I'm from Scotland, my grandparents were Irish and the first time I heard this song I cried - I'm 61 years of age now and it still makes me cry - bless Ireland and her people!
Simple Minds is absolutely one of the best bands around. Its a shame the US didn't picked up on them, as being such an amazing band. Jim Kerr is so talented as is the rest of the band.
@tpower97 - there biggest hit was "Don't you forget about me." Other VERY MINOR hitswere Sanctify Yourself, and one or more songs off their biggest hit album, "Once Upon A Time." My personal favorite album of theirs is "Sparkle In The Rain." New Gold Dream is also very good, as well.
Music Man my family is from Belfast. My grandfather worked for H&W building the Titanic. I always tell people that is probably why the Titanic sank. LOL
I'm a Scot, spent two years in NI with the RAF 74- 76,i love the country, love the people, had a great time there and one day I will go back to Ballyhornan.
Bless you, Scotland has a long history spanning many centuries with NI. I am glad you made it out alive. My dad left Belfast in the 70’s because of the troubles, it would of been very difficult for him not to take sides if he hadn’t.
My interpretation on the song is people had to leave Belfast and northern Ireland in tbe troubles and the hope was that they could come back some day when things changed and peace returned and different sides to the story respected each other and got on with life.
My dad left Belfast during the time of the troubles in the 70’s. He moved to London where he met my mother, a black woman. Both my dad and mother experienced racial discrimination, my dad because of being Irish with a very strong Belfast accent, and my mum being a black immigrant from Africa. My dad brought me up to be proud of my Irish roots and also to accept all people as the same. May the whole of the island of Ireland experience peace and unity.
"She Moved Through the Fair" (or "She Moves Through the Fair") is a traditional Irish folk song, which exists in a number of versions and has been recorded many times. The narrator sees his lover move away from him through the fair, after telling him that since her family will approve, "it will not be long, love, till our wedding day". She returns as a ghost at night, and repeats the words "it will not be long, love, till our wedding day", intimating her own tragic death (possibly at the hands of her disapproving family), as well as the couple's potential reunion in the afterlife.
It is a song written about the history of the irish and scottish life, (Glasgow, where their past history, Simple Minds, are from} The song is written from the heart.... Great song, wonderful band, well loved fans from all around the world.... They are still playing live after 45 years, and on tour now....
Simple Minds, this is a slow tune, none on their "Once Upon A Time" album, numbers to review from there are "Once Upon A Time", "Alive and Kicking", and "Sanctify Yourself" - LOVED the energy of this BAND! There are days I have a "Simple Minds" fit and have to put this album on repeat!
I love Sanctify Yourself and the majority of Simple Mind's songs but Belfast Child will be forever their standout song of all time. It's truly magnificent.
The Good Friday Agreement was a major step forward in creating peace in NI. Yes, there are still appalling divisions, but many of us never thought that we would see the day when any kind of agreement was reached. So tragic that some people were prepared to put this at risk.
I did my first tour in Northern Ireland in 1988 where as most think the troubles were at their height in the 1970's, 1988 was one of the bloodiest, I was only 18 year old walking the streets where I was hated, by people of my own religion and of my own country. Enniskillen was as bloody hellish affair but by that time I was 19 and seen more dead and dying than a cancer surgeon. My 3rd and final tour was in 1991 and still the nightmares come. No matter what is said there was no glory and no winners. Unfortunately some people have rose tinted glasses and short memories this song reminds me that I never had the chance of those luxuries. Time isn't a healer.
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd if that was sarcasm away and play in between parked cars. You call it inhumane I call it barbaric what we had to deal with yet we are now the persecuted and seen as outlaws. I might even get a letter myself one day for shooting at someone who had killed my friends.
I sympathize but I can't even begin to imagine your pain. Like most people who grew up in the 70s and 80s on the other side of the world we thought we knew what was going on in Ireland and who's fault it was and how easy it should be to solve. I thought all that until i toured Ireland in 2011. I did a "Black Cab" tour of Belfast run by these old guys and they took us to a lot of the trouble spots and gave us the background to what happened there. I also was taken on a tour of Derry and the Bloody Sunday Memorial. My main emotions through this was shock and confusion. Shock at some of the things I'd learnt and confusion about the BS i was fed up until that point and the truth i was being told by people who lived it. I'm Australian BTW and i was never given the true story. I can't imagine what you went through and what your still going through. All i can do is wish you peace and happiness and the sincerity that I'm am still trying to understand. Much love and thoughts.
@@jamesmorgan4121 everyone was fed lies there was no good or bad. My government sent me in as a police officer to try and stop both sides killing each other but that quickly changed into them killing us, when you get a child abusing herself in front of you just to get a reaction out of you and calling you a Brit B/stard you firstly know an adult taught her to do that and then someone hates you that much to do that to you. You add in politics, religion, drugs, organised crime and pure hatred all together you have a recipe for hell, and that's what it was.
It was this song and See The Lights that I was like.. u2 made a new album and I dont know about it?? when I herd them on an alternative radio station for the 1st time located in Austin texas back in the mid 90s
I am glad you have reacted to Simple Minds. Maybe try "Glittering Prize", "Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime", "Promised you a miracle", and of course "Dont You Forget about me", all by Simple Minds.And a song by Spandau Ballet, same feeling as Belfast Child, called "Through the Barricades"
You have to know about the troubles in Northern Ireland to understand the context of the song. Only number one hit Simple Minds had in UK….. very underrated. ❤
Loved watching your reaction to this amazing, powerful and beautiful song by SM. You could see it in your eyes several times, you were like "WTH is going on here...?" both with the song and the video, and as a hardcore SM fan when this came out in early 1989, I and probably most SM fans were the same for a few listens. 3 minutes of a bastardised old traditional Irish folk song which gradually builds into a wonderfully epic rock song, before returning back to the beautiful Irish folk song it began with. It's sort of like the first time you hear Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody...' it's like... "Wait... what?" I MUST HEAR THAT AGAIN!" This song broke the mold, just as all the best songs do. Really love watching your vids on here btw, there's lots of great great stuff on here and it really is fascinating seeing another generation from lands afar absorb this sort of thing and how they feel about it. Good job!
I loved this one. Grandma was from cork. Tribal Celts had it tuff. Poor and enslaved. An upbeat one from them is alive and kicking and all the things she said and the hit from breakfast club was don't you forget about me.
Hi India I am an Irish Republican nationalist and Belfast Child is my favourite song of all time. This is a song that resonates deeply in Irish hearts. Thank you so much for giving your thoughts on this. It means a lot. God bless.
As a Grandchild of northern Irish grandparents (both sides) I’m so bloody glad they didn’t have their kids see the troubles. But my god, I know it’s my homeland and where my heart lies. I will retire there and reclaim my family line back there 🖤🖤🖤
Its about the Troubles When the PIRA and INLA fought the British Army and Loyalist paramilitaries killed Catholics. Its bound in Irish history and since Britain invaded Ireland 800 years ago there have been ceaseless to force them out.
We had trouble in the Birmingham UK. has a huge Irish Celtic community. We had trouble here obvs no were near as bad as Ireland. I was young and hearing about things like pub bombings made me scared. Although people left oir, Ireland the trouble followed them. It was not their fault. I blame the English. However the History we learnt blames both sides who have been blaming each other for years and years and years.
So sad, that people don,t understand why so many people left Belfast and indeed northen Ireland during what was a civil war. It wasn,t safe to stay. This made me cry the first time I heard it.
I know that a number of Simple Minds 'purists' hate BC, because the band moved a long way from their 'new wave' roots of the early 80s, but surely any band needs to evolve somewhat - I think it's a great song, and every bit as powerful as it was way back. Maybe, try 'SPACE' by Simple Minds (the live version recorded in Liverpool, 2013) - very obscure, but very good. Alternatively, 'HONEST TOWN', where SM go 'full on' DISCO (obviously, sounding nothing like BC)?
At that time simple minds were massive all over the world e(USA for some reason got away from them) I saw them headline Wembley stadium 3 times and many other stadiums.and this album was number 1 all over Europe...trust me when I say this but if you go back over there music back to 1980 and I travel even up to there last album walk between worlds ...probably the greatest band of the last 40 years. Not many bands can equal there back catalogue people just need to do there homework
Please would you react to hawkwind tracks lord of light, silver machine, or I'm a secret agent. Also band called wishbone as track the king will come. Thank you ever so much for your channel yours Roy from west Yorkshire England. X
Simple Minds are a Scottish band and as I'm Scottish it's well known the Scots and Irish have a lot in common I can see where they were coming from with this song but if you really want to see the problems that the Irish have suffered listen to the Irish band the Cranberries and the song Zombie.
My Favourite Band try and check out others songs please apart from Don't You Forget About me which I think everyone does lol. Oh Well done on reaching 100.000 I must be one in the lst 1,000 lol.
the troubles in ireland progressed to paramount levels with the ira bombing britain this song ia about the troubles people in ireland faced in the late 70's and 80's
This song is when Simple Minds reaches there peak, unfortunately Keyboard Player Mick McNeil left the band after this Album and in my opinion the band was never as good. Brilliant live band though, seen them about 10 times and always gave value for the Money
Street fighting years is the album that once upon a time should have been , but you have to admit Sons and fascination or Empires and Dance they kinda lost their vibe when Mick left but it's back Walk between worlds
This song was forbidden to be played on the radio in the UK by the government because of it's strong political message. If you want to react to the feeling of the 80s, you have to react to it's hymne. And that would be "Don't you" from Simple Minds. But don't make the same mistake as others and do not react to the official video. Do react to three (yes) live versions. If you do want to grap this song by the emotions that are inside us 80s generation, you have to hear it live. In three different versions. Each one will give you another aspect of the emotions: th-cam.com/video/6IWhDcHjkl4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/ZhaHLoK3CF4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/b5-2fBgpCBI/w-d-xo.html Then and only then you might understand, why "Don't you" is called and actually is(!) the hymne of the 80s. As someone else pointed out, you know, there is something wrong of today's music, if even the "lalalala" is of an 80s song is better. Edit: Reading the comment of Rupert, I have to admit, that my information might be wrong: Normally I do check my information for reliable source. This information I read 20 years ago. It included a ban of this song from the Thatcher government but only after it became popular. So I tried to find reliable source again, but wasn't able to find some. So, this 20 year old information seems to be false.
What utter rubbish. Of course it wasn’t forbidden by anyone. It reached Number One in the charts and I listened to it and recorded it and bought it and loved it!
Ireland's history with England is long and brutal but after Ireland was broken up in 1921 after a war between the IRA and British forces left the country with a majority Catholic Irish Republic in 26 of the Irish counties and a 6 county Northern Ireland with a small Protestant pro British Union majority this was followed by a civil war as many saw it as a betrayal of the 6 counties population who wanted total unification but with British help the side happy with a partial victory beat the side who wanted a united Ireland. In the decades after this the 6 counties pro Union population proceeded to discriminate against the 6 counties Catholic population from everything from jobs, housing to elections. In the late 60's the 6 counties Catholic population emulated America's civil rights movement and asked for one man, one vote, an end to gerrymandering, fair employment and fair housing based on fairness and need but whilst moderate unionists wanted to compromise some, hardliners didn't and they cracked down which led to a break down of the Northern State and led to the re-emergence of the IRA who fought the British to pull out and on top of that there were sectarian attacks between both Protestant Unionists and Catholic Nationalists.
This song gives me chills! And im not even Irish! Is a hauntingly beautiful song!✌😢👉🙏❤🇮🇪
FIrst person Ive seen review Simple Minds. Totally under rated band - especially their earlier work. One of the best voices ever in rock music.
This young lady has good taste for music
Underrated? Fucking huge in the 80s, maybe you weren't there?
@@absolutelyimmaculate6072 she doesn't pick them, we do!!
I have the New gold dream album, theyre so good. Sadly Belfast child isnt on it though 😅
As a child of the troubles, this song always gets me ... do not want my kids to see what I sadly did...
well said
Same here Kev 👍
I'm from Scotland, my grandparents were Irish and the first time I heard this song I cried - I'm 61 years of age now and it still makes me cry - bless Ireland and her people!
As an admirer of NI's beauty and people's kindness, I pray they never do. Peace and love from a cousin Scot. x
Classic simple minds. Still fresh and powerful this song 30 years on.
My love.
Those of us who grew up in the 70s, 80s remember the troubles in Ireland.
The 90s too
The troubles haven’t really ended. I’m sure 2000s kids have plenty of bad memories! I sure as hell do
I remember it very well! It was all over the news in the 80s. Very sad times indeed!
Simple Minds is absolutely one of the best bands around. Its a shame the US didn't picked up on them, as being such an amazing band. Jim Kerr is so talented as is the rest of the band.
Better than U2 any day of the week .Song is about the troubles with the IRA back in the 70s-80s .
What do you mean the US didn't pick up on them? Breakfast club and wife from Glasgow. I am sorted!
us just don’t deserve them…
Didnt they have a few hits on the US including a No 1 hit there
@tpower97 - there biggest hit was "Don't you forget about me." Other VERY MINOR hitswere Sanctify Yourself, and one or more songs off their biggest hit album, "Once Upon A Time." My personal favorite album of theirs is "Sparkle In The Rain." New Gold Dream is also very good, as well.
Simple Minds & Depeche Mode. They will never die.
You're half right
So true!!!!
Belfast, Northern Ireland. My hometown. Harland & Wolf shipyard is shown in this video, H&W built Titanic. Nice song.
Music Man my family is from Belfast. My grandfather worked for H&W building the Titanic. I always tell people that is probably why the Titanic sank. LOL
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd but of course there was no anti protestantism. SMH
@@Wittynametag It’s the lighthouse and harbour in Donaghadee not Bangor.
Stormont at 2:10 too and a quick flash of what looks like St Anne's Cathedral at 3:27.
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd and of course there was no Protestant hatred towards the Catholics. SMH.
as a exs soldier 4 tours n.ireland and a scot the band is scottish brings a tear to my eye
I'm a Scot, spent two years in NI with the RAF 74- 76,i love the country, love the people, had a great time there and one day I will go back to Ballyhornan.
Bless you, Scotland has a long history spanning many centuries with NI. I am glad you made it out alive. My dad left Belfast in the 70’s because of the troubles, it would of been very difficult for him not to take sides if he hadn’t.
Thank you. Welcome in Ireland any time mate!
My interpretation on the song is people had to leave Belfast and northern Ireland in tbe troubles and the hope was that they could come back some day when things changed and peace returned and different sides to the story respected each other and got on with life.
My dad left Belfast during the time of the troubles in the 70’s. He moved to London where he met my mother, a black woman. Both my dad and mother experienced racial discrimination, my dad because of being Irish with a very strong Belfast accent, and my mum being a black immigrant from Africa. My dad brought me up to be proud of my Irish roots and also to accept all people as the same. May the whole of the island of Ireland experience peace and unity.
Pure beauty tears will flow🏴🏴🏴🏴🙏🤗
Hi am from enniskillen I was there at that time very sad time in irish history love your channel
"She Moved Through the Fair" (or "She Moves Through the Fair") is a traditional Irish folk song, which exists in a number of versions and has been recorded many times. The narrator sees his lover move away from him through the fair, after telling him that since her family will approve, "it will not be long, love, till our wedding day". She returns as a ghost at night, and repeats the words "it will not be long, love, till our wedding day", intimating her own tragic death (possibly at the hands of her disapproving family), as well as the couple's potential reunion in the afterlife.
It is a song written about the history of the irish and scottish life, (Glasgow, where their past history, Simple Minds, are from} The song is written from the heart.... Great song, wonderful band, well loved fans from all around the world.... They are still playing live after 45 years, and on tour now....
One of the most Haunting and Captivating songs of all time and obe of yhe most epic bands of all time thank you X
Beautiful people, beautiful place, I did one tour there, desperately want to re visit, feel like a part of me is still there.
Simple Minds, this is a slow tune, none on their "Once Upon A Time" album, numbers to review from there are "Once Upon A Time", "Alive and Kicking", and "Sanctify Yourself" - LOVED the energy of this BAND! There are days I have a "Simple Minds" fit and have to put this album on repeat!
I love Sanctify Yourself and the majority of Simple Mind's songs but Belfast Child will be forever their standout song of all time. It's truly magnificent.
The Good Friday Agreement was a major step forward in creating peace in NI. Yes, there are still appalling divisions, but many of us never thought that we would see the day when any kind of agreement was reached.
So tragic that some people were prepared to put this at risk.
I did my first tour in Northern Ireland in 1988 where as most think the troubles were at their height in the 1970's, 1988 was one of the bloodiest, I was only 18 year old walking the streets where I was hated, by people of my own religion and of my own country. Enniskillen was as bloody hellish affair but by that time I was 19 and seen more dead and dying than a cancer surgeon. My 3rd and final tour was in 1991 and still the nightmares come. No matter what is said there was no glory and no winners. Unfortunately some people have rose tinted glasses and short memories this song reminds me that I never had the chance of those luxuries. Time isn't a healer.
@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd if that was sarcasm away and play in between parked cars. You call it inhumane I call it barbaric what we had to deal with yet we are now the persecuted and seen as outlaws. I might even get a letter myself one day for shooting at someone who had killed my friends.
I sympathize but I can't even begin to imagine your pain. Like most people who grew up in the 70s and 80s on the other side of the world we thought we knew what was going on in Ireland and who's fault it was and how easy it should be to solve. I thought all that until i toured Ireland in 2011. I did a "Black Cab" tour of Belfast run by these old guys and they took us to a lot of the trouble spots and gave us the background to what happened there. I also was taken on a tour of Derry and the Bloody Sunday Memorial. My main emotions through this was shock and confusion. Shock at some of the things I'd learnt and confusion about the BS i was fed up until that point and the truth i was being told by people who lived it. I'm Australian BTW and i was never given the true story. I can't imagine what you went through and what your still going through. All i can do is wish you peace and happiness and the sincerity that I'm am still trying to understand. Much love and thoughts.
@@jamesmorgan4121 everyone was fed lies there was no good or bad. My government sent me in as a police officer to try and stop both sides killing each other but that quickly changed into them killing us, when you get a child abusing herself in front of you just to get a reaction out of you and calling you a Brit B/stard you firstly know an adult taught her to do that and then someone hates you that much to do that to you. You add in politics, religion, drugs, organised crime and pure hatred all together you have a recipe for hell, and that's what it was.
Great band just as good as U2 if not better.
It was this song and See The Lights that I was like.. u2 made a new album and I dont know about it?? when I herd them on an alternative radio station for the 1st time located in Austin texas back in the mid 90s
Better
Brilliant Band.
I am glad you have reacted to Simple Minds. Maybe try "Glittering Prize", "Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime", "Promised you a miracle", and of course "Dont You Forget about me", all by Simple Minds.And a song by Spandau Ballet, same feeling as Belfast Child, called "Through the Barricades"
Don't you forget about....'Sanctify Yourself' or 'All The Things She Said' 🤦♂️
@@Pwwh0711 Yes.Two more great songs.
Try the live version of don't you forget about me from simple minds...the crowd usually sings half the song for them during concerts...
That's a good reason not to then.
Your'e a good woman. God bless ye.
I m a big SIMPLE MINDS FAN. I ve seen them live twice and This track is of the album called STREET FIGHTING YEARS.
You really took the time to absorb this song. You didn't just talk over it. Much respect xxx
You have to know about the troubles in Northern Ireland to understand the context of the song. Only number one hit Simple Minds had in UK….. very underrated. ❤
This song hooked me on simple minds couldn't get enough back in the day
Excluding Hey Jude by The Beatles this is the longest song to ever go to number 1 in the UK.
Loved watching your reaction to this amazing, powerful and beautiful song by SM. You could see it in your eyes several times, you were like "WTH is going on here...?" both with the song and the video, and as a hardcore SM fan when this came out in early 1989, I and probably most SM fans were the same for a few listens. 3 minutes of a bastardised old traditional Irish folk song which gradually builds into a wonderfully epic rock song, before returning back to the beautiful Irish folk song it began with. It's sort of like the first time you hear Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody...' it's like... "Wait... what?" I MUST HEAR THAT AGAIN!" This song broke the mold, just as all the best songs do. Really love watching your vids on here btw, there's lots of great great stuff on here and it really is fascinating seeing another generation from lands afar absorb this sort of thing and how they feel about it. Good job!
Simple minds was a great band.
I loved this one.
Grandma was from cork.
Tribal Celts had it tuff. Poor and enslaved.
An upbeat one from them is alive and kicking and all the things she said and the hit from breakfast club was don't you forget about me.
May the troubles never come back! Peace for Northern Ireland!
Hi India I am an Irish Republican nationalist and Belfast Child is my favourite song of all time. This is a song that resonates deeply in Irish hearts. Thank you so much for giving your thoughts on this. It means a lot. God bless.
This song is about IRA war crimes
@@Shagyamum That's a matter of debate.
As a Grandchild of northern Irish grandparents (both sides) I’m so bloody glad they didn’t have their kids see the troubles. But my god, I know it’s my homeland and where my heart lies. I will retire there and reclaim my family line back there 🖤🖤🖤
Simple Minds the sound of Scotland #indyref2
Jimm kerr is a scottish guy,and i think from irish settlelers..ei understand the problems..sorry for my english, im dutch😉
Its about the Troubles When the PIRA and INLA fought the British Army and Loyalist paramilitaries killed Catholics. Its bound in Irish history and since Britain invaded Ireland 800 years ago there have been ceaseless to force them out.
You said Eniskillen perfect the second time!
The troubles were a terrible time! A civil war with two different religions groups. The families suffered
We had trouble in the Birmingham UK. has a huge Irish Celtic community. We had trouble here obvs no were near as bad as Ireland. I was young and hearing about things like pub bombings made me scared.
Although people left oir, Ireland the trouble followed them. It was not their fault. I blame the English. However the History we learnt blames both sides who have been blaming each other for years and years and years.
A song about a conflict that killed and maimed thousands, but still the best this band ever did
So sad, that people don,t understand why so many people left Belfast and indeed northen Ireland during what was a civil war. It wasn,t safe to stay. This made me cry the first time I heard it.
Also was child of the troubles ❤
I know that a number of Simple Minds 'purists' hate BC, because the band moved a long way from their 'new wave' roots of the early 80s, but surely any band needs to evolve somewhat - I think it's a great song, and every bit as powerful as it was way back.
Maybe, try 'SPACE' by Simple Minds (the live version recorded in Liverpool, 2013) - very obscure, but very good. Alternatively, 'HONEST TOWN', where SM go 'full on' DISCO (obviously, sounding nothing like BC)?
At that time simple minds were massive all over the world e(USA for some reason got away from them) I saw them headline Wembley stadium 3 times and many other stadiums.and this album was number 1 all over Europe...trust me when I say this but if you go back over there music back to 1980 and I travel even up to there last album walk between worlds ...probably the greatest band of the last 40 years.
Not many bands can equal there back catalogue people just need to do there homework
Please would you react to hawkwind tracks lord of light, silver machine, or I'm a secret agent. Also band called wishbone as track the king will come. Thank you ever so much for your channel yours Roy from west Yorkshire England. X
Simple Minds are a Scottish band and as I'm Scottish it's well known the Scots and Irish have a lot in common I can see where they were coming from with this song but if you really want to see the problems that the Irish have suffered listen to the Irish band the Cranberries and the song Zombie.
That song condemns the provost and the killing of 2 children in Warrington Èngland. Cranberries hated the IIRA and with good reason.
This was in ‘89. A few years later something happened with children in Belfast where the Cranberries wrote the song Zombie about that. So sad.
It was children in Warrington, England. They were murdered. By the IRA.
It's about the troubles in Northern Ireland.
Perfect 🤟🏻
About an IRA bombing at a cenotaph in 1987 which killed mainly civilians
My Favourite Band try and check out others songs please apart from Don't You Forget About me which I think everyone does lol. Oh Well done on reaching 100.000 I must be one in the lst 1,000 lol.
the troubles in ireland progressed to paramount levels with the ira bombing britain this song ia about the troubles people in ireland faced in the late 70's and 80's
In 84 far away in South Korea, in the military
Something from Live please 🎸🎶 👍😁
Please react to'indian summer'by The Doors.Thank you!
I think were going to need a North America version soon
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This song is when Simple Minds reaches there peak, unfortunately Keyboard Player Mick McNeil left the band after this Album and in my opinion the band was never as good. Brilliant live band though, seen them about 10 times and always gave value for the Money
Civilwar song,. The drums are wardrum
Wtf She tripped out...🤯
Did you delete Ed's from live comment? OMG..lol
No dude its there.
Bloody War😥
Remember the 1200 British arny personal who gave there livess
Check out love song.
Check out Simple Minds: Biko.
Well, in this case i would prefer the original version, the pPeter Gabriel s ! The simple minds have so many masterpiece, in their history.
Street fighting years is the album that once upon a time should have been , but you have to admit Sons and fascination or Empires and Dance they kinda lost their vibe when Mick left but it's back Walk between worlds
Its a call back home to the people that fled Ireland through the war with England
For a reaction video, what reaction?
Being speecheless is one of the strongest reactions
What's with the word underated when talking about some of the biggest bands on the planet at a particular time time
This song was forbidden to be played on the radio in the UK by the government because of it's strong political message.
If you want to react to the feeling of the 80s, you have to react to it's hymne. And that would be "Don't you" from Simple Minds.
But don't make the same mistake as others and do not react to the official video.
Do react to three (yes) live versions.
If you do want to grap this song by the emotions that are inside us 80s generation, you have to hear it live. In three different versions. Each one will give you another aspect of the emotions:
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Then and only then you might understand, why "Don't you" is called and actually is(!) the hymne of the 80s.
As someone else pointed out, you know, there is something wrong of today's music, if even the "lalalala" is of an 80s song is better.
Edit: Reading the comment of Rupert, I have to admit, that my information might be wrong:
Normally I do check my information for reliable source.
This information I read 20 years ago. It included a ban of this song from the Thatcher government but only after it became popular.
So I tried to find reliable source again, but wasn't able to find some.
So, this 20 year old information seems to be false.
What utter rubbish. Of course it wasn’t forbidden by anyone. It reached Number One in the charts and I listened to it and recorded it and bought it and loved it!
@@barmychap read the edit of original topic.
Scottish band...brethren ...no idea of troubles tho.
The US has racial issues...... Ireland had religious issues
Ireland's history with England is long and brutal but after Ireland was broken up in 1921 after a war between the IRA and British forces left the country with a majority Catholic Irish Republic in 26 of the Irish counties and a 6 county Northern Ireland with a small Protestant pro British Union majority this was followed by a civil war as many saw it as a betrayal of the 6 counties population who wanted total unification but with British help the side happy with a partial victory beat the side who wanted a united Ireland. In the decades after this the 6 counties pro Union population proceeded to discriminate against the 6 counties Catholic population from everything from jobs, housing to elections. In the late 60's the 6 counties Catholic population emulated America's civil rights movement and asked for one man, one vote, an end to gerrymandering, fair employment and fair housing based on fairness and need but whilst moderate unionists wanted to compromise some, hardliners didn't and they cracked down which led to a break down of the Northern State and led to the re-emergence of the IRA who fought the British to pull out and on top of that there were sectarian attacks between both Protestant Unionists and Catholic Nationalists.
It's about the civil war in Northern Ireland.