Del Amitri - Nothing ever happens (James Whale show)

[@plimshady]

I never understood why they were not as popular as they should have been, great music!

[@louismcdowell3734]

its 2017 now.this still sounds as good as it did then.you cant beat classics.

[@billthomas56]

Captures a time and place without much hope, yet their presentation is timeless. Del Amitri managed to be great band in both acoustic and electric format.

[@sheilafern1011]

Ma da loved this song from first listen and was never wrong musical taste wise. His loves became mine starting with the Beatles so best start a wean could have. 😍💚

[@AndrewHurley69]

One of the greatest songs of the 90s and yes they are back, performing in Liverpool, England (the city mentioned in their 'Waking Hours' song "When I Want You"), in February 2014. Get your tickets everyone, they are totally amazing live!

[@david1973thompson]

Thankyou... I remember this when it was first played on the James Whale show in the late 80's/early 90's... you have brought a part of my life to life thankyou so much xx I actually bought the 7 inch single after this was aired..

[@aflatminor]

Always loved this song, It was one of the first I learned at college!!👍😎😎

[@kirstydoorbar5270]

Bloody brilliant!

[@joergtee8218]

i love this song...

[@hubschab]

Wonderful song!

[@ForcefighterX2]

Got an interpretation: The song quite literally describes the monotone and repetitive nature of people's daily lives, where "nothing ever happens". In this world each day equals the next for which the "cameras in department stores shoot the same movie every day", while the employees are "the stars of these films [who] neither die nor get killed" - they only live on just like in a "constant action replay". All the while it is stressed, that this daily routine does not make anyone happy, as "we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow". Each repeated day ends the same when "everything's dead and every third car is a cab and ignorant people sleep in their beds like the doped white mice in the college lab". Being compared to those doped lab mice shows the controlled behavior the song implies for the modern man, who does not seem to understand anything about this unchanging world he lives in, as "the needle returns to the start of the song and we all sing along like before". The consumer-oriented economy is criticized as "bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs" and our money being only "values of copper and tin". Even the Kristallnacht of Nazi Germany is mentioned as "they'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock" - but having nothing learned "we'll all go along like before". With this the endless cycle of ignorance, consumerism and war is completely described and ready to begin a new - as "we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow". Thus proving the fact that "Nothing Ever Happens" and the world remains the same.

[@galatura]

Monotony !

[@craighughes9939]

This song resonated with me when I was young - now I am old your interpretation cements it. Thank you and all the best to you

[@iamneo1690]

You understand the song 👍

[@Blueboy9055]

Excellent song. Brilliant!

[@angiepanjie]

Andy’s wee cute smile🥰

[@MrMiaoMax]

I miss Del Amitri !

[@stevecoates6217]

They haven’t gone away, still touring!

[@iamtomkills]

They just didn’t get their u2 or zep or queen moment. Wonderful songs lyrics melodies and fukin amazing band. They were right. Nothing ever happened. The needle has been returning to the start of the song for decades. This song is as valid today as it was then.

[@kevinstevens411]

Pure class , Respect

[@scottlochans4180]

Such a catchy song, 'THIS side of the morning', MAGIC, both song and album, 'Trying to tell her lies from the truth, at times, is like trying to divide ice from snow, and when I knew it was over, I jumped into a taxi, and said just guess. where to go, and the driver turned aroused and said, finding what you want, is like trying to divide ice from snow'.,'Not the Emerald in a mountain of coal'. Right on it.

[@hbscouse]

Great to hear that the Dels are going to be touring again in 2014 with the original line up !

[@lexvangroningen656]

I can't think of song with better lyrics than this one. "While businessmen snap of Van Goghs for the price of a hospital wing" - what a comparison... In fact, many of their lyrics are incredibly good and creative. Too bad I discovered this band too late, I would have loved to go and see them live.

[@homerungus]

Hopefully they will be touring next year. (2021)

[@lexvangroningen656]

@@homerungus Really?! Thanks for the heads-up!

[@John-mg7fb]

More true in 2021 than when it was released. True in different ways but still true.

[@paulmac3652]

Stunning

[@howedelamitri]

Justin was a good singer back then, but nowadays he is freakin OUTSTANDING! check any of the youtube clips from his recent solo shows...he's spot on and his voice sounds better than ever. I just wonder if he progressed naturally or if he had a vocal coach/instructor to get where he is now

[@richardsyoutubechannel995]

Brilliant song

[@brighteyes72uk]

Fantastic!

[@rothwellss]

Amazing

[@anthonygarcia1953]

I love Del Amitri/He's so cute

[@amazed66]

Del Amitri is the name of the band.

[@BrianthatiscalledBrian]

Good stuff...thanks

[@robsol123]

That was brilliant! :D

[@ginokevinrowe]

Who is listening during corona 2020

[@stevecoates6217]

Kazoos are funny in any context!

[@lizzieroberts9872]

ahhh

[@freddybeer]

Flawless! Just a wonderful performance. They're so accomplished. THIS is why I don't accept half baked performances from other musicians. Rehearse, goddamnit!

[@sheilafern1011]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😎

[@howedelamitri]

I'm missing the high harmony in the chorus :( i wish one of the guys coulda filled in on that

[@galatura]

By 5:00 o clock, everything's dead

[@emckinley1977]

4 people need a slap

[@johnbambas1863]

where is the original video! No one can help?

[@nzipman]

J

[@mikemcguigan8715]

The Del Boys, kazoos & the odious James Whale, what a mix! :~D (oh & @ Neo Robertson - I think the harmonies are there, but they're a bit rough & not high in the mix)

[@JDoubleOP]

Solo.......oops