The Waterboys - Long Strange Golden Road

From the new album, 'Modern Blues,' out now!
(Coming April 7th 2015 in the US & Canada.)
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The Waterboys' long-awaited new album Modern Blues was released on January 19th outside the US & Canada. The album was recorded in Nashville, produced by Mike Scott and mixed by the great Bob Clearmountain. Modern Blues is an electric, soulful, bold, freewheeling rock'n'roll record with a skinful of killer new songs, some of which have been premiered live over the past few years. Ralph Salmins, a mainstay on drums for the past four years, appears alongside the talismanic Steve Wickham, who weaves a dizzying fuzz fiddle spell on several tracks. Fresh to the ranks are Memphis keyboard player “Brother” Paul Brown and David Hood, legendary bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Additional lead guitars are played by 2013 US Waterboy Jay Barclay and Austin soul guitarist Zach Ernst. Guest backing vocalists include southern soul legend Don Bryant. The album cover is a green man photograph titled The King Of Weeds, by New York artists Kahn and Selesnick. Modern Blues will be accompanied by a worldwide tour.
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[@MaileyMcAslan]

7:30 “I’m trying to take a stance / To rise above my contradictions / But I’m just a bunch of words in pants / And most of those are fiction.” Magnifique 😘

[@pjconnor8033]

Mike Scott is as powerful and punchy as ever. Who else could captivate you for ten minutes and leave you feeling that the fade came far too soon?

[@insight1969]

I'm Japanese, can't understand english well, but, his voice and this song's keeping songline feeling hit my soul

[@murty123]

THATS ABSOLUTLY AMAZING

[@tullfan7872]

It's a perfectly smooth, rollicking and deeply satisfying song.

[@leonlenix80]

Yes my friend

[@dunitasbrotton8788]

it is a pitty ... the lyrics are amazing!!!!

[@vincepie]

You're a true friend of mine.

[@mstonebr54]

If I had to choose one piece of music for the whole world to hear, this would be it.

[@jonbailey7586]

Can't stop playing this song ... One of the best Waterboys songs of recent years.

[@Kevinhodgs12]

The ONLY decent song by the Waterboys of recent years!

[@pontesieve]

Yes brilliant catchy song it's got that nice chugga chugga thing going on

[@janerikroaldseth1747]

the best

[@alainstone]

It still is!

[@kevbrownbill]

I've been a fan of the Waterboys since the early/mid 80's when a work colleague introduced me. To this day I still sell them to friends and relatives. So many of their songs feel as if they/he knows me and write songs based on my life story. I cannot listen to Fishermans Blues with out tears welling in my eyes since my Partner lost our son,stillborn on his due date. The music is much more than notes and chords played in succession. They tug at your heartstrings and associate your own life within the lyrics time after time. For many years I knew I liked them but in recent times I have come to realise they have probably been my favourite band without recognition. Maybe now i have the life experience to appreciate Mike Scott's song writing and I have grown into them.....Can't wait to see them in Manchester in November.....9 of us going this year and still counting!!!!!

[@PaulMichaelKelly27]

I have to agree with so much of what you wrote. Mike Scotts journey resonates with my own. He's consistently brilliant

[@Thefunksoulbro]

Saw them live with Van Morrison last year 😍

[@guntherhendrix7028]

@@Thefunksoulbro I was there! First time seeing The Waterboys though they were already my favourite band by that time. Had to see them again a few months later.

[@olsensvedlikeholdsservicem6501]

This one have a High_ Good Standard ! Magnificent text - Love it !

[@olsensvedlikeholdsservicem6501]

@@guntherhendrix7028 never seen_ them. But like them imidetly first time. I saw the Hole side og the Moon, probably one the historys best song

[@user-dd6kd4eb3f]

I like Mike Scott,his pagan reliligious beliefs,absolute independence and isolation from the traditional rock directions.Lyrics of his songs are like the "Long Strange Golden Road" themselves.For me,ukrainan,it remind magic...

[@patriciadechenier5740]

Radio Paradise plays this about four times a day, and it's STILL NOT ENOUGH! Any song with "our revels here are ended" in the lyrics and a strong bass line... (sighs and melts)

[@sheridangmail1277]

Just love Bill & Co - RP ❤

[@ProbeOneMusic]

One of the best Waterboy's tracks ever, and that's saying something. Awesome.

[@PMMG4HYBRID]

I owned a record store in a college town in the early 70's, and thought I'd listened to a lifetime of music, but this is absolutely the best song I've heard in years and keeps replaying in my head! Thanks Waterboys. Love the closing with the Hammond.

[@phil2003ashleigh]

PMMG4HYBRID fabulous isn't it?

[@daughterofyah9217]

I can’t stop playing also , amazing !!

[@kierongrady4928]

I totally agree. I can't stop listening to it. It's great when a band can be around for 30+ years and still be putting out great music. Not just always doing greatest hits tours.

[@chipjackson2425]

Brother Paul on the Hammond... saw them in 2016 in Berlin - what a devil of a musician!!

[@davesdogs2]

Brother Paul ROCKS !!!

[@jamsim67]

Mike Scott reminds me of Dylan. He's that good

[@MsStack42]

Sorry...I think he's BETTER !

[@AlloAlloVeraLynn]

If I had to choose one living artist to have dinner with it would be Mike Scott. No hesitation. The Waterboys just get better and better. Out of all this blue is stunning and original, and yet I can't help coming back to Modern Blues. Anyone who says they just aren't as good as once they were must be drunk. This is a band you can come to now

[@willrichardson519]

Maturing like a fine great, red wine..sic

[@Jaysthename]

This is an epic which Mike Scott could not have written 30 years ago. I love how the lyrics here bridge the gap between his youthful attempts to mesh Christianity with ancient paganism during the 1980s-90s, to a leaner, mature honesty about how the true strength of all that imagery didn't come from God or gods, but instead came from the power of his own will and imagination. "I'm just a bunch of words in pants, and most of those are fiction" is an astonishing phrase to hear him sing, and I'm excited to know that the road hasn't come to an end yet for this man and his band. It was a pleasure to witness this song performed live this week at the Showbox; it's a great track on the record, but it's taken to a whole other level when you hear it in concert.

[@jutahbagels5805]

Jaysthename So well said. The maturity of experience, and I lyrics to bathe in. I saw the Waterboys a handful of times, but all in the mid-80s. My wife and I went last week, and the songs on the new album were absolutely gripping. His voice I like even more now. Richer, more compelling and confident. The band was astounding, and David Hood on bass was a revelation. Thanks again for your comments. We're working on seeing more of the tour in the UK or Ireland. They were just too damn good!

[@cskueny]

Jaysthename Yes, this is a great song, but it can't convey what it was like to see it live. I didn't even know of the Waterboys until a friend had a spare Fillmore ticket and so I joined him. Hair-raising show, and this song live was one for the ages.

[@dannyslammy4379]

Epic and great it is ... but I'm pretty sure he has written this song before. The story and many of the images don't remind you of "Let it happen" from his 2000 album "A Rock in the Weary Land"? But as for songs of spiritual search and " honesty about how the true strength" coming from his own imagination, I'd say he's been saying it all along ... Glastonbury song has a structure not unlike this one too. Most of them ... actually, but check out Let it happen.

[@kierongrady4928]

I was at that show! Seattle.

[@jonser20cent68]

Mike?🕵

[@murty123]

IF We are destined to colonise new world....lets do so with the like of Mike Scott..........someone true and honest in their beliefs and the balls to see it through in his own way. Rock on you legend

[@edwardmcguigan1442]

This man is a lyrical genius

[@MsStack42]

And he's got the VOICE to go with that !

[@1danrobbins]

I can't quit playing this song at home, in the car, and now on you tube. This is Good, good stuff and I grew up in the 60's. Only someone who truly has experienced the ups and downs of life and yet kept going could of written this.

[@thealchemistdaughter3405]

“victim of the beautiful deception “.. A lifetimes work..

[@destiniesentwined1368]

My god this is a brilliant song!!! And the whole new album 'Modern Blues' is fantastic!! The tour (I saw them in Malmö and Copenhagen) is as good as it ever gets. Probably the best show I've ever been to!!! An incredible intensity and energy!! (although Mike's solo visits were also in that league). Don't miss the Modern Blues tour!

[@Jimsky1234]

Just when you think Mike Scott has run out of tunes and great lyrics he comes up with this! Brilliant song, fantastic lyrics and well done Mike & The Waterboys, you've nailed it again and will never cease to amaze me........Namaste xx

[@angelomysterioso1004]

George Harrison would have loved this one. God, it even sounds here and there like he is singing it.

[@PaulMichaelKelly27]

I think you're right

[@jugoldman2230]

This gets better the more I hear it

[@garyargent2125]

we never here songs like this on the radio. The best long song in years come on you so called music lovers give it some air time

[@LewisLittle66]

I loved the Waterboys in the 80s but this one blows them all away. Ten minutes of sheer songwriting brilliance.

[@ronaldbiden2216]

One of the greatest Waterboy songs.

[@carlosmpereira56]

About the music writed of the Waterboys this recent years - i've been listening theyr songs since the fall 1985- this is a gorgeous tune

[@Zephyrus0127]

I've just started listening to this and I thought ''Damn, it's Mike Scott but old' :( But then I listened, and, well, it's still Mike Scott, he is older and better for it :)

[@Teigetje108]

Wow. Magnificent. Best song of the album.

[@fernandodiazinfante6800]

I like i see Elvis a beautifoul song too

[@MrSt0008]

some may differ...i'd say the best song on a truly amazing album.

[@feyzanurkaygisiz]

On dakikalık bir sihir yapılmış da o sihirli dünyanın içinde 10 dakikalığına da olsa müziğin ahengi içinde yaşıyor gibi hissettiriyor. Bir arkadaşım sayesinde tanıdığım bu şarkı ve esasında grup için ona minnettarım :) Also thank u The Waterboys

[@robertogutierrez2897]

Mike...please don't ever stop making music!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic song from a fantastic album!!!

[@mykeymay]

Just bought the new album 'All Souls Hill'... again very nice!

[@MrJimmyoc00]

Really blown away by this song. I've so many times over the years rediscovered them...this is like hearing Fishermans Blues for the first time. So impressed that Mike is still writing stellar 🎵 songs. Looking forward to making a trek from Chicago to Dublin next July!!!

[@markhumphries1967]

this was the best number of this years Glastonbury by a mile sheer class

[@Woodyjims-shack]

Mike is one of the last real troubadours. Just saw them in Wexford. Uplifting, passionate, polished yet raw. 👍 Go brother Paul 😀

[@rafamansergas5477]

Wonderful gig yesterday in Valencia.

[@kaisersouza66]

Great! One of the best Waterboys songs

[@rcreativesolutions09]

.''... my dear.... ''priceless mike-priceless

[@paulbond8174]

I am always amazed that with the vast amount of brilliant songs the waterways have produced over the years and when we are lucky and the radio station decides to play one, all we ever get is The Whole of the Moon. Don’t get me wrong it’s a great song but come on there are so many more out there to choose from.

[@tullfan7872]

Have only listened to the album a couple of times, but it is pure class. So far, this and Destinies Entwined are my favourite songs.

[@courtneykeir612]

This is the best Waterboys' song I have heard in ages.

[@WDClarke]

Wow, saw this on the BBC @Glastonbury just minutes ago...what an amazing return for one of my 3 favourite songwriters (with LLoyd Cole and Roddy Frame) from the 80s. Brilliant.

[@edwardkoubek2728]

Yes! Great story line. Driving song for sure.

[@pinkipixle]

I don't drive yet. But I agree!!

[@user-qn3gb8en9z]

Brilliant track.

[@GlenQuagmireful]

Brilliant! Mike Scott invokes Kerouac, and "so begin his travels".

[@nicbing2598]

One flight over the Cuckoos nest egg ....in audio ??

[@davesdogs2]

Caught that eh ?!!

[@JoeyLevenson]

Damn, that organ solo. Whew....

[@douglaswright2143]

Doesn't get much better than this

[@caramason56]

An absolutely awesome and brilliant band 😊🎶❤️🎶😊🎶❤️😊🎶❤️

[@wolftrack57]

Heard this for the first time today. Have listened to it a dozen times since. It will definitely become part of the collection. If anyone wants to know where they can find some great music tell them to...keep the the river on their right and the highway at their shoulder.

[@tonyhayward2858]

The last truly great Waterboys song.

[@jeremyamac]

agreed

[@tmichael80]

Great song. I sort of lost track of mike and the boys for a while. Super to find them with this new album. Amazing as always!!!

[@carlpeterkirkebo2036]

Remembering hearing this for the first time -- live in Oslo. A mindblowing experience! Ten minutes of pure magic.

[@castorcastorcastor]

If that's not poetry I don't know what.

[@zoefragou9099]

Keep the eye on your road my dear David My love will accompany you from afar 💖 te amo

[@romolawhitney8233]

Oh yeah! There still is some good rockin' rock'n'roll out there! Great sounds. The organ is great.

[@JoeyLevenson]

Fucking amazing track....

[@willybombastic1985]

The only 10 minute long song that I wish was longer

[@janemercer-is8rt]

I like This Waterboys Song

[@ireneruthfox]

Very strong tune. I digging it.

[@MsStack42]

I've always thought they were outrageously under rated ! Still so Moving!

[@angelcuevasjaime4465]

Maravillosa canción!! Grandisimo Mike Scott

[@GillianAnnBlower]

All in code. Ain't kidding. ❤

[@eddiezzz100]

good tunes come to those who wait.

[@arnesandal8907]

Great music another bang in the ear from Waterboys pleace continue...

[@WilliamFiler]

This tune changes everything on the album.

[@markmaddix8198]

Timeless❤

[@jlap278]

one of the best songs i have heard in a long time, it sends you on a journey

[@mykeymay]

like 'Lying Eyes' ( the Eagles ) 😎

[@Violetmoon751]

This has got me...it's got me! :)

[@jimholland665]

This song reminds me of my dad so much. I love you dad and miss you so much

[@agustinpadilla113]

Geniales !! en todas sus etapas.

[@KickiQ]

Wonderful!!!!!

[@cassady41]

Mother of mercy

[@manuelantoniobrea8742]

Que grandeza, nunca defraudan

[@mediamarv1]

Just heard this for the first time, on Radio Paradise, whilw working out at the Y. Great energy keeps the treadmill running! Also a fun tune to practice with, both guitar and bass. Getting my callouses back!

[@sheridangmail1277]

Yeah, the wonderful Bill & Co - RP ❤

[@fran5445]

Mike Scott, un portento musical

[@NOMADCREATIVESOLUTIONS]

Forever a master of lyrical form and vision.. this is really great..

[@violetsparks1111]

I want this song to be played at my funeral

[@Thost407]

When is the extended version coming out? That organ fade out at the of the song is a crime against humanity!

[@MrJimmyoc00]

Amen!! Let it rip!!!!

[@NAA4242]

Heard this today. Addicted!

[@agustinpadilla113]

Impresionante!! Cada dia mejor.

[@rickmrt8005]

awesome! can't get enough with this song, tkx to make me travel around earth

[@thedirtyfecker]

The boys played this last night in Dublin and tore the house down. Fucking magical!

[@kristrznadel1494]

Great long song 😀

[@neilbustin1962]

Magnificent fabulous dynamic dynamite altogether solid vibe sound quality excellent spin it.

[@TheGregRoxx]

My favourite song from this record (y)

[@IbecomeU]

I can't listen to his new songs whilst I remember the old.

[@nicbing2598]

Every sentence sends the listener into another thought frame and direction ...the Waterboyed journey of Mike Scott ...you take the low road .. ? Mike Scott puts you on a interesstial safari ...?? beem me up Scotty !

[@bjm2670]

Great song!

[@allangraham2834]

Great collection of songs and musicians. Always reinventing themselves and with an album like this thank fuck they do. Brilliant.

[@klaasvisser203]

Briljant

[@fran5445]

Maravillosos estos chicos del agua, con un Mike Scott sublime

[@barnaclephil]

GRAZIE and GREAT. Just Thanks Mike and the Waterboys. THANKS. WOW.

[@textone7050]

Incrivelmente lindoooooooo..... Bravo Waterboys

[@luiswilliams360]

I saw them on this tour & was immediately hooked on this tune in particular

[@rickmrt8005]

awsome! tkx 4 the road trip :)

[@bine9531]

Der Text ist der Hammer , die Aussage great 💖

[@Sevilou]

If I had the means to go, I would make a road trip on motorbikes with few of my buddies, driving on endlessly long straight roads of the U.S.A. and played this song on a very loud speaker as we drove to God knows where.

[@caramason56]

Sweet tune and 😁👍 awesome story teller

[@ramthian]

We love you guys always ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊

[@user-vo4mp4le4x]

ΑΠΙΘΑΝΟΙ.Ακομα βγαζουν υπεροχα κομματια!!!!!!

[@WyeExplorer]

It's certainly a long time since I listened to what was one of my favorite sounds many years ago. Really enjoyed listening to them once more. I think it's rekindled an interest. Fantastic! ATB Mark.

[@mykeymay]

an EPIC song...THUMBS UP!