The Waterboys - Red Army Blues

[@MichaelNowack-fj2ow]

Eins der besten Lieder was ich je gehört habe einfach unglaublich der Text und die Melodie 🎉🎉🎉

[@czeslawbednarek]

Iim 3 long winyl this scotish band

[@JaneKellie-uh3mo]

The Waterboys Music Is Genius and Raw. Mike Scott As A Musician Deserves More Recognition 👍 🎵🎶👍🎵🎶.. _ The Saxophone Sound 🎷 Is Legendary

[@robertmcmanus9185]

The music is brilliant. The lyrics are better. He is a gifted hard working poet who deserves far more fame than ever came his way.

[@christineday439]

Truly agree

[@endajohn]

Absolutely correct. The man is gifted. What a very rare and special talent.

[@mikemccloskey141]

@@christineday439 Me too

[@endajohn]

So very very true

[@okee9]

He never wanted fame though

[@bobm4478]

I don't know why The Waterboys never achieve superstar status. They're incredible!

[@AllanJackson-h8z]

They are SUPERSTARS try and get a ticket to there gigs 🤘

[@endajohn]

Why this song hasn’t got millions of views I just don’t know. When you see what’s getting millions of views that would not be a patch on this song.

[@MARSBELLA1]

Becase they keep taking it offline!!

[@kerrybindon940]

Good taste is a gift

[@robertmcmanus9185]

Ask yourself this.... How did McDonalds sell so many hamburgers?

[@christineday439]

Too many people going for glamour, not talent and substance

[@AntonioRLorca]

Simplemente porque la gente no tiene ni gusto ni cultura musical… The Waterboys a la altura de cualquiera de aquellos grandes grupos que nos dieron los 80’s.

[@kevandfrank1]

How they weren't as big or bigger than u2 gets me. Mike Scotts songwriting is exceptional. His smooth vocals are like a fine wine.

[@christineday439]

Truly soulful, Mike is fabulous and a great live act. Probably don't want them as big and commercial as U2, keep them truly golden.

[@allancrotch2953]

U Who?

[@okee9]

Mike didn’t want that, I saw them in a community hall in 88 just after the release of Fisherman’s Blues, they could have easily filled a stadium

[@ciaranlarkin1035]

Think after This is the Sea, they could have gone big stadium with their next album style choice. Luckily for us, they ended up in Galway doing Fisherman’s Blues .

[@tomgribbin9531]

The two greatest underappeciated bands in the history of Rock and Roll are unquestionably Mike Scott and the Waterboys and Graham Parker and the Rumour . Tell me i'm wrong !!!

[@brentgabel3660]

That sax destroys me every time. This is a beautiful sad song that makes me smile because I heard it when it first came out and I still love it.

[@miikamiinala4833]

Destroys me as well

[@dons4europe]

Mike Scott truly is one of the great songwriters , along with Nick Cave they dont get the props they deserve. Some of his solo stuff is outstanding. He and the waterboys have always been amazing live.

[@robertmcmanus9185]

Good connection. Nick Cave's stuff is so different, but again, same level of talent.

[@izadyarfassa]

2023, still great

[@sebrider5695]

How are these guys no better known? Absolute genius and quality, so many of their songs.

[@toriidawdy8456]

Prince's version of "Whole of the moon" , has in a way ; increased their profile here . It is a shame that lesser bands may have better recognition, but if I was an artist I would feel very proud too read these remarks

[@kokokellitn1]

@@toriidawdy8456 I hate what Prince did to that song. I guess I'm glad if it helped raise the Waterboys'/Scott's profile. But Prince robbed the song of it's meaning and magic. This from a Prince fan. It's like he didn't understand what the song was about. So he made it all about himself. Rant over.

[@DomEnoch13]

@@kokokellitn1 I think that may have been Prince’s intention - to see how far he could remove the song of its original qualities and still carry it, displaying just how well written the song is. The song was partly inspired by Prince after Mike Scott saw him in New York and his faith in “80’s music was found”. He already had the line “I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon” which he came up with on the same trip to NY when his girlfriend asked him how hard it was to write a song, to which he looked up at the night sky and said those words to her. The piano “heartbeat” of the song he had been sitting on for years, and after seeing Prince live he returned to his hotel room where he had a piano delivered and put the two together. It’s a piano/keyboard/synth driven song of admiration for another, and Prince removed all of those elements, stripping it down to a self-indulgent funk number which I think showcases just how good a songwriter Scott is. Prince stripped it of everything that’s loved about the original and didn’t rob anything, he simply borrowed the amazing songwriting of Scott (I like to hope) to pay tribute to him.

[@goldenultra]

Wonderful guitar intro by Mike Scott. He is so young here.

[@colmcurran6125]

The most gifted, underrated musician of our time!! Sad if he is only appreciated musically posthumously

[@Madigan2]

Imagine hearing Mike Scot and the Waterboys1993. Heavenly

[@jwozniak1]

A classic is a classic is a classic. Timeless, relevant, genius. 😍

[@JimmygBHOY]

Terricic tune, a great band, i remember taking one of my young brothers who was a big Waterboys Fan, to see them at the Glasgow Barrowlands for his 18th Birthday, way back in the 80's ,a fantastic live band.

[@HeinGoemans]

This song shakes me to my core. Every time.

[@christineday439]

Me too

[@emcbride7453]

@@christineday439 Me Three

[@elgzoo5503]

Me four

[@arnebiesma1285]

Same here

[@paulorch6]

Same here Fabulous

[@tedman1]

Along with 'The Pan Within' this is my very favourite Waterboys period. The Scott, Wallinger, Thistlewaite line-up takes some beating. All part of the 'Big Music' project started by a young scot which continues today. Never tire of it, God bless you Mike and whomsoever you choose to play with these days. If you've never witnessed The Waterboys "live" get your ass in gear and catch them soon. Unbelievable

[@christineday439]

Absolute gold, this is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. And yes, Pan Within, Trumpets, Fishermans Blues, Winter Winter, Glastonbury, Return of Pan, Man is in Love .... on and on. Go see them if it's the last thing you do. Fills my soul.

[@Neuren123]

The current line up is pretty awesome, I saw them on Saturday. True brilliance. No strings or brass but the keyboardist more than makes up for that. Mike Scott is in top form. 2022

[@davelochrie834]

Who doesn't like the waterboys and y not we will never hear music like this anymore so sad real music with real meaning with real instruments say no more than 😜🎸🎷🥁🎶🎧🎻rock and roll

[@bernhard2503]

This is one of the very few songs that came very close to my heart and soul many years ago. Just love it. Some kind of irony that all the places mentioned in the song are now - again - part of history

[@gerrydupuis9897]

Seen them in montreal twice...amazing ....they were on fire.

[@stephenhall8892]

So awesome.I saw this version of the Waterboys.It was like a religious experience.I played nothing else for a month afterwards.

[@davelochrie834]

I know that feeling as i get a feeling every time I listen to it real music ✌🎷🎤🎸

[@undoingrusty]

I still do!

[@ladylaois8184]

The sax is simply beyond incredible!

[@bernhardgemmel8051]

One of the very best songs of my youth.

[@norbertpants9709]

Saw them open for U2 at Manchester Apollo in 1984. They blew U2 off stage. Went out and bought "A Pagan Place" the next day. Fabulous live band

[@JoyDivision88]

Saw the same tour but in Birmingham. Yep, they blew U2 away to the point where U2 were boring in comparison.

[@chriscat2426]

Saw the same concert in 1984 in Washington DC. Couldn't agree more with your assessment!

[@vanzantshat]

Me too. Saw them in Birmingham support U2 and went out the next day and bought "A Pagan Place"

[@StratsRUs]

Saw them at The Tin Can Club in Birmingham around 1983.

[@davelochrie834]

I can well believe it as they are a stunning band and this tune is top notch

[@wb722]

Seventeen years old, never kissed a girl... This song makes me cry every time I listen to it!

[@kristeb74]

That line gets me too

[@kaidanangell]

The best consert ever in Oslo

[@Rom2Serge]

My grad dad was in storm infantry division. He was 18 when he was in Berlin. He newer talked about the war. Later wen to mining college and for 36 year worked as a coal miner.. Died when we was 83 years. In Moscow hospital . I was teenager and making fun of him. I feel so sorry now. God bless him.

[@soundchaser1097]

Bless you🤗

[@aleksandrpiskunov416]

ДУШЕВНЫЕ СЛОВА!!!!!!🍷🍾🍷🍾🍷🍾

[@katyama9561]

My father was in a Russian prison at the age of 14.He was lucky they asked him what are you doing here?He said looking for his father.They told him to get out.He died age 56.Wish I listened to him.

[@robertarisz8464]

Dear Serge, International politics are a messy place. Russia and the EU and US are not getting along that well right now. But it is important to look back sometimes - 70 years ago we stood together against a great enemy. Much of the freedom of western Europe has been paid for by Russian blood. Very sad that some forget this. My granddad was taken to Germany as slave labour while my grandmom and her children (with my dad) were left to face famine in Holland in 1944-5. My mom's family were a little better of but suffered too. None of that compares to being a teenage storm trooper but maybe there is a common threat. The average working man and woman usually pays the most in games played by the powerful. Many thanks to your granddad - I am sure I would have liked to have a meal and a drink with him - God bless him.

[@robertarisz8464]

By the way - my granddad never talked about his slavery during the war. But it was clear he HATED Germans until the day he died.

[@frankmudrak2842]

WoW, what a song !

[@politicalcouragepodcast1096]

THe Waterboys and Tim Scott - absolute genius

[@heikoschmidt166]

Super Song brilant super

[@rogerthat9306]

The greatest band nobody's ever heard.

[@alexgreen8764]

just standing ovation bravo!!! i am russian

[@jorgbuchs2151]

Saw this at the time on German TV. Next day I bought the album. Good decision, never regretted it. Saw him live 20 years later, such a genius.

[@wieringen3]

Best song ever

[@davelochrie834]

Can't understand why this tune has so little likes i mean we're taking the waterboys here and this tune is pure gold some people wouldn't know a decent bit of music if it bit em in the arse this tune red army blues is Mike Scott at his best no two ways about it 😄✌

[@gingernoggin3158]

Great band, they were a bit before time but I'm gettin into them more and more. I also had no clue they were from edinburgh, my home city until about 3 months ago.

[@davelochrie834]

That's mad as i was born in Scotland in Ayr but came to England as a young child but my son's mum came from Glasgow she lived in cambas lang.but the Waterboys are a great band i also like a girl called Jonny and the Pan within and many more best regards 🤗

[@mikeheadington3396]

This song is so powerful, it shakes me to the core, so haunting

[@christineday439]

God yeah..... every time !!

[@henrivdm1]

Wow this song is as powerful now as it was in 30 years ago...great live version.

[@toriidawdy8456]

Spent a summer in a pub near Glasgow. It was a long walk but The Waterboys were well represented on the juke box . They are a great band . I got to know the crowd . The regulars started buying my beers so I could play the juke. I never understood my glaswegian comrades but it was a glorious time

[@nala36924]

Absolutely raw, story telling lyricism combined with even more hard hitting, impeccably emotional music. This is unreal.

[@lilianasilvacouto1705]

Mike Scott is a poet. Beautiful interpretation.

[@christertonnberg8411]

Just want to say best band in my lifetime. Chris from sweden

[@dietrichcleijne2715]

This really gets new meaning.

[@jonathangammond3019]

Anthony Thistlethwaite takes some beating on the sax! Fabulous musicianship.

[@davidwood2403]

Fkn awesome.

[@kevandfrank1]

How the Brilliance of Scotts poetic song writing and taunting vocals are not well recognised world wide beats me?? He has to be the greatest songwriter of all time. No one writes and delivers with so much passion....

[@mikemccloskey141]

Bob Dylan?

[@SammyMakepeace]

Dave Matthews

[@caramason56]

Beautiful and powerful lyrics 😊❤️🎶😊❤️🎶

[@JoyDivision88]

This line up with the addition of Roddy Lorimer on trumpet was the dogs bo**ux. Saw them blow U2 off the stage at Birmingham NEC. They were the only reason I went. Also saw them well earlier at a tiny club in front of about 50 people. Absolutely brilliant.

[@jacklight7077]

Nothing desribes Russia better than the lyrics of this song. All the time

[@spaceriderstheband9410]

What a song !! Greetings from outer space ...

[@LeeNolan-z3k]

Seen the waterboys June 2024 Queen’s Park rec They did not disappoint absolutely fantastic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lenagladh4422]

Love you Mike Scott,so great Music and a love the saxofon!!!!!

[@davelochrie834]

Great music will never die the lyrics in this song are in a league of there own just wish I'd seen them live ✌️

[@avicrod]

Wanted to see them for years and finally they were the last band i saw before COVID hit, at the Majestic in Detroit. Best live music i have ever seen. Hands down.

[@rogerthat9306]

They're still out there. I've been listening to them since the early 80s and never got a chance to see them until 2015. Thought it was never going to happen - but it was worth the wait and a 900 mile trip to Atlanta. Keep a good thought!

[@MatZuvO]

Fun fact, semi based on a true story of several soviet naval ships, officers and crews spending time in Britain or the USA during the war... This song is based loosely of a soviet officer who served all of world war 2, and was indeed sent to the gulag. He was released in 1974/5 (cant remember which) but really does show the brutality of a major countries leader

[@jah1poland]

Boże, ciarki przechodzą po plecach. Dzięki, Mike.

[@emrahd8137]

This is the sea film soundtrack. Great ! Thanks.

[@owenprevost9990]

This is just the best band at their best moment...of many!!!

[@desmond34]

Great video, great band, great song.

[@inte6grate]

Happy birthday Mike, Great Britain and Ireland’s number one minstrel

[@valterbiasetti5089]

Mi era capitato di sentirli e vederli in TV a metà anni ottanta e mi innamorai subito della loro musica. Questa canzone è meravigliosa con la base musicale che viene da una ballata ucraina.

[@davelochrie834]

How the fuck can this tune only have 140k views it's not right as this tune is pure class and real music the lyrics are shit hot music just ain't the same anymore so sad I'm so glad I came through the 70s and 80s when music was real 💯✌😊

[@davelochrie834]

Love this tune from the words to the sax some people just don't know what real music is all about and it's their loss so glad I was born in 1969 and was treated to the 70s and 80s 🎷🎷🇬🇧

[@IreneTimmy]

Outstanding Michael Scott 😮😮

[@anncg8]

Same impact of reading "All Quiet On the Western Front" in about five minutes. Pretty amazing.

[@Mike-yd1xd]

What an amazing song.

[@katja968]

This is realy fantastic!❤ Thanks 👌

[@BROTHER-52]

The big music...made by so few ...awesome unique sound that is unmistakably mike SCOTT

[@strumbadstroller7350]

Pure magic! Great to see Anton the amazing Sax man again. This would have been filmed around 1984/85. Thanks very much for posting. Anton the sax man still joins Mike & the awesome Mr Stevie Wickham (fiddle supremo) now & again as well as performing with the Sawdoctors. .

[@arsenalfancirclechannel3606]

strumbad stroller could have butted in and chatted with Anthony when at a saw doctors concert in governors island - kind of regret not doing that now... love the saw doctors and in tua nua as well

[@davelochrie834]

I agree with you the sax is on another level you just don't get music like this anymore so sad but I'm so glad that i was brought up through the 70s and 80s when music was real

[@strumbadstroller7350]

@@davelochrie834 Me too, although there are some great young bands around now. My two faves at the mo are 'Big Thief' & 'This is the kit' Seen them both and they are both Superb!

[@majortom2772]

Th is is so superb The Waterboys are simply amazing

[@antonioaguilarcastillo6971]

Los disfrute a primeros de los 90 en la discoteca ku manises en Valencia, fue apoteosico, aún tenían saxofonista, se me pone la piel de gallina al recordarlo.

[@allisonlake4103]

❤ U Waterboys.

[@Cristinact]

A truly great band!!

[@robertpritchard4156]

Just the best , of the best. So privileged to see this Band , on many, but not enough gigs.

[@rafaelgranzow5258]

Hey guys. Greetings from Marrakesch, morocco. You dont believe Who i did meet on the famous place in Center Of the town.. Mike Scott!! He was sitting in a circle around a lokal band and listening to this archaic Music. . I said hello with" hey, are you letting the Others play today?"😅 and his reaction was very friendly. He gave me his Hand and even introduced me to his friend. Wow..i was touched!!

[@HaraldRucj-dn1qp]

Die schotten sind klasse, Mike Scott fantastisch, einmalige songs

[@jimmycricket7385]

It is incredible to know that 27 million Soviet citizens lost their lives fighting Hitler. Everyone in the West should teach their children that fact.

[@HCGARDNER1]

This song is so saxy great! Love it ♥️

[@alejandrogomez61]

Está canción es la ostia !! 🍻

[@songhunter1966]

This is recorded @ "Rockpop in Concert" , Dortmund, Westfalenhalle november 21 1984

[@alexkimoto1001]

songhunter1966 That's correct. You can see the sticker from German broadcaster ZDF on the camera at 2:22. They played these 4 songs: www.concertarchiv.net/Rockpop-1984-3.htm#WATERBOYS. I got a maxi record of those 4 songs which they sold under the counter at my local record shop at the time, and played it all day long. Never forget.

[@chrisbulmer7]

Karl left not long after this.

[@teddygoesfishing]

video is from a tv show broadcasted 1993 maybe concert waas earlier, because wallinger is part of the band in this video

[@Iceberg.Al.84]

oh my god... i'm today years old and only just found this song - Absolutely amazing I usually don't really click with Sax songs, not an instrument I like that much. but this was amazing and so deep... I love the way the sax almost sounds mocking, a bit like nelson - the bully in the Simpsons... left home, never kissed a girl - Blarrr blarr blarr deee daarr daarr - loved it... But as the song goes on the bully mellows and becomes almost a friend... found it amazingly touching... don't think that was how it was written but that's my interpretation... and kinda like with the army, you start off young and silly, playing like kids... but soon your on the battle field together... any childhood bully better have become a friend aigh ! I actually found it painful that the sax didn't return right at the end. I my be reading far to much into my interpretation here

[@nachtburrie]

My number one song ! best ever

[@petrascholder5785]

Unbelievable😌❤️😌😰

[@cocospatra]

Wonderful, thanks for sharing

[@ianwebber5936]

one of my fave videos of the waterboys. love this!

[@manuelribeiro8910]

Musica maravilhosa sempre atual.SAXOFONE MARAVILHA. 💙

[@tzurlerner7054]

Wow what a performance!

[@eirinirera7406]

Just magic!!

[@SammyMakepeace]

What a good sax player that Anto is

[@Graciesschleichfarm8904]

Fitting song for today sadly. Bless them

[@mtncat58]

Loved it

[@carmenmeliaroig7023]

TEMAZO 😍❤️

[@tropicaldan]

Fast forward to April 2022, change a few words, dates, and names and this is the plight of the Russian conscripts in Ukraine right now. Not the brutal professionals, but the guy he describes in this amazing song. Just brilliant.

[@craigg1668]

awesome underrated track

[@davelochrie834]

The lyrics are absolutely stunning never tire listening to this great tune

[@BlackCountryJo100]

…..🖤 how many people we set free

[@krzychudzban9327]

Epic song.

[@dadatv1961]

Brilliant song.

[@lenagladh4422]

Love this music..............

[@VIVA-PRO]

Bravo! great!

[@williammccabe7340]

On of my favourite song by the water boys

[@majortom2772]

Paul Weller stands out as the best singer,songwriter but Mike Scott comes a close second especially singing "spirit' and "The whole of the moon".