Don't Pay The Ferryman by Chris de Burgh is from the 1982 album, 'The Getaway'. This recording and other Chris de Burgh albums are still available from www.cdeb.com
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@davewielhouwer112 жыл бұрын
Early days when MTV actually showed music videos not dumb reality TV. This video got a lot of airplay. Great tune. Man i miss the 80's
@Chris-pe6xj Жыл бұрын
I remember this one the most also.
@deerejohn7209 Жыл бұрын
I'm worse, grew up in the 70's think hearing Fleetwood Mac on your FM car radio
@ahmedsamirtrue6301 Жыл бұрын
I too miss these days!
@andrewbrown2888 Жыл бұрын
True
@andrewbrown2888 Жыл бұрын
True
@michelethompson73002 ай бұрын
80's teen. 55 now. I love this song. If you didn't get to be a teen in the 80's my condolences. It was unforgettable.
@busterzigler7530Ай бұрын
80s single digit, now 45😂
@rogerpalmer35227 ай бұрын
My mother died listening to this song---one of her favorites. I miss you mom. Don't even fix a price, until he takes you to the other side!
@CideEffexOriginal6 ай бұрын
Sincere condolences for your loss. May she rest in peace.
@Jimmy-x4v3 күн бұрын
I'm sorry brother. Charon rowed her to the other side. This is our life.
@lucilovecraft16215 жыл бұрын
Chris de Burgh is one of the last great storytellers in rock n roll. This is art pop at its best. Forget the lady in red, this is when Chris is firing on all cylinders, epic!
@susanp71945 жыл бұрын
Ya, Lady in Red was overplayed, nothing great.
@terrywilliams39252 жыл бұрын
AGREED!
@dgodrummer81102 жыл бұрын
yeah man! dusting off some brain cells remembering this one. MTV, sophomore in HS. playing in my first metal band HIDDEN DANGER, la mesa, suburb of san diego. our bassist's name was john lennon, we'd hang at his house every weekend to rehearse, chase girls, and watch MTV. prior to my stoner days. two beers would do me all night, and I'd still puke. haha. those were the days.
@grahamtowler17612 жыл бұрын
Agree ,don't like lady in red this is great though
@analaliens70962 жыл бұрын
True. My two favorites were Spanish train and Patricia the stripper. (Which i love to sing in karaoke) But I have recently reloved St Peters Gate. Songs that you feel..
@nammerc478 күн бұрын
I'm 77 and this song still kicks ass.
@1926FORDTROADSTER11 жыл бұрын
To think i was only 18 YRS when this was out.....Time of my life the 80's..... Gotta love it.
@jjtotheb4 жыл бұрын
Teen mom and Jersey shore now
@ironmandave30004 жыл бұрын
I was 23
@robertross49864 жыл бұрын
I was 19
@rolandnorrone92623 жыл бұрын
I was 15 The first time I hear it in september 1983
@blackmore43 жыл бұрын
I was 18 too and evil corporate crap like this made me realise that the so-called best years of my life were going to be soundtracked by evil corporate crap. Musical midgets like DeBurgh survived punk because the masses love evil corporate crap.
@Jerseymatt18653 жыл бұрын
Wow it has been a long time since I heard this song, still kicks ass.
@MXB20012 жыл бұрын
That was pretty much my reaction when I saw it in the recommends. Haven't heard it in too, too long. Magnificent music.
@TheJohba13 жыл бұрын
Who waits three years to see a Chris De Burgh concert and then MISS the encore of Don't Pay the Ferryman because I'm in the foyer talking about stolen shopping carts? I'm the one Bubbles, not you!
@EpicNinjaDudes2 жыл бұрын
Great song, hopefully nobody who ever went to a concert missed this song because they were too busy in the lobby talking on the phone about stolen shopping carts…
@Paul-tn3sc2 жыл бұрын
Maybe they should turn their phone off at a Chris de Burgh concert.
@rimmhardigan1973 Жыл бұрын
@@Paul-tn3sc LOL. Is your last name Lahey by chance?
@myquest666420 Жыл бұрын
Lol that is exactly why I’m here
@martincoon7326 Жыл бұрын
Gary?
@archiebarraclough6274 Жыл бұрын
@@myquest666420 me too mate haha
@dennisflynn50454 ай бұрын
Yes, watching in 2024. I was a teenager then but these lyrics come into my mind often now. Good memory and good song.
@mitroffjr8 жыл бұрын
Early MTV....back when the station was good.
@jeffreywright22944 жыл бұрын
Yes it was
@SPRINGSTEEN-ek8oy4 жыл бұрын
bullshit now, put it on yesterday it looked like porn
@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft4 жыл бұрын
@@SPRINGSTEEN-ek8oy It IS porn now, since the SJW's got hold of it.
@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and REAL V-jays (foxy ones too) 🥰
@centuryrox4 жыл бұрын
@@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft Hell, half the time I watched it just for Martha Quinn or Nina Blackwood!
@elliottwebster77965 жыл бұрын
Now I see why Gary was pissed to miss this after waiting 3 and a half years
@tommycourtney80443 жыл бұрын
Why don't you just turn your phone off Gary?
@joelmachum23013 жыл бұрын
Poor gary.
@stevenp112433 жыл бұрын
Bubbles... lol
@VanillaGorilla73 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@frigginvinyl31993 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, I just came here to see what the fuss was about haha TPB 😅
@Boohai2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Canada and spent 82/83 hitch-hiking and backpacking all over New Zealand and Australia. The "Ferryman" was always on the airwaves--great.
@errolbourgeois82303 жыл бұрын
Many people think that Chris De Burgh Lady in Red was his first hit in the US, but Don't Pay the Ferry man was his first in October of 1983. It peaked at #33.
@tonymeehan78593 жыл бұрын
should have been WAY higher than that too. This song was a huge hit as far as I'm concerned
@StLProgressive2 жыл бұрын
I loved this one more than Lady in Red, lol.
@Ghauster Жыл бұрын
@@StLProgressive I agree. Lady in Red is a great slow dance song and that's the only reason it was so big. This one just has energy and excitement well he's belting out a tale.
@xxxmxxwm1564 Жыл бұрын
@@Ghauster agreed❤
@patrickkparrker413 Жыл бұрын
@@Ghauster Pure crap .
@InnannasRainbow8 жыл бұрын
According to Greek myth, the name of the Ferryman was Charon and he was a tricky shit. You see, the mourners would put a coin on each eye of their deceased loved one and these coins were for Charon as fee for passage across the River Styx. However, halfway across the river, Charon would demand half payment, the drowned souls in the River Styx would cry out and tell the passenger not to do it! If you paid Charon one coin for half of the journey, the little shit would push you overboard and you would drown forever in the River Styx. NEVER pay the ferryman until he gets you to the other side!!
@quarteracreadventures8558 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@dmcloren8 жыл бұрын
I'm not even quite sure why this made me laugh .....
@charleslaw19908 жыл бұрын
"the little shit"
@chrisdonnelly62298 жыл бұрын
not exactly if you lost a loved one you'd put a coin on both eyes that would pay Charon
@doktor_ghul7 жыл бұрын
That's , basically, just giving the deceased bus fare for the ride. You give the bus driver his fare before he's done his job, and he kicks you out into traffic: that's the modern equivalent of this tale.
@sickagain75418 жыл бұрын
AAH THE DAYS OF MTV WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT. BEFORE THE SHIT TOOK OVER FOR THE NEXT THIRTY SOMEWHAT YEARS. THIS BRINGS GREAT HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES!!!!!!!
@aydinaydingoz82628 жыл бұрын
Me too. nice memories :-)
@HappyHumanist3698 жыл бұрын
I was only 11 years old when this was out. Me, my bro and cousin were putting on a show for my parents and family to this song. At the end, I pretended I fell down and died. What precious memories.
@sickagain75418 жыл бұрын
TOTALLY AWESOME BRO, GREAT THAT YOU HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THIS DECADE. I WAS 16 YRS OLD AND I CAN REMEMBER COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WATCHING MTV . MAN I NEED TO GET MY HANDS ON A TIME MACHINE!!!!. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS WHO WERE THERE LIVE!!!! ROCK ON S-E-E-M!!!!!!!!!!!. SUPER 70'S AND AWESOME 80'S FOREVER!!!
@sickagain75418 жыл бұрын
DITTO A A, DITTO ON THOSE MEMORIES!!!! KEEP THE FLAME BURNING FOR THESE GREAT MUSIC VID'S OF OUR ERA. !!!!! ROCK ON A A !!!!!!!!!!!!!.
@dmcloren8 жыл бұрын
If you find a time machine, please let me know.
@randymiller39492 жыл бұрын
1982...what a year, I was 13 yrs old & in 7th grade... I thought this song was the Greatest song on the radio & the greatest video on MTV!!! The 80s...the Greatest ERA/DECADE of music to ever come around in my opinion...especially 1981-1985. Much love from Mobile Alabama.
@Masterkavi13 жыл бұрын
Amazing song. Truly, Chris De Burgh was a master of the English language in the form of poetry.
@joannjohnson24814 жыл бұрын
For some reason I loved this song in the 80's
@brianfreel14733 жыл бұрын
sweet
@ericsloss39633 жыл бұрын
When I feel down, I love seeing this video.
@margaretrees86623 жыл бұрын
It was an excellent song, still is when you listen to it 🙂
@robertskiffington10655 жыл бұрын
I remember this playing on MTV in the 80's. I love 80's music.
@1977Futre9 жыл бұрын
Remember when songs had an actual story ....good times.
@chrismurfin98499 жыл бұрын
Nearly all Chris De Burgh ones do
@1977Futre9 жыл бұрын
Chris Murfin yep, good memories of playing spy vs spy on the speccy.
@patrickparker84179 жыл бұрын
+1977Futre Well people used to think then .
@AnOwlboy8 жыл бұрын
+1977Futre Yup, I remember: The present day ....Good times.
@1977Futre8 жыл бұрын
+SteamOtter There is some good music nowadays. But it is few and far between.
@Daghain668 жыл бұрын
Remember when you could watch videos on TV? This one was great.
@amabael8 жыл бұрын
+Ann Sellers tv? must be a new drug Oo :D
@uglysob8 жыл бұрын
Yeah I miss those days too Ann. MTV, cruizin' with the t-tops out on my 280 zx! Youth is wasted on the young!
@bobdavis48487 жыл бұрын
Yes, Chris, this song and video are great but MTV actually played a very different version of the video.
@CritterKeeper015 жыл бұрын
This isn't actually the video that was on MTV. I can't seem to find the original video anywhere -- anyone seen it?
@budderkupp12824 жыл бұрын
@@bobdavis4848 It started out with Chris de Burgh on a white horse.
@marinam.22933 жыл бұрын
As great as it was back in the 80s, regardless of nostalgia. Love Chris de Burgh's voice, and I grew up reading Greek myths; doesn't get much better than this awesome song! ❤
@dejeaux117 жыл бұрын
I can still sing every word to every song on this album. I flat out wore this album out! Voice for the ages!
@CD-pk7xr9 ай бұрын
Why don’t you turn your f@@king cell phone off then Gary?
@johnfox47033 жыл бұрын
Underrated classic. Not the only de Burgh song that needs playing!
@kendalton60113 жыл бұрын
This song sounds better now than before 🤩
@deniselopez708 Жыл бұрын
As I’m heading towards my car, five minutes ago, I started singing don’t pay the ferryman. Don’t even fix a price don’t pay the ferryman until he gets you to the other side.🤣🤣 It literally popped into my head out of nowhere after all these years. Lol.
@brettallison575314 күн бұрын
The best video of this song. As wonderful as the song.
@MichaelJHuman12 жыл бұрын
This song is great at evoking images of some legendary tale or fantasy story. Always liked it. And I loved synth laden rock/pop from this era.
@ronwagonrod7813 Жыл бұрын
This song just came on our local low power station and I havent heard it since the mid 80s, I had to look it up to remember who did it. Great to hear again.
@gooseypig847 ай бұрын
Who's watching this in 2024?
@TheGanymede146 ай бұрын
i am because of trailer park boys.
@Demonmack06 ай бұрын
This is the worst meme ever. No one cares when you are listening to this.
@glingwood3 ай бұрын
Me, it's a classic, but I'm 71 lol
@lisamt25782 ай бұрын
me cos almost D Day!
@naturaltruth15962 ай бұрын
@@Demonmack0 You my friend will never get across. It's OK! We'll throw you overboard halfway there.... lol....
@FP-09992 жыл бұрын
*lyrics* It was late at night on the open road Speeding like a man on the run A lifetime spent preparing for the journey He is closer now and the search is on Reading from a map in the mind Yes there's the ragged hill And there's the boat on the river And when the rain came down He heard a wild dog howl There were voices in the night, ("Don't do it") Voices out of sight, ("Don't do it") Too many men have failed before "Whatever you do Don't pay the ferryman Don't even fix a price Don't pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side" In the rolling mist then he gets on board Now there'll be no turning back Beware that hooded old man at the rudder And then the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared And people calling out his name And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned On the water And then the ferryman said "There is trouble ahead So you must pay me now, " ("Don't do it") "You must pay me now, " ("Don't do it") And still that voice came from beyond "Whatever you do Don't pay the ferryman Don't even fix a price Don't pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side" Yeah! Don't pay the ferryman Don't even fix a price Don't pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side Don't pay the ferryman Don't even fix a price Don't pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side Don't pay the ferryman Don't even fix a price Don't pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side Don't pay the ferryman.
@tiamatxvxianash92027 жыл бұрын
Although Chirs De Burg is mostly recognized for his softer ballads which are many; this song is one rockin, crank it up, rock n roll driver of a song. Apparently in concert is was often the closing piece with a light show that paralyzed the audience to numbness..........a most positive numbness I would think.
@richardallen91234 жыл бұрын
I've seen him in concert many times...last one was with my wife just 3-4 rows back on the floor....he comes out into the audience and mingles while singing...sometimes he gets someone to join him...he's a serious class act....and check out "In The Ballroom Of Romance"...you can crank that one too...;)
@1251wire4 жыл бұрын
I think the dude wanted to be heavy metal but had to pay bills and realized lady in red could pay for a lot of things ! Lol...
@michelleboyle72794 жыл бұрын
1251wire don’t you mean lady in duck egg blue 🤣
@heydiahrea4 жыл бұрын
This song and Spanish train are my 2 favorites of his
@stjohnsriverrat71617 жыл бұрын
This brings back so many memories 1982,US Air Force, and MTV actually played music videos.
@marial.rapaglia40415 жыл бұрын
Really a great song to sing along to when life's difficulties sneak up on you unexpectedly!
@kimkochel81574 жыл бұрын
The Irish have so many talented singers. Chris de Burgh and Van Morrison are my two favorites. From Canada. Keep it going guys. 😎🇨🇦🎶🎵❤🙏
@darylkurzke63444 жыл бұрын
So true!!!!!
@marianwalsh62974 жыл бұрын
We have thanks for that haven't heard this song in years still give me the shivers there a old movie I watch years ago when people had to cross a river he wanted full payment that song always come into my head can't remember name of it but the ferry man who own the boat was creepy
@kimkochel81574 жыл бұрын
@@marianwalsh6297 I heard the story of the Ferryman, very interesting. He does sound kind of on the creepy side. Blessings from Canada. 😎🇨🇦
@Endorill10 жыл бұрын
I have all his albums on Cassette tape and one lonely little tape player that still works. So many wonderful pieces of music.
@CookiesCritterCare Жыл бұрын
I wish I still had them all. My mother called me an idiot for listening to his music qnd got rid of all my music
@Endorill Жыл бұрын
@@CookiesCritterCare Thank God you can find most of them on youtube.
@CookiesCritterCare Жыл бұрын
Yes! There's a concert here may 2nd I don't have a credit card to go 😪
@SonofGospa14 жыл бұрын
I saw Chris DeBurgh live at the Deutschland Halle in Berlin in 1987 and he put on a show that was not to be believed. What a great singer, songwriter and all around person. This is my FAVORITE Chris DeBurgh song but PATRICIA THE STRIPPER runs a close second!
@joe3eagles Жыл бұрын
I get goosebumps every time I listen to this song, imaging in my mind a journey similar to what's shown in this video. It never gets old.
@dayleveitch8512 Жыл бұрын
One word TIMELESS never will get old will never be left to history as long as someone plays it at party, cannot help but move to it. Thx for the upload.
@karenknicely67096 жыл бұрын
This man is my favorite musician. I have been listening to his music since 1983! I would give anything to see him in concert, and meet him!
@ALCH21128 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal track- simply MASSIVE!!! I haven't heard this song since I was 15!!!-1982 when they always played it on the radio in NY. TOTALLY MADE my I day- thank you for sharing! F'in Assume!!
@MikeyYaYa3 жыл бұрын
I always loved this song (sometimes confused the title w/ Blue Oyster Cult 's, Don't fear the Reaper!). Another great song!! 😘😎👍
@brucefreadrich11883 жыл бұрын
Try this cover Mikey… kzbin.info/www/bejne/mobPf4CJiaaam9U
@dvh31133 жыл бұрын
Not a true fan of either if those titles confused you lmao
@normvw40533 жыл бұрын
Or perhaps Dancing in the Ruins, all good tunes.
@boubabouba4173 жыл бұрын
We have the same taste in music
@YuriHabadakas Жыл бұрын
Gosh. Looked this song up after like 25 years after hearing it on my parents' radio. Outstanding vocals, and all the other musicians are asleep at the wheel. Rudimentary guitar, flaccid drums, pathetic keyboards, intriguing lyrics, phenomenal vocals. Damn shame, really. The difference between a good song and a timeless, incredible banger
@SavannahGoth12 жыл бұрын
I was a child of the 60's, ..then a teen in the 70's, ...I really miss the beautiful innocence of those years,they will never be re-created......nevertheless, ....hope reigns supreme, ....the best is yet to come!!!! As long as there are people who love..........
@weblog43754 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we really had it good:)
@tedkennedy1983 Жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this song in years I truly miss old music. This song is awesome
@execatty2 жыл бұрын
Another classic early 80s video.. Man I wish I was 15 again.. Those were great days
@lordofthestings Жыл бұрын
I was 17 when this came out. I have a clear memory of me in a Radio Shack and this was playing on one of the display stereos. I thought it was pretty cool. Music and movies are a strong connection to the past.
@annettemurray51507 жыл бұрын
This song means something to me my beloved brother introduced to chris de burgh and nowi play this as he passed at a young age....but we did pay the ferryman. ..my grasshopper your ant is grieving you.......1yr and forever. ..till I can be with you xxxxxx
@VintageVera17 жыл бұрын
beautiful tribute
@annettemurray51507 жыл бұрын
Vancou vera thank you he wasgreat man but alas he did not believe in himself. ..but we did
@annettemurray51507 жыл бұрын
Vancou vera thank you. .so much
@kamarsteven5 жыл бұрын
Rip
@keithhanley77964 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for your loss.
@315Bodhi174 жыл бұрын
Powerful voice of Chris de Burgh. Just right for The Ferryman. Ty
@RachaelWard5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this song. Scared the shit out of me when I was a kid.... I still remember listening to it in Mum and Dads Holden Kingswood when they picked my brothers and me up from school!..... Great Memories 👍🏻❤️
@InsaneSynbad9 жыл бұрын
Growing up, Going across the Ferries in BC, my sister and I always asked our Dad to play this song in the line up.
@ingridfong-daley58994 жыл бұрын
i was almost 7 years old when this song came out, and i was utterly hypnotised by it... for at least 20 years, i thought i'd dreamed this song up...
@johnmcindoe26044 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just a song 30 years ago
@315Bodhi173 жыл бұрын
Heard this by Tom Petty years ago. Miss him. Thanks Chris for this....!!
@pabloavero37897 жыл бұрын
Just got my cable n MTV. Went from 5 stations to 40. 13 year old watching new videos that blew my mind and this was one of them.
@daveyhasslehoff10317 жыл бұрын
This song kicks ass
@gregoryrankin74154 жыл бұрын
This is definitely not the official video that was played on MTV in 1982. That's the one that I want to see!
@rogerfinney68093 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I don't remember a lot from that video, even though I loved it, but I do recall at least a few shots of Chris de Burgh, and it seems as if the look of it was different. Then again, it was almost 40 years ago...
@eclecticx3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqK9dqNqe8dpp9k
@deniseherud3 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes!!!! I thought I was crazy! I saw this when I was really young and I remember a cloak and a boat...but nothing like this, it was way darker and mtv-looking...this looks more like a tv ad😂
@Windjammers13 жыл бұрын
@@eclecticx It's unavailable. :(
@anghusmorgenholz10603 жыл бұрын
Thank you I was hoping I wasn't losing what's left of my mind.
@tylerhodge33995 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song of all time I couldnt tell you why. Its my lullaby to my kids. My wife said shes going to play this at my funeral if i were to pass before her.
@RobertStPierre-tm3ws2 ай бұрын
I remember this song from 1982. Great song and The Getaway is a good album. It sucks that this guy is only remembered for The Lady in Red.
@brettallison5753Ай бұрын
Sure is.Chris has a lot of good tunes. Here’s two more underrated, Al Stewart and Chris Rea. All three have massive great albums and really great songs.
@user-fd9kq3rc7c4 ай бұрын
One of the coolest story songs ever!
@Orb6098 жыл бұрын
Bad ass tune,,,,I wouldn't haven remembered if it wasn't for my friend that showed me it...I haven't heard it since the early 80's. Couldn't even believe it when I heard it again after all these years...We are gonna try and redo it a little heavier...Killer tune!
@dvh31133 жыл бұрын
Showed me it lmfao
@JohnMartin-rw7oj7 жыл бұрын
way back in the 80s my friend put this on while having a joint..gave me a few puffs I hated it never toutched it again but loved this and now have all of Chris de Burghs albums...
@SueMoon77Күн бұрын
Amazing song and singer! ♥
@dcwabdi2 жыл бұрын
Woooooow so GOOD
@ronaldalford54115 жыл бұрын
Very underrated song !!!!! One of my favorites!!!
@patrickkparrker4132 жыл бұрын
The only decent track he ever made.
@concertclips40022 жыл бұрын
@@patrickkparrker413 You call this a "decent track", deserved, but would you not call 'The Ecstacy Of Flight', 'Blonde Hair Blue Jeans', 'The Getaway', 'Last Night', 'Dont Look Back', 'High On Emotion', 'Spanish Train', and many more "decent tracks". Or perhaps you have only heard 'The Lady In Red' and 'Dont Pay The Ferryman', and since you disliked The Lady In Red you simply concluded every song by Chris de Burgh is shit. Don't think you would even have the right to judge Chris de Burgh's music after only having listened to two songs out of his widely varied catalogue. I'd like to hear back from you after you've listened to at least a few albums of Chris de Burgh. You might want to try starting out with 'The Getaway', 'Man On The Line' or 'This Way Up'.
@georgemathie81233 жыл бұрын
The getaway is a melodic, moody and wonderfully beautiful work from many of Chris's amazing discography
@tracysnow3493 жыл бұрын
Whoa. Just came across this quite by accident. Dang. I remember this song. I loved it so much when it came out. Awesome post!
@PetMePetunia3 жыл бұрын
Loved this song 38 yrs ago... Damn I was 25 :) but I tell ya, It reminds of the times we're going thru now
@foggyboy89017 жыл бұрын
*this song is for the boys. Legends.*
@rejacklegger46825 жыл бұрын
Legends... security service
@shrekscousin13894 жыл бұрын
My boys rikishi and wally
@brianfreel14733 жыл бұрын
!
@SophieX.O8 жыл бұрын
this is a classic I love it
@seanoakes5695 жыл бұрын
Absolute CLASSIC... Even now in 2019.... Are you here to listen to the REAL ‘ORIGINAL’... C de B... before he became.... COMMERCIAL?
@Matt-Hurin3 жыл бұрын
"Dont play the theremin" what a bop, Deburgh, is a G
@SPRINGSTEEN-ek8oy4 жыл бұрын
1982 WAS A GEM OF A YEAR
@joshswain64958 жыл бұрын
this brings back so many good memories
@sausagelynx3 жыл бұрын
Ah, howdy Josh Swain. How was the fight?
@brendazierden42953 жыл бұрын
This song is what got me hooked on Chris de burgh!
@shawnh79306 жыл бұрын
Great songwriter and storyteller. This is the first song I heard by him but not the last. I know my name should preclude me from loving Chris de Burgh but he is one of my top three performers. Judas Priest, Chris de Burgh and Slayer!
@nataliecodling75863 жыл бұрын
I’m only 15 my mom showed me this (I’m on her account) it’s pretty good. It’s from Greek and Latin mythology. And the pioneer days
@jazzbo893 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe no one hasn’t reworked this tune into something less frenetic and more haunting. Such a great fine and lyrics. Wouldn’t be that hard.
@mrnelgin Жыл бұрын
In all my years, I've never actually seen the video! Saw Chris in concert a couple of nights ago. Was a great show.
@shans71112 жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite song of Chris's. I was like 6 years old when this was a hit and remember jamming out to it in my bedroom! :)
@leifberg33794 жыл бұрын
Epic Chris De Burgh storytelling !!!
@nalathenoodlegator74352 жыл бұрын
I heard this once in 1991. I have been looking for it since … incredible!
@lindsaydrummond9 жыл бұрын
This is the song that inspired me to start writing songs...x Thanks always Chris DeBurgh. x
@sokratahmetovic46144 жыл бұрын
This song is one of my earliest memories from the period when I started to visit the local discotheque (as a teenager in my hometown).
@chd16946 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Haven’t heard this great song in decades.
@marksolarz37567 жыл бұрын
Wise advice I'm thinking!
@jpturner1712 жыл бұрын
Wow! Great song from the 80’s. Thanks for the memories! Semper Fi 👍🏽🇺🇸
@lindaann44224 жыл бұрын
My favorite song by him don't pay the ferryman love watching videos on
@TRAILERPARKBOYS-ut7jk8 жыл бұрын
don't fuck with me bubbles
@Knife_Eclectic8 жыл бұрын
thank you SO much sir for that TPB reference!!!!!!!
@TheVermifuge8 жыл бұрын
LOL when Gary the mall cop manager gets pissed about missing the encore of this song. That's the only reason I got here
@angogoblogian43907 жыл бұрын
You've always been a loser ray
@stephengreico28104 жыл бұрын
“Why don’t ya just turn your phone off, Gary?”
@buggabuggaboy3 жыл бұрын
It figures that a head mall cop would love this song
@eclecticx3 жыл бұрын
Such an awesome song. 1982, an awesome year. Sophomore in HS and the party that was the 80s had gotten rolling the year before.
@jasmynemorgan32772 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😎 early 80's tune!
@Windjammers14 жыл бұрын
"Don't Pay The Ferryman" It was late at night on the open road, Speeding like a man on the run, A lifetime spent preparing for the journey; He is closer now and the search is on, Reading from a map in the mind, Yes there's the ragged hill, And there's the boat on the river. And when the rain came down, He heard a wild dog howl, There were voices in the night - "Don't do it!" Voices out of sight - "Don't do it! Too many men have failed before, Whatever you do, Don't pay the ferryman, Don't even fix a price, Don't pay the ferryman, Until he gets you to the other side;" In the rolling mist, then he gets on board, Now there'll be no turning back, Beware that hooded old man at the rudder, And then the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared, And people calling out his name, And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned On the water. And then the ferryman said, "There is trouble ahead, So you must pay me now," - "Don't do it!" "You must pay me now," - "Don't do it!" And still that voice came from beyond, "Whatever you do, Don't pay the ferryman, Don't even fix a price, Don't pay the ferryman, Until he gets you to the other side; Don't pay - the ferryman!"
@frankesposito21825 жыл бұрын
Come to Staten Island....The Ferry is Free !
@Unsilence409 Жыл бұрын
"You're not the one who waits to go to a Chris de Burgh concert for three-and-a-half years so I can go in and miss the encore, Don't Pay the Ferryman, because I'm on the phone in the foyer talking about stolen shopping carts! I'm the one who gets those calls Bubbles, not you Me. And you know what? I don't wanna get those calls anymore."
@Rabbidking7 жыл бұрын
FINALLY found out what this song was! Heard it a few times, but could never catch the title until today!
@garysmith89969 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song
@constantinoskyventidis450110 жыл бұрын
Chris de Burgh.... for ever !!!!
@corneliusjohnson24737 жыл бұрын
Faceless' series was the best thing iver ever seen on youtube. Truly amazing
@thorstenrabsahl65811 жыл бұрын
Great Vid , Chris again at his best.
@daweeka4 жыл бұрын
This is the song that came out when I was twelve/it began a lifetime love of his music and he became almost an idol to me