World Party - Ship Of Fools

[@onshiplessoceans1675]

Rest in peace, Karl. Thank you for all of the great songs--especially this one!

[@bobcvetichan4426]

I just found out and came here right away.

[@rcenturion]

RIP. I won this album from a radio station contest in Gainesville, Florida in 1987.

[@georgewatts5505]

Such a devastating loss. So glad I got to see WP a time or two.

[@markrlondon]

Man, I am so bummed. I listen to World Party almost every week. You will be missed.

[@nelsonc6173]

Seriously!!!!????? Man my child is littered with singers passing away! Bummer did not know! RIP Karl RIP.

[@eighthstv]

Sounds more relevant right now here in 2024 than ever. RIP Karl!! ❤

[@hereandthere6001]

1986, it was relevant then and its relevant now.

[@sexobscura]

It will always be relevant in the system we've been under for at least 200 years. And, anyway, people have always been stupid

[@pixl8me]

Came here to say that.❤ DT & KH debate on ….”..right now… “….

[@Elle_M717]

It sure does.

[@leesamelson1374]

Commenting in the US in Nov. of 2024, Karl would certainly agree and foresee! I need this song to capture my mode.

[@Kirette]

This is, quite simply, one of the greatest songs ever written. Rest well, Karl.

[@nickdryad]

This guy is woke and that’s a good thing.

[@AB67]

I may have to agree there, def. is one of them, there' are many but this rates highly. Lyrics, melody, composition, deep to me.

[@deplorableaussie6749]

​@nickdryad nothing good about being woke u rainbow cuck

[@AB67]

It is. for sure. Love it, since the day it came out.

[@robinbittel9420]

Truly.

[@davidlaw689]

For the past 40 years , The Waterboys and World Party have been a massive part of my music listening life. This one hurts.

[@nelsonc6173]

Oh Waterboys and World Party great bands...sigh now another gone...sucks. RIP Karl.

[@luckylunaloops]

Who is still totally in love with World Party in 2020?

[@cosmic4795]

Me

[@AlisongsLA]

My favorite band of all time!

[@alfinflikt6689]

I love world party...

[@zamaz99]

Always! I've seen them in concert 5 times.

[@davidmull9322]

Add me to the list!

[@richardfarley1987]

Rest in peace Karl. You may be gone but your music will live on forever

[@jenniferdennehy2084]

No longer sailing with us fools💔

[@Themanwhocameback2]

This song is chillingly prescient. We have reached the point Karl was describing decades ago. He is in a better place now. God bless him.

[@higgsmerino3925]

ALL RELIGIONS are a great toxic poison on this earth.

[@davidlancaster8152]

This song has become my anthem. I have to balance it out with "Is It Like Today?". I sing Ship of Fools accapella spot on constantly. Absolutely...may The Lord Bless Karl's soul. When He gave us Karl He blessed us.

[@stercaland]

Yeah, I mean 1986 was far less troubled in every respect than the here and now. Me though, I'm thinking of The The's "Armageddon Days are Here Again" as being the song with lyrics more relevant today than 1989.

[@SergeantSnooker]

The problem is half of the population thinks they're the smart/correct ones and the other half are the dumb/incorrect ones.

[@davidwright4460]

so U think 😂

[@JeffCooper10538]

Heard this back in the day and was hooked on World Party from the opening seconds. RIP Karl and thank you for the music … 🌎🙏

[@tessthef1rst]

Same same 💔😢

[@MrGuzmanra]

@@tessthef1rst Same here...

[@trishlatham4958]

And me ;-)

[@stephenbuckley9940]

100 years from now, this song will sound like it was written yesterday. It's timeless. An absolutely brilliant song.

[@festeradams3972]

The ship will go down long, long before that...

[@trishlatham4958]

Exactly!!!

[@classiclife7204]

RIP. Evidently Wallinger had a brain aneurysm back in 2001. He survived it, though I guess he lost peripheral vision. It was a miracle he lived through it; many don't. Lived 23 years until the stroke that laid him to rest a couple weeks ago. All in all, a great artist who should've been bigger. One of the better 80s singles, right here.

[@rl3293]

😔😔💔💔

[@del5606]

One of the best transitions into a chorus EVER

[@abstractholiday]

Totally agree. The pre-chorus to chorus transition is a materclass in songwriting, and gives me chills every time.

[@deplorableaussie6749]

I concur

[@colingeddes2172]

💯

[@Fletcher109]

This is good stuff. I slipped it into the kids playing list because I'm a good parent.

[@marnizavaleta]

Yes, most definately! Here's a gold star for your outstanding achievement, unwavering dedication to tasks bestowed upon you & doing your bit for, hopefully, the good of the world for generations to come 🌟👏👏👏

[@JohnLee-ui5gd]

Good idea

[@MichaelJW72]

Well done. You have culture and taste.

[@kennethbrady]

Well done.

[@daverobinson6110]

you will pay tomorrow :>)

[@PlasticJaysus23]

He was like all four Beatles rolled into one, combined with Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison and Prince, and that's just his musical talent. He also deserves massive recognition for his efforts in trying to wake us all up to the environmental and geo-political catastrophe we're sadly continuing to sail into. RIP Karl.

[@fv6125]

Rest in peace, Karl. Thank you for the music you have created for all of us. As a 90s kid, I discovered Ship Of Fools later on but have always loved Is It Like Today?

[@abstractholiday]

RIP Karl. Your music was important to so many. Your unique voice will be missed.

[@carmellabaynie1695]

Rest in power good man! Thank you for the magnificent music !

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

I didn't even know Who played this fantastic gem. Now I find He passed away? I'm so far behind...😥

[@carol-d-60s]

Rest In Peace, Karl Wallinger. Talented musician and singer, your presence will be missed.

[@mikepiper4863]

This was the last LP that I ever bought, back in 1987. My girlfriend at the time rolled her eyes when the needle came down on vinyl and made some kind of comment about the doom & gloom. As I remember, she was listening to Milli Vanilli about this time. It's amazing the sins that good sex will make you forgive...

[@Cale_Roy_Wusere]

That's friggin' hilarious. You just summed up the 80's!

[@svejkfan2220]

Ain't it just, fella, ain't it just.

[@sagegarden1787]

yeah, ok

[@jorgeno-remix679]

Exactly!!! LOL,

[@lostpl8]

Milli Vanilli about this time. It's amazing the sins that good sex will make you forgive. that might be the best line to set up what we lived threw

[@jesusquiroz7779]

One of my all time favorites. RIP Karl Wallinger.

[@DianeH2038]

may Karl's memory be a blessing to all. this song has always been one of my favorites.

[@JacksonDeanChase]

One of my all-time favorite songs! Timeless. It's poetry, it's magic, it's perfect. I was working at a record store in the late 1980s when I first discovered the band on a 2-cassette collection for charity (I think for world peace?). There were a lot of great artists represented (Eurythmics was one, IIRC), but this track, by this band, instantly blew me away and became the absolute standout. I played it in the store, I played it in the car, I played it everywhere until it became part of me. I felt it so much then, and I feel it so much now. Thank you, Karl, and thank you to everyone in the band, for creating a masterpiece and making a difference.

[@MsGnor]

🥰

[@sanjayghosh3503]

That was the Rainbow warriors double cassette!! The French intelligence agency had sunk the Greenpeace boat and this set was in memory/condemnation of that incident.

[@sirtigalotwolfe2962]

I remember seeing this on MTV back in like 86 or 87 I think... I was a teen born 1970 model... I knew the song and would sing the chorus through my life and now I feel what he means... We are on the ship of fools as of late...

[@sundance9042]

I still have this Green Peace album on vinyl💚

[@sandraschultz3104]

I worked at a record store in 80s also. Detroit Metro area. great music kept coming in:

[@Angeliaaerrington]

Wow never heard of him before, I've found this magical music and this guy died today. RIP Karl xxx

[@B1gstar14]

Travel safely Karl. Great musician

[@patriciagiedraitis4166]

So sad to hear the news....rest easy Mr. Wallinger 🌹

[@donstuie]

We were warned nearly 40 years ago. Now the bill is due...

[@hereandthere6001]

longer

[@Neilcampbell-gu7uz]

RIP Karl Thank you so much for the magnificent songs. I still can't believe it!!

[@nicholasregan6526]

I should have known these guys I'm 48, know a lot of bands but sooo glad I discovered these guys! Who's listening in 2024? I don't want to sail with this ship of fools either LOL

[@AntonyFleck]

I'm still listening and loving it, still have the original vinyl from the 80s! A tragic too early demise of one of my generations musical Genius's!! The music after 35 years could have been written yesterday, can't find much to compare these days?!!......

[@AB67]

Me neither and I won't.

[@luciusmichael]

Hard to believe it's now 35 years later... Great song, great album.

[@tapoi07]

A beautiful soul taken too early. Ty Karl for the memories. Gone but never forgotten.

[@andrewborderick2434]

In my opinion the best song ever written. RIP ✌🎶

[@anthonyboy4796]

A song for almost every generation. Extraordinary.

[@Gramsgirl-ie8fb]

Rest easy Karl. Been a massive fan since the eighties. Will miss your amazing light 😢😢

[@londoncalling1757]

His predication for tomorrow.. was bang on!!! RIP Karl

[@MurphyKargesBass]

Fantastic amazing song. Thanks for inspiring a young musician - me - who tried to use this songs formula to write my own and i failed miserably.. and just realized how talented you were and how hard it would be to write a song this GOOD! Still bangs so hard in 2024 - thank you for your music Karl.

[@dianarivers5408]

YUP! World Party was prophetic for these times! Still love this song! Hard to imagine Karl has got to be around 70 years old too. Yikes! Where has time gone?

[@johncoppola8105]

Prophecy as rock n roll. It gets no better than this.

[@johneggmuldoon3176]

Try reading.

[@AlisongsLA]

@@johneggmuldoon3176 You are so right!

[@dermotobrien594]

This man is a prophet

[@ahamham4532]

Tis, true hell is 4 real. Had a vision. Big wake up call.! Itz, personal...btw, I work for the Lord Jesus now! See some 4 real wow, stuff in clouds..wonders, signs in my testimony videos. 2020 eyes 2 see!

[@jamuga60]

Ya nailed it John.........................fucking nailed it

[@darktimesatrockymountainhi4046]

Mr. Wallinger, you are a true genius - and many of us recognize it!

[@StuartHalford]

What sad news, a real inspiration for me in the 80s and 90s - wonderful musician, wonderful man

[@mattsnow546]

ROCK IN PEACE KARL... Absolutely gutted to hear this. What an amazing musician.

[@wheresmejoompah6080]

A brilliant song, totally catchy and beautifully delivered and is 'timeless', in that we experience exactly the same today. Time may have moved on since it's release, but this song, sentiment and reality remain the same...The 'Galley Slaves' will hopefully wake up and wise up against the way the world is being run or at least open their eyes a little wider and start asking some questions.

[@benchampion3768]

RIP Karl😢 whatta tune and still a pertinent message today! Thanks for all the great music you gave us👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@danielberman2773]

R.I.P. Karl, I listen to this song back in 1986, I am still listening to it now 2024, you were right then. your right now more than ever!

[@purdisc]

Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who found myself listening to this prescient masterpiece.

[@cumulonimbus2533]

What a masterpiece... What a chorus...

[@MikeLandicovers]

This song is a masterpiece.

[@chrismorrison3696]

From your comments below, I just found out he moved on. It's 3:30 am on a Sunday night in Portland, Oregon. I am drinkinking rum. I am so sorry to hear this.... and then I thought, "Am I ?" We are just visiting. I am just drinking. What a beautiful loving sweet kind man he was. What a lyricist! He sure moved me years ago and still does. Be good, never give up, have fun and love as much as you can.... I will drinkink another toast to you Karl. I am still sailing on the ship of fools. That's a waaaaay toooo nice of a name for these cunts. God bless you all.

[@DickCarlsson]

This is still so very good, you dont hear these songs anymore, brilliant pop music !!!

[@greghallberg4182]

Nothing like this...

[@csthompson9785]

the meaning of this song certainly still resonates with the state if the world today

[@marcohoxha2769]

Maybe even more so.

[@DrTomoculus]

Rest in Peace Karl. This song was absolute perfection, rarely attained in this world. If it was the only song you ever did, it would be a masterpiece nonetheless.

[@smilingontime]

After all these years... this tune woke up with me this bright and early quarantined morning...

[@leonardodiversifolia1751]

Still a brilliant song in 2022, and still avarice and greed running and ruining the world,

[@revlargeman]

Saw them at Cambridge corn exchange in may of 93, one of the best shows I ever saw. He made it look effortless, RIP.

[@stevehunt2064]

Thanks for the great songs Karl. RIP.

[@robinbittel9420]

Best song ever. Really. So prophetic. Here we are in 2024 living this. This man knew 40 years ago. A genius. Thank you, Karl Wallinger. Love and respect you forever. ❤️

[@oday3514]

Ever since November 9th, 2016, this song has run through my head on a daily basis. Now (April 26, 2020) more than ever.

[@Zapheteroped]

Yeah, that Trumpster was harrible! Those cheap energy and grocery prices were awful! Good thing Joe and his masters be building back better with hope and changey and social and environmental justice and equity for anyone except the you-know-whos that ruined everything with their Christian greed and slavery and sexist oppression and pollution and all that.

[@joedellinger9437]

Just wait until 2024. It’s going to be wild.

[@LisaImhoff-v8q]

Omg that's it exactly CORRECT! The energy of the entire planet shifted into deadly dark place and it looks like it will never turn to light again. I am serious ....dead serious I cry all the time.

[@angelahenderson3130]

What a song, what a band, what a legacy. God bless you Karl Ax

[@christinadean1110]

I have this on my Spotify playlist and today it came. It played on, repeatedly of course! So good after all of this time! I even cranked while driving past a pentecostal church for good humor! 😁

[@boathemian7694]

His music is so timeless.

[@melbourn6655]

This is a brilliant song - years ahead of it’s time and describes the world system perfectly

[@AntonyFleck]

Have loved this since the 80s This is the Real Shit , still loving it!! Thanks for the Music Karl, you will not be forgotten!! X

[@typeorulz]

Man, this song is timeless. Thousands of years of "society." One of my favorites of all time!! Exceptional on so many levels 🏆

[@ChrisPatric]

special song - stood out a mile and stayed in my brain from the day i first heard - cheers brother RIP

[@faderrider75]

I always had just the chorus of this song in my head, just a superficial perception of it as a kid but, during Covid i was listening to stuff from the 80s and 90s and rediscovered this. Being an American here in late May of 2020, it's as though Karl had a crystal ball. All of his examples of societal failure are still completely accurate but unfortunately as someone else said below, the tomorrow he mentions is today and we're about to pay the bill as our leaders manage the decline of a nation instead of taking the myriad of actions needed to right the ship and wash the embarrassment from our species. If you string this and Is It Like Today into a playlist you have all you need for the current reality. A short playlist sure, but likely appropriate as the time left for things as we grew up knowing and expecting them to be don't have a lot of time left either.

[@dhg1318]

agree 100%

[@jnnx]

I think Bob Dylan put it best when he said, “You don’t need a weatherman to know what direction the wind is blowin’”

[@abstractholiday]

Well said.

[@marcohoxha2769]

I first heard this song in 2015, on the day I was due to play a gig that I was nervous to play. The way that this song sounded so confident and polished, really made me want to get to the gig and make it a good one. It was in the end. RIP

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Very talented artist. Great songs. R.I.P KARL

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

This song has definitely stood the test of time. Thank you, Karl. 🤙🏼

[@bovine250]

RIP Karl, and thanks for the great music you gave us.

[@MarkFraserGrant]

RIP Karl. I just found out and shed a tear as you sound tracked some memorable moments in my life. There was an intelligence, harmony and truth to your art. I loved it. RIP my man I'm feeling emotional..

[@janegilbert6280]

Never was this song more appropriate.

[@debbils60]

RIP Karl Wallinger. You’ll live on through your music. 🙏🏻

[@eriks9417]

I love how that plane banks in, straightens out and lands! Great song!!!

[@charliecavolina2194]

Thank you for your beautiful contribution to music

[@bunnycat4153]

Also, I feel like “Ship of Fools” would definitely be their GOAT track... if they never recorded “Is It Like Today” because that song is actually one of the greatest songs ever written by anyone ever! Think I need to listen to it next, thank you very much!

[@bluevictory1010]

This song speaks truth to power! R.I.P. Karl, gone too soon, you are missed!

[@SecretProphet]

This is such a great song. An absolute diamond.

[@Electricshrock]

8th November 2016. Waiting for views of this song to skyrocket.

[@martyc2637]

Another musical genius in heaven. Karl, Say hi to Eric Carmen on your way. God bless you guys.

[@exJacktar]

This song is even more relevant today.

[@gregtennessee8249]

Stop trumpism

[@exJacktar]

@@gregtennessee8249 as if he's the only problem. Stop Putinism, Xiism, Kimism...

[@ogam5]

@@gregtennessee8249 : NONE of them, are worth a DAMN anymore.....

[@tessthef1rst]

Rest in peace. I have goosebumps listening to this and a few tears learning of the sad sad news of Karl today. 😢💔

[@johnnovik1529]

Had this my juke box (45's ...yeah kids don't know about Oldish stuff)I Loved this song almost 40 yrs ago but it reentered my life recently and is even More Profound...God Bless You Mr. Wallinger...what a gift❤❤❤

[@carolannmiller7911]

Thank you for all the great music/songs/lyrics. Ship of Fools has special meaning for me... it's my favorite!

[@mizzkelcat3279]

I’d forgotten about this song....not heard it for so long but heard it on radio today. Great song.

[@kelliedennis7552]

Same!!!as soon as I got home I blasted it....

[@JBrunoJr1]

30+ years later and this song rings so true....sadly

[@Timnmowg]

Simply a perfect song! will never sound old or tired.

[@rmkw4291]

One of my favourite songs ever. RIP and thank you Karl Wallinger.

[@ZeakMoonbeam]

You will always be in my ❤ Karl one of the greatest ever who taught me so much

[@knotwilg3596]

One of my favorites in the 80s. Thanks man!

[@iggytse]

I loved this song when it came out in Australia. Good to see some other songs as well on KZbin.

[@charlesgrantham5216]

Such a great band. I saw them twice in 1993 opening for 10,000 Maniacs. Goodspeed, Karl.

[@AutonomousBlunts]

I first heard this on MTV when I was a kid. even then the sheer genius of this song was apparent. how prophetic it's meanings have proven to be!

[@kristinfabiani8886]

Me too!

[@AdmiralQuality]

Gonna miss ya, Karl. One of the last of the great singer-songwriters.

[@jeffwelsh205]

This is deep . We are living this now ! 🙏

[@steviegwhizz345]

As deep as Davy Jones's locker 😉☠

[@falldownhard]

Absolutely brilliant - same goosebumps as when I was 22 and bought the CD

[@Starsk25]

One of the best songs, ever. 'Save me from tomorrow'.

[@frankykarkos6080]

THE BEST and most PROPHETIC song to my recollection!! Love it now as much as back in '87 or '88!!

[@artofnoly9754]

Karl, we are going to miss you. Thanks for all your songs and vids, love em all. Journey on in peace brother.

[@ngnl0712]

Can you say "eerily prescient", boys and girls? I thought you could. One of the best songs, ever. 'Save me from tomorrow'. Back when MTV played real videos!!!

[@jcforrester2]

This is the band I saw in 1990 at Symphony Space on the upper west side of Manhattan. The greatest performance I've ever seen. The audience stood for almost 30 minutes clapping ovation for an encore but they never came back. They did a lot of the Goodbye Jumbo songs too. RIP and come back on the eternal circle of recurrence.

[@kennykobett4490]

Rest in peace Karl...see you soon! World Party would have been huge if INXS never existed. I always pictured Michael Hutchens singing this song....just a great tune!

[@APH1991]

When I first heard this, I thought it was Michael as well.

[@DavidFernie]

Great voice and a great song - the two things just fit so well.

[@gerarddeib2569]

Who's here in April 2020 watching the ship go down?

[@zyrrhos]

Sinking further still. There's no saving this ship of fools.

[@VonFisch1]

And now we're really done for.