We were laying in bed…..I saw this video at 11:00pm on mtv classics and asked my wife “ who the hell are these guys” she laughed and said you “really don’t know” How on G’s earth did I miss these guys..?. The music almost brought me to weeping … now I’m sitting here having total heartache for days we all want back… downloading my new favorite bands playlist….
A couple of years ago i was on holiday camping in Devon in my old green 1980 vw camper van, the sun was going down and my little 3 year old girl was in the drivers seat pretending to drive, this song came on the radio and it instantly became one of our favourite songs, i only have to put it on now and within 2 seconds she will come running over shouting our favourite song, will remember that moment forever
Bought this cassette in the Summer of '90. 120 Minutes with Dave Kendall played it often on Mtv. Love at first listen. Harriet's voice❤ To be sixteen again...
Not going to lie, but I get teary eyed listening to this song and get goosebumps from Harriet's youthful voice/range in this. Beautiful song, so addicting --you hear pride, confidence and a hit of desperation. Glad I JUST discovered The Sundays recently. Thanks TH-cam!
This song should be the national anthem for England, so beautiful, so evocative, the most spine tingling melodies and instrumentation. One of the greatest songs ever made.
The Sundays toured behind both LP's in America. I'd seen them twice in MN. I cried when Harriet sang her first note that nite. Beautiful, Crystaline, Magic.
Miss the Sundays, really never knew why they where not more popular - awesome band, great songs, and a fantastic vocalist! What more could you ask for?
It’s 1989 again. I’m 16 years old. With every mile I’m driving I’m wondering where my life is going while I carry with me a torn, broken heart and I have no direction. Thinking about her, thinking about me, thinking about life.
Hold on to your Heart and your dreams will follow... please stay out of your head as it's just for processing...your Life is Sacred and so much more than All we will ever know.
So many nice little melodies here. And when she finally goes "It´s my life..." at 2.35, with guitar playing such a sunny lick, this is my favourite moment in the rock history.
Harriet is absolutely dreamy. So is this song. Reminds me of when it was new, and I was 22. The chaps and I in our band would have pints and listen to this album. Its tight, well produced and the songs are as good as you want. Reminds me of summer when the world was still shiny and bright. Love this song.
Are you a seaferer sir ?what do you mean by saying taking your basic training? This music is sow good. When your navigating thru panama canal. Hehe just sharing sir. Thankyou
The Sundays needed videos like the Sun needs a match to keep warm. Between their taut but punchy music (even on their ballads) and Harriet's heavenly voice...who needed images except the ones they conjured in your head?
Of all the bands who are cashing in (some say selling their soul)and touring after xxx amount of years,this is the one band I'd pay anything to see again.Might be the whole sentimental aspect going on but fuck me what a band and what a debut album!!!
After all these years, this song still sounds as fresh as it did, back then ! Rarely off my playlist, and my favourite Sundays Track ....Harriets vocals i still think are unmatched .
Such a beautiful voice. What she does with melody comes across so heartfelt. Gives you that funny ache in the chest that men from my generation tried to suppress. A sense of yearning very moving, romantic and genuine. I hope you found love in the end Harriet. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍❤
yeah there is something just so wholesome, sweet,pure,real and poetic about this woman and her voice......everytime i listen to the sundays it makes me quit porn for that day.lol
harriet sounds so beautiful, her voice in general is so nice but it sounds especially good with this melody. this and cry and beautiful songs, i really want them to come back.
And did you know desire's a terrible thing The worst that I can find And did you know desire's a terrible thing But I rely on mine Aa-ah More than 25 years on and the song still entrances me with those poetical lyrics and Harriets beautiful voice with its hint of accent.
someone had this single put in the (knackered so i couldn't make out the lyrics) collingwood college jukebox in durham in 1989-90, and played it every night. Then they must have gone away... and it's been in my head ever since, always. Loved it but I couldn't find out from the jukebox display what it was, never spotted the person who selected it, i've searched high and low for this one track 34 years, tried every search. Hummed it and described it to a technician who is also a music expert just yesterday. He sent me 5 candidate tracks this morning, and this video was the last one in the list. Found- what can i say. And thank you for this video!
I listened to the Sundays most when driving from New York thru Massachusetts to grad school....and i never stopped listening. i just miss them so much.
I was 19 when this came out, and this was the first song from the record heard, playing on WLIR in someone's car. The music was amazing, and Harriet's voice was the most angelic and beautiful voice I had ever heard. I immediately the bough the record, and in time the second and third. Whenever I am feeling down I listen to their music as it is cathartic and soothing. I wish they wouldn't have faded away, but glad we have what they gave us. Thank you Sundays.
Some bands are meant to have eternal . These guys did not Even realize . They The Sundays . God will be sayin in Heaven , " turn it up Kids , i love this band "
one of my greatest regrets is not going to a sundays gig in Wolverhampton - I was about 13 and probably could of gone if I had argued and fought my corner better but it was going to be a late finish on a school night etc etc so I wasn't allowed , my sister , dad and uncle went - my uncle spoke to Harriet for a fleeting ... on stage she said she had a sore throat - he told her to have a strepsil and she laughed .. the best band of my lifetime ... love is too small a word .
I was there at the Wulfrun Hall mid 90's, it was fkng awesome. I was dancing with my gf to this on an almost empty dance floor ! I couldn't believe how few people were there....I don't know if it was poorly promoted but I'm pretty sure there's a lot of people regretting that they missed the show.....
I was blessed to see The Sundays at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. They played Can’t Be Sure twice that night. She sounded just as good live as she did on the album. I’ll always love them!
I have such an odd memory associated with this song whenever I hear it. It always reminds me of this very specific time, a dreary fall day during my second year at university, sitting in a Finite Mathematics class with this song ringing in my head and desperate for class to end so I could get back to my CD player and put this album on blast. To this day still one of my all time favorite albums.
harriet wheeler has the voice of an angel, the sundays music is timeless and beautiful, and got me threw many a rough time! i wish so much that they would come back! there last album was 1997!
I bought reading writing and arithmetic on cassette in my early twenties. I got all of the Sundays albums. I couldn't pick one that was better than the others. But my favourite is goodbye (that is the song. The album is called Blind) :p. I have listened to it hundreds of times. Music is healing. The Sundays have been part of the soundtrack of my life. So grateful for this music.
Saw them at a small bar in Seattle during this tour. 50-75 people there, got to stand maybe 5' from Harriet. Whole band was great; they played their entire first album, and maybe another song. Then came back for an encore, and Harriet said, with the cutest posh accent, "Ummm, we don't have any more songs. So we'll sing this one again." And they played this one for the 2nd time.
Give me a story and give me a bed Give me possessions Oh love luck and money they go to my head like wildfire It's good to have something to live for you'll find Live for tomorrow Live for a job and a perfect behind, high time England my country the home of the free, such miserable weather But England's as happy as England can be Why cry And did you know desire's a terrible thing The worst that I could find And did you know desire's a terrible thing But I rely on mine, a-ah England my country the home of the free, such miserable weather But England's as happy as England can be Why cry And did you know desire's a terrible thing The worst that I could find And did you know desire's a terrible thing But I rely on mine Did you know desire's a terrible thing It makes the world go blind But if desire, desire's a terrible thing You know that I really don't mind And it's my life And though I can't be sure what I want any more It will come to me later Well it's my life, and it's my life And though I can't be sure if I want any more It will come to me later, ah, yeah
The first time I heard the Sundays’ music & Harriet’s voice brought tears to my eyes! I was lucky enough to see them in concert twice, once in Austin, TX in 1992 & again in San Antonio, TX in 1993. The whole concert was magical!!!! I wish they would have stayed together longer or reunited & created more music!
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2024 and I'm still here
Please David and Harriet come out of hiding. The world needs your music and art now more than ever.
I suspect they really have no idea, whatsoever, of just how many people really adore them, and how much they want them to come back. What a shame.
I got into their music long after their heyday. I think they would find their fan base to be larger now than they would expect
It was a short beautiful breeze that blew upon us
Ɓut somehow became part of us
Changed or helped us ,i
Listen almost daily .....35 year breeze
@@MichaelNadilski-it9ts Beautifully said.
This is in the same wee memory box for me that “Birthday” by The Sugarcubes sits in. Bittersweet joy….
I have an undying faith that they shall return. Been my single favorite band since 1988
This is easily my favourite Sunday's song.I'm 74 and Harriet has the most beautiful female singing voice I have ever heard.
Bob Atkins I'm 63 and in full agreement with you! Please come back for all of us, SUNDAYS!
Yes!!! Most beautiful voice ever!
Hideous Towns is my favourite from The Sundays!
Very good judge mate your age doesn't even come into it a great voice is a great voice near about time we heard it again 👍
Im 39 and youre allrigjht dude
This song changed my life
This music hasn't aged at all.
We were laying in bed…..I saw this video at 11:00pm on mtv classics and asked my wife “ who the hell are these guys” she laughed and said you “really don’t know”
How on G’s earth did I miss these guys..?. The music almost brought me to weeping … now I’m sitting here having total heartache for days we all want back… downloading my new favorite bands playlist….
Welcome to the club… Some of their songs will stay with you forever. ❤️
❤
What an incredible voice!
A couple of years ago i was on holiday camping in Devon in my old green 1980 vw camper van, the sun was going down and my little 3 year old girl was in the drivers seat pretending to drive, this song came on the radio and it instantly became one of our favourite songs, i only have to put it on now and within 2 seconds she will come running over shouting our favourite song, will remember that moment forever
One of my all-time favourite songs. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic is pure magic from start to finish
Olivia it's a perfect album I totally agree with you
In my top 10 ALL time albums, no question.
Absolutely. You can listen from start to end and it just flows together so magically.
Yep!
Lost in the midst of the 90s britpop scene, like so many, so underrated. But beautiful music 🥰❤️
That little "mmmmmmAhhhh" with the breath at the end just kills me. Miss your voice and the band so much, Harriet.
Like Tori Amos...her little breaths in her songs
Man... quite being so fool
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It's been doing that to me for almost 30 years.
I stood outside Sheffield Leadmill in the freezing cold in February 1989 listening to her soundcheck that over and over. I'd give anything to go back.
This song has been playing on my internal soundtrack for decades.
29 years later and it still sounds fresh
👍✌️
Bought this cassette in the Summer of '90. 120 Minutes with Dave Kendall played it often on Mtv. Love at first listen. Harriet's voice❤
To be sixteen again...
Not going to lie, but I get teary eyed listening to this song and get goosebumps from Harriet's youthful voice/range in this. Beautiful song, so addicting --you hear pride, confidence and a hit of desperation. Glad I JUST discovered The Sundays recently.
Thanks TH-cam!
First time I heard it was instantly impressed
Harriet Wheeler's pipes are not of this earth. Love The Sundays. Please come back.
I've been crying for them to come back since My springtime! Now I'm Over the Hill!
Angelic..
Amazing voice!
Harriet would now be 57 years old and hopefully still has her voice
Mhhhnnn Ha!
This song should be the national anthem for England, so beautiful, so evocative, the most spine tingling melodies and instrumentation. One of the greatest songs ever made.
The Sundays toured behind both LP's in America. I'd seen them twice in MN. I cried when Harriet sang her first note that nite. Beautiful, Crystaline, Magic.
Miss the Sundays, really never knew why they where not more popular - awesome band, great songs, and a fantastic vocalist! What more could you ask for?
So fine
When. The. Drums. Kick. In.
I discovered The Sundays about a year ago. What a blessing upon my life. This song is so beautiful. Harriet Wheeler has the voice of an angel.
It’s 1989 again. I’m 16 years old. With every mile I’m driving I’m wondering where my life is going while I carry with me a torn, broken heart and I have no direction. Thinking about her, thinking about me, thinking about life.
Hold on to your Heart and your dreams will follow... please stay out of your head as it's just for processing...your Life is Sacred and so much more than All we will ever know.
Instant chills listening to Harriet’s voice in June of 2021.
And in 2022
Meh
@@jamievidd775 today 2022
Listening today reminds me why I played it over and over when it came out...
June 2023
The best hidden gem of that era
So many nice little melodies here. And when she finally goes "It´s my life..." at 2.35, with guitar playing such a sunny lick, this is my favourite moment in the rock history.
+kagokass That part always catches me.
Man you need to listen to a LOT more rock.
well it´s a free world and i had my share of rock already. so many interesting stuff elsewhere.
I would rather listen my dog bark than listen to "RAWK!"
kagokass Sooo wish on the reply to, ahem, Holymakinaw, you had said "It's my life" instead of "it's a free world"...
She has such a beautiful voice
So melancholy...The Sundays were pop perfection. 2:35 still gives me goosebumps 20 years later.
Harriet is absolutely dreamy. So is this song. Reminds me of when it was new, and I was 22. The chaps and I in our band would have pints and listen to this album. Its tight, well produced and the songs are as good as you want. Reminds me of summer when the world was still shiny and bright. Love this song.
if this isn't the best thing ever created by humans it must be fucking close....
Number 1 in John Peel's Festive 50 of 1989.
A great way to end a splendid decade.
And a great intro to an excellent one.
I cannot put into words how great this record is. Ah, youthful Spring memories!
One of the best 'complete albums' I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Totally sucked me in and I'm glad for it.
Totally agree,it just doesn't get much better than this.
David Lea lol. Same here. Bought this in the Summer of '90 and listening to it always takes me back to being 16.
its a great track
in the quarantine I am remembering college in the 90s I am still in love with Harriet... aren't we all?
HARRIET WHEELER HOW WE MISS YOU IN THESE DARK TIMES EXCELLENT
I just heard this song for the first time, and I think I will love it for the rest of my life. Pure beauty.
Is anyone else's voice so beautiful? Wish they would come back :)
Kate Walsh?
Her voice is so sweet and vibrant at the same time. I love them.
She certainly has an incredible voice, up there with the angelic Elizabeth Fraser....
I hear a bjork influence in her as well
I was in Georgia
just out of basic training in 1990 when this record came out and I loved it so much and still do.
Are you a seaferer sir ?what do you mean by saying taking your basic training? This music is sow good. When your navigating thru panama canal. Hehe just sharing sir. Thankyou
The Sundays needed videos like the Sun needs a match to keep warm.
Between their taut but punchy music (even on their ballads) and Harriet's heavenly voice...who needed images except the ones they conjured in your head?
Of all the bands who are cashing in (some say selling their soul)and touring after xxx amount of years,this is the one band I'd pay anything to see again.Might be the whole sentimental aspect going on but fuck me what a band and what a debut album!!!
After all these years, this song still sounds as fresh as it did, back then ! Rarely off my playlist, and my favourite Sundays Track ....Harriets vocals i still think are unmatched .
oh my ...harriet's voice is always delightful to hear.
Not enough is said of Patrick Hannan's drumming; it makes the song. Man I Miss the Sunday's! But I believe Patrick still plays in a band called Folly
💯 % this drum pattern is hard
Their best song. It has a beautiful vibe that reminds me of a late September evening.
Such a beautiful voice. What she does with melody comes across so heartfelt. Gives you that funny ache in the chest that men from my generation tried to suppress. A sense of yearning very moving, romantic and genuine. I hope you found love in the end Harriet. Thanks for sharing.
👍👍👍❤
Nearly thirty years now married to David Gavurin, so it's great to think that she did. :)
Well said
yeah there is something just so wholesome, sweet,pure,real and poetic about this woman and her voice......everytime i listen to the sundays it makes me quit porn for that day.lol
harriet sounds so beautiful, her voice in general is so nice but it sounds especially good with this melody. this and cry and beautiful songs, i really want them to come back.
Iconic sound that was so different then and is still. Loved her voice so so much.
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
The worst that I can find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
But I rely on mine
Aa-ah
More than 25 years on and the song still entrances me with those poetical lyrics and Harriets beautiful voice with its hint of accent.
someone had this single put in the (knackered so i couldn't make out the lyrics) collingwood college jukebox in durham in 1989-90, and played it every night. Then they must have gone away... and it's been in my head ever since, always. Loved it but I couldn't find out from the jukebox display what it was, never spotted the person who selected it, i've searched high and low for this one track 34 years, tried every search. Hummed it and described it to a technician who is also a music expert just yesterday. He sent me 5 candidate tracks this morning, and this video was the last one in the list. Found- what can i say.
And thank you for this video!
Sounds as melancholic as listening to a Sundays record on an autumn sunday afternoon
this is my current fav song
I listened to the Sundays most when driving from New York thru Massachusetts to grad school....and i never stopped listening. i just miss them so much.
The Sundays were such a fresh sound all those years ago, I still find them just as good as ever. Harriet is so beautiful, just a treat.
Takes me back to a great chapter in my life. Favorite female vocalist of all time.
I was 19 when this came out, and this was the first song from the record heard, playing on WLIR in someone's car. The music was amazing, and Harriet's voice was the most angelic and beautiful voice I had ever heard. I immediately the bough the record, and in time the second and third. Whenever I am feeling down I listen to their music as it is cathartic and soothing. I wish they wouldn't have faded away, but glad we have what they gave us. Thank you Sundays.
Dreamy 90s gem
Some bands are
meant to have eternal .
These guys did not
Even realize .
They The Sundays .
God will be sayin in
Heaven , " turn it up
Kids , i love this band "
one of my greatest regrets is not going to a sundays gig in Wolverhampton - I was about 13 and probably could of gone if I had argued and fought my corner better but it was going to be a late finish on a school night etc etc so I wasn't allowed , my sister , dad and uncle went - my uncle spoke to Harriet for a fleeting ... on stage she said she had a sore throat - he told her to have a strepsil and she laughed .. the best band of my lifetime ... love is too small a word .
I was there at the Wulfrun Hall mid 90's, it was fkng awesome. I was dancing with my gf to this on an almost empty dance floor ! I couldn't believe how few people were there....I don't know if it was poorly promoted but I'm pretty sure there's a lot of people regretting that they missed the show.....
Can't find words to say how beautiful this is,perfection
I was blessed to see The Sundays at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. They played Can’t Be Sure twice that night. She sounded just as good live as she did on the album. I’ll always love them!
Another reason for me to thank John peel!
I have such an odd memory associated with this song whenever I hear it. It always reminds me of this very specific time, a dreary fall day during my second year at university, sitting in a Finite Mathematics class with this song ringing in my head and desperate for class to end so I could get back to my CD player and put this album on blast. To this day still one of my all time favorite albums.
harriet wheeler has the voice of an angel, the sundays music is timeless and beautiful, and got me threw many a rough time! i wish so much that they would come back! there last album was 1997!
There is nobody who can sing like Harriet. She will go down as my favorite ever. A true original gem.
I bought reading writing and arithmetic on cassette in my early twenties. I got all of the Sundays albums. I couldn't pick one that was better than the others.
But my favourite is goodbye (that is the song. The album is called Blind) :p. I have listened to it hundreds of times.
Music is healing. The Sundays have been part of the soundtrack of my life. So grateful for this music.
love, love this. Harriet Wheeler's voice! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Sends me dreaming!
This song and Harriests Voice - Just "WOW" miss them so much!!
Saw them at a small bar in Seattle during this tour. 50-75 people there, got to stand maybe 5' from Harriet. Whole band was great; they played their entire first album, and maybe another song. Then came back for an encore, and Harriet said, with the cutest posh accent, "Ummm, we don't have any more songs. So we'll sing this one again." And they played this one for the 2nd time.
Brings me to tears every time
She's so dreamy. I'm melting.
I love this band in every way
I wish they'd put out a new Album
Better not .. look at The Primitives coming out their Grave ...brr ;))
Just a wee tour
I miss them so much!
Finest voice of a generation !
the voice could make you cry!
This song will be here long after we have all left this earth
Just an amazing song sung by an Amazing singer!!!
england my country the home of the free, such miserable weather!
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry?
as a dog walker in England I whole heartedly confer! amazing song!
@Meow Meow Meow ThisIsBatCountry Well, we're free of the EU tomorrow so maybe not.
The colour of the screen for this video is cream and a very good plus well suited colour for it too
"England's as happy as England can be." My my, those really WERE the days!
Give me a story and give me a bed
Give me possessions
Oh love luck and money they go to my head like wildfire
It's good to have something to live for you'll find
Live for tomorrow
Live for a job and a perfect behind, high time
England my country the home of the free, such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
The worst that I could find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
But I rely on mine, a-ah
England my country the home of the free, such miserable weather
But England's as happy as England can be
Why cry
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
The worst that I could find
And did you know desire's a terrible thing
But I rely on mine
Did you know desire's a terrible thing
It makes the world go blind
But if desire, desire's a terrible thing
You know that I really don't mind
And it's my life
And though I can't be sure what I want any more
It will come to me later
Well it's my life, and it's my life
And though I can't be sure if I want any more
It will come to me later, ah, yeah
Always one idiot posting the lyrics.....
@@maninthewilderness5795 Maybe for non-english speakers?
It was helpful for me, at least.
@@maninthewilderness5795 Whats wrong with it?
@@maninthewilderness5795 How is posting lyrics dumb?
What a tool. I love knowing the lyrics! ❤
Such a beautiful voice, love Harriet, one of the great bands of the 90s ❤️❤️❤️
saw her live in Leeds Yorkshire in the 80 she was amazing so close she has just an amazing voice
The first time I heard the Sundays’ music & Harriet’s voice brought tears to my eyes! I was lucky enough to see them in concert twice, once in Austin, TX in 1992 & again in San Antonio, TX in 1993. The whole concert was magical!!!! I wish they would have stayed together longer or reunited & created more music!
Definition of desire: "I can't be sure what I want anymore"
"I can't be sure if I want anymore"
"It will come to me later"
Indie 4 ever. I turned 16 in 1989. What a year!
A great great indie band. They should have been around a lot longer. It’s so sad I cry 😭 when I hear this song
My lord.
Heaven, personified.
I have only just heard the debut yesterday, for the first time.
Yet I've known of them, for years.
❤
I miss this band terribly. I love this video, with the washed-out look; completely dreamy..
Im 5 years old and this song is my favourite song of all time, i dont know why my generation listens rap music
Your channel is older then you
ive never heard a voice so pure,this song is artwork,i have to hear this once a week at least.
This song uplifts the weary soul
The first time I saw them, they opened with this song, and I broke down into a sobbing mess.
Absolutely beautiful everything about it .
one thing we can be sure of: there will be tears in my eyes by the time this song ends.
Maybe my favorite band
Beautiful lead singer, beautiful song and beautiful voice
This song, along with the original Rough Trade release of Sit Down, quite literally saved me around 1989/90
Brilliance.
150,000th view even, but that's not nearly enough. Long live John Peel's memory for introducing people like me to bands like this.
such a beautiful song, and what a vocal !?! i just love the accent