Mike + The Mechanics? Never heard of Them! The Living Years Reaction
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My father was an abusive alcoholic. With all his faults, I still loved him. He passed away when he was 57 and I was 20. The last time I saw him, he asked me to drive him to his brother's house, my uncle, 4 hours away. I told him I couldn't because I had to be at work in 4 hours. He asked me to take him to the Greyhound bus station which I did. I waited until his bus left and I remember him waving goodbye as the bus pulled away and I smiled and waved back. That was the last time I saw him alive. He died 2 days later in his sleep. Hands folded across his chest as told by my Uncle who found him. Driving to the funeral.,,,, this song came on the radio. I was alone in my car driving south on Interstate 55. I had to pull over. I was crying too hard to drive. Right turn signal on, sitting on the shoulder of the road and a Hiway Patrolman pulled in behind me and came up to my car. I told him the story. That I was to broken up to drive. I just needed a few minutes to gather myself. He then ask where was the funeral. I told him about 30 more miles ahead. He told me to follow him that he would give me an escort to the funeral home as he knew exactly where it was. A great man that had just lost his father 1 month before. As we approached the funeral home, he pulled over and me following stopped behind him. He came back to my car and told me the funeral home was 1 block ahead, be proud, be strong and you will make it through this. I did. But every time I hear this song, it reminds me of that evening. Following a State Patrol with lights , and getting an escort to the funeral. I wish I could talk to my father now. When I turned 57. I realized that I had outlived my father.
I felt every single word of your story
I had physically abusive parents I has a step dad from an early age I could’ve he treated me totally different from my sisters the beatings from both of them really affected me asi got older my relationship with them was difficult as I got older I left home when I was 13 lived on the streets for a few years finally met someone and settled down. Many years later as my marriage was just about over I went back home till i could find a place. I was hardly there I worked overtime and shifts that I chose just so as I wouldn’t be there much .. I eventually found some where but alway had them at arm’s length. One evening I’d only been in an hour 10.30pm it was dad came home I could feel the tension from out of no where he said he never loved me and surprising it didn’t affect me because I already new. I didn’t tell my siblings for a few years I didn’t speak to him for years after my sister told me he was dying and he was asking for me I really didn’t want to see him it was my girlfriend at the time said this is a good time to ask him why….after a few days of thinking about it I decided to visit so I asked him why.. why the beatings why didn’t he love me.. his reply was I don’t no what you’re on about .. I got up and left never to go bk … 13 years later it’s still hurts because he was my dad wether he loved me or not I loved him I never did drugs or alcohol never brought any trouble to the house I just can’t understand why
@@user-cc6qh8jw5tYou were loveable but some people just can't show love even to a child. I think you did the right thing and even gave the opportunity for an explanation. Well done for that. Just because you didn't get one it doesn't mean an explanation didn't exist. But it wouldn't have changed the wrong. Sometimes we just have to decide to forgive in our hearts and move away from the harmful people in our lives. Forgiveness doesn't mean excusing wrong... it just means learning from it, making appropriate decisions to get away from whoever is injuring you, one moving on with your life, leaving them to their own outcomes.
You did that. 💪🏼🙂
Thank you for sharing. Less than 2 weeks ago I surpassed my father's age in passing. I appreciate how this video and how your comment made it to me. Peace
I lost my Dad in March, and it’s fair to say your comment made me cry. It didn’t help that this was one of his favourite songs. Blessings, my friend. ❤
I think about my dad every time I hear this song. He's been gone nearly 20 years and I still miss him.
If someone you loved has 'passed', this song will make you cry
totally, it was years after my mum died before I was able to listen to this again, and we got on well! But she died on the operating table after an internal bleed they couldn't stop....
0:00 yes my wife passed Away on 20 10 22 this song makes me cry miss her so much
It used to, but I guess we just get used to things.
Very true.
" i wasn't there that morning when my father passed away" hits me hard every time
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I was there and to be honest sometimes I wish I wasn't. Having to watch them turn the machine off and see him take is last breath never leaves my head
Me too. I’m 56 and I dad’s been gone since ‘09. Remember it like yesterday.
i wasnt there, I was 300kms away trying the bets i could to get there in time.... I didnt make it
Neither was I when my dad passed away.
This song creeps up on you and then slaps you in the face with a rude awakening.
they didnt have "fake " music as is today
Paul Carrack's lead vocals are just wonderful, and I love that they used a middle aged and older choir, to represent and emphasise the age group of the people the song was written about. 🙋♂
Paul is a very unrecognised song writer. How Long for Ace. I can’t tell you why, and others, for the Eagles. Hits for the band Squeeze etc
I’m a boomer and proud.this was made in 1989.
You are too young to be a "Baby Boomer", the defination of a Baby Boomer is someone who was born shortly after World War II to re-populate the Western World countries. I was born in 1956, eleven years after WW2, so I am a Baby Boomer.
@@davidmacgregor5193 -- How do you know when she was born and that she isn't a Boomer? She merely said that she is proud to be a BB and that the song was made in 1989. How do you get from that statement that she isn't a BB??
@@davidmacgregor5193 Most definitions have 1964 as the last year of baby boomers. That said you have no idea when she was born.
If you don't tear up for this song you have no soul
Paul Carrack is one of the best vocalists, criminally underrated
When songs actually told a story
A brilliant, emotional song. Superbly well sung by Paul Carrack. Wonderful.
I'm 67 and this song always touches my heart and brings me to tears! To me it is the most beautiful song! It's all about the words!
Top five songs in my life,this is number 1
I wasn't there that morning,when my father passed away,I didn't get to tell him,all the things I had to say....I think I caught his spirit, later that same year,I'm sure I heard his echo,in my baby's newborn tears,I just wish I could have told him,IN THE LIVING YEARS!😭
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I told both my parents what I thought of them ‘ in the living years. I remember walking into the kitchen in the 1970s and said to both of them, .”If I had a choice of a thousand parents, I’d pick both of you.”. They looked at me rather surprised. I said, I mean it. The smiled. I don’t remember what happened next. But I honestly meant it. Dad passed in his sleep in his own bed aged 89. Mum passed aged 95 only one hour in hospital. Yup I cried through that as I still
miss them. There’s good, wonderful parents and not so good parents and children in every single generation before us and generations to come.
@@bernadettelanders7306 They sound wonderful,and so do you! What a blessing to hear those words from your child!
The 80's was probably the most diverse period of music that I've ever heard. In the UK we had new bands like OMD, Duran Duran, The Human league, Soft Cell, New Order, Bronski beat, The Christians, Madness, The Specials, The Cure, layered on top of that we had the older bands still releasing stuff Like David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Genesis, Pink Floyd/Roger Waters, Queen, ELO. There were litterally 100's of bands releasing stuff from multiple genre's it was a special period in the UK. Yes some of it was heavily produced using drum machines etc but so much of it was Brilliant!
Okay to be fair, you named a lot of the best artists from that time lol. We definitely appreciate the music, and even really like some of it. Just not our typical daily listeners.
@@Killermcknight Reconsider your daily. You won't miss what you don't know.
You didn't mention The Smiths, Talk Talk and The Jesus and Mary Chain. How very dare you!
Depeche Mode? Talk Talk?
How one could forget Queen🤪
When I was a surly, sullen teen, my father and I got into a bad fight. Things were said, doors slammed and music turned up so I couldn't hear him anymore. Living Years came on within one or two songs, and it hit me like a truck; I bawled a while, went and apologized. Mike, of the ,,,,and the Mechanics, is Mike Rutherford, formerly of Genesis with Phil Collins.
Those BOOMERS made some great music!!
That would be xers
We got to enjoy some o the best talent and incredible music ever. There will never be another decade for music like the 80's.
@@susancerchiori2715??? Those guys are definitely boomers. Check their DOB.
@susancerchiori2715 most were born before 65. So both.
Boomers made great songs for gen X and beyond.
This song was played at Dad’s graveside as my younger brother insisted. The lyrics explain the kind of relationship he and Dad had. I have four siblings but was really close to my father and was the only one with him when he passed away in hospital. Dad’s 20th anniversary will be on 24 May. This is the first time I have listened to this song all the way through since the funeral. Thank you for sharing your reaction 😢💔🙏🕊️.
So funny hearing 1988 called "that far back." Damn, I'm old.
Hi from London England. This was my Dads favourite song, he loved it. It was played at his funeral last year, it was tough. It breaks my heart now listening to this beautiful song but I can't resist it because it brings my Dad back to me. I wasn't with my Dad when he passed either, I was out of town.
"hold fast" (1Thess.5 :21)!
I don't blame previous generations, I blame myself.
The last 8 years of my sisters life i stopped talking to her because she was doing reaally bad on drugs and not doing right by her children and she would just tell me lies and i was fed up with her. She was killed in a car accident 3 years ago. Hearing this song that ive heard since it came out makes me just feel so guilty now about her. I should have kept trying to help her no matter what. I was on drugs before and without my family i would still be there. This aong just hit me hard. Sorry for venting. Good reaction. I thought you had changed the name of your channel so i was surprised to see this notification!
It's not your fault! It's not your fault!😇😇
Wow,so sad! It's so hard to know what to do in the case of addiction...You admitted to the same struggles,so you know....I know your sister passed,but I believe she can still hear you.Tell her everything you feel and how much you love her,and then give it to God! LOVE NEVER DIES❣
I feel your pain ...I went through similar with my eldest daughter and my son....
So you f'd up. Your family was there for you, but you weren't there for your sister. I do not feel sorry for you.I do not pity you, I Think you are looking for sympathy.You're not getting it from me
@@robertlongwill8856 who hasn't made mistakes in their life ...that sometimes they've later regreted...
I am 62 and blame the generations after not the generation before.
Of course but I want you to watch the TV and tell me what generation is it do you see reporting on the news or in political positions? I see boomers and gen x... we needed an adult in the room to not even entertain the woke but they fueled it. Now you can't say gay, 8 year olds in school are learning about the 32 different genders they can pick from and basic homes are now 400k minimum to buy.
@Killermcknight Boomers had no more control over the system than you do.
The system comprised of what?
You do now. When you were in your 20’s you only had the generation before. That’s the point
I thlnk our own age determines whether we see the blame lying at the door of the generation(s) before or the generation(s) after. Even then, it's unfair to lay the blame for ALL the problems at the door of one particular generation. As a man now in his mid-sixties, the current RULING generation is mostly people of my age, so if I'm honest, I think I need to blame many of the ills of the world on my own generation. The degeneration of society on the other hand is down to the later generations, since they're the ones who seem to be making the social rules these days, for better or for worse. I can't really bring myself to blame 'the generations before' because whatever problems they brought down upon us, we've had plenty of time to put those right, rather than just blaming it on our predecessors.
Mike and the mechanics, English group formed about 1985. This record was released in 88/89.
Actually what is classed a SuperGroup like the Traveling Wilburys.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergroup_(music)
Lead singer here is the brilliant Paul Carrack known in the industry as “the voice”
No, that was Phil Collins singing
@MoMoMyPup10 it's definitely Paul Carrack!
@@MoMoMyPup10 no it most definitely is not Phil Collins
Did you guys even watch the video???
@@MoMoMyPup10 😂 yes and you think that’s Phil Collins? 🤣🤣
When my dad passed, we weren’t allowed to see him in the hospital….this was during cvd….I would talk to him on the phone….and the nurses would put the phone next to his ear….and all i heard was the breathing machine…I would read to him, and talk to him about everyone, that he was in their thoughts and prayers….I wasn’t doing well physically and mentally, I was taking care of everything, talking to the doctors, talking to his friends and relatives…talking with my mom and try to keep her hopes up……as i was talking to him, the dr picked up the phone, and said he was sleeping, and had to rest, but there was still so much to say…he passed away the next morning…i never finished telling him what I wanted to….I never got to say goodbye…and that I loved him….
He knew. He knew. ❤
This song was everywhere when my dad died, hearing it again now has me in tears all over again. Still miss him
I can’t imagine hearing this song any time close to losing someone 😭 So sorry for your loss
This is a song I wrapped myself in during very dark times. …hauntingly beautiful, heartbreakingly sad and poignant. 🫶🏻🤍🏴 love from Scotland ❤️🩹
This is the exact story of me and my dad. It makes me cry every time I hear it. He passed in 2019 after I hadn't seen him in a few years. We always had a difficult relationship, despite loving each other. I wish I could take it all back.
This is about his Father, they never spoke for years, he died without being able to say goodbye 🇬🇧
Yes Mike's father. Not Paul's, the singer
@@davidhuggan6315Not just Mike, but also the father of the song's co-writer, B.A. Robertson. And both he and Mike are godfathers to each other's sons.
This song touched a lot of people's emotions, from Chris de Burgh (who upon hearing it for the first time while he was driving had to pull over) and Anthony Phillips (Mike's former Genesis bandmate).
Even Paul Carrack had a deep connection to it.
And I bet Phil Collins did, too, since his own father passed away on Christmas Day 1972.
I loved my Dad he was my friend as well. When he passed and i listened to this song, it brought it all back
Mike Rutherford was with the genius Phil Collins in Genises, seen them live at Wembley Arena. Lucky me. I'm so old, I've seen them all. Love from London. Jan 😊
And people forget its where Peter Gabriel. Started off.
This song inspired me to say “I love you” to my dad before he passed!
Thank you, Mike and mechanics
A song written for that time still applays so strongly even in 2024 shows how great this song is
You’re absolutely right!
Fathers and sons. Miss my Dad now, and I am on good terms with my sons now. If only we remember what is really important.
Mike (in the video with young boy and playing guitar in white jacket) was in Genesis (with Phil Collins)
I'm a boomer. I was 25 when my father died one morning. We were just starting to get along. My little almost 5 year olddaughter was his pride and joy. She has his red hair. This is one of the most serious songs of the 80's. You have to watch days music. If you take away auto tune and synthesizers, their voices aren't worth a damn.
My dad passed away 21 years ago next month, he was a top top bloke, miss the big guy everyday.
Beautiful song but that line crushes my heart every time I hear it! Thank you two.
I am a boomer, and all I have to say is, if you are estranged from someone in your family, make sure you can live with how you feel,, and treated someone, after they die. By then it will be too late.
Amen 🙏
I think each generation will enjoy the music of their time, for ever and ever. I'm a 70s guy and I love rock!!
Absolutely agree. I grew up on 90s and early 2000s and prefer that over today’s music by far!
'We all talk a different language, talking in defense'....he's describing our ego. 'you can listen aswell as you hear' talking about how we don't listen to what's being said, we only hear it because most the time we are too busy thinking in defense or full of our own ego to actually get the message trying to be conveyed. Great lyrics.
Excellent lyrics!
Ego ? I had'nt a "dolly blue " what ego was, 6284, when mi old man used to leather me for being a little sod. I may have loads of faults, ego is not one of 'em.
I'm an 80s kid and must have heard this song hundreds of times on the radio back then. Now, however, I'm a few short months away from losing my dad to cancer. I definitely don't have any animosity toward my dad, but we don't have a lot in common. I'm not in the habit of talking to him about important stuff. I have no idea how to start, even knowing the end is coming soon. This song kept popping up in my TH-cam feed. I'm listening and getting up the courage to listen and talk to him more.
I hope that you will find something meaningful to talk with him about. Sometimes you don't really need to say a lot. I'm sure he will appreciate you being there.❤️❤️❤️
Roughly the same age, but lost my dad 25 years ago, I was minutes late getting to the hospital and missed his passing. Its haunted me ever since, missing the chance to say goodbye and thank you, please find the courage to have that conversation while you can.
I remember this song when it first came out, sill powerful as ever♪♫♪ Thank you for taking the time to make and post this excellent video♪♫♪
Well you saying Phil Collins, well there is a connection with this band. The guy with the beard with his young son was in the band Genesis with Phil Collins that’s why the song sounded like his songs.
Great to know this, tks much for the info 👍
Great to know this 👍 tks for the info
"mike" was the lead singer of genesis. he left the band to form mike + mechanics...that's when phil took over lead vocals.
@@davidgreer4615 Well Phil was the drummer in Genesis when Mike was still in the band, Phil did backing vocals whilst drumming, Peter Gabriel was the lead singer, when Peter left that’s when Phil became the lead singer not Mike. Mike was still in the band as the guitarist. so he had input too in the sound of the songs, Phil’s solo stuff also sounded like Genesis and this song.
@@davidgreer4615 actually Mike Rutherford started the band when Genesis was taking a break. I was at their last concert before that break. Mike, Tony, and Phil went on to do more solo stuff, then got back together briefly but then Phil left for a solo career.
Old man took heart attack aged 65. Drove by his house 2 days later. This song came on radio, I cried like a baby so hard I had to pull in.
Mike and the Mechanics has a Phil Collins sound because they are actually Phil Collins' bandmates from Genesis with the addition of Paul Carrack who was the lead singer of "Squeeze". This collaboration was formed when Collins left to do some solo work.
I'd reword that as sang 'Temted'. He did replace Jools on Keyboard but only sang as lead on 1 track, left the band in 81
“Heard an echo in my baby’s newborn tears “ now that’s a lyric ❤❤❤.
The lyric that got me 😭
This is the guitarist, Mike Rutherford’s band. Mike is a member of Genesis. I heard you mention Phil Collins…maybe musical influence.
Well hello there you 2. Love seeing yalls faces. This is such a beautiful song. See My high school years were 87-91. Such good music then. ❤😊
irishman here i had a bad relationship with my dad didnt see or speak to his for 15 years then rushed home when he was dying of cancer he held on till i arrived and died 30 minutes later 5 years after i went to a van morrison concert in chester england , mike and the mechanics were the warm up band they played this song and i could handle it and walked out for a wee cry on my own, never even saw van morrison
They come to a theatre near where I live almost every 2 years. Every time I go and watch and every time I and a lot of other people cry with this song. Beautiful!
Oh I can only imagine! That’s neat!
"I think I caught his spirit later that same year, I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears"
Best lyric ever
THAT LINE 😭😭😭
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God damn Millennials!!!!!!!!
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I’m now a 73 year old male iv listened to this song for years and it bring a lump to my through every time once it nearly made me cry ,my father died when I was a 11 years old so it’s special to me it’s so imotional to me
Well, this was from the Phil Collins era. He was HUGE back then. So many hits. Plus they were from Genesis too.
the guitarist is Mike Ruthaford who along with Phil Collins was apart of Genesis
Every time I hear this song, it just hits me to my core and I choke up. My father passed away three years ago and I wasn't there. Prior to that we had not spoken in over a decade. Forever my biggest regret. I miss you Pop.
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Absolute classic. With words that mean something. Brilliant.
every time i hear this song really releases my emotions and feeling and brings a tear to the eyes there is deep and meaningful within the lyrics as we lose family members along the way it really hurts , but a message in the song its too late when were gone so in the living years we must express our feelings best wishes nice reaction
A stunning piece of work, beautifully sung .....
When my lovely dad died in hospital, I’d spent the week by his bedside, but had just left the room to go to a meeting with the medics when he passed way. At the time I was having fertility treatment, and fell pregnant shortly afterwards. My only daughter was born a year later, and I would have given the world for them to have met each other. This song always reminds me of that time, and missing him so much.
I wasn’t there when MY father passed away…. He had leukemia and was in Oklahoma City, I lived in Corpus Christi, Tx. in 1974. My parents were divorced two years, I was 9, my dad was 34. This song hits me EVERY SINGLE TIME. My brother just passed in February from leukemia, he lived in Hawaii and I’m in Houston, Texas. If you still have your parents and siblings, tell them you love them every chance you get. You just never know when the last time you speak to them if it truly is the last time.
That’s horrible. I’m so sorry you lost your dad at such a young age, and your brother recently. We definitely try to always let our loved ones know how much we care about them.
Written by Mike Rutherford (and that's his little boy with him in the video) and BA Robertson, this is their take---"Being of similar age, we both came from an era where our parents had lived through two world wars, when young men wanted to be like their fathers - wear the same clothes, do the same things. But then there was a huge change and our generation wanted to be anything but their fathers. It wasn't our parents' fault, there was just a big social change. Pop music had come along, The Beatles, denim trousers... for the first time, teens had their own culture. That's how our generation couldn't really talk to our parents in the same way.
So we had the idea of writing a song about how you never really talk to your father, and you miss out on these things."
Love that song, makes me appreciate that I still have my old man! I will be going to give him a hug tomorrow. Doesn't have to be parental, the message is don't take tomorrow for granted
I love my dad with all my heart he will be 90 this September but was diagnosed with terminal cancer in February then suddenly my lovely mum passed away two weeks ago ago from pneumonia.We have her funeral this Friday.I wish they could be here forever,I’ve spent so much time with them but it’s gone too quickly.
The lyrics are personal to the song writers Mike (Mike Rutherford, playing guitar) and B A Robertson, as well as Paul Carrack (the vocalist). 'I thought I caught his spirit, later that same year... etc', is spine tingling.
I am getting older, (in my 50s), but I try to keep everything in perspective. There is a very old quote (over 2000 years ago) attributed to either Socrates or Plato. It is: "Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.” It has ALWAYS been that the older generations think the younger generations are worse. They're not, they are just different, and as we get older, we get more set in our ways. Great song for all generations to hear. Thanks for sharing!
No problem it was regardless of personal preference an enjoyable experience. If it wasn't for this channel and of the recommendations of others I probably wouldn't venture out on my own to even try to listen to new things. We created this channel to discover and explore because it is fun. I was the type of person that listened to the same 3 or 4 favorite albums for years and rejected anything new. I'm a metal head that played drums in a Metalcore band so I used to not even entertain the possibilities of other music outside that genre. Thanks for the Socrates or Plato quote it was very enlightening
Ahh, metal head…explains a lot. I was wondering what the hell this guy was on.mighty big rock he’d been living under.
I used to listen to this song thinking that one day I would hear it and my Dad would be gone. Now he has...and I never really told him until he was gone.
The singer is Paul Carrick from Sheffield
You were close guys, it was Mike Rutherford from Genisis.
Always gets me crying this great video subscribed cheers 🍻🍻🍻🍻
It’s a sad one, for sure! Thanks for the sub!
The song is beautiful. It's a lesson in life, that's unfortunately too often ignored. Carrick's voice is superb.
This was pure 80s! I was in college
They still sing to this day maybe look at one of their most recent performances of course they are a lot older now
This has such a powerful message!
I love how they started with the children's choir and then added the adult choir. What a great picture that made with the lyrics!
.. Poul Carrack, lead singer of Mike and the Mechanics back then.. He still got this amazingly beautiful voice to this day..
I First heard This Song While Holding My New Born Daughter. She Was Born On 1st June. My Father, Died The Year Before. His Birthday Was 1st May. 32 Years Later My Daughter Gave Birth To her Daughter Also On 1st May. This Song Will Always Hold a Place In My Heart.
This always brings a lump to my throat ....brilliant heart felt lyrics
This song hits home for all those who lost someone before they could reconcile.
The guitar player was in Genesis and Phil colllins
Mike Rutherford genesis guitarist nis father died the same year his son was born inspired him to write this masterpiece,I also wasn’t there when my father passed away and I had so many unanswered questions for him this song cracks me every time even tho it’s 15 years since my dad died
You know greatness when a song can move you to tears ❤
To a degree, it was. Mike Rutherford was a member of Genius
UK here.. I'm a boomer, remember this song (late 80's I think) so much.. Still makes me cry, even more so now both my parents have passed, and wish I could have just one more day with them, so many things left unsaid..
It really is hard to go through life and never once feel like you wished you’d said something to someone that you could not longer talk to. 😞 Sorry for both of your losses.
Great reaction!🥰 I've always loved this song. Been a fan of Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins since their Genesis days😊
" BA Robertson wrote the first verse before his father died in 1986, the same year Mike Rutherford lost his dad. The pair composed the music based on the verse, and Robertson later came up with the second verse.
The final verse didn't come to him until shortly before the song was recorded. Robertson was staying at a hotel in Los Angeles, he has recalled going outside to a garden when the verse came to him.
He was working with Rutherford when he got a phone call saying that his dad had died, which is reflected in the opening lines of this verse: "I wasn't there that morning. When my father passed away."
Three months before his father died, Robertson's son was born, which we hear in the line: "I'm sure I heard his echo. In my baby's new born tears." "
I was going to paraphrase that background story to the song but tbh I'll just thank Tom Eames who wrote it for Smooth radio. Also worth mentioning that lead singer Paul Carrack had also lost his dad aged 11, so there was a common understanding between them
It's a blinder of a song, one of those which will stand the test of time as long as there are means to hear it. Always evokes an inevitable reaction from me. Thanks for reacting to it.🙏👍
Love this man x
This song gets me every time I hear it since my dads passing in 2012
Mike and the Mechanics were definitely the 80's. Michael Rutherford did his solo stuff (Mike and the Mechanics) after leaving Genesis (or possibly as a side project).
most of it was side projects which Phil and Peter also did while still working on new stuff for Genesis, Word of Mouth is another great song from the band also
Mike never left Genesis. Like all the other members he started solo projects in between Genesis albums/tours. First he recorded two solo albums (Smallcreep’s Day and Acting Very Strange), then he founded Mike & The Mechanics.
@@shayneramsay1388Peter never started any solo actives as long as he was in Genesis. When they recorded The Lamb there was a request by William Friedkin, he wanted Peter to work with him on a screenplay. But this project never got under way.
The singer Paul Carrick's dad died in a mining accident when Paul was a toddler. The song was written by Mike Rutherford and BA Robertson after their dads died around the same time .
Great notice. Mike Rutherford (the Mike in Mike & the Mechanics) was in Genesis with Phil Collins.
Mike Rutherford was the bassist for the band Genesis. I have the original vinyl when this first came out. At 70 it still makes me sad.
Paul Carrack, 'The Man With the Golden Voice', as well as being an outstanding singer, wrote a huge internationally bestselling hit 'How Long', when he was with the band 'Ace'.
This song hit the airwaves on the brink of the 1990s and was a nominee for both the Record of the Year and Song of the Year Grammy awards for 1989, both being won by "Wind Beneath My Wings" (sung by Bette Midler).
This was when Genesis splintered and Collins took over. Gabriel and Rutherford started doing their own works and abandoned prog for main stream pop/rock. They took advantage of the MTV era, and stayed on the charts till the early 90s. Its amazing how much of a 180 they did musically from their heavy prog work.
In 2014 my dad died suddenly at his apartment. I had to identify his body where he was found, toughest thing I've ever had to do. As I was leaving in my car I turned on the radio literally just as this song came on. I had to pull over and compose myself.
This song killed me when my son turned his back on me when his younger special needs half-sister, my precious angel passed away 💔
Oh, I can’t imagine that kind of pain. So sorry 🙏🏻♥️
Im in tears here!!