David Gray - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Live on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky)

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A cover of the Soft Cell tune that was featured as the closing track on David’s 4th studio album ‘White Ladder’
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@glennjolley1416 2 ай бұрын

My son inalaw died in September 23, this was one of last songs he played. He was a massive fam, I miss him dearly.

@Kendogs82 Ай бұрын

That’s awful my condolences please 🙏

@gogosolar21 4 күн бұрын

It’s always good to to have a beautiful song attached to a beautiful soul and memories

@carlwilliams9624 2 күн бұрын

May he rest in peace and peace to you aswell .... beautiful song to have as a memory

@lhart99 4 ай бұрын

David Gray has devastated me ever since I first laid my ears on him. It was 1998 and I was 18 years old. I was an emotional wreck, and I still am in many ways to this day. I had heard Babylon 1&2 on the radio. I'd just received a free trial of Comcast cable, they had a music streaming channel that just played random songs. I'd just put on the Folk channel, and it played some various Folk heroes Dylan, Donaven, and so forth. Well, David Gray came on and his Babylon 1&2 came on back to back. I thought to myself, "Ooh, I know this guy and these songs, I've heard them before." Then, Say Hello, Wave Goodbye played, and in that moment, I was just utterly devastated. I mean, I was destroyed at this man's talents. I've never looked back since. The next day, I went out and purchased every David Gray album available at that time. I've never looked back since. I have three wishes/dreams in this life: to see David Gray live (more than once), to meet him in person, and to tell him in person that his music has saved my life multiple times, and changed my life!

@Chrisdavies33 2 жыл бұрын

To this day the best cover version I’ve ever heard ……..👏👏👏👏👏

@tonynorris5151 2 жыл бұрын

Amen x

@jimduffy1967 Жыл бұрын

You are so right my friend,this is a fantastic version of this song,and I loved the soft cell version,but this beats it hands down.

@garythomason5571 Жыл бұрын

The best no questions asked 👌

@arveyilleszender5809 10 ай бұрын

Big time. This is a hell of a song by a hell of a performer.

@talktech1 8 ай бұрын

IMO, better than original.

@fajarzakri4936 2 жыл бұрын

There’s something about his voice (and his rendition of this song) that kind of just breaks your heart, isn’t there?

@talktech1 8 ай бұрын

Very melancholy.

@jenniferpalmer2275 8 ай бұрын

Exactly

@BennettsShed 4 ай бұрын

True.

@gregbutcher_musicplacecheck12 2 жыл бұрын

This is incredible, David Gray is a better performer than Ed Sheeran, more emotion in his voice.

@Joelster-og4pf 2 жыл бұрын

100% agree, although I did like Ed Sheeran way back when + and X came out. Ever since Shape Of You came out though, I’ve kept David Gray as my fav singer songwriter. Ungodly Underrated musician.

@TheCurtisdavies 2 жыл бұрын

david is in a completely different league altogether

@margimcfaul9995 2 жыл бұрын

💯% there is no comparison between David Gray and Ed Sheeran.

@joedavies1691 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t compare him to any of those 🤣

@MrSmid888 Жыл бұрын

I watched Ed at TITP around 2016, just him and loop pedal. Boring. He’s too good. He can right great songs for other artists. Not the best singer. Lewis Capaldi a worse singer. David is a rounded songsmith and musician. His drummer is a icon. Unknown to this TikTok generation. ✌🏻 A song written about ladies of the night.

@keirangilligan6271 Жыл бұрын

David gray is the fucking man,start to finish, your’ll never get a better smoother more genuine voice than this man right here

@jamietemple381 Ай бұрын

This song is beautiful piece. I have a moment that connects me well. I parted a love in Sacramento. Both of us had tears flowing.

@jamietemple381 Ай бұрын

I did ho visit again. We stayed friends. Though we always said Hello and Waved Goodbye.

@MrSmid888 Жыл бұрын

His drummer is an icon that most kids of TikTok don’t know. Legend ✌🏻

@PishedupScotsmaninSweden 6 ай бұрын

Who is it?

@pauldavison7079 4 ай бұрын

Clune

@dark-california 2 ай бұрын

Craig McClune aka Clune ... 🥁

@mikeBlogic 3 ай бұрын

One of the best songs ever written... Thanks Softcell❤

@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 Ай бұрын

Ohhhhh so you’re one of those people that wants to tell everyone a song is a cover, but you know it comes off like a douche to just come out and say it directly. So you do it in a passive way. Nice.

@mikeBlogic 28 күн бұрын

@@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 yes I am the one who always knows everything better and makes himself important

@mattrussell250 2 жыл бұрын

I was 13 when White Ladder was released. Shaped my later teen years and has been the soundtrack to most of my life since. This has always been my favourite track on the album and it sounds as good today as it did all those years ago!

@adamski101 2 жыл бұрын

A Soft Cell song originally x

@jimfyfe4015 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamski101 but a better version than soft cell

@jackjude 2 жыл бұрын

I doubt David agrees

@MrSmid888 Жыл бұрын

@@adamski101 About ladies of the night

@michaelraymond9200 10 ай бұрын

same .

@wellers3429 2 ай бұрын

Just found this wow took me back in time what a great album and performer a whole suitcase full of emotions attached to this song amazing!

@scottmcpetrie5153 2 жыл бұрын

Name a better cover? Actually name a better album....I will wait!! Amazing artist

@TheoriginalSpaceboy 2 жыл бұрын

So good to see David is still doing it, and despite looking older (as we all do now) that his voice is still as smooth as silk as it always was

@IainPiggin Ай бұрын

Brilliant , one of the best versions I've heard

@bobbastian760 29 күн бұрын

What a flawless live performance! This is far better than most auto-tuned album recordings for most modern artists.

@dylansreptiletime 2 жыл бұрын

David Gray you are sublime my friend. Majestical. The best cover version of all time. Love you man

@dannyboy6114 2 жыл бұрын

I can always rely on this guy to fall back on no matter what mood I'm in. Great artist with huge talent.

@annaine Жыл бұрын

It’s not often that a cover of a popular song in a different genre succeeds as well as this sublime version. David Gray has taken the bitter and bitchy original by Marc Boland to another dimension altogether. The lyrics are still just as cutting but wrapped up in a devastating regret and sadness, especially the section at the end of the album version, ‘we were born before the wind, who are we to understand’ ❤

@charliewright5123 11 ай бұрын

original is Marc Almond (soft cell) not Marc Bolan (T-Rex)

@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 10 ай бұрын

I never knew this was a cover. I always thought this was his original work. Which makes it weird when I just went and listened to it. It has a Depeche Mode and Human League feel to it. Completely different vibe. I like it.

@charliewright5123 10 ай бұрын

@@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 David Gray completely reinvented the song, they’re so different - I’d add a Pet Shop Boys esque dynamic too I too

@seanmaj 8 ай бұрын

We were born before the wind is an allusion to the Van Morrison lyric

@markleahy9556 8 ай бұрын

Come on! Marc Almond ... not Marc Boland! And in any case it’s Bolan, not Boland!

@davearsenault6579 Жыл бұрын

As a singer, song writer he is up there with the greats, but so over looked is just how great a guitarist he is He could step on any stage alone with a mic and his acoustic guitar and still sound amazing with no backup Not many musicians can do that. That's part of his brilliance.

@mikehewlett6376 8 ай бұрын

Saw him right at the start with Babylon and last time was last year ‘22 , still amazing, moving and brilliant as ever.

@selinathesmileyone 5 ай бұрын

I dont usually love covers as much as the original but his voice suits this song so well!

@REZNAP 2 жыл бұрын

Clune! He is essential to the sound… a master on the kit. Seeing these gentlemen together again gives me hope.

@jonathandcallan 2 жыл бұрын

Would love another upbeat ( maybe white ladder 2 ) with these three guys ! Good joyful music is hard to come by but these guys do it very well

@colinf1303 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 100%

@Joelster-og4pf 2 жыл бұрын

Clune…….god isn’t he good. The prime drummer of David Gray forever. One of my fav drummers growing up.

@REZNAP 2 жыл бұрын

@@Joelster-og4pf I agree, Clune is a human metronome!

@adamtaylor1831 2 ай бұрын

Different class one of best acoustic performances

@turdferguson7264 2 жыл бұрын

Always been my favourite cover of this song. 🎶

@michaelhoyle2652 Жыл бұрын

I'm crying it's so beautiful 😢

@bobbastian760 29 күн бұрын

Highly underrated performer.

@jamesnolan8140 Ай бұрын

Brilliance Throughout!!

@robjj1000 2 жыл бұрын

Already been said , but I agree , for me , the best cover there has ever been takes the original to a whole different level

@MatthewJones-xl9kj 7 ай бұрын

His voice is perfect for this song

@boysta2011 2 жыл бұрын

voice is still perfect, some great songs over the years, :D

@tim01473 Ай бұрын

Yes! DG 👏🏻

@liammarshall190 2 жыл бұрын

Such as great version, I really thought it was his song. Big shout out to Soft Cell. 👏

@ADAMH0 2 жыл бұрын

Same for me, I've only recently heard the Soft Cell version on played on the radio and was shocked to find out it wasn't written by David Gray!

@richardpetty6088 9 ай бұрын

@ADAMH0 really written in 1981 !!

@thedappercook 3 ай бұрын

Met David Gray on the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne, this must have being 2008/2009 we stopped for a chat after I commented on how cool his jacket was, a very friendly and lovely man.

@DinoWager 4 күн бұрын

Fantastic must have been a great experience ☺️

@22lovejon 3 сағат бұрын

Just can’t sing absolutely shit singer very dark very depressing.

@wadeworkmusic 2 жыл бұрын

So good. Just like I remember it. Same drummer - I always thought that guy was fantastic.

@avro633 Жыл бұрын

My desert island save disc. Emotional performance.

@peteriversfanclub 2 жыл бұрын

Children......this is what real music sounds like!......the end!

@ryanfindlay599 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you lol .......I had pink floyd playing the other day & my 18 year old son popped his head through the door & asked who it was playing ......my work as a parent is complete ✌🏻

@russellcope1316 Жыл бұрын

Well said ..

@maryclarke5312 2 жыл бұрын

The best singer ever!

@Lspacehopper 2 жыл бұрын

Still one of my favourite albums. Always had a thing for David. Love his head wobbles ❤️

@patressakearns4290 Жыл бұрын

I love him and his head wobbles, too! 😊

@phatbuddha1 8 ай бұрын

The head bobble is one thing, but when his drummer gets going, that's another story.

@scottmcpetrie5153 9 ай бұрын

I always have this debate about how a cover can never ever ever be better than the original.....but this is. Unreal and so glad he put it on the album

@michaelmarshall9132 3 ай бұрын

You should listen to handbags and gladrags by rod stewart then listen to the stereophonics cover

@TheDeanoo79 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best voices in the game

@JackShaheen-dy2el Жыл бұрын

So happy to see Clune on drums again with David

@geraintchamberlain5766 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant cover so moving does the original version an honour

@johnny-yi2oi Жыл бұрын

his voice is insane.

@onlyonewhyphy 2 жыл бұрын

Holy sheet, his voice has improved in just sound alone

@sianwilliams-ct2nx 5 ай бұрын

Although I don't understand this song it is beautiful and this version the best.

@nickbloomfield3737 Жыл бұрын

This song Touches my Soul…Davids voice is endless…

@stevejohnman68 Жыл бұрын

Should be a much bigger star. So underated i first saw him at glastonbury 2000 was brilliant.

@rogereyles466 2 жыл бұрын

superb voice ....same as it was years ago, danced to soft cell back in the day!

@julesw1403 Жыл бұрын

First note he sang garnered a like. True musicians.

@natureisallpowerful 2 жыл бұрын

White ladder was and still is a top album.

@whoknowsthebowler Жыл бұрын

brilliant.

@Aaron-iy3bj Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a rendering of this song full of yearning and deep emotion. Its how I always hear it.

@GIBBO4182 9 ай бұрын

One of the greatest covers of all time

@scozza7150 4 ай бұрын

Saw this man live in Sheffield, what a voice and what a night, great performer with some beautiful songs. Lyrics to this years love is on our bedroom wall ❤️ Thank you for the moments, David ✊

@haroldclark1787 7 ай бұрын

This song is pure genius. He is so enormously gifted in myriad ways. We're so fortunate to be alive to hear his poignant and beautiful music. Thank you, David Gray, and thank you, Virgin Radio UK for posting!

@amandagrant1982 2 ай бұрын

Fucking Gorgeous….David at his best 🙏👊🗝️

@LindsayGoldie 2 жыл бұрын

Went to the white ladder tour first time round, can’t wait to see him again. Was only 15 that time, great to enjoy his music as an adult. Love this cover.

@JonathanOMara 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@jamiebunsell3299 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see old mr Wobbly head back. LOL Great songs, great voice.

@Kevvinm 5 ай бұрын

This is so much better than the recorded version!

@Stratman389 7 ай бұрын

man, mighty heavy lyrics.

@roccomarciano6099 Жыл бұрын

Beutiful cover of a beutiful song 🎶💙🎶

@shawnclare-nb1up Жыл бұрын

Undoubtedly one of the greats...inspiring..timeless

@jenniferpalmer2275 8 ай бұрын

I'm completely in love with that voice, it cut into me like a double edged sword and leaves my guts on the ground

@taffbats 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely blown away!!!.... wow

@beaulyons1977 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful song

@davetaylor8858 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant version.

@Lspacehopper Жыл бұрын

Always makes me feel so emotional xx

@MrGavinbrownemail 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Simply perfect

@paulbrown7374 Жыл бұрын

This album was just wow.. I Played two tapes away.. Clune's backing vocals lept out of the speakers 🔊

@rustyhoops Жыл бұрын

What joy🥰

@manchesterunitedfc2940 Жыл бұрын

Flawless

@jonpearse6465 4 ай бұрын

Superb 👏

@stuartgeorge4434 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!

@kenscrackofdoom599 Жыл бұрын

Saw him live about 20 years ago. Wonderful performer.

@Mudplucker 2 жыл бұрын

Simply Loveleh 👌🏻

@murraymackay2612 2 жыл бұрын

Sitting in a pub nice warm fire listening to this excellent well done Sir

@wjones6606 2 жыл бұрын

Simply wonderful...

@CatPuis Жыл бұрын

beyond amazing

@peterhoey7453 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@BOHEMIANWAVE 8 ай бұрын

I’m waving ❤❤❤

@kristenreid2831 Жыл бұрын

Incredible

@alkachhh 2 жыл бұрын

So good 😌

@James888JJ Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Oh the nostalgia of listening to this in my last year of secondary school. Amazing. He really is one of the best.

@bluesenthused7244 2 жыл бұрын

the mix is perfect here

@christineriley1295 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant David!

@JaneKellie-uh3mo 9 ай бұрын

Love this song. Such A Calming Cover.

@alejandromorales9516 8 ай бұрын

It's astonishing ... he sounds nearly the same as he did ages ago. It's such an incredible cover.

@zocco15az 2 жыл бұрын

Love original and love this also 💓💓💓💓💓

@monasticphil5658 11 ай бұрын

The best cover Ive heard in a long , long time .

@stacymuise1 4 ай бұрын

This is dreamy!!!!❤

@vmowbray7056 8 ай бұрын

Love this. Sounds just like the soundtrack.

@leebridgwater 2 жыл бұрын

Class performance,

@philmulrooney7020 5 ай бұрын

I seen this man perform in a Pub a lifetime ago

@patressakearns4290 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this. Thank you, David Gray, you amazing artist, you. BTW, I ADORED your version of "Tainted Love" at Wolf Trap on Sunday night, 8/14/22.