Lindisfarne Run For Home

[@snafuproxy8064]

back when times were a bit simpler and life was an adventure not a trial

[@charlesanderson199]

Big thumbs up to that comment 👍 Life was simpler and better then.

[@toodletrike]

love that comment snafu. so true

[@jackienuttall7549]

Oh yes unlike today

[@tomthomassony8607]

I am economically productive I am economically productive I am economically productive I am economically productive..........

[@jonlinin9682]

Good grief, your remark hit me hard. I still have a 20 year old at home facing so many difficulties ahead. I was 17 when this song came out, earning, learning to drive, taking holidays with friends, confident of the future; what happened ?

[@GBPaddling]

Like the finest wine, this song has aged wonderfully, who wouldn't give up everything just to return to such simpler wonderful times?

[@francismurphy7248]

Very true , carefree days , when we were younger.

[@dionjamesraath2822]

This beautiful song brings back very sad memories when I was only 10 years old. A close childhood friend of mine died while falling off a cliff close by his home. He and 2 other friends were on their way back home from a day trip out on hike and he forgot his lunch box back from where they came from. He headed back up to fetch it and on his way back to them he accidentally tripped and fell from a dizzy height from a cliff to his death. The other 2 friends 'ran for home' to get help but it was too late. He was such a lovely kind childhood friend and I still miss him today. This song was a hit on the radio at the time and when I hear those words '....run for home, run as fast as I can' I always think of him and his 2 friends running and what they must've thought and gone through at that moment especially. It was and remains such a tragic and terrible loss for everyone in his life. So very sad. We still miss you deeply Carl, you will never be forgotten. xxxx

[@ianosborne188]

🙏😢🙏

[@Deborah1780]

how tragic 😔 but for ever eternal little man Carl. your story will run forever entwined in this beautiful song . RIP Carl forever. 🙏 I never knew carl or this story till now , but I will forever think of that precious soul taken running for home

[@MegaPaulywally]

A terribly sad memory but poignant too

[@dionjenadventures]

@@MegaPaulywally Yes very much, thank you for your reply.

[@michaelholmes4374]

I too lost my first best friend many years ago ill never on this earth get over it till we meet again r.i.p

[@danaehamling3666]

I am in tears every time I hear this ❤

[@lawrencenoctor2703]

Remember what music was like, I have not heard what I call music for 20 years. Im 70 years old and still love the real stuff. God bless x.

[@andymatthews7617]

You to Lawrence, we had the best music EVER.

[@Paul_Bond.]

I love this song, born in 1975, it reminds me of my mum, getting dressed for school, autumn mornings and everything that was good in the world.

[@Sunakfilth]

What school was your mum in

[@izzy8586]

ah the 70s life still was a little bit sane and inocent happyer even

[@moobagmoobag4913]

Paul Bond best times 😀

[@kevinbeck6785]

oh yes paul autumn saturday mornings swap shop and tiswas my god what a great time to grow up in ................

[@TheBeatrice160]

I hadn't heard this song for many years and suddenly it was on the radio and I went flying back to the 70's living in Croydon . So many wonderful memories of a simpler time.

[@dixienormous4394]

I used to sing it when I got off the school bus and ran home after school. To be greeted by my mum who had usually been baking or cooking something delicious. God bless you mum, miss you every single day ❤

[@traciebett5812]

Oh that made me cry thinking about my Gran who was for all intents and purposes my Mum from 2-14yrs. She was exactly the same

[@johndunlop7738]

I miss my mum so much.

[@sarahdalhousie1813]

​@@johndunlop7738 I know the feeling John 💔😢 x

[@jnkynbe0h416]

this was my grandads favourite song, he died a year ago today and this is the first time I've heard it fully. A couple of weeks back at my workplace the radio came on and this started playing, it might have been a coincidence but I like to think it was him letting me know he's with me. I miss you grandad, run for home

[@andymatthews7617]

CONDOLENCES.

[@RatsmithNZ]

A long lost gem, awesome stuff totally shits on the rubbish we get pounded with today

[@jameswestwell6940]

I agree 100% and I'm only 26 👌

[@TheDradge]

Spot on mate. Back when musicians didn't need Autotune and they played all their own instruments.

[@booooo666]

Agreed.. No comparison.. Its total shit today

[@davegalea6689]

100% better then the crap music we get these days especially that Rap , Hip-Hop crap. The 60's and 70's will always be the best music.

[@mickx3026]

for me probably the most emotional Lindisfarne song ever........one hell of a band

[@michaelcheevers68]

mick X agree with you as going through a difficult times in my life

[@hagar6359]

Sorry mate Lady Eleanor is better lol. But this is a classic too

[@richardbickle4098]

@@hagar6359 fog for me

[@hagar6359]

@@richardbickle4098 ha ha we all have our tastes mate. So long as you dont like the Paul Gascoigne version!!!

[@iandennis7836]

When I first heard this song, some years after it came out, not knowing who it was by, I thought it was some West Coast rock band like the Eagles or some such. I had not heard much Lindisfarne and associated them with folk music. Imagine my surprise when I found out. Fabulous song.

[@paulsnowden9949]

This song is absolutely brilliant and timeless, loved it in 1978 and still love it now

[@juliaallen1306]

I'm 67 and I find myself singing this song on the return from my jog - I can't believe I've known it since I was 22 (1978)! I wonder if they're still performing - I'd go and see them.

[@mickeymouse7861]

I'm afraid most of them are deceased.

[@heatherboardman7004]

Still performing. But Alan Hull died a while back.

[@oliverkent8429]

Yes at Chepstow Castle last night 23rd August '24

[@ianpowell5097]

Remember docking in Liverpool my first shore leave in the merchant navy after 6 months in South America this song was playing in the train station cafe waiting for my train to South Wales I was seafarer and very proud I was just 17 my life was fantastic

[@CoalMiningTown]

Thumbs up from a fellow matelot RN.

[@julieglover6484]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 run for home 😊 fellow welsh person 😊

[@Alwintongardens]

Absolutely love this song. I remember singing my head off to it when I was at the Lindisfarne Christmas Concert, Newcastle City Hall - December 1980. We played it at my beloved husbands funeral - he used to love running. Then It was played at our daughters wedding last year - everyone was up on their feet singing their hearts out. Beautiful memories.

[@pete7825]

Beautiful memories indeed

[@spanishpeaches2930]

@@pete7825 Seconded.

[@stuzo666]

Wow... beautiful. You made me feel so sad , my heart sank , good luck

[@ganndeber1621]

nice one

[@twm915]

Beautiful song.

[@chrisdavidson6838]

Who would of thought that that 45 years later i would be listening to it on a phone. ☺️

[@chriswright1675]

Snap"

[@atticusfinch8652]

There are songs you know when you first hear them will go on forever. As a twelve year old this was one. I can still listen and appreciate 40 years on. Alan Hull was a truly great, and sorely underrated, songwriter. Props from a Jock to a Geordie.

[@francismurphy7248]

I remember this great song , from.1978 , I was 19 when it was released , an Sumner hit , that was played regularly, at an disco venue , I went to .

[@davidtomlinson6138]

I was 19

[@grogscol]

Alan Hull left us far too young, brilliant songwriter & singer, Back and Forth is a classic album. RIP

[@andycuthbert2763]

A Geordie here listening late night n I’ll always run back to the Toon. Newcastle is Gods country-we ain’t got no money here but the people are the best!

[@richardeast939]

A beautiful song full of joy, hope and love. What a songwriter Alan Hull was. A genius up there with the best.

[@debbieevans3950]

bloody brilliant , loved this one since i was young , in my eyes this was their best single xx

[@big_fat_hen]

This was my favorite song by them. Listen to Costafine Town by Splinter.

[@marionfitness5509]

Me too Debbie Evans.

[@marionfitness5509]

@@big_fat_hen Costafine Town just permeates your brain. I love it too.

[@seamusmckeown3550]

Love this tune growing up in belfast in the 70s and 80s music was an escape from all the war still scared today

[@reedp44]

It’s a hard choice so many fantastic songs but yes I think this is their best too

[@derekoreilly3300]

Hadn't heard this song for years, then heard it on the radio as I was driving the other day. Brought me back to my childhood in Dublin. My late Dad parked his car on the beach and the car radio playing loudly as we played nearby. Amazing that a song can bring back memories of a time long gone.

[@johnhiggins1028]

beautiful memory there,me too,childhood in Dublin,this song was an important part of it,god bless

[@steveforster9764]

60 year old Northumberland lad living in Canada for 24 years this actually made me homesick

[@CHUTNEX]

Fascinating BBC documentry shown in the North East last week about Alan Hull which should be on the IPlayer for those in the UK. Such a tragedy that he only made it to 50. This is a marvellous piece of music and emotional poetry.

[@tonyguglielmucci4094]

Great documentary. Geordies comment how personal the band are to them. Believe me, growing up in North London in 60's/70's, they mean as much as if I were from, Jesmond, Cullercoats, North Shields or the Scotswood Rd.

[@normanlongstaff8991]

Yes I watched that and Winter Song also was a great song... and still is as done by Sam Fender I am 71 I know liitle of Sam but I loved all of lindisfarnes great songs..

[@tomthomassony8607]

@@tonyguglielmucci4094 I grew up in South London in the late 1970s and Lindasfarne were an important part of your album collection as The Jam, David Bowie, Average White Band etc

[@JamesSmith-zk8gl]

Saw that documentary on here again only last week

[@andymatthews7617]

All the good die young.😥

[@expressflyer6760]

One of my all time favourite songs of all time. Proud to be a Geordie

[@timjx3675]

Crap this makes me homesick for the NE - have lived in the States for over 25 years this reminds me of knockin round the Kard bar when I was 15

[@johnmclean9641]

I live in south Yorkshire feel the same mate

[@kevanbrown7620]

I worked in London for two years, then Kent for 10 years. This song always was in my head, thinking about Tyneside.

[@jayveebloggs9057]

did you hear that the Manager died in a fire a few years ago... shame

[@heatherboardman7004]

You will always be a Geordie ❤

[@dovidell]

watching and reminiscing in 2024

[@andynicholas1728]

Superb version of an absolute gem of a song. Lindisfarne at their best.

[@jasonbull3987]

What are you talking about? Gem of a song and version? We must have just watched 2 different song clips

[@gerrymclean5085]

Just classy well crafted song(s) shame people get caught up in the 'genre' nonsense? To me a good tune regardless off 'genre' is simply a good tune!

[@lennyparsons7660]

Yes it was a great song an absolute classic Leonard

[@SAVEGREYHOUNDS]

A Brilliant Song from the 70,s still sounds as good today

[@monticlassictv]

Personally for me one of thee most iconic songs from the 1970's a classic! . . . Hello from Dunfermline Scotland..

[@atticusfinch8652]

Totally agree. It's probably the one I most replay, a true classic. And, lol, also Dunfermline! But incognito ;)

[@raywatson3876]

Wonderful!!

[@TheBeatrice160]

Yes - thats a good way to describe it

[@joohop]

YES Earthling Blessings From Birmingham My Nan Was Fe The Gorbals

[@stephenbirks6458]

I Agree with you all - Amazing song reminds me of those great times back when this was in the charts ...So great ? - I did the honourable thing and married her ? S.B. from the other side of the wall - Down in Yorkshire Be safe everyone !

[@janeabbott5379]

One of late Fathers favourites. Priceless xx

[@alanhales7729]

The much missed and much loved Alan Hull singing classic Lindisfarne tune from 1978

[@carpediem3044]

Used live in the next street to Alan Hull, saw him enjoy a pint at The Victoria (Tap & Spile) on a Friday night, 50 was far too young to die.

[@mikeswales9810]

Love this song, I have it on my playlist .Then 1 day in the car my 13 year old put her songs on and she played this.'Dad I heard it on yours & in love it Shows the power of the song.

[@dougbell2071]

Just one of the great ones! 70's were awesome for rock groups & natural sound to make you feel great!😊

[@davegalea6689]

and the 60's. 60's and 70's music will always be the best and it was proper music in those days not like the crap we got these days.

[@andymatthews7617]

I'd go back in a heartbeat.

[@dilltdog1158]

I was so glad when Lindisfarne returned. I bought this single when it came out in a pretty fetching picture sleeve.

[@brian7193]

This song still sounds as good in 2020 as it did when it was released,a true classic I was fortunate enough to see them perform as one of the warm up acts runrig and they were amazing and the speech he gave when he came on stage was so perfect anyone who was there will know what I'm talking about

[@taratara19531]

Any idea where this was filmed x

[@2011littlejohn1]

@@taratara19531 I think it's on top of the multi story car park in Gateshead. Which I believe is now pulled down. I may be wrong as I now live in the Czech Republic and haven't been home for a few years - bit of a tear jerking track all round as a get away theme for this nightmare we're all living in. I think this was one of the most talented bands from the North East. I've just learned the song. :)

[@tempusfugitbruce]

@@taratara19531 I believe on the roof of the Newcastle Breweries,now both gone (just next to St. James' Park.

[@juicyfruit4378]

A great song that always brings a tear to my eyes. Born and raised in a military family, my birthplace remained my home throughout my entire 57 years. I always wanted to "Come home" and now I've finally done it.

[@staggy4942]

Wonderful memories ❤

[@ianblanthorn]

Love this old song....I now live in Australia, been here over 20 years and would never come back to the UK....Every time I listen to this it reminds me of my North Eastern place of birth!!

[@jullejuhl8167]

A very underrated band! This song is great!

[@leecondliffe1701]

Love this song it's probably 1 of the best from the 70s

[@youcrazyno1]

This is a class song and a brilliant band...I came across Lindisfarne about 78 or 79 ..my late uncle asked me to clean his mark 1 escort...bright yellow and gleaming...In the glove compartment were some tapes ...Lindisfarne , brotherhood of man , ABBA....wow I cleaned his car every week of the summer!

[@antaog5961]

Talented band that made some wonderful songs This song I've listened to so many times over the years Always takes me back to happy times ,a happy home, Happy life,long may it last Emotive song priceless and timeless...

[@JohnJohnson-ho2pb]

Brilliant band, great song, but oh how that backdrop has changed. I remember the flood lights at St James' Park so well.

[@paulsadler3870]

John Johnson Used to stand on the Gallowgate in the 70's with Ray Laidlaw. Great memories and great great song. What a great miss Alan Hull has been. Master song writer.

[@itallia666]

This song helped me rectify a big mistake i made & before it could get any worse helped me get out & end a relationship that would never have worked I packed my bags & travelled hundreds of miles by plane, train & car & i got home, tired, emotional but essentially happy knowing id done the right thing that was over 40yrs ago & ive never regretted my decision! Thank you to Lindisfarne not only my fellow Geordie bretheren but your words in this song inspired my flight home 🇬🇧👧🕊

[@andymatthews7617]

God bless, hope you found true happiness.

[@waynejones4594]

Such an amazing song, from an era when music was worth listening to.

[@martinglynn272]

Brings back great memories first time away from home way back that song always tugged at the heart strings

[@tonyguglielmucci4094]

If anyone wants to call this the greatest song ever written and performed, I won't argue. Just pleased I got to see Alan sing it in my lifetime.

[@GILLY56ify]

Its up there with the very best ... terrific song and the lyrics have so much meaning and evoke good and sad memories

[@specialse]

Formed in 1968 ,same year i was born , ill never tire of hearing it , having been all over the world myself now , you cant beat going home....Scotland.

[@stevejones5695]

Seen these live at Minehead record got some fond memories I'm 54 still got goosebumps tear in my eye fantastic and one of the best live performance I've seen hope to see them again

[@johnreed1025]

makes me cry every time

[@haydoncooper3744]

You can never tire of listening to this song.Makes me cry but I’m happy and it’s been this way since the day is was released and I still love it today.

[@carollyman4258]

Love, love this brilliant song, remember the 70's well, I think we have all run for home cos home is where the heart is ❤

[@andymatthews7617]

Better days, safer days, today is manic.

[@rodneycooperLMSCoach]

Thanks to KZbin we can easily access and enjoy gems like this. This alone makes difficult times today bearable.

[@Duncan038]

For me , the best song Lindisfarne ever made. Great to see the old Tyne and Wear PTE liveried double decker as well , reminds me of Oz’s speech to his laddie at the bus stop on the Quayside in AWP :)

[@geespar1]

Great song by a fantastic band, but credit also goes to the orchestral arrangement and the orchestra, it really did massive justice to the song and added to it beautifully

[@dawnmolloy5519]

Anyone listening in October 2019? My go to song... When I need to feel safe

[@paultrickett4240]

I love this song I listen to it when I've had a shit day and it chills me right out, to the extent I can't remember why I had a shit day in the first place

[@kenneththompson8933]

Aye bonnie lass. Happy warm memories from a Geordie lad who loves the toon & all the bonny lads & lasses up north!!

[@28102650]

February 2020

[@jeanclarke8091]

love singing this on karaoke

[@kevinbeck6785]

march 2020 what a song

[@GraveFireflys]

Best band I ever saw live , alan hull, my favourite song writer . Cheers Sam , that was brill, left this old hippy sobbing mess.

[@denisegott6425]

Fantastic love this song ❤❤❤❤

[@lescash7187]

From the age of 16 I've lived away from the Newcastle area on and off and this is one of those songs that makes me so homesick........beautiful and melodic

[@pearlwhitney4532]

Saw them perform live some years ago in Milton Keynes. This is by far my favourite by Lindisfarne ❤

[@sondraflare3643]

I remember this when it was played on the radio in 1978

[@mickx3026]

the most emotional and my funeral song......this really is how i feel

[@kurtphipps7823]

No words can describe how much this song pulls at my heart,classic

[@hughieelliott8895]

Been to some classic concerts over the years, but the Lindisfarne Christmas concerts at Newcastle City Hall were the absolute best. Unforgettable!

[@DavidBrown-ts5sr]

Loved them. Didnt they record a season of them and put them together in an album

[@jinkertsun]

@@DavidBrown-ts5sr called Magic in the Air. Ray Jackson’s lindisfarne did a cd of one of their live concerts. I wish I could find a copy of that.

[@neilfranklin5036]

Great song

[@margaretbrice523]

For me personally it just wasn't Christmas until we'd been to see Lindisfarne at the City Hall, great memories.

[@nickevans417]

I had all but forgotten this song then came across it by accident, then it was "....wow...where have you been since I was ten? " Amazing song. Those harmonies; so reminiscent of the late 70s. Brings to mind The Eagles or Little River Band. Now to play it for a seventh time...

[@RobertWeingher]

A beautiful song, reminds me how great were the seventies, i was just a kid listening to the radio, there was good music in most radio stations, today if i open the radio when i have no choice i close it in a few moments because everything is louzy from the music to the garbage talk, thanks for sharing.

[@christopherdaly9384]

From a Manc---Lindisfarne, Top Band!! All the best to the Geordie Lads n Lassies!!🙂👍

[@thedangler1754]

Absolutely great song that brings back so many memories of growing up during that time.

[@chokehanson1830]

I challenge any exiled Geordie to listen to this on their iPod or whatever device as you cross the High Level bridge on a train & not get goosebumps. An absolute timeless classic of a song about wanting to gan Hyem when you've been away for too long. Newcastle - love ya & miss ya so much.

[@kevinflanagan2403]

Class utter class

[@GlennHallLivingWater]

This has to be their best song. Amazing. Great.

[@davebeetlestone9969]

Wow. Grew up on oasis,stereophonic,the verve, the charlatans etc,etc........just been introduced to this and can't stop playing it. Way before its time.

[@andymatthews7617]

It's called TALENT.

[@ND1966p]

This takes me back to Rhodesia, in the seventies.. listening to a little cassette tape feeling homesick for something.. I did t know what...

[@davidbloxham6114]

A favourite song of mine!! Awesome song! mAY 2022 CRANK IT UP

[@BoldonSmith]

This reminds me ov home ... memories ov growing up in Boldon Colliery 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍 ... I miss my home

[@jayveebloggs9057]

Brockley whins?

[@GlennHallLivingWater]

It's three years later. Still love this. I owned the original album. Don't get tired of this.

[@sararichmond8476]

I so love this song! Did at the time and it's even more relevant to me now. Smashing!

[@timwingham8952]

Perfectly crafted song. Hell it was released 45 years ago. I remember buying the single, can even picture the sleeve. Seems like yesterday. But then I look around me and realise everything has changed. And I'm adrift.

[@andymatthews7617]

Join the club tim, I want to go back there and stay forever, this world now is just terrible.

[@tommygunn3676]

It doesn't matter we remember what it was actually like back then the youth of today have missed out on so much.

[@timwingham8952]

@@tommygunn3676 Yep! Just the act of buying a single for example. The excitement of getting it home and playing it. Joyous.

[@kevinmurphy8857]

What a great song by a brilliant and great singer and band.

[@andymatthews7617]

BETTER DAYS.

[@BoldonSmith]

One ☝️ ov the greatest bands and song ever .... still listening in 2020...... love lindisfsrne from been a young lad in Sunderland memories ov my childhood 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@andyreisch6755]

Terrific I saw them in NZ. One of the best live acts I have seen. Unfortunately this wasnt released when they were here.

[@brucerouffian2630]

I was 20 in 1978, when I saw this on TOTP. I was a disgrace to myself, to my parents and to the world. Fucking excellent times. And I lived.

[@mickymartin3690]

What a song! UNREAL!!! GEORDIES!!!!

[@MarkCSevenSixTwo]

Reminds me of holidays on the East coast of England in the summer of 1978. Magical!

[@johnthedude1000]

one of the best songs from the 70s.

[@JamesBrown-qz4tp]

What an absolute classic from Lindisfarne and for me the best one.. A mixed up time of life for me back in the mid 70s and whenever I hear this song.. it reminds me of my sleeping bag and roughing it.. Great classic great memories good and bad but an era never to be matched.. Forever RIP Alan Hull..

[@angelaowens4767]

Love Lindisfarne's music, love all the words, great tunes

[@johnhiggins1028]

Connie and i,first love of my life,we went to kerry for a week,village called camp,loved it ,this tune brings it all back,warm memories...

[@Charlietwice]

Crosses boundaries. I was a punk but love this song.

[@russellhogarth5150]

Fabulous song and wonderful live

[@rickmcmahon1479]

Brings back my thoughts of my youth god how I miss it.

[@christineclark-f6i]

Love this track as much as l did back in the day 😊

[@martinweafer3939]

Just simply brilliant.

[@colinmcgregor6384]

When I was living in London I'd drive home to Newcastle at Christmas to see my mam and dad, both sadly long gone now, and the first thing I'd do when getting in their door is put this on the record or cd player be it 10pm or 10am and we'd sing our hearts out. Amazing memories of the City Hall concerts too. Shine on Si who also left us too soon, and we remember Alan, who left us 25 years ago today, and not forgetting Charlie Harcourt who we lost in the summer.

[@pete7825]

Loved that. Thanks for sharing. This song is so powerful in how it affects me, too.

[@denisephillips2337]

My favorite track ❤

[@garyd7112]

A song that means something. You don't get that these days.

[@lennyparsons7660]

A clearly beautiful song.

[@deltalo5]

Classic, takes me back some years. I love it.

[@druidswillow1052]

Bloody love Lindisfarne!♥️🎸✌️