Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel - Sebastian Reaction

[@colrhodes377]

Steve Harley was a superb artist. All hail Cricket 🏏 Bat 09. 😂

[@bertusvanhal8855]

I loved “Sebastian” since it came out, [for me] it’s one of the Most Beautiful Songs ever made, the original is truly Wonderful, please sit on a relaxing chair with the headphones on and eyes closed and listen to the original song. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@surfaceten510n]

Loved this song when it first came out made me an instant fan.

[@BoringTaff]

RIP Steve Harley. He was the last concert I went to before I left UK for Canada. Have great memories of his music, bought everything he made in the 70s and 80s. This was off his first album, his second album was my favourite album.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Thank you once again for doing one of my recommendations, I always appreciate it. Steve and the band did good and interesting songs, this looks like it's from the mid '80s when he was trying to make a bit of a comeback, after some troubles with substances.

[@andygeorge1]

If you thought this was beautiful, listen to the studio version of Sebastian with full orchestra..sublime!

[@davidellis5141]

For me , The Violin 🎻 was the highlight.

[@PlasticGirl65]

Absolutely

[@markferrett700]

Thanks for reacting to this.....strangely this live version although atmospheric, and emotional......doesn't quite have that wow factor the album version had........Still a great song either way.

[@erickvermeulen9734]

There are also versions of this song with Steve Harley singing with a symphonic orchestra behind him... such a grandeur in this song. Sebastian is from their first album, produced by Neil Harrison and as engineer Geoff Emerick. Alan Parsons, who was engineer on Beatles Abbey Road and Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, produced and engineered the successful second album of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (with Make Me Smile on it).

[@BoringTaff]

His second album was Psychomodo, after which he disbanded Cockney Rebel and restarted with all new musicians except the drummer. Make me smile was on the 3rd album The Best Years of Our Lives.

[@KillerBl8]

Thanks for the name check and my (sadly demised) cat would have appreciated his name check. This is wonderful but it only gives a hint at the total power and delicacy that you feel from it actually live, it absolutely envelopes you... can't argue though, it's impossible to achieve. Love this song and thanks for playing.

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

It's the first time I've heard pink Floyd, coming from Steve Harley and cockney rebel, interesting?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Happy healthy peace ✌️

[@davidmacgregor5193]

Hello again, Chris and Cynthia, thank you for reviewing Cockney Rebel's "Sebastian". I have heard a story that Steve Harley wrote this song about Oscar Wilde's experience as a homosexual while living in Paris. Wilde adopted the name "Sebastian Melmoth" in 1897 while he was self exiled in Paris after his release from Reading prison in England. "Sebastian" was taken from Saint Sebastian and "Melmoth" was the name of the title character in the novel "Melmoth the Wanderer" by Charles Maturin, he was Wilde's great uncle.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Hiya 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@stephenbennett1643]

Thanks for remembering Steve Harley, so soon after his passing guys . Such a brilliant artist who wrote some wonderful songs . If you liked this you'll absouloutley love "Death Trip " on the same lines as Sebastion but so much better ! Its the best song this 63 yr old has heard in his life 👌 9 minutes of sheer magic . Brings tears to my eyes 😢. Listen to it guys. 👍

[@ScottHindle-qv6mq]

Thanks for Sebastian it was one of their earliest tracks. Scott Bournemouth.

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

Poor guy. I am very sure this was some kind of comeback in the mid 80's. He couldn't have had that many YES men around him. I do respect his work and I can only feel pity for him on this occassion. It mustn't have been fun. I'm not using this to promote Stevie Wright, but please check out the link in the email. It's the performance of a guy that had kicked heroin (apparently) and was determined to make a comeback for the 80's. If you keep that in mind, you'll see why Stevie Wright performing ''Evie'' at the Sydney Opera House in 1979 was impactful...

[@heathcornbeef]

I've just eaten a HUGE PIECE OF CHEESECAKE 😋 HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY 😊😊

[@GP-mw8ce]

Thanks for this.I prefer the original vinyl but this was interesting.RIP Steve harley.Maybe consider some other great 70's artists from this period, Mott the Hoople,Sahb,T Rex.

[@colrhodes377]

He did a decent duet with Sarah Brightman.

[@mightyV444]

There's also a rather sappy one of her together with Cliff Richard, 'All I Ask Of You'. And I think it also was Sarah Brightman who sang 'Japanese Boy', under the name Aneka 😀

[@colrhodes377]

@@mightyV444 That's an interesting song

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@mightyV444no mightyV, that was a scottish folk singer called Mary Sandeman mate ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mightyV444]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering - Oh! Thank you for the correction, Jay! 😀👍 The source I'd picked my info up from already years ago obviously was wrong! 😅

[@mightyV444]

@@colrhodes377 - Most people I know _don't_ like it, but I always have 🙂

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I’m first - yeehaw 🤠 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SPKdesign1]

I should have got there First but machine is really really slow at the mo.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@SPKdesign1I wish ye had got here first - this is pish ! Sorry man I know you asked for it and I’d retired from brutality but fk me this is rid rotten on so many levels ! It doesn’t help that this atmospheric-esque song was a live version , it hasnt worked 🤦‍♂️ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SPKdesign1]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering It's awright, it's no the best version but I do like the track.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@SPKdesign1 ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@antscott4922]

somebody called me Sebastian

[@leroywallis3142]

Judy teen ! ❤

[@colindonald3161]

Some people being v unfair in a rather self indulgent fashion in the comments 😂, it’s not that bad ffs 😂

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Edgelords and gatekeepers are, sadly, a fact of life for reaction channels. The hilarious part is that their comments add to ranking of the video in the youtube algorithm!

[@Starburst_Candy]

I really like the studio version of Sebastian. The live version us okay but sometimes when the singer is blown, the whole thing loses it's integrity.

[@didierchapelot5671]

Too bad you chose to listen to this rather weak live version of such a great song. The original one (studio) has never been outperformed. The best live version I saw on KZbin is the one with a full orchestra on a Norwegian TV in 2011.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Oh good lord no ! If we agree that last weeks Come up and see me was the pinnacle of Steve’s career then this is falling off a Cliff .. for me , this is a dreadful dirge 🤦‍♂️ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@colrhodes377]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴‍☠️

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@colrhodes377 I couldn’t help myself Col 👀 it was THAT bad 🤣 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

This was from a mid '80s comeback and his drug troubles.

[@delorangeade]

I share your opinion about this one.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@delorangeade it was bound to happen sooner or later del 🤣.. it was a statistical certainty with the number of tracks we both hear in here mate ✊.. I’d kinda stopped being so brutal but I couldn’t hold my tongue with this track and this performance. Cheers 🍻 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@delorangeade]

I thought this was a pretty ropey performance, to be honest. He never had the greatest voice, and it doesn't sound in good shape here. There was plenty of dramatic intent, sound and fury. but for me it really did signify nothing.

[@shaundgb7367]

Could only listen to about 30 seconds. I'd have to be locked in a room and tortured to be forced to listen to more. I do not think there is enough drugs in the world for me to somehow get anything out of music like this.