The New Year's Eve song, explained

[@Vox]

Here's our last video of 2018! Happy New Year everyone 🍾✨✨

[@AB-gw6uf]

Happy New Year!

[@Coolsomeone234]

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[@xannecorinnex]

What a lovely way to end 2018 with the meaning of Auld Lang Syne. Happy New Year Vox!

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

2019!!!!!! Here we come

[@pinehawk9600]

Happy New Year 🎄

[@HikariTheGardevoir]

I'm a Dutch woman studying Japanese. Can you imagine my utter confusion when I was walking through a supermarket during my exchange program in Japan, and all of a sudden the intercom started playing the melody of a Dutch football anthem to inform the customers that the supermarket was going to close soon? I only later learned the true origin of the melody.

[@1mediaseeker]

😄

[@Coresixth]

"To all costumers, we are pleased to inform you that the dutch has indeed invading and its replacing our goverment"

[@patrice_1347]

Ik snap 'm nu ook pas 😊😃🙃 maar kan me voorstellen dat het heel erg raar was! Zit zo in ons dna idd als lijflied voor de voetbal 👏🏽⚽ maar dit nummer is prachtig 💞 De versie van The Cast brengt iedere keer weer een nostalgisch gevoel naar boven. Happy new Year wherever you are 🧡🇳🇱

[@AmbitionIsaMust115]

Hahah love that. This song hits different knowing the history

[@MZMA85]

The only "dutch" song that i know is the GTAV's Pisswasser song

[@tcsnowdream9975]

Fun fact: in Japan, Auld Lang Syne is more widely used as a ‘the store is now closing’ song. If you stay in any department store that is closing in 10-15min, this song will come on, over the PA.

[@kosukemiura1226]

imagine like being in the department store 10 mins before closing time and new years and you hear this

[@kitneyspears]

that’s so cool! :)

[@jourdepluie_x]

I've never heard this song played in Japan.. but okay

[@MrGraymark]

Noticed that as well when I was there, especially funny when you are dutch and its our football anthem

[@yoon9521]

@@jourdepluie_x it is sung on graduation in Japan! I forgor what the title is but it's sth firefly

[@scifikoala]

This song always makes me cry, practically on command

[@missyhudson2548]

Ha! Thought I was the only one!!!!😁

[@Allaiya.]

It always makes me tear up

[@joemoorman9103]

Same here!

[@trexvanguard2772]

The real hero that made 'Auld Lang Syne' be to what it is now is the old man that sang it in which Robert Burns heard and wrote down, kudos to the old man 👍

[@catherineehlers8115]

And I bet he wasn’t paid a cent for it either.

[@cammysmith7562]

@@catherineehlers8115 and why should he. Culture has no price, his value is despite the fact his name being lost to time. He have given more to Scottish culture than the majority of Scotsman ever will. Highland culture was eradicated within 200 years. The same would have happened to lowland culture of it wasn’t for the works of Burns (who was far from a rich man). And sir Walter Scott. Money means nothing to the survival of a nation. My culture was eradicated by oppression. The same would have happened to lowland Scottish culture if it wasn’t for a few people willing to share their story. Why should money be earned.

[@Boo_Sack]

@@cammysmith7562 Cool Cammy

[@daizdamien1409]

nice coat

[@LeHarmacist]

@@cammysmith7562damn, that deep. You actually made me think for a good thirty minutes, and that's quite rare.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

I’d love a pub to bring back the everybody singing vibe

[@thinhnonyt]

Still got it in Oz, mostly Pub Rock songs.

[@Lil-ie6xw]

CHEERS

[@goodactiondaily8779]

We in Hastings had (before the 🦠) weekly shanty nights - such fun & togetherness singing with the whole pub. They moved it to Zoom but it just wasn’t the same.

[@Bella_Nekro]

Just don't use the word vibe

[@melle3326]

@@Bella_Nekro it was used grammatically correct here i believe

[@saiyajedi]

0:25 It’s not really “about fireflies” in Japan; rather, it’s about the culmination of hard work and diligent scholarship, using a famous story from ancient China. Because of that, the song (usually in 3/4 time) is used at graduations and as an auditory cue that it’s closing time at stores and whatnot.

[@ObiWanKeighobi]

saiyajedi Well that explains the store comment! The video makes brief mention to it being used at Asian graduations.

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

👍

[@cruzanassassin]

good info!

[@cys5891]

Whats the story from ancient china called

[@lucabrasi3964]

KFC at Xmas and no auld lang syne at new years. Japan is wild

[@Zveebo]

In Scotland, it's sung at the end of a ceilidh (sort of traditional gathering with lots of dancing and drinking), but the sentiment is the same - a warm nostalgia for good times spent with good people - with just a hint of melancholy for the passage of time. I'm not very sentimental, but this gets me almost every time.

[@dakrakenz5314]

I haven't been to a ceilidh in years...

[@Torithegreat]

I’m from the states, but my grandparents were both from Scotland and happened to land in a community that was largely Scottish. I grew up going to ceilidhs, but haven’t been to one in forever.

[@eddenoy321]

@@dakrakenz5314 We still have them in Alabama but we call them Kay-Lee.

[@dakrakenz5314]

@@eddenoy321 that's how it's pronounced

[@rorymorrison6014]

God I’m proud to be Scottish!

[@kaguth]

I'm going to tak a right-gud willie-waught tonight.

[@timmmahhhh]

They might think you're saying Willy Wonka and hand you chocolate.

[@ezrabrooks7785]

I'm gonna get drunk , then beat up my wife.

[@timmmahhhh]

@@ezrabrooks7785 no don't do that. BTW love your board games.

[@BothHands1]

It's irish whiskey for me!

[@steveasare6135]

@@ezrabrooks7785 yooo

[@Tony.H03]

The European Parliament singing this after the Brexit deal was approved.... That was proper emotional. All those people from all nationalities singing together, bidding friends a fair farewell. I'll never forget that.

[@AndrewArminRyan]

'Friends', your joking, right?

[@ljhb48]

@@AndrewArminRyan despite the nationalistic facade of our southern neighbours, Scots still consider Europe to be friends and allies.

[@morganjones638]

@@ljhb48 As do Londoners!

[@tejasdhami8734]

@@morganjones638 Uhhh...probably not coventry tho...

[@user-cl7yr]

Tbf most Brits do, remainer or not we see Europeans as our brothers and sisters, just don't like the EU

[@andrew4363]

Clicked on this because I’m Scottish and attention seeking.

[@katy3901]

Same, with the added incentive that I have an exam tomorrow so *of course* this is the best use of my time.

[@jhoanaelechosa6118]

Yes

[@melle3326]

@@katy3901 i have three essays overdue and i agree this is a better use of my time im not scottisch nor american but yet here i am

[@Sharmanixs]

@@rahinc Can i slip in?

[@Lyerbait13]

Lol

[@natashaxnichole]

I feel like no one really knows the song but we all kind of hum it and butcher the words drunkly 😂😂

[@dktens]

That's the only true way as a Scot if your not butchering words then you're doing it wrong 😋

[@catsadilla324]

♫ shoooouuuuld ooold acquaaaaiiiintance be forgot then caaaan yooooou seeeeee? shoooooouuuld ooooo Canadaaa beeeee forgot le-eet everyone oooooold siiiine! HAPPY NEW YEAR! ♫ **falls face first on glass coffee table**

[@duckydae]

David Caitens to be fair that’s standard for most things Burns published 😂

[@scottishboi6035]

David Caitens nah man if u don’t know the song yet no a Scot

[@lindsay556]

Yes, yes we do

[@MathsScotland]

Auld Lang Syne is by my tiny country Scotland. It's so great when we see Scotland on a big stage like this!

[@6thi874]

Satzz Today it’s more Rab C Nesbitt than Rabbie Burns.

[@soufian2733]

Didn’t know Scotland was a country

[@dariomadau]

Scotland isn’t a country officially tho

[@adamn7409]

ArioxGaming it is a country,however it isn’t a sovereign nation

[@preid122o]

You Scots don't get enough credit, you're the part of the UK that people actually like.

[@TelzAll]

Whatever the meaning may be... this song represents the passing of a year and on to another. While not forgetting those who didn't make it, it reminds us that we still have a chance to do more and to be better. Happy New Year everyone!

[@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643]

The French version talks about friends you are leaving, singing your hope to see them again one day: ‘it’s a goodbye, not a farewell’.

[@tlen07]

Growing up in Haiti, that's how it was used to. I always heard it at funerals. It took me a while to get used to hearing it at New Year's Eve parties when I moved to the States 18 years ago.

[@LeeKeels]

That is what it's about in ANY language.

[@jd-uz1ln]

@@LeeKeels not in the Netherlands mate, didn't you see the vid?

[@danielbravoval]

Same in Spanish

[@seberangjaya]

Same in Malay

[@lilik7708]

6:18 "even if you don't know the words" *shows Mariah Carey* LOL

[@kalexambing2507]

Lili Koch That was savage of Vox! 😂

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

LOL. So shady...

[@franciscarodrigues3629]

was scrolling for this comment

[@arviehernandez2782]

"I dont know her"

[@spifftastic87]

MAXIMUM shade lololol

[@neo7i]

Happy new year to everyone.

[@Bro-fy7mz]

Cool username

[@ezrabrooks7785]

🖕

[@65coupestang]

And happy new years to you as well..!!

[@mohammadjaffershivamogga4304]

씨발 nb. ????6$)

[@65coupestang]

It's still Clark's show that seacrest is on

[@Allaiya.]

Hearing this song play each new year always gets me emotional especially as I get older, loved ones pass on, & friends & family move away. But we gather together again for Christmas and wish each other a new year.

[@calebking7744]

How beautiful to see the same sentiment express in so many nationalities. Music really does transcend.

[@el_bastrad]

"Why are songs that people don't understand become so widespread?" *Heard of Despacito?*

[@jdrawsshit4837]

Have you heard of KPOP?

[@MystikZ]

@@jdrawsshit4837 ew

[@MIRAAAS]

I think nothing can ever overcome Dragostea Din Tei... not even Gangnam Style

[@kikearce4081]

There’s a lot of people who speak Spanish including myself 🙂

[@ardoronro6677]

Because language barriers don't mean anything to music.

[@mikailacadavona6238]

dude the ending gave me nostalgic tears

[@Voltaire8559]

Same!

[@insiderperson18279]

Glad I'm not the only one 🤧

[@FronkieTheSaltyRat]

Same

[@kymmzej9173]

Didn't know there was a "New Year's Eve Song". *listens to it* Oh yea..

[@austinmoon6974]

Same, lol!

[@casseendeestyr4638]

Yeaaa😆😆😆

[@redmarvel]

Then there's Rudolph's version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZm0emBpgqyna6M

[@_v_r_tt]

Robert Burns even has his own day in Scotland, were people have an "burns supper" consisting of (the national dish) haggis, Neeps (turnip) and taties (potatoes). Often includes whisky, shortbread traditional songs and dances (as well as Burns Poetry) and most often lots and lots of tartan basically as many stereotypes as you can think of cramped into one night

[@TheDrummingWarrior]

We celebrate burns night south of the border as well for some reason

[@theMoporter]

Eh, most people just buy the Burn's Night supper out of Tesco tbh. We did the meal and nothing else in most everyone I know's houses, anyway. I grew up in Ayrshire so we were all sick to death of him by the time we grew up.

[@niiii_niiii]

There's a Burn's night here in Ireland in my city every year in a pub called Bobby Byrnes lol, love the neeps, tatties and haggis! Xx

[@AM-kr4pv]

it's really funny to hear Burns night be described this way as someone who grew up with it (I grew up in England but have a Scottish dad and now I live here)

[@georgiesteven]

At schools we learn the poems for a Scots verse. I learned all of Tam O’ Shanter last year

[@oteatimeo]

Happy New year everyone. We made it. 1865, 1918, 1945, 2020

[@StevenHartono]

Who's still watching this in 2020? Brings me back memories that both bring joy and pain, who can relate?

[@joannathemadd]

I cry every time. It’s my favorite song.

[@bolloggfisch1100]

It's really interesting to see how New Year Eve's celebrations differ even in the West. In Austria at midnight, every single church bell in the country starts to ring, as in all TVs and radios the Blue Danube Waltz starts playing, and a few chosen dancers dance to it in the former residence of the emperors

[@elainelouve]

In Finland we watch the Strauss concert on every new year's day.:) So tomorrow around noon.

[@theMoporter]

@@elainelouve yes, we do that in Scotland too!

[@parkchimmin7913]

Bolloggfisch In America, We usually watch the ball drop in Time Square and we watch artists perform there too!

[@kruks]

@@parkchimmin7913 - "Artists" is, perhaps, a strong word.

[@bb2tempo1]

Happy New Year Scythian brothers!

[@catsadilla324]

it does feel very conclusive. It's like somebody noticed the last of the guests leaving, and they converted that feeling into a song. Beautiful. Sad. Reflective.

[@ellogs]

I legit only thought us Scottish people sung this but this is interesting to see

[@JamesSmith-vk2ky]

You don't have CNN? You've never seen New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square in New York? Wtf, dude?

[@ninaadams5369]

James Smith nah we tragically have the bbc

[@5lowvoltage5]

@@JamesSmith-vk2ky not everyone habitually follows America like a reality TV show mate. I've never even heard Auld Lang Syne in England, it's always been Jules Holland for my family.

[@razzle_dazzle]

@SpearOfOrnstein Jules Holland plays Auld Lang Syne. It's when the bagpipers march out.

[@5lowvoltage5]

@@razzle_dazzle Oh? Very well then, I'm just a dipshit. Thanks for the correction.

[@floribo]

In the german scouts movement, Auld Lang Syne is a typical Goodbye-Song, sang at the end of nearly every scouts event. In that respect it is actually used quite similar as in asia (as a song for graduation), or as a New Years Eve song: Some, maybe great thing, ended, and its a farewell to the time in school, or the ending year. Also the japanese use of the melody, fireflies, has something to do with saying goodbye: fireflies are often considered as something emphemeral, that ends quite fast. So the fundamental meening stayed, for most, the same. (edit: only some spelling mistakes were removed ;-) )

[@marcosdanieldeangelis7648]

we use that song in brazil too, in the end of every scout event. but with ours own lyrics.

[@carljhunflor3303]

We also do that here in the Philippines

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Happy New Year, from Scotland! A well researched, accurate history of the traditional song that is used to welcome in the New Year at "the bells" (the stroke of Midnight from Big Ben's bell in London).

[@eutatsu]

In Catalonia it's a goodbye song, we sing it while holding hands in a circle like shown at 1:43 whenever someone leaves or everyone goes in their own way after a long journey, for example I changed schools 5 years ago, and on the last day I was there all of my class sung it toghether.

[@maximilianopena]

Funny, I was wondering if this song is common on hispanic countries, I don't think I've heard it in Argentina.

[@jayowen7192]

Eutatsu That’s kind of beautiful really.

[@alfugs11]

Happy New Year Lieutenant Dan....

[@lex5768]

That part

[@718Gilbert]

She tastes like cigah-rettss

[@thankyounext365]

Got me in the heart

[@j.s2k]

Damn forest gump reference

[@65coupestang]

About time someone pointed that out sorry I don't intend to sound snarky it's not my intention..!!

[@annamccormack4101]

Really wasn’t expecting to cry when I watched this.

[@BrokeDownBob]

I get it...

[@JohnAllerton1977]

In 2020, we all feel nostalgia and a sense of loss.

[@Thisaccountisnolongeractive37]

Oh.....gosh I almost cried watching this video...... Happy New Year 2021!!! I hope you stay safe and well.

[@djjohb]

I always rewatch this episode every end of the year 😊 Happy almost New Year Vox!

[@risatisone123]

In 2020, probably the new year song will be sang around the world with bittersweet and sad memories for those who've lost their lives to Covid and many other troubles in the world. Where ever you are happy Holidays from my part of the world to yours 🤗🤗🤗

[@AdriaOliSal]

I Catalonia we sing this song to say goodbye to someone we love. Normally when a group breaks apart because some members go away. We hold hands together and make a circle and sing it and it's a very beautiful moment

[@lucabrasi3964]

That's pretty cool, does that mean you don't sing it on new year's eve then?

[@AdriaOliSal]

@@lucabrasi3964 nope, on nee year's eve we eat twelve grapes while listening to the bells and then toast with Cava. During all of It, we might be wearing some really cheap costumy-like things such as a shiny wig, a pointy hat, flowery collars, antifaz, etc (search Cotillón in Google to understand 😅)

[@miriamrebekahshapiro4671]

Why did this video make me cry?

[@jaredmaples1759]

Same. That damn song. And Harry and Sally finally giving in.😂

[@jasmineskyy4964]

Menstruated cycle

[@mrkrabs4959]

Cause you need to toughen up

[@anandadaquino3604]

I'm crying too hahahaa no joke

[@alexanderson3197]

It means we have feelings and emotions bundle up inside of us.

[@Aalien31]

In france it's "it's only a goodbye, my brothers" "ce n'est qu'un au revoir, mes frères"

[@laughingskuls7000]

more like "see you soon"

[@TheRobRok]

In Catalonia it's "L'hora dels adéus" It's time to say Goodbye

[@stevenleejojo]

In Germany it's: "Farewell, my brothers, close the circle, till all will have returned, the future lies in darkness, and weights heavy on our hearts." (Nehmt Abschied Brüder, schließt den Kreis, biss Aller Wiederkehr, die Zukunft liegt in Finsternis, und macht das Herz uns schwer.)

[@forrest7690]

Yeah it's also used in French Canadian culture, especially in Scouts and such (I was in Canadian Scouts for a few years myself) but yeah for me too, it's a more sad song, for goodbyes.

[@stevenleejojo]

@@forrest7690 I also know it through the scouts here in Germany

[@Checkyoselfb4]

Aye that’s another thing us scots have brought to the world, nae bother thank us later

[@jeffbrehove2614]

But it never hurts to hear

[@adamyoung4709]

😂😂

[@scottishboi6035]

Aye and coloured tele

[@katy3901]

I never knew so many other countries also sang it at Hogmany till I was watching US tv.

[@keetrandling4530]

t'is later, thank ye

[@patrickconnor3035]

SCOTLAND this song is best played on the bagpipes

[@scottishboi6035]

Yup

[@shresthabasak7737]

Rabindranath Tagor was inspired by this melody and used it in one of his bangla songs, "Purano Sei Diner Kotha." The lyrics are mostly about old memories, old friends. This song is often sung in graduation ceremonies and reunions along with "Auld Lang Syne"

[@shresthabasak7737]

@@maeshamarium Shubho Noboborsho Maesha!! Are you from Bangladesh? 🇧🇩

[@shresthabasak7737]

@@maeshamarium I am from Bangladesh too. 🇧🇩

[@fennicfoxy3927]

In Scotland, (or at least the part i live in, Glasgow) the song is usually used as a wedding dance/song, and is played at Ceilidh's ( that are just parties where you have all the old partner dances and stuff, that also happen at weddings in Scotland) but also are played at New Year's Parties aswell. (but again, sometimes we call them ceilidh's.)

[@alifloydtv]

It's done beyond Glesga too, don't worry ;)

[@aqiiiiiiiil]

In my country this song is use as separation song. It start with “Bertemu dan perpisahan adat manusia biasa” mean “meeting and separating is part of being human”

[@jayfawn8478]

Indo

[@TheAlps36]

Selamat tahun baru!

[@maidosama]

malaysia ya?

[@aqiiiiiiiil]

Yes, nice meeting you. @@maidosama

[@aqiiiiiiiil]

Sorry for the late reply, but I guess I'm gonna wish Selamat Tahun Baru to you also. Hope this year you can reach milestone of achievement.@@TheAlps36

[@onegemini420]

Thank you, I love bits of history like this. Especially for something where I had no idea why this has become the traditional song to start a New Year.

[@cartooncottage2024]

It's one of those songs that gives you a nostalgic vibe and might even make you shed a tear a little.

[@angstmadewizard]

In my country, Peru, it’s a song called “Jipi Jay” sung in an Afro-Peruvian music style: Festejo. The lyrics are related to saying goodbye to friends, but looking forward to seeing each other again to sing together. It’s also a really nostalgic song, although we don’t sing it for NYE. I was really surprised when I found out it’s a song from Scotland 😱 Hope you found this interesting. Happy new year, everyone!!!

[@alexn.2901]

By Pepe Vasquez??

[@angstmadewizard]

Alex N. The one and only

[@lucabrasi3964]

I love scottish culture, it's just fantastic

[@maxmagallanez3757]

Who else gets emotional hearing the new year song on new year's

[@wallynicholas5]

Can’t believe 2020 is almost over let’s make 2021 a year to remember

[@ismael1559]

Wally Nicholas I will make it a year to remember by running 510 miles in 2021

[@mensaswede4028]

2020 is the year to remember. It will be celebrated as humanity’s finest hour, a testament to human persistence and adaptation, when all the world’s people withstood the worst that nature could throw at us.

[@bennemann]

@@mensaswede4028 Do you really believe the soppy stuff you're saying? A disease that kills only a small percentage of people it infects is "the worst nature could throw at us"? You seem to suffer from a distinct lack of both imagination and knowledge of past events. For the former, study about what global warming will cause in the next few decades. For the latter, you can go read about, for example, the Black Plague and the Spanish Flu.

[@mensaswede4028]

@@bennemann You’re quite presumptuous to conclude that I “lack imagination” based on a couple of sentences in a you tube comment, wherein one makes a brief and therefore incomplete statement about a global event. Based on this, there’s a case to made that it is you who lack imagination. Nonetheless, the only reason covid was not as bad as the Spanish flu was because most smart people mobilized to prevent it’s uncontrolled spread. If COVID had occurred in the early 1900’s then a much higher percentage of people would have died. The reason so few people died from a novel virus that no one had any immunity against is because of our technology. So yes, I do believe that the fact that so few people died in this pandemic, is a testament to human ingenuity. Look, it wasn’t a 3-mile diameter asteroid that hit the earth, so there’s a little poetic license in saying “worst nature could throw at us”, but there’s a good chance that it will be the worst nature will throw at us in most of our lifetimes. I’m much more worried about the national debt of the United States growing to the point of the collapse we saw in Greece, compared to global warming, but that is another conversation.

[@amiryashifa4191]

Well now 2021 is coming to an end. Time flies.

[@mclpimendozaabayan9565]

Happy New Year everyone 🎆🎊🎉 I hope this pandemic would be gone soon. Love from Philippines

[@yekker2245]

This song always makes me emotional 😢

[@ericylchan8925]

6:21 “If you don’t know the words, sing along anyways” and a picture of Mariah Carey. Touché Vox, touché.

[@Nabby933]

Being Scottish i just love this song but this year Hogmanay is going to be hard for my gran not having my grandad

[@memealert3023]

in Finland I know it's at least sung in the scouts with the lyrics about undying friendship and so on. I never knew it was even a new year song?? Interesting how very old traditional pieces of music can travel the world and end up with completely different lyrics and therefore meanings.

[@ariadnegmusdaedaloximo708]

I'm here after repeatedly hearing it in When Harry Met Sally, The Apartment, and It's a Wonderful Life.

[@isaiahbasaldua924]

Who knew an old scots song would live long after it's publishing. Each time we see sing Auld Lang Syne we pay homage to an old Scottish folk song. Remembering the simplicity of a great people.

[@cooperolm9687]

My grandmother spent a few years teaching in China, and took up playing the hulusi. She was surprised to find Auld Lang Syne in her music books, and after bringing it up to her teachers discovered that in China they think it's a traditional Chinese song! They wouldn't believe her when she said it was Scottish in origins.

[@Dugster105]

Just watched this as a Scottish guy and I had no idea the world used this song so much, I just thought it was sung at the end of ceilidhs.

[@6thi874]

Dugster_105 Instead it’s used for world wide piss ups! Who knew? 🤣🤣

[@RedZeshinX]

Pretty much all of the United States sings this song at New Years across all six time zones, especially at the Times Square ball drop in New York just as all the fireworks go off, it's basically the official anthem for New Years over here. 🎊🎉

[@littleredarmy3176]

@@RedZeshinX NO everybody in England sings it, I assumed this was only a British custom but saying all of america sings it can't be true.

[@RedZeshinX]

@@littleredarmy3176 Go watch literally ANY New Years celebration from the U.S., Auld Lang Syne is without exception the one song they play all around the nation as soon as New Years hits, whether in cities or small towns it's THE song for ringing in the new year.

[@Dugster105]

@@6thi874 what do you mean instead, you have clearly never been to a ceilidh

[@ggjune7392]

I remember singing this song with my classmates in my last year of primary school at the end of the last Christmas play we would be a part of. Brings back so many memories I thought I had forgotten about.

[@bacul165]

I don't know why this popped up now, early December 2020, but the thought of this terrible year to end, with me being on my own on new years eve due to necessary restrictions... Yeah, it got me in tears. Or is it just the really maudlin song?

[@drewcampbell8555]

It's about friendship, and kinship, and shared memories. It's beautiful, and it's universal, not maudlin at all. So enjoy it, friend, and don't be ashamed of the tears. x

[@arrie6054]

There is also a Bengali version of this song written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore. And has almost the same meaning as in the Scottish version.

[@jacktheluckyguy7248]

Another year, Another 365 days, The days that pasted, we will never forget. Goodbye 2018, it had a good run. Welcome 2019, it's a new start.

[@kato4792]

11:41 *California* See ya there!

[@PavarottiAardvark]

Ok everyone, we need to get one thing clear: The line is "we'll tak a drop o' kindness here, for auld lang syne". it does NOT go "for the SAKE of auld lang syne" If you add in the 'sake', then you are singing "for the sake of old times sake", which is nonsense.

[@Albinojackrussel]

And if you don't it doesn't even begin to scan. Better to have a tautology than that musical mess

[@PavarottiAardvark]

@@Albinojackrussel It scans fine. Are you saying that Burns got it wrong?

[@mikep9850]

“Good point. But it feels better to sing a syllable for each note. And people will adjust to nonsensical lyrics.” - Beyoncé

[@msMuffet.]

It actually does make sense, but sounds worse.

[@masha2855]

??? Im from Scotland and I've never heard anyone sing it "for the sake" all I've heard is " o' tak a cup o' kindness dear" or "we'll tak a drop o' kindness here"

[@daanvisser2325]

I’m Dutch and every time I hear this melody, I single along the lyrics in my head. 🇳🇱

[@javholmes]

I'm going to play this song the day before 2021,to grieve all those that passed in 2020.

[@trblessed1020]

This song gives me all the feels

[@DinoHF79]

I remember listening to Guy Lombardo's version when I was a child in the 60's. It always makes me cry.

[@henrytherobot]

Wishing you all a great 2019!👍

[@jaredmaples1759]

To you as well 😊🎉

[@iamarizonaball2642]

You mean 2021?

[@reidroche267]

@@iamarizonaball2642 To a great 2021!

[@cerca-ej4bc]

This didn't age well

[@rashikajmain9180]

A Bengali song sung in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh called 'Purano Sei Diner Kotha' (means memories of the good old days) written by Rabindranath Tagore is directly inspired from 'Auld Lang Syne'. Melody is little different but both songs have exact same meanings. This Bengali song is usually sung in farewell ceremonies like last day at school, collage or university.

[@biggles4444]

For me this song signifies the end of an era as the handover of Hong Kong was performed to auld Lang syne which represented the end of the British Empire, and for a devoted Briton with a classical education it represented the end of what was once great.

[@caroleotta]

I cannot thank you enough for this video, it's absolute perfection, thanks a million times! And happy holidays from Buenos Aires!

[@_wheeler8601]

This has always been a sad song for me without even knowing any of the words. A song to remind you of everyone's slipping youth and the lifelong scars of having to draw another breathe when some else you know didn't.

[@David-ol9ig]

Nederland oohh Nederland, wij zijn nu kampioen, wij houden van oranje voor zijn daden en zijn doen.

[@acasualcactus5878]

May 2020 be forgot and never brought to mind!

[@leviperez6440]

Can’t wait to sing this at home alone🥲

[@jacquelinewalker5006]

Happy New year y'all .This song always bring me to tears with the memories of family and friends who has passed like I'm leaving them behind 2020 was one of those year so I wanted to know the origin of this song .All the best for 2021 .Love and Peace

[@johnt.7954]

happy new year to you too

[@tyrranicalt-rad6164]

Nah...it's the walking home drunk in the snow song with a bottle in your in your hand full of new years cheer ! 🍻

[@cass__8691]

Who’s watching it in November 2019?? Time is going by so fast 😩😩

[@shoface1798]

Lovely Angelique fr

[@naphxing]

Same

[@salokin3087]

Happy New year's from Australia

[@WRGOP]

Salokin happy New Years!

[@frisk4520]

@@WRGOP But, it's still 2018.

[@WRGOP]

Frisk if you knew who I was then you would understand...

[@Aviationlord7742]

Happy new year from an Aussie in Thailand

[@TED1980]

From New York to Sydney, London to Mumbai, Auckland to Hong Kong, Tokyo to Singapore, Hong Kong to Jakarta et al …….Auld Lang Syne is a celebration to the past and optimism for the future. May it’s legacy continue

[@laurallewien2165]

This song always makes me very emotional and I tear up a bit 😢 fond memories of my grandma and Guy Lombardo

[@HMASbogan]

It really sucks when your birthday is today :/

[@geremygallenero4300]

Its been a hard year for me. I hope yours was better. Happy New Year and Happy Birthday

[@kaypat23]

Happy birthday!

[@HMASbogan]

@@kaypat23 thanks!

[@HMASbogan]

@@sj6215 thanks and happy new year!

[@1jordy11]

Happy new year and birth year

[@cynicap8584]

>Be me. >Filipino >9:00 PM >Watching this instead of having fun with family >Don't get me wrong, good video. >Happy tho Happy new year guys

[@leodahvee]

Same situation here

[@kimoporto56]

Same here 😂

[@tonicaulfield294]

me too!

[@citrus2153]

Maligayang bagong taon! Hahaha

[@HudaefCares]

Kaway sa mga kapwa Pinoy dyan! Manigong bagong taon!

[@victorbuban]

Happy New Year everyone! Bonne Année à tous!

[@kosukemiura1226]

bone annie to you to

[@ermidk420]

Its time to rewatch this again

[@Eric-qe6xz]

It's 2020 and we're still playing this in the few moments after New Year. I think those few moments between the arrival of the new year and the beginning of "New York, New York" are serene and almost heavenly, and the best few moments of the year.

[@hildaelson4203]

In Thailand, it’s a song of unity, sung for scouts.

[@Starr_Podcastofficial]

I like it how everyone is explaining how it is used in their parts of the world and what it represents. Shows how much of a timeless classic it is. It is used in thousand different forms for thousand different occasions in thousand different parts of the world. At the end of the day, "Auld Lang Syne" provides a nostalgia which pain and joy flows through us all following a cue of tears. That, my friends, is a masterpiece.

[@fobpower88]

4:17 It was South Korea's national anthem (with its own lyrics) until 1948. From 1920s until 1945, end of WWII by the surrender of the Japanese Empire, it was sung by the independence fighters of Korea. It brings patriotism and nostalgia to many Koreans even to this day.

[@Rose_1624]

Thanks for the explanation! I also love that you included the When Harry Met Sally clips referencing this.

[@carsonwyler4047]

There was a man, his name was Lang and he had a great big sign; and, since Mr Lang was very old, they called it "old Lang's sign." (is better if spoken out loud)

[@nicholaspearse2222]

This so late, kiribati has been in a new year for 8 hours already

[@lunayen]

Well, Happy New year! I'm still waiting for it to end.

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

An interesting fact is that in France, as far as I know, this song has never been associated with the New Year: it is very well known but as a Gospel and/or a sailors' song, about departing, at sea or from life, under the title "Ce n'est qu'un au-revoir", a nostalgic hymn about meeting again... In another life

[@Starr_Podcastofficial]

It is used in thousand different forms and for thousand different occasions in thousand different parts of the world. That's a classic right there.

[@kayak0000]

Happy New Year 2021!

[@redplays7678]

Its feels sad and happy at the same time. Like you're sad they have to leave but was thankful for the moments they were with you

[@Independence1974]

What a wonderful explanation and records of this timeless classic! Robert Burns would be so proud. Thank you.

[@sam_culper7223]

I love this video, i watch it every year on New Year's Eve and sing that wonderful song of my celtic ancestors

[@btrixlestrange]

Who's here in 2020? So stoked to emd this year!

[@ImJustAHacker123]

Guy Lombardo's version made NYC ball drop like a funeral

[@auroraalba2876]

In Italy, I've heard this song in italian language for a funeral, at the end of church celebration as a Goodbye.

[@JF-sh2sm]

In Lebanon we don’t play this song, we play ‘Happy New Year’ by ABBA right after the countdown at midnight