left?

Nice cover ....I notice he sung the radio version ('run around' rather than sleep around)... maybe youngsters in the audience

Say hel......funking advert after 1st chorus/.......Dude, c`mon........

5 not nodding heads 🤷🏼‍♂️✌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Biblical .

UNA SOLA PAROLA ..PURO TALENTO!!

what is the clicking sound

@fernblood2339

4 жыл бұрын

mrubbish1 the camera

What’s a steady life?

@declanmcdonnell6965

5 жыл бұрын

One without constant drama and problems.

@mymoonams

4 жыл бұрын

Monotonous life.

@arveyilleszender5809

2 жыл бұрын

Regular routine. Consistent. Stability. No major emotional peaks and troughs.

kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZ-ts9iAkbaYpLQ.html Although Gray's version is good - this is extraordinary. The clarinet just talks to you. (I nicked that from the comments). NY session sax/clarinetist Dave Tofani. Apparently he just adlibbed it. Only ever played it the once.

A decent attempt but lacks Marc's passion imo

I can sing this as good as him

@just_another32

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

If you gonna do the Van thing, a little more vocal improv like some "hand on my shoulder", "backstreet", and "in the garden" interspersed would have made it better.

@micahclawrence

4 жыл бұрын

Shut the fuck up man

@chriselliott726

3 жыл бұрын

... and a STFU from me too.

@just_another32

3 жыл бұрын

He can only be himself dude

Guitar tone sounds awful ..great singer song writer though..