In 1990 Had been diagnosed with cancer and given a 10% chance of surviving. Went to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Tx. Finished Chemo and began Radiation. About the 3rd week of Radiation, I finished a treatment and was down and not feeling well. Walked out and got in my car. This song played on the radio. I listened to the words “Don’t believe it’s over”. They had a much stronger meaning that day and were inspirational. They still are 30 years later!
I was unexpectedly there that night outside of Sydney Opera House while visiting the harbour area with my baby and wife. I’m from the USA living in the Sydney area. I was shocked to hear this very sound as we were walking outside of the concert. One of my favorite songs from my teenage years. I didn’t even know that they were scheduled to be there that night. How fortunate that I heard them and this very song by rolling up on the concert by chance….never will forget this.
It is so nice to find a song that helps you cancer is the scourge on our life here's hoping you will remember your sister and Everytime you hear this song you will remember the good times!
As I've gotten older, everytime I hear this song, I can't help but to close my teary eyes and just feel the song move through my soul. How I miss when I was young in the 80's when I had best friends, awesome music, and great hair! 😄😁
I'm with you on this....I especially miss all my friends and the good times we shared dancing, partying together while listening to all this great music. Our partying usually just involved some beer, a bonfire, good music and just being together back in those days.
+JJ Amen to that. I've always thought that time is only a clock and a calendar; and as we grow older all we have left are a tangle of memories of what used to be. Sometimes I would give anything to go back and relive it all
This is for my friend Warren beautiful friend and hairdresser came from the same place as crowded house seen there first concert ever. Unfortenely my dear friend Warren passed away two weeks ago. Fly high lovely man❤
Definitely. Queen always comes to mind for me. Freddie possessed his crowds. Noel gallaghers crowds do too especially for don't look back in anger. It's so amazing to see how a song brings people together. Such a great thing to see.
Robbie Williams is the best at having the crowd either sing along OR sing the key lines while he stands and smiles. See ANGELS at Knebworth or MY WAY at Albert Hall
I'd be honored if some 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of SISTER CHRISTIAN by Night Ranger, AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince in tribute to the era of legendary power ballads. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
2021, this is still the most beautiful song and live performance i have ever heard. In the 80s I was a punk ass skater and didnt get it. Now I get it, but I am not sure what it is except pure beauty.
I'm 63 years old....all 3 of my sons LOVE this great tune....it's awesome when music crosses generations! I love so much of the 80's rock but I grew up in the 60's...hey now!
80s were the greatest... fortunate to have grown up then... I will be 51 in two days... Been listening to Tears for Fears(back in the news) and even Billy Idol (Eyes Without a Face)...
“They come to build a wall between us, we know they won’t win” is tattooed down my spine. I was dating my boyfriend at the time (husband now) dealing with members of his family trying to pull us apart because I didn’t fit their cookie cutter mold of who they wanted for their son. Always felt like they were building this wall higher and higher to keep us apart… they didn’t win in the end. Thank you for this song
Actually I do hear this beautiful classic on all 3 of my local 80’& today radio stations. A great song is like vintage wine; it only gets better with time.
Few bands can draw this crowd- even fewer after 30 years- but only crowded house can turn them into a beautiful amazing angelic choir that radiates hope and happiness , something we all desperately need. Just beautiful.
Essa canção marcou e ainda está vivo em minha memória até os dias de hoje Ela me fez entender que o verdadeiro amor é quando se ama o ser e não o o fisico Amei muito uma pessoa sem ter a mínima intenção de toca-la mas apenas estar com ela E posso dizer que jamais a esqueci, mesmo hoje aos 70 anos ainda me lembro de seu jeito lindo de ser O incrível que quando ela veio trabalhar comigo foi uma pessoa normal como qualquer uns de meus funcionários Mas tirei dessa lição de que a vida è insondável e tudo tem uma ligação carniça É uma longa história, mas valeu a pena amar alguém que nada sentia pelo físico, mas sim pela sua incrível energia que durante pouco tempo de convivência Confessei a eka meu amor e encontramos várias vezes para almoçar e acabou cada para o seu lado Na época ela tinha apenas 16 anos e eu 33 anos, hoje eke tem 53 anos Que saudades
This song I can listen to it over and over I remember when their video first came out with this song. Had friends over listening MTV with all the 80’s songs having a beer and joints being passed around. The 80’s was an awesome era to live in sure do miss those days……….😊
Regardless of your age, mental state, circumstances music can put you exactly where you need to be. This is where I needed to be. Thank you Crowded House. Play On.
i took songs like this for granted growing up in 80s thinking i'm too cool to listen to adult songs. Now I realized that the music that I mindlessly hum whenever it was on radio lives forever inside me.
Totally with you there. Born in 1980 and used to laugh at my parents and call them lame because of "their music." Now my daughter laughs at me because I bump 80s music on the regular. Full circle.
The world should rise in unison and blast this song from every rooftop, window and basement cellar as a wall of defiance to the adversity facing the human spirit in this present age and time. If we don't fight back, we loose.
Just saw Fleetwood Mac tonight and Finn and Mike Campbell from The Heartbreakers are taking Lindsey Buckinghams place! They were great! Finn sings Buckingham better Buckingham.
One of the lasting memories of my father was hearing him sing along with this song outside working in the yard. He was a classic rock fan. I never heard him listening to anything else really. Anyway, this song was on the radio and he was singing along to it. Died very young. Whenever I hear this song, I think of him.
Quantas vidas marcadas com essa música linda,quantos momentos vívidos..resta saudades..como queria recomeçar ,como queria viver novamente esse momento.. Da um like quem gostaria de voltar esse tempo.
gosh! feels like a life time ago. We were so young, nothing could stop us.. full of dreams and not a worry on our mind. Life was so simple. I am so grateful to be one of the 80ies kids! Knowing all those fantastic bands knowing all the lyrics -- makes feel so alive! I loved that song so much back in the days.. and I still do - AWESOME ☺️
This song helped me get through Army basic training back in 1987. We weren't allowed to have cassette tapes during basic training. I brought a boat load of cassettes with me. During shakedown a Drill Sargent got into my face and said "you came here to jam, didn't you?" So, this was the song that I sang in my head to get me through basic training.
Funny how you can recall the songs you liked after so many years....I had a 2nd job in the evening and they used to play it on the local radio. My brother asked me what I wished to my bd and I answered "Crowded house". I still have the CD and listen to it sometimes, but I prefer the farewell version with all band members.
[Verse 1] There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me [Chorus] Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in They come, they come to build a wall between us We know they won't win [Verse 2] Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof In the paper today, tales of war and of waste But you turn right over to the TV page [Chorus] Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in They come, they come to build a wall between us We know they won't win [Verse 3] Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart Only shadows ahead, barely clearing the roof Get to know the feeling of liberation and release [Chorus] Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in They come, they come to build a wall between us You know they won't win [Outro] Don't let them win Hey now, hey now Hey now, hey now Hey now, hey now Don't let them win They come, they come Don't let them win Hey now, hey now (yeah) Hey now, hey now
Perfect music... One of the best of the 80's and it will remain that way forever. It was and still is very successful in Brazil. It was written, composed with the heart, you can feel it touching the soul. Completely timeless... Música perfeita... Uma das melhores dos anos 80 e assim permanecerá para sempre. Fez e ainda faz muito sucesso no Brasil. Foi escrito, composto com o coração, você pode sentir isso tocando a alma. Completamente atemporal...
I was having the hardest day of my life, nothing good was happening. Only conflict. Then I found this by accident. The beauty of audience participation just blew my mind and turned my mood around. BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
These superb 80s hits really remind you of how much time has passed you by. And then, you really have a hard one-on-one with yourself. You realize this music was and probably is the only sure thing in your life.
Don’t dispair... there are real musicians still out there and being born every second. Go out there and find them and give them the same chance these guys had.
Heard this song here and there over the years but never paid attention to the lyrics, just the feeling I got. Today I got it all. How profound that experiences such as this can enable us to so easily connect with each other to truth, beauty, and peace across time and space. A glimpse of eternity?
In 1990 Had been diagnosed with cancer and given a 10% chance of surviving. Went to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Tx. Finished Chemo and began Radiation. About the 3rd week of Radiation, I finished a treatment and was down and not feeling well. Walked out and got in my car. This song played on the radio. I listened to the words “Don’t believe it’s over”. They had a much stronger meaning that day and were inspirational. They still are 30 years later!
And it wasnt over, certainly
I'm glad you are still here. Beautiful story. I wish you many more years to come.
YOU ROCK !
TRUE THAT BROTHER!
xx
Is anyone Listening December 2024?
I know why you’re listening! 🤔
Me!
October 2024
❤
Yep. I will be there in December 2024. 👍
I was unexpectedly there that night outside of Sydney Opera House while visiting the harbour area with my baby and wife. I’m from the USA living in the Sydney area. I was shocked to hear this very sound as we were walking outside of the concert. One of my favorite songs from my teenage years. I didn’t even know that they were scheduled to be there that night. How fortunate that I heard them and this very song by rolling up on the concert by chance….never will forget this.
Right place, right time. Lucky you.
His songs really not to forget i love it!
That must have been an awesome experience
I miss the 80’s and 90’s 😢
Yeah.. Yo también.!!
Same here.
But you can listen now 😎
You're alive! We're alive with you! ...
My sister just passed away from cancer and this song is cathartic for my sorrow :(
Lo siento mucho, a mi me pasó con el fallecimiento de mi padre, tambien me calmó
so sad love to you and your family x
It is so nice to find a song that helps you cancer is the scourge on our life here's hoping you will remember your sister and Everytime you hear this song you will remember the good times!
@@dennishobbs6890 thank you
As I've gotten older, everytime I hear this song, I can't help but to close my teary eyes and just feel the song move through my soul. How I miss when I was young in the 80's when I had best friends, awesome music, and great hair! 😄😁
This comment gives me a teary eye.
I'm with you on this....I especially miss all my friends and the good times we shared dancing, partying together while listening to all this great music. Our partying usually just involved some beer, a bonfire, good music and just being together back in those days.
+JJ Amen to that. I've always thought that time is only a clock and a calendar; and as we grow older all we have left are a tangle of memories of what used to be. Sometimes I would give anything to go back and relive it all
I love you guys!!!!
Time flies by s fast....
This is for my friend Warren beautiful friend and hairdresser came from the same place as crowded house seen there first concert ever. Unfortenely my dear friend Warren passed away two weeks ago. Fly high lovely man❤
May his soul rest in peace!
God bless those good old bands that still keeping their voices alive. Because they are keeping us alive
did they keep him alive just words
❤
True story. ❤
So beautifully put. Thank you
Tal cual! Llenas de recuerdos de una época maravillosa. 🥰
when the crowd sing over the band , the greatest compliment
Definitely. Queen always comes to mind for me. Freddie possessed his crowds. Noel gallaghers crowds do too especially for don't look back in anger. It's so amazing to see how a song brings people together. Such a great thing to see.
@@andyc9979 you made me listen to it again ..
Robbie Williams is the best at having the crowd either sing along OR sing the key lines while he stands and smiles.
See ANGELS at Knebworth
or
MY WAY at Albert Hall
You know a band is good when their live version is as good or better than the studio version.
word!
AMEN TO that!
Wonderful comment and bang on the money!
Sounds better than the studio after all these years
And thirty years later
Neil Finn, one of the best singer songwriters of my lifetime. Respect.
"I hope they hear you now" Brilliant. What an inncocent time.
You know you wrote an epic song when the audience sings along with it without prompting.
Spot on…
Truth
Beautiful Song and remember when I was living by myself 1999. Long live The Crowded House Band, We love you.
Paul McCartney said, Neil Finn is the best song writer in the world!
I'm a 70's guy but great music is great music no matter the decade.
.... magic times, the grass was greener, the light was brighter. Stay healthy and enjoy life.
Greetings from Germany!
This a real singer, true voice, not fixed on studios
"No, beginning of a new era." I love his response. Optimist, and it fits the music so well
Did you copy and paste that other comment as a kind of reply?
Perfect!!
Still excellent even after 35yrs!!
This is my kind of music .lovely going back .this is magic .
Sometimes I wish someone invented a time machine to go back to the 80s & never come back.
i wish the same 2
@@jerlycardoza9231 today's music is 💩 not to mention today's society has gone to 💩.
Jesse did you watch that movie Hot tube time machine?
those guys did this and was funny.
@@filipekraus2880 yea
for me it would be enough to be on theirs concert...
This is probably the best song ever written. Unbelievable. This is better than the recorded song version. Thanks 1980s.
yes
I'd be honored if some 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of SISTER CHRISTIAN by Night Ranger, AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince in tribute to the era of legendary power ballads. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
It is top of my list always
desde colombia ,gracias muchas gracias por esta exelente canción es un honor escuchar tan gran letra
I agree, of all the songs in the world it is number one on my list. Freebird is number 3.
2021, this is still the most beautiful song and live performance i have ever heard. In the 80s I was a punk ass skater and didnt get it. Now I get it, but I am not sure what it is except pure beauty.
I'm 63 years old....all 3 of my sons LOVE this great tune....it's awesome when music crosses generations! I love so much of the 80's rock but I grew up in the 60's...hey now!
no wonder some "performers " are trying to get the 80s tune in 2021 but it will never be the same because we all know the 80s was something else
@@valerietomsic8454 I’m 71 and so in love with this beautiful song. My 2 sons love it too. They know good music thank God.
80s were the greatest... fortunate to have grown up then... I will be 51 in two days... Been listening to Tears for Fears(back in the news) and even Billy Idol (Eyes Without a Face)...
'They build the walls between us, They won't win'
I love how TH-cam is the closest thing to a timemachine we have.
Marcus Brian this comment is underrated
@@lunakaisol What wonderful penned thought. The music is so sublimely beautiful and the words immortal
Really ...good times
@@tonyguitar4954 The best of times.
Great comment
“They come to build a wall between us, we know they won’t win” is tattooed down my spine. I was dating my boyfriend at the time (husband now) dealing with members of his family trying to pull us apart because I didn’t fit their cookie cutter mold of who they wanted for their son. Always felt like they were building this wall higher and higher to keep us apart… they didn’t win in the end. Thank you for this song
You got him.
What is life life is love, be. Happy ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.
Love this song! It was a big hit in the USA in the spring of 1987! 👍❤️😁
Last few months of my senior year in high school...
one of the most beautiful songs ever written !
@gerald hills... I agree a true masterpiece that has stood the test of time.
A TRUE MASTERPIECE!
One of the few true love songs i can think of. Makes the rest seem shallow and silly.
Amen to that brother!
Wowwwwww, they still sound great after all these years. Just love them.
Nechia Lee real talent.
-.-"
Sounds great
aftet a year her voice still great
Nechia Lee cute avatar :3
"Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum
, and I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart" One of my favourite lyrics ever sung.
Peter Andrews
Such a romantic line. What girl could refuse?
Yes, I do agree with you!!!!
Mine, too!
Meus treze anos de idade ,e agora aos quarenta e oito a sensação e a mesma,,linda Canção.
Mine too just posted them on fb today
I have loved this song since 1987.
should be played on every radio station to remind people of what good music is and should never be forgotten.
lol
@@Diamond-wk7wz lol
@@mickydee7502 Lack off
@@Diamond-wk7wz its a catchy pop song dude, nothing more..deal with it.
Actually I do hear this beautiful classic on all 3 of my local 80’& today radio stations. A great song is like vintage wine; it only gets better with time.
One of the greatest romantic songs of all time.
Few bands can draw this crowd- even fewer after 30 years- but only crowded house can turn them into a beautiful amazing angelic choir that radiates hope and happiness , something we all desperately need. Just beautiful.
bellisimo tu comentario, un saludo desde Bs. As.
And that moment the audience was singing; priceless!
Check out Genesis Live at Rome 2007 :D
Bree-Arna Harris
Bree-Arna Harris yes indeed Bree love peace and unity
Basically these guys just nailed exceptional song writing. Terrific strength they had. And time will always judge that stuff well.
This a real singer, true voice, not fixed on studios
Thats true 😉👌👌👌🤘🤘
Neil Finn.
He is a well educated musician. So he can sing .
M Feijo Brilliant songwriter. Undeniable voice. Funny guy as well.
He sings it exactly as he did 30 years back in 1986. He has a very healthy technique.
This song's always given me chills. Hearing the crowd sing so loud...wow powerful. ❤️
Beautiful comment, Lori. Well and perfectly said! Cheers from Canada.
Essa canção marcou e ainda está vivo em minha memória até os dias de hoje
Ela me fez entender que o verdadeiro amor é quando se ama o ser e não o o fisico
Amei muito uma pessoa sem ter a mínima intenção de toca-la mas apenas estar com ela
E posso dizer que jamais a esqueci, mesmo hoje aos 70 anos ainda me lembro de seu jeito lindo de ser
O incrível que quando ela veio trabalhar comigo foi uma pessoa normal como qualquer uns de meus funcionários
Mas tirei dessa lição de que a vida è insondável e tudo tem uma ligação carniça
É uma longa história, mas valeu a pena amar alguém que nada sentia pelo físico, mas sim pela sua incrível energia que durante pouco tempo de convivência
Confessei a eka meu amor e encontramos várias vezes para almoçar e acabou cada para o seu lado
Na época ela tinha apenas 16 anos e eu 33 anos, hoje eke tem 53 anos
Que saudades
Pre-covid..We NEED these days back now!
4 decades have passed by and this song and Crowded House remain just as in their beginnings
I finished building my time machine.Who would like to go back to the 80's and 90's with me?🙃
🙋
@@vinaigretti Sorry that ever happened to you. Hopefully someone cuts off their member so they cant hurt anyone else.
@@vinaigretti I was also a molester's victim when I was only 5 which makes me a gay man now. But I've forgiven him and embrace what I am now.
Please take me with you
70s for me
This song’s DECADES old and still sounds a thousand times better than the shitty ass “music” we have today👍🏻
I couldn't agree more.
I too listening in 2024 November
He still got the voice!
This song I can listen to it over and over I remember when their video first came out with this song. Had friends over listening MTV with all the 80’s songs having a beer and joints being passed around. The 80’s was an awesome era to live in sure do miss those days……….😊
Regardless of your age, mental state, circumstances music can put you exactly where you need to be. This is where I needed to be. Thank you Crowded House. Play On.
Such a special song, 30 yrs of my life just slipped by in an instant.
This is one of the reason why we still returns to the 80's
Very fortunate to see them in 1993 and again in 1994 on the evening of the day I got married!
One of the most underrated songs of the 80’s!!!
His control of his voice and pitch perfection is nutz.
Anos que não voltam
i took songs like this for granted growing up in 80s thinking i'm too cool to listen to adult songs. Now I realized that the music that I mindlessly hum whenever it was on radio lives forever inside me.
Bones Jones Yeah, being cool was so short sighted (looking back)....but the music gets ya in the end🤙
Totally with you there. Born in 1980 and used to laugh at my parents and call them lame because of "their music." Now my daughter laughs at me because I bump 80s music on the regular. Full circle.
You are so right my friend.
That’s a great way to put it man- agree completely
Bones Jones great way too. Put it💪✌️♥️‼️
The world should rise in unison and blast this song from every rooftop, window and basement cellar as a wall of defiance to the adversity facing the human spirit in this present age and time. If we don't fight back, we loose.
Wow, Finn’s voice sounds just as great 30 years later! They all sound great. And that crowd. Dayum! So beautiful.
Agreed.. I suspect years of not smoking helps keeps those vocals silky smooth.
Just saw Fleetwood Mac tonight and Finn and Mike Campbell from The Heartbreakers are taking Lindsey Buckinghams place! They were great! Finn sings Buckingham better Buckingham.
So True.. Queen 😍✌️🎹💕🎸🎶 greetings from New York 🗽🌹✌️🎹💕🎸🎶🌴🎵
They play here tonight @@dennisflora
Very few have that gift. Ex. Simply Red. Mick.
Btw, cool name : Paula Z
Pure 80s. So nice. Miss the creativity, sound and look of it so much.
Thorsten 💙
Thorsten.... Long live da 80's
this is 70's not 80's
loadstar1700 gaming Don't Dream It's Over came out in 1986.
@loadstar the band didnt even exist back in 70s. this song came out in 1986
thats the kind of soundtrack that makes our planet a beautiful home.
One of the lasting memories of my father was hearing him sing along with this song outside working in the yard. He was a classic rock fan. I never heard him listening to anything else really. Anyway, this song was on the radio and he was singing along to it. Died very young. Whenever I hear this song, I think of him.
Quantas vidas marcadas com essa música linda,quantos momentos vívidos..resta saudades..como queria recomeçar ,como queria viver novamente esse momento..
Da um like quem gostaria de voltar esse tempo.
Esta música, se queda con nosotros para siempre, ese tiempo no volverá.
@@elisavidal4229 si, verdade
@@elisavidal4229 Verdade
Oh man this man's voice is still great wow
"No, beginning of a new era." I love his response. Optimist, and it fits the music so well
PeixeKing Indeed
Pure class
The response of a real poet
Draining the Swamp
he was a member of a band called Split Enz who called their last album ...The Enz of an Era....
Can't count how many times this song saved my life.
There is no bands nowadays that will sound this good in 40 years!
I was going to argue that point until every band I could think of that has that chance is 20 or more years old already... 🤷♂️
There's many bands that will, people sound dumb when they say shit like this.
Be careful, U2 still packs a PUNCH bitch.
Another one, Duran Duran, bitch.
Calling you out, bitch.
One of my favorite songs of ALL TIME!
Adam B Hockley Mine as well.
Adam B Hockley Also mine
The TOP inspirational song ever!!
Me too
*Adam B Hockley* Just because of one song?
One of the best songs ever.
Beginning of a new era indeed!!! Great memories…nice to see people without masks 😷
I can't help but tear up when listening to this fabulous song, my youth is spent, and the sadness sets in.
We belong to a very large club 😊
I'm amazed by his voice, still nailed it! No autune, just pure talent
Neil Finn semble avoir une vie très saine .
Yeah I agree. It's true talent baby!
I still always listening forever this song , the best song ever for me . Pure voice 👍 , pure talent 👍 , pure music 👍. 🙌🙌🙌🙌
If you are listening to this you are a amazing person! Happy 2019❤️
THEY SURE DO NOT MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS MUCH ANYMORE!
john troup. YES! I LOVE NEIL FINN!
Ricky Allen hey now
You too☝️👍💯🍀👌👌
thank you for the global well wishing. I need it. ty
That sounds like heaven with all the people singing with him WOW
This is one of those songs that just transports you. It just takes you there, and u want to stay forever.
Amen
Time flies by so fast. I just just a lad when this song was released, now I'm almost 50....
gosh! feels like a life time ago. We were so young, nothing could stop us.. full of dreams and not a worry on our mind. Life was so simple. I am so grateful to be one of the 80ies kids! Knowing all those fantastic bands knowing all the lyrics -- makes feel so alive! I loved that song so much back in the days.. and I still do - AWESOME ☺️
Well spoken Jana!! God I miss the 80's!!! Best part of my life!!☺️
old
I miss it too. I miss it too.
'83 here
Absolutely! I wore my tape out for this song!
Absolutely amazing in every note - nice singing by the crowd too
Loved this since it first hit the airwaves
Love this band
TIMELESS!!!!
I agree!!
Indeed.
Javier Quijano fucking idiot
Chris Westhoff 😍
Chris Westhoff
RIP Paul "Hessie" Hester 🖤 You are greatly missed today and most definitely at this beautiful performance!
Neil Finn...one of the greatest songwriters of his generation.
How relevant is this song now ! Amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
This song helped me get through Army basic training back in 1987. We weren't allowed to have cassette tapes during basic training. I brought a boat load of cassettes with me. During shakedown a Drill Sargent got into my face and said "you came here to jam, didn't you?" So, this was the song that I sang in my head to get me through basic training.
Funny how you can recall the songs you liked after so many years....I had a 2nd job in the evening and they used to play it on the local radio. My brother asked me what I wished to my bd and I answered "Crowded house". I still have the CD and listen to it sometimes, but I prefer the farewell version with all band members.
I have been obsessed with this perfect gem the past couple of days. Awesome
[Verse 1]
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me
[Chorus]
Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in
They come, they come to build a wall between us
We know they won't win
[Verse 2]
Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
In the paper today, tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the TV page
[Chorus]
Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in
They come, they come to build a wall between us
We know they won't win
[Verse 3]
Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead, barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and release
[Chorus]
Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in
They come, they come to build a wall between us
You know they won't win
[Outro]
Don't let them win
Hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now
Hey now, hey now
Don't let them win
They come, they come
Don't let them win
Hey now, hey now (yeah)
Hey now, hey now
A-men!!!
Thank you very much ❤️
Awesome!
Perfect music... One of the best of the 80's and it will remain that way forever. It was and still is very successful in Brazil. It was written, composed with the heart, you can feel it touching the soul. Completely timeless...
Música perfeita... Uma das melhores dos anos 80 e assim permanecerá para sempre. Fez e ainda faz muito sucesso no Brasil. Foi escrito, composto com o coração, você pode sentir isso tocando a alma. Completamente atemporal...
It's the 1980s I'm in the US Navy listening on my new walkman
in my bunk in the middle of nowhere, Thanks for keeping me happy and sane!
I was having the hardest day of my life, nothing good was happening. Only conflict. Then I found this by accident. The beauty of audience participation just blew my mind and turned my mood around. BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
What a great song with meaning, and it is so relevant today! You don’t get songs like this anymore.
You are so correct!!!!! Never great music nowadays!!!
Saw CH Nov 13, 2024 in Christchurch, New Zealand, amazing band, amazing talent, had an awesome night, long live CH !
This song aged beautifully ♥️
CLASSICS don't "Age" they are just there !
The band may age and the audience as well but a great song is ageless and never gets old
yeah but the singer aged
this song is timeless
Such timeless classic, this is one of the best tunes that will live forever
Auauthentic gentlemen of rock, their songs transmit great humanity❤
Such a fantastic song, I remember when it was released….love it even more today.
You can wake me up whenever you want with this song.
Bart this song moves me deeply.Takes me back to my innocent childhood years.What a classic!
Nothing to add- everyone has said it already - as a guy of the 50’s and 60’s this 80’s hit is just awesome!🇬🇧 Brilliant!👍💐
The Audience is amazing, look at their smiling faces...so beautiful
pistenqueen they're all teenage fans in the 80s
Good Music and good taste never get old!!!!!
They're Australian . Always smiling with an arrogant illusion of grandeur
shut the fuck up
Oh yeah ! Very very good live. Perfect night.
What a thrill it must be to have written such a beautiful, timeless song and have everyone sing it back to you. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Still one of the great emotional songs that will live forever.
I miss the 80's and the quality of music that was produced back then.
simple perfection Neil. . Nick
Him and Tony Hadley still have absolutely flawless voices that have hardly aged. The 80s produced some true talent.
These superb 80s hits really remind you of how much time has passed you by. And then, you really have a hard one-on-one with yourself. You realize this music was and probably is the only sure thing in your life.
This is one of those songs that grabs you the first time you hear it. It's been playing in my head all day.
Don’t dispair... there are real musicians still out there and being born every second. Go out there and find them and give them the same chance these guys had.
Thank you, a Masterpiece, grtz heik,The Netherlands, Nov. 2024, blessings.
2020 and im still clicking on this ;-)
SparXz478 me too! 🥰😍
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Me 2!
Esta canción me fascina.
good for you
Heard this song here and there over the years but never paid attention to the lyrics, just the feeling I got. Today I got it all. How profound that experiences such as this can enable us to so easily connect with each other to truth, beauty, and peace across time and space. A glimpse of eternity?
I am 30 years from South Africa...This makes me shed tears whenever I play it...
It means you relate and daydream what comes to your mind Man.This is amazing I also with you
so, as a whitey, are dreaming of the past of the good old days of white supremacy or the future of black supremacy?
I'm 46...and I have the same feeling when I play this song....:)
After all these years he sounds just perfect! What a outstanding performance!
Yes, for sure and as he says before start playing. "No, it's beginning of a New Era" !! Hey now
Anthem of my high school years in Chicago in the mid-1980s...still warms & breaks my heart to listen to it more than three decades later...