Waterboys • The Whole of the Moon • 1985 Concert

[@azapro911]

This has to be one of the 10 greatest rock songs of all time, seriously.

[@garrox]

+azapro911 Couldn't agree any more!!! It's Bohemian Rhapsody!!

[@zionnofate]

+gar byrne fuck yeah... me to.. and im a techno lover....

[@scratchers7916]

+azapro911 Well said azapro. I'd say just one of the greatest songs, full stop. Great lyrics and beautifully performed,

[@enriqueserranopostigo1100]

i love them

[@tonyrod2769]

agree 200 %..........

[@duckbufflehead6294]

Brilliant lyrics, love all the instrumental elements (violin, trumpet, piano, saxophone, drums, guitar) and the vocalists - superb divine song!!!

[@wwonka52]

i'm 58 yrs.old and play it at full volume when i hear it, especially in my car. gets the blood flowing .( it's a positive song)

[@ppfoten211]

Everything about this song is brilliant: lyrics, melody, music, instrumentation, just effing genius.

[@bryanfenwick331]

53 years old this song is my life,

[@carlosmpereira56]

51 years old, and i've heard this song thousands of times

[@neogoth2012]

Wow. This takes me back. A girl I knew back in the 80's played this for me for the first time.I still love it. I wonder where she is now. God she was lovely.Classic song.

[@mattrensa]

This was the exit song for both of my parents funeral services, now together again. Many mixed emotion's when I hear it but have always loved it.

[@veljkobraijkovic9496]

putain c'est tout bon intemporel grazie...

[@robertpetrario2157]

Matthew Reynolds wow dude 👍 so sorry for your loss😥

[@bobberry5809]

What a cool and beautiful way to say goodbye...

[@alecsworld8136]

Made in heaven

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

CLASSY SEND OFF . RIP

[@geoffwatts6977]

Still one of the best in2023..

[@thermo32100]

It doesn't get much better than this. Mike Scott is an underrated musical genius

[@bevcarlin9930]

Best song ever ever written - my all time favourite!

[@seanbarr7638]

this should have a 'Love" button... greatest ever

[@darrencurtis8779]

So good....I love it loads!!!It's brill and live as well....

[@MrIrishscouse]

Just finished reading Mike Scott's autobiography 'Adventures Of A Waterboy' and this song was a common recurrence throughout, in terms of the creative process in writing and composing it and trying to write another song as good as it. It's a beauty of a song in every way possible. I read an interview Bruce Springsteen did recently and he referred to making a great record as being like having to shoot for the moon. With 'The Whole Of The Moon' Mike Scott hit it dead centre. Brilliant!

[@VikkiMinaj1]

One of the most amazing songs ever written ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SpecialBrewCan]

JUST returned from Glastonbury where I was introduced (at the ripe old age of 57) to the wonderful Waterboys! Instantly became my new favourite band, and for me it was the very best performance of the festival!

[@calam8286]

Darrell Burnett You lucky man.

[@15Cobbles]

Love this song and this group....They never got the credit they fully deserved....

[@stephenparkes7790]

Played this song at my brother Richie Parkes funeral. love the part You came like a comet blazing your trail. I will always remember and love You. Stephen Parkes

[@christiaanpole1566]

any beter player than jimi

[@melishamaraj9668]

Stephen Parkes 🤗

[@melishamaraj9668]

Stephen Parkes that's my favorite part as well... think of my dad xxx

[@user-wl6bw3jl4n]

+ Stephen Parkes Heartfelt condolences for your loss. :(

[@chrisoldhoff8696]

i was groun-ded! 😊

[@astpsouth]

God don't you just miss the 80's. Music that really provoked a feeling in you as well as the look--quintessential 80's.

[@carihoward4934]

After 15 years I fell in love with the waterboys again

[@stephenjones2523]

Best song ever. The lyrics leaves mew spellbound

[@strictlynorton]

Probably the most lyrically poetic pop record of the past 30 years. Wallinger/Scott were a force of musical nature. Sheer timeless brilliance.

[@klebermiglio]

sou brasileiro mano

[@PedroMaia-uc5ji]

kkk

[@MR.B00_]

This was such a good band. Anybody that says they hate 80s music was listening to the wrong stuff. I would give everything to be there again.

[@v.l.5070]

One of the best songs ever👌🏻

[@derekthomson2237]

This song will still be getting played when we are all gone,

[@dylanlaurentmobile]

The best song of my life

[@josealvarez8796]

Mine too 🙂🙂

[@calam8286]

Dylan Laurent The best song of many lifetimes imho

[@dave1728]

Very underrated. I saw them so many years ago and this song always moves me, expands my thoughts and grounds me.

[@jumpinjojo]

They are rated exactly where they belong.

[@mgguzmanb]

Unparalleled perfection. It is close to 30 years ago when they played this song and when you see the Billboard charts today makes you think about the degeneration of modern societies. I doubt any song at the Billboard today will last more than 5 years, not to say more than 30 years. Mike Scott and The Waterboys define the best of the best.

[@kovalski27]

brilliant .. full of esoteric and magic

[@gilgemash]

My sweetheart Julie, was singing this song, half under her breath, with such determination - we were both in kitchen, half horsing around, cooking. Two months or so ago. She was very unwell. Julie passed away July 07. we played this song at her cremation service. She has joined the stars and will ride the starlight, photons, and embrace us all.

[@TheTaggybhoy]

This is my all time favourite song,I never get fed up listening to it. Cummonn the hoops

[@ollieschmidt8533]

This track is epic, timeless and so haunting.

[@francesca66ify]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forgot how good this song was....

[@ianbourne9970]

Still sounds fresh in 2019 😎🤙

[@artnowakowski6611]

phenomenal tune on every level, instruments, vocals, lyrics- mind-blowing for me

[@kingpetra6886]

This is one of the best albums ever done. I bought it when it first came out. I never get tired of it.

[@andrewnightingale770]

A masterpiece of music genius!!

[@aaronbeauchamp3496]

Clearly one of the BEST songs ever written. Ever.

[@AbsoluteAcid2112]

The lower quality of this video seems to have a more fuller sound than the actual studio version. I quite like it more than the original

[@johndiamond5824]

FANTASTIC Waterboys,,,I love this song as it reminds me so much of the 80ssss Best decade to have been a teenager,Wish we could turn back time

[@macmovieman1]

I was so happy to hear this song again after all of these years. I was listening to 80s on Sirius and there is an option to buy it while it is playing.

[@Elmo4x]

Such a special track. There was magic in the air here. Play it in 100 years and people will still tap their feet.

[@numsiskit]

For sure!

[@andrewcritchley1198]

one of the best songs i have ever heard.

[@stephencampbell6424]

This is a Celtic Trip. The Waterboys were a Celtic Trip. Fucking wonderful.

[@LisaandStarVanMisAdventures]

Loved this band since I first heard them in the early 80s. Saw them live in Canada - great show. This is an excellent video and concert version of this most magical and beautiful song. Thank you for posting it.

[@ronpatterson2882]

I’ll never get tired of this tune. One of my absolute favorites during my high school days and still great 30 years later.

[@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned]

I just heard it yesterday... immediately caught my attention and as it played I started to wish it'd never end. I am totally intrigued by its beauty.

[@gceltmc]

crying listening to this. thinking of an old friend. RIP Bradley Lock

[@Danimal300zx]

Just did backstage security for The Waterboys and what an amazing band!

[@gxd4b1]

Love the line "I spoke about wings, You just flew" ... some of us faff around the edges of life, others just get on with it. Sadly I think I might belong more to the former than the latter.

[@0141D]

Good spot, it’s a beautiful lyric and the key change during the line is truly brilliant

[@StratsRUs]

@@0141D Not a key change.A chord change

[@timber2609]

One of my favourite songs of all time still! Just keeps building and adding and then " you came like a comet" KABOOM , blows me away every time

[@mabbaticchio]

Perfect song. Perfect arrangement. What a sound.

[@ahoytheremate1954]

what a great happy song

[@TimeladyV]

love this song, takes me back to the 80's, drinking all night...watching sun come up and then going to work with this blasting on the radio.

[@davemorias]

Those were the days ! You waited 10 years for a reply ! Greetings from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦

[@euhoriamary10]

i want a thumbs up people, because this song no matter what just seems to make sence, no matter if im drunk,hungover,ill,or just dont feel like going on anymore .It still makes me feel good when i listen :)!!!!!!!!

[@barbaraalvarez4406]

T,he Waterboys are truly great artists,beautiful song I play this song over and over again .I dedicate this song to my son that pass away on oct,26,2011 he was 31 I Love Adonis

[@angelitepriestess1562]

+barbara alvarez beautiful...he sails upon the stars now xx

[@barbaraalvarez4406]

truly beautiful song

[@lenagladh4422]

One of the best song ever !!!!

[@mccblarney]

I never tire of this. It is so good. A gem.

[@randy63762]

i heard this song last night and it did touch me in a way only good songs do. i am a child of the eighties, i was a twen at that time, had good times, but this song missed me - whyever. it is something typical for that period. the lyrics are great and that's why it touched me..... you saw the whole of the moon..... it nearly dumbfounded me... great music, absolutely!

[@Chursh]

Seriously, i can't actually believe this song was made in fucking 1985. I heard it on the radio today after never hearing before. Blew my fucking mind. Looked it up on here, jesus christ, over 30 years old? This song sounds so new age!

[@sbh123yt7]

Great song. Not very popular when listing greatest 80s songs, but it is one of the best.

[@LuLuSprings]

remember time is cyclical .....

[@rajakhan354]

Lol where have u fucking been😜

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

Chursh FUCKING 1985? When was that? FUCKING mind? What were you thinking of? Jesus christ? New age? 🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@THR3NA]

About fucking time you heard it! Unfuckenbelievable! SMFH

[@stahlplast]

Even after all those years,it still gives me "goose pimples".

[@theproboxer5797]

I think this may have the best lyrics to any song ever written.... absolute genius... i sighed... you swooned... i saw the rain dirty valley... you saw brigadoon... wow

[@Theduckwebcomics]

I remember when this came out in the 80s. It was epic then and it's still just as epic now.

[@bruestatherooster1151]

I just never get tired of watching this!

[@tazdevil24]

Luv this song reminds me of my youth! do a spinning class and this song is a 8 minute climb towards the end great workout

[@Ralph_Smith0724]

Mike Scott, according to various versions, wrote this song in a New York hotel where he was staying with his girlfriend who asked him whether or not was easy to write a song. The melody is a tribute to various people among them Prince and the writer C.S. Lewis. It is an epic Renaissance fantasy in which the girl is always one or two steps ahead and sees 'the whole of the moon' while the boy can only see the crescent moon among castles, trumpets, kites, and unicorns. Brigadoon is a village enwrapped in mystery in the forests of Scotland appearing only one day every 100 years. BTW, the girl backing up with vocals is either the Scottish poetess Eddi Reader or Liz Wilcox. They resemble each other. I add this information because some commenters would like to know the name of the singer.

[@DirkKrause]

Do you have any sources for this?

[@stellasmith6209]

Barnett bental

[@philaphans2536]

You're right. Eddi Reader[10] - backing vocals (1984) Another little nugget is that that's Karl Wallinger who went on to World Party on the keyboards. Love what he and Eddi add in vocals.

[@lornacharles8645]

Phila Phans THANKYOU😄 You answer my question.

[@realvsmith]

Ralph Smith 💙

[@olithe1dude]

I love this song. I always cry when i hear it. Reminds me of stuff

[@grahamyoung2128]

Man, Scotland had some awesome musical talent in the 80’s...........

[@TheMarcosanz]

I have only 13 years and this is my favorite song.

[@rosewoodism]

Welcome in your twenties!

[@itersy]

this has got to be one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard in my life. i heard it for the 1st time on wlir in ny. i was 12:)

[@dannyc4402]

quality band....i will never forget this song.........brings me back to being 15

[@sniffdogma]

Just heard this played on CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corp), fell in love. God bless full and whole moons. And you, Waterboys

[@coldeb8911]

Colin Bell Probably one of the greatest songs ever written...I want this song to be the last song I ever hear before I shuttle of this planet...When I downloaded this on to my iPod a few years ago I played it on a continues repeat loop while at work, played it for for 8 hours solid....I still loved it as much as I did the first time I heard it by the time the battery ran out 😊

[@RideHanna]

Sublime! in my opinion the most beautifully eloquent song about friendship ever written.

[@catherine9433]

Just brilliant. All time classic. Mike Scott wee legend!!!!!!

[@maninblackdave9924]

legend?

[@LeslieGaston]

+1 Legend

[@dannyc4402]

One word .....Quality.....i was 10 when this come out,, still sounds as good now as then,,, better than the shite today

[@bettycogswell9851]

Love this song. it's a classic.....Love the sax part....Perfect...

[@dani1151968]

I so envy you. I was an American living in Dublin in '88. I hitched from Liverpool to Edinburgh to see them do a sold-out show. One of the most memorable nights of my life.

[@MrMeadfoot]

The song gives me goosebumps, it's just perfection.

[@tillyeyesgreen]

One of the most beautiful songs ever. Awesome band ! Great Mike Scott !

[@majortom3078]

Still a wicked song, June 2019

[@soupdragonuk]

Some people have no taste in music. This brings back many happy memories. Stunningly brilliant song.

[@etherealfairychild9441]

i play this song, and my life automatically changes.. Damn i love this feeling.. thanks so much!

[@Tdawgmcginty]

same same same :)

[@MJLU280]

Exactly !

[@petersimons8666]

Played this a few weeks back for my wife, she cried and said best love song ever written.

[@paulhopkinson9406]

one of the best songs ever written, awesome lyrics

[@patriciahill2320]

I saw this for the first time a few nights ago on MTV Classics. How did I miss this? I love it. . .

[@SeaBassVamp]

This is one of those Magic Melodies that I love with Majestic Lyrics that shine and shimmer like Moonlight.

[@roryflynn9427]

favourite song could listen all day

[@gordinistanopolis]

U2's walk on music warms the crowd instantly !!

[@cuico2008]

"... I wondered, I guessed and I tried; you just knew. I sighed but you swooned!" Beautiful lyrics, beautiful music, great performance! Thanks Scott and the Waterboys.

[@benfleck4499]

herd this on radio about 3 weeks ago and haven't stop listening to it since. awesome record. Emotional. thanks waterboys

[@markmundell8487]

This song is perfection !!!

[@DrumlineGuru]

This song made me weep. The love of my life can see the long-term view, while I just seem to always see the now. I've made many, many mistakes that could have been avoided if I just saw "the whole of the moon." The lyrics are very personal. I love this song!

[@mihaelanegritu1709]

I think,that in the most couples,there's always someone who sees a long term situation.Some are pragmatics,some are visionars,some ,simply,just see ( feel).Usually,the woman.

[@yanicallu2001]

Beautiful.., Turn it up!! 🎶🎶🔊🎻🎺 What a classic!!

[@warwickwheeler3164]

I liked this song back when it was released in the 1980's, but now i love it! It is full of great quotable lyrics, and i just love how the songs builds up and then explodes toward the end in a magical feast for the ears. Beaver and co are kidding themselves.

[@brentpartridge3627]

Warwick Wheeler Have a listen to Lorde. A real talent at 18yrs old

[@Tombo1904]

Warwick Wheeler "magical feast for the ears" well put haha

[@mukluker]

to right:)

[@MEXIC35]

this is my 80´s hymn really........the best 80's song ever

[@susannesweetin]

This takes me back to my happy childhood and my fabulous mum.. Love this song and the smile it brings to my face ✌

[@cfxcooper]

Lyrically perfect. Extremely emotional

[@juanaltredo2974]

ah c'mon, its not fair how fucking amazing this song is! the arrangement and instrumentation are sheer genius,and yet the lyrics and vocals are probably my favourite things

[@calam8286]

Great choice.

[@junemcmanus9887]

calam boat songs Ok

[@elizabethhitchman4079]

You just flew ... Beautiful !

[@syntiocamilleri7316]

Words cannot describe this song.......sheer magic