Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song

Concert 1995? Sync slightly out towards the end.

[@FatmanRich]

Love the maracas. A great 90s tune would not be the same without one!

[@MrSkeff]

my uncle played these guys my band's demo in his taxi a while back. they actually listened, said 'it took 5 years of hard work together to make an impact on the music scene' to him. Just shows the lads are the real deal!

[@adamvsuk]

I freakin love this track and i love playing that riff- boom bap a dap bap pap those were the days!

[@MrDavetheblade]

pure class. what a live band. never had a great album though and this is from a massive fan.

[@279955]

Ive seen these 5-6 times live. Superb. When the Riverboat song is played, just take your brains out. Superb. Best live band this country has produced in yrs.

[@sikinder0341948]

Just over 10 years ago, I saw these guys in the Barrowlands in Glasgow. It was one of the best night of my life and it was my first rock concert. I still have the t-shirt with all the dates on the back!

[@TobyEllisSongwriter]

I love the bit when he sings "by the way you like to cheat on your soul" and simon goes mental with facial expressions. I want that as a repeated gif for forum avatars pl0x! Ocean Colour Scene: the reason I started songwriting...

[@kevjones01]

I can remember seeing these guys at Glastonbury 1997, this is by far the best song they ever did :)

[@lewwoo1981]

Most under rated band of the 90's if not ever. Beautiful poetry.

[@smeightytwo]

one of the all time underrated guitarists in steve craddock, up there with squire if you ask me `owt.

[@WildMorgan]

Cradock, what an excellent guitarist!

[@UrbanKhoja]

My Father got me into them, and have to say they're rather good! Far better when you see them live, the atmosphere when Steve goes on the guitar solo - epic...

[@celticghirlxxx]

I'm performing this next week live at ivory blacks, it better get the place jumping, I absoloutly love this song x

[@2ruered]

Indeed, one of the best rock albums of the 90s by a fucking mile.

[@TheCollierylad]

Paul Weller was so devoted to his music he kept changing style

[@scarborostud]

Looking foreward to seeing OCS Tues, I used to play Moseley Shoals to death. Classic original British sound. Didnt need to rip off any tunes like Oasis

[@gioiaism]

This video reminds me of when I went to see them live at The O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in November 2001. We were lucky enough to be seated at Level 1 seat numbers approx. 4 to 11. Whilst OCS were performing this song I made eye contact with Simon Fowler for at least 30 seconds or more! Unbelievable but True!!!

[@fredorulz1]

what a great song and album this was.

[@Icklerachel]

One of the best songs ever! Totally love it!

[@tiernowonderland]

Excellent reminder....absolutely amazing tune!!!

[@scalby1]

pumpkin 100% agree I'm the same age music was fooking ace, loved pulp, sleeper, bluetones, symposium, and mansum too

[@TheStephenCarey]

I just seen him play with Paul weller this pm fantastic

[@torah4ever]

the cheer says it all, that good! amazing band

[@1I9C7G7]

They must have disliked it because of the quality of the video and not the song and group ;) this band is pure class.

[@ozjuice]

Legends, absolute legends!

[@fxonx]

@yorkshiretractors bringgs bac loadz o memories fckn luv them! i totally agree wit u!xx

[@FinchyStryder]

classic!!!! second best band in britain!

[@VeniceKing1]

this band is awesome

[@GilbeRRRt]

Going to see them friday, should be good~!

[@MegaDoogy]

Second only to the Jam!! I know thats not who you were thinking of, listen to the older man!

[@johnhealy6676]

Great band

[@katym0172]

Lol, Simons clearly high as a kite on ecstasy here 🤣 luckily it doesn’t affect his performance which is off the scale as usual 😎 Long live OCS 🙌

[@timmis1971]

No worries mate, I understood what you meant, thanks for the moral support! : )

[@g3legacy]

Blistering guitar tone, I totally love this song.

[@ganstahfosho]

Cracking guitar.

[@annastereophonics]

i love this song

[@pobhockle]

Classic song still.

[@505telecaster]

Está banda junto con todas las bandas britanicas, en algún momento de su carrera tuvieron el mundo a sus pies.

[@mikfoz1]

should be in the millions top group,class

[@joebedford4102]

Just read a comment explaining that guitar is too hard/heavey?? One of the best guitarist ive heard !! sorry

[@timmis1971]

I know you posted that 8 months, but that's the best light bulb joke I've heard in years!! Peed myself laughing....Irony is that I have a few mates, who think OCS are great & Weller is shite!!

[@durt567]

pure magic!!! =)

[@MsCaleb79]

I was 18, bought the CD, heard it and it was ok...

[@Kaidomaruh]

Temazo!!!!!!!!1

[@christian98ny]

Temazo, me encanta!!!

[@Mat2001uk]

Classic.

[@thomnz]

@scarborostud I love OCS too. the Day we caught the train does have similarities to I am the Walrus....

[@itachiroxs]

ahhhhh god so awesome

[@buzonperiodista]

class

[@rosstown09]

Awesome song aye! Don't know if I agree with second best....there are so many good ones. But interested to know who your number 1 is?

[@geoff6203]

God he's took some serious drugs here.......as for the song. Amazing

[@shorer1]

You on something mate? Moseley Shoals is an awesome album from start to end, not a bad track on it!

[@jusocool]

0:16 - BUM WA BA DUM PA PA

[@debomoran]

Would love to see anyones recording of this from Cypress Ave in Cork from Nov 2007??

[@beccullity]

@PUMPKIN1080 ...well said matey.

[@beolens]

epitomises the '90s.

[@unrealeck]

This was at Stirling castle I think.

[@eilz2010]

Your English teacher must be proud.

[@Shayde268]

OMG when did enjoying music get so political and how old am I now?? I love this song cos it good and the person who asked if it same guy from the Stranglers I say -Dear, there is at least a 20 year age gap!! lol....now where my comfy slippers...

[@shitcasecinema]

Not seen this before, the band look so young. Very good performance. OCS forever!

[@WilliamByrne_Official]

ah ya i know what u mean! thats a valid point!!! hahaha

[@gavhenrad]

believe Liam and Simon both sung on that version. T'is rather good.

[@killerofkillers]

What a rift : O

[@plonkerfest]

you wanna narrow that down or are you gonna leave us just to dwell on it?

[@lobsterjohnson88]

ocean colour scene with noel gallagher would be sumtin special!

[@deldia]

@timmis1971 Haha...tis a good joke. I won't take credit for it. A mate told me it. Doesn't go down well with all OCS fans.

[@SadeLouYau]

[@outlookisgood]

fuckin class..!!!!!!

[@evorobin]

@PUMPKIN1080 TOO TRUE :)

[@deldia]

How many members of Ocean Colour Scene does it take to change a light bulb? Depends what Paul Weller says...

[@三木圭祐]

haha, I agree with you.

[@boyley72]

Quality

[@adztigana]

thought it was Merrs Hendrix or Clapton.. great guitar here..

[@hurplepelmet]

Can anyone tell me, why did these guys never make it bigger than oasis?

[@countys32]

@PUMPKIN1080 I couldnt of said it better myself.

[@adamvsuk]

@knowvirtuoso - Jimmy Page is great! I cant deny that, but I think this track is well balanced with a really good vibe to it, nothing overpowers the other parts of the band so it just flows really well. Jimmy page would be too awesome for it lol :P

[@Bluezulu17]

Which song did they rip it off with?

[@outlookisgood]

i belive ocs are still top band,,if as comments above about pw r somehow true..fuck pw until hes dead and then some..even though i grew up with the jam s/c and so on.!

[@billwalsh3]

7 dislikes. cancer to them and their loved ones. only slow cancer death though

[@buzonperiodista]

No, I did it on purpose

[@Edwardo1993]

Who is drumming in this?

[@crouchtrac]

not that it matters one bit.

[@2walsall]

another good west mids band

[@meavid]

Yes...Reni from the Roses is king.

[@JPearson1987]

Schweet.

[@anyoo72]

and?

[@BertiBee]

i happen to like both, they probably are more musically competent than oasis, but they cant write songs like noel gallagher can, hes the ace up the sleeve, yes he may 'draw inspiration' from other songs but as paul mccartney said 'good artists copy, great artists steal'

[@tommywardlaw]

there better than the jam, well i relate to them more than the jam anyway, maybe its an age thing (23)

[@keevilldgj]

simon fowler is a regular at the pub I work at good lad, but he doesn't tip for shit

[@Kit-yv7ob]

@PUMPKIN1080 fuck me dude, that was my life!

[@BillyButcher91]

Too much cocaine haha

[@mmmbilly]

much more musically competent that oasis, didn't make it as big because they didn't get into the tabloids enough

[@keevilldgj]

moooooooo

[@fxonx]

@yorkshiretractors

[@aennea]

yo dvd bedford, you need to chill out.\

[@earl14free]

bassist looks like a young liam gallagher ha

[@theeliotwilcox]

Pretty cool I prefer Fours Sticks by uh, Led Zeppelin. Ya know they NEVER sued anybody! They understood the inevitably derivative nature of music & inspiration plus they're RICH

[@HeresaBanana]

Yeah, because if there's one well-known fact about LZ, it's that they never ripped anybody off. Also how does this even resemble Four Sticks? Because it's a repeating riff? Christ, people are so dense.

[@nitrobyname]

That black drummer is in my list of top five coolest mother fuckers ever to have lived,,,, Up there with Steve McQueen and shit!!!! Have you ever seen such a drummer with a cooler style than that!!!!

[@TheMusicalElitist]

What’s his skin colour got anything to do with anything?

[@Carrelecroc]

@mycrate :) you can do better?

[@MsCaleb79]

I was 18, bought the CD, heard it and it was ok... but the guitarist has a too heavy guitar..