This reminds me of my sister Robin who died at the young age of 24 seven days before her 25th birthday.......she always saw .....The whole of The MooN.....you saw it My angel.....Lovingly j 🕊
I’m a 46 year old guy. I LOVE 80s music but only heard this song for the first time last week watching the finale of The Affair. I’ve been totally captivated by this song. I must have listened to it 100 times over the past week via all the TH-cam versions. It’s such a beautiful song and makes me pine for younger days. It’s my new favorite song. I’m sad that it too me this long to discover it. ❤
Saw them a few weeks ago. He's still unbelievable. And it is amazing how he pronounces every syllable perfect. His beautiful lyrics are there to pick up. Even for a non native speaker, every sentence he sings is spot on to enjoy.
you will probably never have any idea how much this type of music means to poor people in third world countries or people anywhere who are disadvantaged. may God bless you
Brilliant. Utterly brilliant. Stand up and take a bow. 30 odd years on, it's as fresh as the first time I heard it. This is part of the soundtrack of my life.
Well said sean,a gem of a song/set of lyrics it brings a feelin of singin AT someone..they dont exist but you care enough to warn em! Lol...(that is more after a few pints tho lotta finger-pointin goin on!)
I was 15 when this song came out in 1985 -i also saw the whole of the moon. I miss those days so much , chasing girls and drinking beers smoking weed and long hot summer nights-oh dear ive given myself a lump in my throat thinking about others that saw the whole of the moon to many times -RIP you guys
I've watched this video loads of times and I've only just noticed at 4.41, Mike Scott uses the microphone to push his glasses up. Brilliant. Amazing song ❤️
Love this song...I hear it on the final series..The Affair...it brought tears to my eyes. It was played at Whitney's wedding and at the ending. Bravo to the writer!!!!
I saw The Waterboys several times in the 80s. It was always impressive to see how well they played their instruments and how good they were live, and that they were able to put a new spin on their excellent songs. This song is the only Waterboys song that ever gets played on the radio, and much as I love it, it gets tedious when there is so much excellent music from them to choose from. I would be a bit disappointed if they were still playing this song in 2014 exactly the way they recorded it in 1985, when they had other band members including Karl Wallinger. I loved this.
Mike Scott is a treasure! He is unbelievable song writer. He is definitely pure natural talent when it comes to song writing . Thank you Mr Scott you are amazing in my book . Great Song writer , did not go unnoticed with me ...love you brother!
This is a great version of a classic 80s tune it’s not only brilliant it’s beautiful and I love it and I’ll always love it and the 80s the best times forever
Loved the Waterboys ever since I heard this song 30 years ago. Great new arrangement! Saw them play this almost 30 years ago in 1986. What a mind trip.
I've just revisited them and need to give myself an uppercut for not been with them for the last 10 years. So much great music here. I'm now totally committed.
Love this laid back mellow version. Mike Scott timeless. I heard it for the very first time last night on "The Affair". What a really great song. Oh My My!
You should never judge a song or what a band sounds like live by a video. A bad TV mix can ruin everything.I have seen the band several times over the last years and they always sound AMAZING, you may like them or not but live, they are a total blast!
Forgotten how wonderful this Celtic Rock epic truly is after all these years - loved it all over again in that wonderful series The Affair - brits to the fore in the acting stakes but loved the dance finale! Keep going boys and keep getting better as you always do.
I have no idea where I was when this song first came to the airwaves but somehow I missed it! I just found it and I am so deeply moved by what I interpret to be the meaning of the stunning lyrics! It is one of the most whole-brain intelligent songs I've ever heard! I just read that this beautiful piece was written as a tribute to Prince! What a complete honor from Mike Scott, the front man! Wow!
I like everything about this, seems in the comments people are being overly critical - the mix sounds good, the lyrics are great and Mike Scott is dressed wonderfully!
This is music! I've been a fan since 1986 (Pinkpop festival together with The Cult & The Cure, to name a few). Fabulous song, and Mike is a fantastic song & lyrics writer. There, now you probably now how old I am.
What a blessed experience to have seen. Let us hope for many more from Mr. Scott. The lyrics and tone of Mike Scott's masterpiece are of humility in the face of innate and effortless brilliance. The tempo is expectant and steady. Praise and full recognition for one surrendering to natural genius. I am moved to near tears by this tune nearly every time I hear it. Let us all listen to the genius within - that still, quiet voice whispering from across the millennia.
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I’m 43 and I play this song for the younger kids I work with. They don’t sing along with me but you can tell they appreciate it lol. Timeless
I can't tell you how much I love your post. It's perfect.
How can you not love that song ?? Impossible,,,
Heard this song last 2019 during U2's concert...nice song.
Those little 💩s do not know music if it knock their cell phone out of their hands. They only know what is trending.
Ich bin nun 54 und finde das ist ein fantastischer Song für die Ewigkeit 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼😁
This reminds me of my sister Robin who died at the young age of 24 seven days before her 25th birthday.......she always saw .....The whole of The MooN.....you saw it My angel.....Lovingly j 🕊
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@@GaryGrace-pl6si❤
all my love
god bless
I’m a 46 year old guy. I LOVE 80s music but only heard this song for the first time last week watching the finale of The Affair. I’ve been totally captivated by this song. I must have listened to it 100 times over the past week via all the TH-cam versions. It’s such a beautiful song and makes me pine for younger days. It’s my new favorite song. I’m sad that it too me this long to discover it. ❤
How good is his voice still?.. This song is and always will be a classic... An amazing tune.
It's never changed has it !
Saw them a few weeks ago. He's still unbelievable. And it is amazing how he pronounces every syllable perfect. His beautiful lyrics are there to pick up. Even for a non native speaker, every sentence he sings is spot on to enjoy.
Probably one the greatest songs ever written...I want this to be the last song I ever hear before I shuttle of this mortal coil !
you will probably never have any idea how much this type of music means to poor people in third world countries or people anywhere who are disadvantaged. may God bless you
I watch this video 4-5 times per day every single day. It's beautiful and pure, honest magic.
Brilliant. Utterly brilliant. Stand up and take a bow. 30 odd years on, it's as fresh as the first time I heard it. This is part of the soundtrack of my life.
Well said sean,a gem of a song/set of lyrics it brings a feelin of singin AT someone..they dont exist but you care enough to warn em! Lol...(that is more after a few pints tho lotta finger-pointin goin on!)
My life too.
Absolutely ❗ I Agree The Waterboys still sounds as good from the 70's. Yes Definitely "Take A Bow"🎶👏🎙🎸🎹🎶
Typo, Meant The 80's 👏🎙🎸🎹❤🌙🌕
Such a wonderful song and the original just has a beat that re-energizes your spirit
Someone needs to let the crowd know they’ve chosen to be there. They’re allowed to enjoy it😂
This song has stayed with me for 30 years, it was absolute class live back then, and here it is now...still class.
This should have a million likes ….perfection right here
For Debby ,I loved you but you let me go ,36 years later I still think about you when I hear this song,
totally amazing! Scottish people always have great songs with very strong lyrics! awesomely in poetry! ♡ greetings from the Netherlands!
This is about Ireland Dublin to be precise
@@irishking1414 no it’s not
RIP Karl Wallinger. Thank you for the music
I was 15 when this song came out in 1985 -i also saw the whole of the moon.
I miss those days so much , chasing girls and drinking beers smoking weed and long hot summer nights-oh dear ive given myself a lump in my throat thinking about others that saw the whole of the moon to many times -RIP you guys
andrew R Wow, I was 16 and did the same.. Nice memories. Happy new year :)
andrew R lol I was 12! 😂 ♡
AC R yubètube
I was in my 20's, very naughty and loved every minute of it!
Big Tasty, why RIP? They aren't dead.
A song that you can’t hear enough - lovely version
Good to see my old band still rocking.I was 17 then in 1985 cranking this in my car with friends...priceless
I was 16 back then.🤔
I was 18.
Sure it charted twice too! 1985 and 1989?!
I've watched this video loads of times and I've only just noticed at 4.41, Mike Scott uses the microphone to push his glasses up. Brilliant. Amazing song ❤️
That’s SO amazing
the mans a legend
THE GREATEST SONG EVER WRITTEN.
I'll always be back here to say this song is a masterpiece
Love this song...I hear it on the final series..The Affair...it brought tears to my eyes. It was played at Whitney's wedding and at the ending. Bravo to the writer!!!!
I love this song epic
Totally agree! I recorded the scene on my phone and the song is just sooo moving!
Yes it was wonderful, in the last episode.
top of the pops
Dang, his voice is still so perfect
I saw The Waterboys several times in the 80s. It was always impressive to see how well they played their instruments and how good they were live, and that they were able to put a new spin on their excellent songs. This song is the only Waterboys song that ever gets played on the radio, and much as I love it, it gets tedious when there is so much excellent music from them to choose from. I would be a bit disappointed if they were still playing this song in 2014 exactly the way they recorded it in 1985, when they had other band members including Karl Wallinger.
I loved this.
The song of my youth - so many memories - when the time comes, I will take it with me to my grave
The Affair brought me here, Fiona Apple does an amazing cover & there is a flashmob wedding dance in the Finale Cheers you Waterboys!
You gotta hear the Prince cover of this. 🔥
nah too angry - denies the marvelling and light in this song
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard!
This is still such a great song after all these years. Remarkable and profound.
Mike Scott is a treasure! He is unbelievable song writer. He is definitely pure natural talent when it comes to song writing . Thank you Mr Scott you are amazing in my book . Great Song writer , did not go unnoticed with me ...love you brother!
Lol. Who else is here after the finale of The Affair? Great song! 1985? I guess I’m better late than never.
Me :-) I can't get enough of this song after listening to it on The Affair
Me too!!! Great end!
@@lolazamorano2384 Me Too!
Awesome
Ditto, now gotta learn that flash mob dance routine!😁
One of the best tunes ever made! 🌙 🌚 🙌🏻
So rare bands really sound like they did when they first released their tracks, but this! Brilliant :)
I was just thinking the same..
How tho
No way it's exactly the same. His voice lost some power, his performance is more discrete, he can't reach the higher notes like before.
This is a great version of a classic 80s tune it’s not only brilliant it’s beautiful and I love it and I’ll always love it and the 80s the best times forever
Really? have another little listen....
Timeless masterpiece. John Malkovich is pretty good on guitar, too.
Haha, spot on.....and Jack Nicholson is drumming away pretty well.
@@janjonsson6851 and Steve Buscemi on vocals
Steven Spielberg on the Violin too
Are you not sure it was not the lead singer REM on guitar Michael stripe
@@johncampbell2979 yeah Michael Stipe for sure
Saw them play this almost 30 years ago in 1986. What a mind trip.
Simple Minds at Milton Keynes???
@@dangermouse6561 Rock am Ring. Simple Minds were there too.
All these years later, such a fabulous live performance of a stand out song by a poet/singer extraordinaire and his merry men.
This song will be played for ever - timeless.
I heard it for the very first time last night on "The Affair". What a really great song. Oh My My!
The Waterboys created the ultimate pop song with this.
It's more than a pop song. It's an anthem.
Song of my youth
Loved the Waterboys ever since I heard this song 30 years ago. Great new arrangement!
Saw them play this almost 30 years ago in 1986. What a mind trip.
Drummer Ralph Salmins, Prof. Royal College of Music, Guildhall and all round collaborative genius
Cool. My second cousin is a drummer and a math's prof.
How can anyone who has reasonable hearing not like this Masterpiece.?
One of my favourite songs ever!
Love this laid back mellow version. Mike Scott timeless.
Brilliant one of the best bands to come out of Scotland.
They are Irish
i love this song, my soul be peace while i listen this.
Loved it on radio.
The mellow version. And still better than the shite that's being pumped out nowadays.
Will Scarlett + hey Great
Will Scarlett I'm tuned into that Will. So sad. Who's gonna replace these dudes?
Agree,hate modern music
I've just revisited them and need to give myself an uppercut for not been with them for the last 10 years. So much great music here. I'm now totally committed.
84 I got a job, she traveled on and saw the whole of the moon. Goodnight chesty where ever you are.
Go find her!
THIS MY BEST SONG EVER SINCE EVEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!!!
A great song, performed by mind blowing band. I was hooked back in the 80's and it still lifts the spirit 30+ years later.
Reminds me of my grandmother. Passed last year at 84. She was the Whole of The Moon. A wonderful lady lost.
Amo a esta banda justamente por este tema. Esta versión es grandiosa, épica! Aguante Mike Scott, Steve Wickham y Ralph Salmins!
masterpiece
Probably one of the best songs ever written and performed as perfectly as 1984.....
Perfect music perfect lyrics
Merci the 🧷🧷🐞waterboys je flotte.tout parait si calme.et je me laisse entrainer par ce fabuleux rythme ......
I love this song ,a masterpiece.
Beautiful song, brings a tear to my eye.
masterpiece
Perfectly summed up in one word.
George Harrison darkness
Love the way he adjusts his spectacles with the mic
Drummer kills it in this performance! 👌👌
Loved the Waterboys ever since I heard this song 30 years ago. Great new arrangement!
Good to see Maureen Lipman on vocals and keys.
She has a stunning voice
Gorgeous song. Timeless. It topped the charts when I was barely out of nappies but still magnificent.
calam Calam related to Lawleys?
This SONG is on of the greatest EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We gotta love those Northern Bands and their unique lyrical point of view.
Love this laid back mellow version. Mike Scott timeless.
I heard it for the very first time last night on "The Affair". What a really great song. Oh My My!
sheer class......saw them back in the late 80's here in Ireland and were one of the best bands live I have ever seen....
Still.... It's one of a handful of tunes that sometimes moves me to tears.
You should never judge a song or what a band sounds like live by a video. A bad TV mix can ruin everything.I have seen the band several times over the last years and they always sound AMAZING, you may like them or not but live, they are a total blast!
gonzax qqqqqqq
Yo les he visto en vivo tres veces y no me canso
How can people dislike this video.This brings tears in my eyes 80s are golden years...
It brings a joyful tear to my eye
I LOVE this song so much!!!!💕
Saw them two nights in a row opening for U2 way back when. Amazing band!
Forgotten how wonderful this Celtic Rock epic truly is after all these years - loved it all over again in that wonderful series The Affair - brits to the fore in the acting stakes but loved the dance finale! Keep going boys and keep getting better as you always do.
This song is for a love I had and losed.for 30 years ago. But still love the song. Thanks you water boys...
Amazing....Up there with the best songwriters of all time. Timeless smooth vocals...
One of my favorite bands from my youth. Glad to see them still at it!
I have no idea where I was when this song first came to the airwaves but somehow I missed it! I just found it and I am so deeply moved by what I interpret to be the meaning of the stunning lyrics! It is one of the most whole-brain intelligent songs I've ever heard! I just read that this beautiful piece was written as a tribute to Prince! What a complete honor from Mike Scott, the front man! Wow!
Mike Scott said this is untrue.
It wasn't a tribute to Prince.
This played in the house a lot when I was a teenager. Happy times. Fisherman’s blues is one of the best records ever made in my opinion.
I like everything about this, seems in the comments people are being overly critical - the mix sounds good, the lyrics are great and Mike Scott is dressed wonderfully!
Probably one of the best songs ever written and performed as perfectly as 1984.....
Brilliant and Beautiful!
Attended the concert in Bremen/Germany in autumn '19 and received truely a nght to remember.
THANKS SO MUCH!!!
This is music! I've been a fan since 1986 (Pinkpop festival together with The Cult & The Cure, to name a few). Fabulous song, and Mike is a fantastic song & lyrics writer. There, now you probably now how old I am.
Wow his voice without changes!! Love this song kind of nostalgia!
I absolutely Love this song! Such amazing lyrics 😊
Terrific song. Nicely drummed by Jack Nicholson I thought ;)
hahaha...
Jajajajajaja so fun! Wtf!!!!!
This young-lings is called MUSIC. Listen to it!
I've always loved this song, after watching Let It Snow on Netflix it has reignited my addiction to this song...
Never get tired of this song. Always makes me happy.
my favorite band!!!
greetings from Brazil!
Such an inspirational song that never gets old..
Yup krank it up
From then to now - just love
His voice sounds amazing 👍🎤
One of the songs that is part of my life, wonderful
Kick the puppy and ride the tractor 🚜 Just seen it on the last episode of The Affair❤️ Great song by both artists(Fiona Apple)🍎
God I'm gonna miss that show....or am I just sad!!.....got my kids doing the dance in the lounge right NOW............
@@Eveava2383 I cried all the way through that song on that episode. Now every time I hear it I start crying again!!! Arrrghh. Love it so much
6 years past, I still remember I were there in the faceless crowd.
Thank you Waterboys. This is way too much. And so few at the same time. It makes you go seraching for the stars.
What a blessed experience to have seen. Let us hope for many more from Mr. Scott. The lyrics and tone of Mike Scott's masterpiece are of humility in the face of innate and effortless brilliance. The tempo is expectant and steady. Praise and full recognition for one surrendering to natural genius. I am moved to near tears by this tune nearly every time I hear it. Let us all listen to the genius within - that still, quiet voice whispering from across the millennia.