The Stone Roses - Mersey Paradise (Audio)

[@leeh593]

Going down, Mersey paradise, standing here, where angels play. What a run of beauties. Astonishing band

[@thestonedrose7962]

Bye bye badman, i wanna be adored, This is the one, Sugar, spun sister . Sally cinnamon a close 2 nd

[@notlob23]

Stunning.....'B' side to 12" She Bangs the Drums

[@happentodie8776]

Best B side of all time ...

[@notlob23]

@@happentodie8776 ☺️

[@ryanmcdonald8741]

Reni's backing vocals on this are off the scale. Beatles (here comes the sun), beach boys harmonies. I'm incapable of loving this song anymore. This song gives me a euphoric buzz 30 odd year after the first time I heard it.

[@ajaxt9333]

I first heard this song on a compilation cassette from my girlfriend in 1989, being from Manchester I couldn't believe how good they sounded with the jangle guitars and songs full of swagger. Unreal memories

[@lfcforever1482]

Why so little views? This is one of the best Roses songs!! Top vocals from Ian too!!

[@johnreid8851]

I'm in Liverpool now in rehab.roses are boss as scouters would say.

[@lfcforever1482]

@Arne Nilsen if you think it should be unpopular then why are you here listening to it ? :| and fyi the roses were popular and this song was popular, it’s just not got many views on youtube...

[@gr_-bc4cf]

@@lfcforever1482 there are other re-uploaded versions of this song on youtube which have more views than this one

[@spacerebel23]

@@johnreid8851 just got or kicked out of one last week for smoking straights . This was in Loughborough. I freaking Adore the Roses. Good luck on your sobriety

[@yetigriff]

The vevo one is 2.5 million

[@TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC]

Makes me feel 18 again listening to this 🎸

[@MrMabawsaritchie]

Aye Mick, wit a fuckin tune!

[@al_5655]

There's something really lovely about saying a place is where you belong. One of my fave Roses tracks

[@paulbryan9276]

River cool ?

[@olivercromwell3575]

It is a song about a murder, not saying a place is where you belong. Listen to the lyrics. Why would a band from Manchester describe Liverpool as a paradise? Cop on, kid.

[@al_5655]

@@olivercromwell3575 No one here has said the song is about Liverpool or that they're describing it as a paradise. Ian Brown was writing about where he grew up in Manchester, where the Mersey flows into

[@rnigelwales]

What is it about that area of England that it produced so any fantastic bands over the years? Love the Mersey beat! Born in the North but moved to Canada as a child. Life long United supporter. Got my kids listening to this now.

[@achintyapradhan2000]

your kids are one of the lucky ones then

[@fazecat9143]

same with my dad mate, im only 13 at the moment and my dad got me into this type of music

[@M.2018-b3f]

Working class. Thats why those Northern areas have always produced phenomenal artists.

[@chrisolagrim3597]

A good parent if ever I see one. I'm from South London but the smiths, these geniuses Oasis the charlatans and many more from the north west are the absolute bollocks.

[@happentodie8776]

You mean as opposed to all of the other English areas that produced other fantastic legendary bands too? London perhaps .. its not so much Manchester mate as the whole of England..our beautiful little country gave birth to the greatest bands of all time ..stones ,beatles ,floyd ,sabbath, maiden ,cream and Eric Clapton. The mighty led zep ,pistols ,the jam , Smith's and morrisey .Elton John (early stuff) queen ..I am going to stop before I go on all day lol ..musically us English were gifted ..England is tiny but damn if we didn't rule the musical world ..now its shit tho .

[@andrewgriffiths8058]

Straight from Manchester dole queue to the best in the world!!!!roses live forever

[@stephentowler8128]

Still as fresh today as back in the day, now that's something special brothers n sistas

[@happentodie8776]

The best song the Roses ever did ..and that is going some

[@PeteK147]

Go to York UK The stone roses bar...on a sunday afternoon, Friday/Saturday night packed

[@happentodie8776]

@@PeteK147 that sounds great. I've been a roses fan since they released made of stone back in late 80s so I want to visit for definite..york is quite a way for me so maybe later in the year hopefully

[@prodastray]

@@happentodie8776 bit late but theres a few roses bars in the north not just in york. either way if yorks a mission for yas can't imagine the others arent 😅

[@gorka6704]

Egia da!!! Hoberena

[@人格その3]

グルーヴと時代の空気感が素晴らしい

[@Abegoldhatch]

You can’t realise how much I love this band… . I ADORE THEM ❤

[@Dart180]

they wanna they wanna they wanna be adored

[@MarioGomez-nd2mx]

Same!❤

[@martinjames6431]

Did they want you to?

[@Abegoldhatch]

@@martinjames6431 almost a million times and I didn’t get bored because they wanna be adored… .

[@ustheserfs]

Heaven in your ear

[@JoeyLevenson]

Perfect!

[@checktheskies5040]

Classic

[@yabombo8145]

best roses tune hand down.

[@Catalystoli7]

Agreed

[@dayemsmith9006]

wish I was alive in the 80s and 90s :( still seen it at etihad timeless classix

[@notlob23]

I paid 50p and got a free bottle of Holsten Pils to see their first performance at the Ritz in Manchester on a Monday night. They only sang about 4 songs, they hadn't written anymore at the time...

[@achintyapradhan2000]

@@notlob23 lucky you

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

It was great! I was in a band which made it even better.

[@rewindstation]

in my merseyy paradiseeeeee.....❤❤

[@MarceloFarias]

The Stone Roses - Mersey Paradise (Lyrics) River splashes against the rocks And I scale a slope I hope the tracks won't Lead me down to dark black pits or Places where we fall to bits If she were there I'd hold her down I'll push her under while she drowns and Couldn't breathe and call for air She doesn't care for my despair Or is it me? Or the one that's wrong You see it in the sea River cool's where I belong In my Mersey paradise As I stare an oil wheel comes Sailing by and I feel like Growing fins and falling in With the bricks, the bikes, the rusty tin I'll Swim along without a care I'm eating sand when I need air you can Bet your life I'll meet a Pike who'll Wolf me down for tea tonight I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong In my Mersey paradise I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong Oh yeah I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong In my Mersey paradise

[@theorisoe3630]

One of their best.

[@HankDurk]

Best Roses song hands down

[@theo3000]

Masterpiece.

[@memothemiddlingguitarist3160]

Sounds like Sally Cinnamon

[@thenorthrocksmusic]

Another level of music ❤️

[@leemorson2453]

Best English band ever mate

[@Tautolonaut]

One of my favourite songs for 30+ years, and I only just realised how dark the lyrics are lol

[@markdavidd7156]

Seen them at webley stadium this year it was best day ever had in 2017

[@sambrocklebank5017]

Was there as well ✌✌✌✌🇬🇧

[@alanreadofficial]

Yeah love Webley, webley stadium is cool, Webley stadium is the place to be

[@clappedclanger4751]

I was supposed to be there but got a back injury last minute

[@RefinedRouge]

Fact, England have never lost a match at webley stadium or drawn or won, or even played

[@thewowzer5611]

Better in late 80s and 90s

[@achintyapradhan2000]

Thanks liam

[@leemorson2453]

If you love the Roses this song should be tattooed on your brain 1 of the best

[@dazcheshire1542]

My favourite roses song

[@dean-marr]

One of the best guitarists and drummers in the world. Manui great and swagger of ian.

[@marianoszer5240]

słucham i się chce żyć to jest to co mnie paraliżuje motywuje

[@eimearslee8367]

This song gives me 60s music vibes, although its from the 80s.

[@MELONSGAMING94]

I met ian brown myself seen them at Manchester unbelievable band ❤

[@nuevoromanticism927]

60's pop/Rock and Merseybeat vibe

[@UK-Blue]

Awesome 👌

[@ivanviti404]

River splashes against the rocks And I scale a slope I hope the tracks won't Lead me down to dark black pits or Places where we fall to bits If she were there I'd hold her down I'll push her under while she drowns and Couldn't breathe and call for air She doesn't care for my despair Or is it me? Or the one that's wrong You see it in the sea River cool's where I belong In my Mersey paradise As I stare an oil wheel comes Sailing by and I feel like Growing fins and falling in With the bricks, the bikes, the rusty tin I'll Swim along without a care I'm eating sand when I need air you can Bet your life I'll meet a Pike who'll Wolf me down for tea tonight I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong In my Mersey paradise I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong Oh yeah I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong In my Mersey paradise

[@eckyfish]

Love this - thanks. It's great to have lyrics. When I listen, I hear "you see in this heat, river cools where I belong" though. And if you listen to the demo version - another section of the chorus sounds like "I want to creep, where the drownings are".

[@ianj8411]

@@eckyfish Ah, 1, 2 ,3, gonna drown this song.

[@stephendonnelly327]

Finally saw them in NYC in 2016. Any chance you can you can make it back lads?!

[@davidlloyd2225]

1:22 so true ❤️🇬🇧💯 1:37

[@gearoidgalavan7483]

It's a boss tune it was then it is now 🍋🍋

[@iSynthh]

fucking timeless

[@BIGNOIDS]

So are these the official lyrics to the song now? I've seen so many different versions I don't know what to believe anymore.

[@williamtaggart6043]

These are official lyrics of Mersey Paradise mate

[@bilicana]

Maravillosa letra yo le veo cierto paralelismo con creaciones de Paul Weller con los Jam en los 70/80 Wasteland por ejemplo. Pero ésta de Stone roses es más rítmica

[@Sonicshadow8989]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nikreece6295]

Mersey paradice?...It certainly will be in liverpool come this summer....:)

[@valsan1323]

Song's not about Liverpool btw

[@nikreece6295]

@@valsan1323 i know.. But the clues in the lyrics.. Ynwa.. Lol

[@Lavo96421]

WIDNESSSSSSSS

[@JanuarRidho]

Keren bgt bang

[@dayemsmith9006]

I want to be.....I want to be

[@PeteK147]

Quality

[@mariusstrmglendrange2411]

❤️

[@notlob23]

The Ritz Manchester. The Roses on stage at 9pm on a Monday night. 50p entry AND a free bottle of Holsten Pils... Priceless.

[@cjns5253]

Merseyside born an bread

[@AntonyDawson-pt6pt]

Rivercools were I belong

[@KJ-xy8lf]

😊

[@gregkiteos1936]

The lyrics say "no!" but the music says "yes!"

[@tassostantsis2826]

better than velocity girl, even better than sally cinnamon and probably better than anything anyone ever recorded. and yes it IS a b side. so much genious will hardly ever appear again.

[@jonswim9967]

Gza cold world

[@JGG3345]

I used to wonder why the Roses were singing about Mersey Paradise till my mate said, no you pillock, the river mersey runs through south manchester and there are fields and you can get away from all the shite! I used to think Ian was singing Liverpool is where I belong, but the lyric is River's cool where I belong. Here's the lyrics! Mersey Paradise Lyrics River splashes against the rocks And I scale a slope, I hope the tracks won't Lead me down to dark black pits Or places where we fall to bits If she were there I'd hold her down I'll push her under while she drowns And couldn't breathe and call for air She doesn't care for my despair Or is it me? Or the one that's wrong You see it in the sea River Cool's where I belong In my Mersey paradise As I stare an oil wheel comes Sailing by, and I feel like Growing fins and falling in With the bricks, the bikes, the rusty tin I'll swim along without a care I'm eating sand when I need air You can bet your life I'll meet a pike Who'll wolf me down for tea tonight I want to be (I want to be) Where the drownings are (drownings are) You see it in the sea River Cool's where I belong In my Mersey paradise I want to be (I want to be) Where the drownings are (drownings are) You see it in the sea River Cool's where I belong Oh, yeah I want to be (I want to be) Where the drownings are (drownings are) You see it in the sea River Cool's where I belong In my Mersey paradise

[@angelootavio204]

LG👍

😍😍😍😍

[@ruby2043]

ฟังท่อนแรกคล้ายกับ sexy ของ Paradox เลย

[@teeraponsaowapa4647]

555555

[@boxeq4670]

🍋

[@owenmartin3307]

Does the mersey flow through Manchester?

[@ajaxt9333]

Yes I live there 🤣

[@AB_Deck]

how dya think ships got there ?

[@oasis4life014]

Biblical

[@mana3735]

The only city that the Mersey actually goes through is Manchester.

[@stevehendon4793]

Surely it goes through liverpool

[@mana3735]

@@stevehendon4793 Not THROUGH it....by it.

[@jamesrowlands05]

@@stevehendon4793 hence the name “Merseyside”

[@davemoff8232]

Yes technically correct, Ian Brown wrote it about neither the Mersey in Liverpool or Manchester but about its flow through his hometown of Warrington

[@mana3735]

@@davemoff8232 He was raised in Timperley...a fairly posh part of Trafford. Funny how his accent is inner city Manc!

[@alexwood7753]

Istanbul 2005 you'll never walk alone ❤❤

[@BuckfastConsumer]

What's a fucking oil wheel? Always wondered😚😅

[@happentodie8776]

It's a baffling beautiful song ,I barely understand the lyrics

[@marianoszer5240]

to działa na mnie jak narkotyk

[@john248mayfield]

The Byrds vibes

[@jonathanseverns8505]

I know

[@philipduffy587]

Mancs and liverpool thing 😂

[@CatalystStudiosUK]

As far as I can tell the lyrics at the end are "Ah,1,2,3. Gonna drown this song. You see in this heat. River cools where I belong". I suspect the person who put this official video up is copying the wrong lyrics posted on the internet. Sounds nothing like "where the drownings are" to me. It's "song" to rhyme with "belong". Here's Reni's in-ear monitor feed to provide some evidence, apart from Ian holding his fingers up from one to three in order when playing live - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWS3d3ecqpakadE

[@thewowzer5611]

Tuneage

[@jonswim9967]

Gza

[@PeteRumley]

I live in Blackpool but come from manc stock life long united supporter... just got potted by the mrs of 4 years for no fucking reason and now I listen to this and I kinda wanna meet a scouse bird so this song makes sense... I dunno you tell me lads

[@neilwalsh4058]

One of the biggest misinterpretations ever in musical lyrics. The stretch of the river Mersey in this song is the one that passes thro Greater Manchester.

[@yatesy117]

Wtf u on about

[@facundoarguello3574]

The Raveonettes

[@TeeTee-zm2re]

😁

[@bryceterry5302]

as you were LGx

[@wake151291]

Very smithsy

[@martinjames6431]

beats sally cinnamon hands down

[@Andrew-jb3se]

Fnk this lad no Scouse me lad

[@Andrew-jb3se]

F Liverpool

[@billymarsh648]

Utd in the mud bunch of fucking mupoets​@@Andrew-jb3se

[@philstoke]

LIAM GALLAGHER

[@georgekirby4513]

Wrong band mate

[@philstoke]

@@georgekirby4513 being sarcastic

[@mertistnbl]

River splashes against the rocks And I scale a slope I hope the tracks won't Lead me down to dark black pits or Places where we fall to bits If she were there I'd hold her down I'll push her under while she drowns and Couldn't breathe and call for air She doesn't care for my despair Or is it me? Or the one that's wrong You see it in the sea River cool's where I belong In my Mersey paradise As I stare an oil wheel comes Sailing by and I feel like Growing fins and falling in With the bricks, the bikes, the rusty tin I'll Swim along without a care I'm eating sand when I need air you can Bet your life I'll meet a Pike who'll Wolf me down for tea tonight I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong In my Mersey paradise I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong Oh yeah I want to be Where the drownings are You see it in the sea River cools where I belong In my Mersey paradise