Jimmy Nail & Mark Knopfler - Big River (Original Video Clip)

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Matatyt

13 жыл бұрын

Great song of day's long gone by

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@StarChild1884 3 ай бұрын

2024 Anyone?

@JacekDusza Ай бұрын

Its great song

@user-ir6op2tk7u Ай бұрын

As long as Mark Knopfler is involved I listen to him every day.

@Nobby20 17 күн бұрын

Me its a cracking tune

@salesnahme4282 16 күн бұрын

Mark dá um toque todo especial.

@commonsense9176 11 күн бұрын

yep from port talbot and can feel the lyrics

@charliealder3522 4 жыл бұрын

My mother worked in the offices of the Neptune yard, I was 4 years old when Thatcher closed it down and will never forget my mother crying at the bottom of the stairs because she couldn't afford the house anymore. This song gets me every time.

@theresakspence4674 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the saddest posts I’ve ever read. The Tories working their ‘magic’ back then and now..... I hope you’re poor mother was able to smile again.

@steven5172 3 жыл бұрын

My father-in -law was in the neptune yard from leaving school he was one of the last out he never got over it but we are geordies proud and strong and we always go on.

@alexnicolson1502 3 жыл бұрын

Same on Clydeside..

@rossbradford676 3 жыл бұрын

Ding dong the merryoh si g it high si g it low the wicked Thatchers deid

@sufianansari4923 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh I see Neptune yard! I thought it was reference to the last ship that was built in the area

@urla_180 2 жыл бұрын

This is too underrated and in my opinion one of the greatest songs of all time

@martinelouise1854 Жыл бұрын

Maggie closed the dockyard At Chatham too. And shut down the ghurkas training place to. I don't remember seeing army people in CHATHAM kent. I remember the ghurkas They were so proud And had such a calming presence About them too

@andydunn5673 Жыл бұрын

@@martinelouise1854there in Catterick Garrison and Richmond is very proud of them

@joetabner4937 Жыл бұрын

I agree mate ❤

@letthelovework966 4 ай бұрын

I can't explain why I like it so much

@martinmcdonald4207 4 ай бұрын

It`s a mighty reminder in song of a piece of River Tyne history. Epic song and delivery in all fairness to Jimmy Nail, nice guitar from fellow Geordie Mark Knopflier.

@MrThereverend86 4 жыл бұрын

This song always reminds me of my grandad, listening to it in the car with him while he taught me to drive, I lost him last year and I just want the world to know his name was Mac, and he was the best man I'll ever know.

@SatishKumar-to6bf 3 жыл бұрын

Hey chin up, he's looking down on you with a huge smile😊😊

@rayangrayson7769 2 жыл бұрын

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@kasengabriel2588 2 жыл бұрын

@Rayan Grayson Flixportal :)

@rayangrayson7769 2 жыл бұрын

@Kasen Gabriel thanks, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) Appreciate it!!

@kasengabriel2588 2 жыл бұрын

@Rayan Grayson No problem :)

@scooby3215 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, a poignant reminder of how this country has lost so much that our parents and grandparents fought so hard to keep. What a great voice Jimmy has, and what can you say about Mark, he's simply the best.

@deeksmusicstop4012 Жыл бұрын

So true 👍

@train4905 Жыл бұрын

❤

@a0b0 7 ай бұрын

thatcher declared war on the northern working class communities back in 1979.

@martinputt6421 6 ай бұрын

@@a0b0 Working class in general I would say when she destroyed UK industry and replaced it with basically nothing.

@ChantelRudman 2 ай бұрын

I wonder what our ancestors would say if they had to see what has become of all their hard work.

@stevetaylor2758 5 ай бұрын

I'm still listening to this superb song by two legends of music in 2024. I must listen to it 2 or 3 times a week

@letthelovework966 4 ай бұрын

Maith thú What's the last line?

@lexluthor6497 2 ай бұрын

This is a great car song. I sing loudly and not very well to this quite often while driving. It probably looks stupid, but who cares as long as you like it yourself.

@JamesStonley 2 ай бұрын

only 2 or 3?

@stevenmassey9644 2 жыл бұрын

Am a born and bred Scouser..I love the Geordies..affinity..who's with me ❤💓❤

@irish955 2 жыл бұрын

Born and bred Irish man here and I'm with you pal scousers Irish and geordies working class people 🇮🇪❤️🇮🇪

@helenhutton3663 Ай бұрын

I was a born and bred goerdie have lived in North Yorkshire for the past 37 years hearing this song takes me right back too my childhood

@roconnor01 2 жыл бұрын

As a Scouser,I always felt I was amongst friends and soulmates whenever I visited Newcastle. It must be the river,the adversity,the sense of humour the toughness and the kindness. Top,top people.

@mickeymouse7861 2 жыл бұрын

I am a Geordie and spent a year in Liverpool. It was one of the best years of my life.... fantastic people.

@ilcorvo9559 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. We are one and the same.

@m.bosman6477 2 жыл бұрын

Glaswegians, Scousers and Geordies are very similar people, who have been treated poorly by society, and for that reason were connected more than any other city's in the UK

@ilcorvo9559 2 жыл бұрын

@@m.bosman6477 you’re damn right!

@bullsnutsoz Жыл бұрын

well we cant knock you blokes too much seems you had trouble

@irish955 2 жыл бұрын

This song always hits home for me. Nothing but respect for the geordies salt of the earth reminds me of Irish working class. Respect from Ireland

@DrMontague Жыл бұрын

Romantic and idealistic nonsense. It's as if the working class only desire to want to graft their balls off in ship yards or coal mines and then die. If they had have won money they wouldn't have touched the shipyards with a barge pole.

@spurge83 Жыл бұрын

What a nice message.

@richardsmith2710 Жыл бұрын

@@spurge83 ❤

@deehamilton8731 Жыл бұрын

I've literally just thought same thing reminds me of my native Dublin 💜🙏

@clareferguson-bennett5114 Жыл бұрын

I love this, my grandad worked at swan Hunter, mam was born and bred Wallsend but had me down south. So much time spent in Wallsend and killing worth growing up. So proud of my geordie roots, this song makes me really feel that xx

@davidhuggan6315 3 жыл бұрын

As a Geordie living in Australia, this song always brings a tear to my eye, and then at the final line, I burst into tears

@margueritefawcett6788 11 ай бұрын

I cry too, every time I hear it even though I have no connection to the place. Beautiful song. ❤

@robertyoung8785 11 ай бұрын

@davidhuggan6315,.. I'm Scottish and that's how it affects me, a brilliant song, sung brilliantly.

@martinmcdonald4207 4 ай бұрын

`The River will rise again`. Godspeed.

@Brownalebelly 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a Geordie who'll be 60 this year. I've been away for decades but love coming back to the river. Whenever this song is on someone is always cutting onions in our house.

@mariahenderson9425 3 жыл бұрын

We live here in Consett in N.W. Durham and this song gets to me .....vivid memories of travelling along Scotswood Road in the bus to have our weekly trip into Newcastle with Our Mam . My sister , Celia , lives on the Isle Of Wight and she sobs her heart when she hears this song . Such a very descriptive of how it really was back then . Here , only 15 miles away , it makes me cry too . Jimmy is an extremely underated performer . Paired him with Mark and its pure Geordie Magic . Ta Lads . That was geet champion ! Xxx

@thomaslgrey1015 3 жыл бұрын

You can take the Geordie out of the North East but you can't take the North East out of the man!

@carolineslater1731 Жыл бұрын

I know.. It fills me up too. The ship I saw off as a child was called Chemical Ventura. We came down from school to watch. Never forgotten it.

@SirMonkeySuit 2 жыл бұрын

Played this for the first game with our new owners. To see Wor Flags among the Gallowgate, to see Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Mehrdad and Wor Mandy with massive smiles as 50,000 Geordies take it all in with a bright future ahead will be an image I never forget. Beautiful.

@andygibson5258 2 жыл бұрын

I was there it gave me goosebumps

@roddyframe123456 2 жыл бұрын

I watched it from the leazes and I'm still getting emotional about it...WE WILL REBUILD !!

@lb_remixes2040 2 жыл бұрын

It was unreal

@lynneburdis8693 2 жыл бұрын

The tide always turns.... We will rebuild and rise again

@davidtrump8888 2 жыл бұрын

Shame they didn’t understand any of its meaning

@philpeart7995 7 ай бұрын

what a fantastic song by Jimmy, sung with such feeling for his hometown and so well accompanied by Mark in the background

@brianrogerson7238 3 жыл бұрын

I am a 68 year old north east lad and I remember both the Tyne and Wear rivers being hives of activity. They still should be

@robertcrammond 8 жыл бұрын

What a song. More meaning and emotion than the utter dross you hear nowadays...

@garysmith597 8 жыл бұрын

You can say that again mate

@02887727356 4 жыл бұрын

@@garysmith597 utter dross is being kind mate

@user-op8uw9iz2c 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely true, songs today are meaningless at times, like junk food. No real substance

@peterdrake5156 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy and Mark. Two giants of Tyneside music. Wonderful.

@neilmc2 12 жыл бұрын

my dad worked at the Neptune yard....he's my hero..great song, great people..

@martinmcdonald4207 4 ай бұрын

The finest.

@martinspencer366 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song, superbly sung. The icing is the great Mark Knopfler, probably the most lyrical guitarist on the planet. He's brilliant!

@martinmcdonald4207 4 ай бұрын

He looked both happy and proud.

@pharcyde4943 4 жыл бұрын

This was played in a bar here in Brooklyn NY last night I wrote it down. And researched it just this morning.! WHAT A SUPER AMAZING FILM AND SONG !. MUCH LOVE UK !👌🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇮

@chess9097 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@ThePeterws 3 жыл бұрын

It’s where I was brought up ,I am 52 years old now , never have I ever been so proud. Great to see sting do the song Englishman in New York. Sting being from Newcastle aswell

@pharcyde4943 3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePeterws I know of your Toon Army!and the one and only Sir Robert Robson!👍🏼👍🏼

@worldwiderodbuildersworldw6347 3 жыл бұрын

Amen brother! If you came to newcastle,and spoke to us about our past,you’d know what the song means

@iliketoplay1514 3 жыл бұрын

@@pharcyde4943 it's bobby Robson bud

@dans1454 3 ай бұрын

South Yorkshire lad here, love this song. The line "cause that was when coal was king'" - reminds me of my grandads who worked 12 hour days in the pits and on the scaffolding for the power stations. Also other family that moved to Perth Australia once the pits closing had decimated the local towns. Love the Geordies, love the Greggs and Mark Knopfler is the greatest guitarist of all time for me.

@kubar22 Жыл бұрын

What a haunting beautiful song. This is played on the John Laws radio show in Australia every day, never tire of hearing it.

@rorygee954 Жыл бұрын

Same for me, I first heard this and Jimmy Nails other song 'Crocodile Shoes' on Lawsie's program.

@andydunn5673 Жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear

@mickswagger6086 Жыл бұрын

It was on today 😅😂

@peternewbottle 10 жыл бұрын

I served my apprenticeship in the Neptune yard in the 1970's , and it breaks my heart to think about what has happened over the last 30 years . Not only to the shipyards but also the steelworks , the mines and all the other industries that employed thousands of men and women . These industries were all hard , heavy and dangerous to work in but , I believe it brought us together in a fantastic work ethic , proud . Its not there anymore !!! I went with the school, to watch the launching of the supertankers , we looked on from the ballast hill in Hebburn and I remember thinking how fantastic they looked and wanting to work on them . The Tyne was full of shipyards on both sides of the river back then , but now , nowt . I took my son to show him places that I could remember and I'll admit I was in tears looking at the derelict areas that once swarmed with workers . So this song is very poignant to me , very moving Fantastic song

@krmoore1000 10 жыл бұрын

pete, i feel the same in hull. i love jimmys music. take care mate

@braddyboy83 6 жыл бұрын

We have all been betrayed by Labour and the EU! They dismantled and destroyed Great Britain! That's why there's nothing for young people in Britain any more! I personally would like to see the mines, steel works and docks reopened! Britain could easily prosper again!

@albertstebbins7590 6 жыл бұрын

Im too young to remember the times of full employment, but I remember the bus stops outside the Dunlop factory in Speke, Liverpool. 20 bus stops for the factory, 20 bus stops for an empty lot. Just a hint of the men who would pour out on to the streets at the end of a shift. Days long gone.

@amandawright1372 6 жыл бұрын

I feel the same too. I’m from Liverpool. My dad took me all around the docks when I was about 14. It was derelict then (early 1980s). It’s been done up since, but now mainly just for tourists. Too many years of Tory rule have destroyed our country. Very sad indeed.

@rsmith2458 5 жыл бұрын

Everyone has their own opinion on which party to blame. And everyone's entitled to their opinion without prejudice. I personally believe it was Labour allowing the Unions to become too powerful, which resulted in too many strikes and "DEMANDS" from workers. Our once great country was on it's knees and as such the work went abroad to those who would work for a days pay but without the attitude and bolshy unions causing problems. Arthur Scargill shut the mines (AND profited greatly from Union subs) - Not the Conservatives who got the blame. And who causes all the strikes now on our (what's left of) railways - and always at the most inconvenient times for maximum effect - it's the Unions!. Yes, I do believe Unions have a valid place, but the balance of power must be maintained between Unions & Employers. If not, the company ceases to be profitable and jobs are lost. Foreign workers have a different attitude - they just get on with it and look for another job if they're not happy - no Union input or Strikes required!

@stevenmassey9644 3 жыл бұрын

Us Scousers and you geordies have much more in common than a lot of people realise ..I've met some brilliant people from the north East ..always got on like a house on fire ! ..big river ..big respect x

@setokaiba. 2 жыл бұрын

We have very similar mentalities imo. Geordoes and scousers probably have more in common with the irish and scottish than the rest of england i reckon. Very working class. Hard workers and love a piss up.

@MaquiladoraIII 6 жыл бұрын

As a native Tyneside, I just lost it during the “this is a mighty town” verse.

@davidlloydgriffitify 4 жыл бұрын

MaquiladoraIII jimmy nail bought a house near me in north wales. Years ago. We lived him round here.

@user-yorkshirelass 3 ай бұрын

Still listening in April 2024 great songs will never die ❤xxx

@suecondon1685 3 ай бұрын

Me too, wonderful song ❤

@bryanjfitzgerald5196 3 сағат бұрын

This song is fantastic, Jimmy is underrated and has such a great voice, who better than Mark Knopfler , a master guitarist to back him up, love this song, I have all of jimmy's CDs.

@Caromo1993 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a Wallsend "lass" whose parents came from Byker and am now living in Spain. I can hardly listen to this song as it makes me cry so much, but I love it-it makes me so proud of my working class Geordie roots. Jimmy Nail's heart should burst with pride for writing this wonderful Geordie anthem.

@mickeymouse7861 2 жыл бұрын

Aye, A knaa how you feel.... born in Waalsend, dragged up in North Shields, now living in Hamburg.

@johncrawford4382 3 ай бұрын

Hi hon im still playing snooker for the walls end engineers club born and brought up in byker my roots and family are still here I would love to leave but commitments keep me here lol geordie lass respect always ❤

@sylviacharlton5770 2 жыл бұрын

I'm Sunderland bred and born but love this song and everything about Newcastle ...Geordies included

@sevenup690 2 ай бұрын

Sunlun gsl here too in Canada. Love this song

@Lilacleaf49065 7 жыл бұрын

I think every geordie should have a place in their hearts for this song! I loved listening to this as a little tyke with me grandad and will never forget where our city came from.

@EchoesoftheInfinite 6 жыл бұрын

absolutely agree, beautiful song, makes you proud to be a Geordie. Great memories

@canuckowl 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry for my ignorance but what is a "geordie"? I've heard a few different things and can't quite figure it out.

@StuartWailing 6 жыл бұрын

A Geordie is someone from Newcastle upon Tyne.

@charliealder3522 5 жыл бұрын

I was 4 years old when the Neptune yard got closed by the bastard Tories. My mother worked in the offices and I'll never forget her sitting at the bottom of the staircase crying because she didn't have a job and couldn't buy us food. This song reminds me of where I came from and how bad the Thatcher government was for our beautiful town.

@grahamcheesman2252 5 жыл бұрын

You are beautiful

@monticlassictv 8 жыл бұрын

Superb song from Jimmy, and with Mark Knopfler on the guitar you cannot fail absolutely f***ing SUPERB .. and I’m Scottish but love everything about Newcastle.

@djdysfunktion79au 7 жыл бұрын

absolutely brilliant

@garysmith8096 6 жыл бұрын

Chris Montignani I couldn't agree with you more my friend it's absolutely fantastic

@richardbryan5022 6 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@markhalliburton935 4 жыл бұрын

And we love Scotland

@StewyB68 3 жыл бұрын

Scottish too and totally agree. Was working there a few year’s ago and concluded Geordies are salt of the earth!

@carolineslater1731 10 ай бұрын

That tune runs through every geordie. Every word. 🖤🤍

@jesusisking3974 5 ай бұрын

Black Heart's usher in Death Darkness. Red Heart's signify Life and Light. ❤🙏

@fairlyvague82 3 жыл бұрын

‘Cos this is a mighty town, built upon solid ground’ 😭😭😭😭

@garysmith597 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song lovely singer an in my opinion the best guitarist in the world. what a lovely meaning to a song it's history 😄😄😄😉

@zippy4994 8 жыл бұрын

+Gary Smith im torn between knopfler and gilmore

@garysmith597 8 жыл бұрын

+zippy4994 yes I'll ha 've that Tom Thanks for the mention

@markhanley463 5 жыл бұрын

My grandad was a Geordie,ex Royal Navy chief petty officer Arctic convoy and D Day veteran.This song always reminds me of my grandad Joe.Jimmy Nail does justice to his hometown and the shipbuilding industry,a brilliant vocalist.

@garysmith597 5 жыл бұрын

@@markhanley463 your grandad is looking down on you my friend have faith you have a good heart my friend yours sincerely Gary

@mkpshur 4 жыл бұрын

@@zippy4994 I like both guitar players. I Also like others like Brian May, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai,Van Halen, Kk Dowining anda Glen Tipton (Judas Priest), John Petrucci, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith., Kirk Hammet.. And a long etc. Greetings from Spain.

@GazzaFJ27 10 жыл бұрын

Proud to say, despite being a Southerner, I worked in the Neptune Yard!

@jonhill134 9 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Nail is a brilliant singer

@jonhill134 8 жыл бұрын

It's all about taste, there are a lot of brilliant singers. Freddie was more than just a brilliant singer, he was a brilliant frontman too. I'm not even a massive Queen fan but I can recognise that they're one of the all time great bands and that Freddie is an all time great singer. Jimmy Nail isn't a all time great but he's good and can definately sing.

@SoberRider78 8 жыл бұрын

+dilwich123 nit picking

@chezzyblue8939 6 жыл бұрын

Jon Hill top man Oz.

@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362 6 жыл бұрын

Jon Hill very very underrated

@garysmith8096 6 жыл бұрын

Jon Hill yes he's a fantastic singer

@martindyer6528 3 жыл бұрын

You don’t need to be a Geordie to recognise this as being a great song - sung and performed by two greats from that pat of the world.

@perrych2012 Жыл бұрын

Songwriting taken to the highest level. This is so beautiful.

@jamiewhite4238 11 жыл бұрын

I dedicate this song to Glynis & Colin Jones-Hawke, both who were close friends of my family and who personally brought me so much happiness and cherished memories "If you believe that there's a bond between our future and our past...the river will rise again". RIP Glynis & Colin. I will visit the River Tyne with my wife and boys some day and remember the Big Love and Big Smiles you both brought to everyone around you in our past and will bring this into our future as long as I live xoxoxoxoxoxo

@johnboyle2747 3 жыл бұрын

Wot a talent writing a song like that about your own birth place and a great actor to boot love Jimmy nail

@mikeplatts2603 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful song, simply beautiful, always brings a lump to my throat and I am not even from the North East

@rosscomal 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine how Jimmy felt seeing his lyrics and song being blasted at the stadium ❤️✌🏻

@Fwysiwyg 5 ай бұрын

I'm not a Geordie, not englsh either. French. But this song is so moving, il always think of my father when i listen to it. He was born in Italy, nothing to do with Newastle and the Tyne. That's the power of the beautiful songs...💛

@olofnordahl2099 2 ай бұрын

You are a great artist Jimmy Nail. Wonderful tune👍❤️

@RE_Bullet03 8 жыл бұрын

This song ALWAYS reminds me of my Granda who was a Tynesider through-and-through, even though he lived in Wiltshire for 60 odd years. R.I.P Granda

@dav1mic 8 жыл бұрын

my grandad was known as granda

@sgm2112 2 жыл бұрын

Resonates in Glasgow as well as Newcastle, two once great ship building towns that have had to adapt and change after they were sold out. This song tugs at the heartstrings, along with Mark Knopflers “So far from the Clyde” 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤😎👍

@thomassweeten462 Жыл бұрын

Mark is Scottish born in Glasgow

@rhodrimoseley4429 5 жыл бұрын

My old dad worked on the ship yards on the Tyne for years. Moved from South Wales and built him and my mam a life up there. They came home in 87 but made friends for life and I'm sure my dad always carries a part of tyneside with him wherever he went. He loved this song.

@graemeyetts3465 2 ай бұрын

I'm NOT a Geordie but this kills me ❤

@James-be1gw 9 жыл бұрын

Born and bread Geordie and proud of it jimmy nail he's amazing this song makes me think about Newcastle my home and how proud I am to be a Geordie

@TheCasao86 7 жыл бұрын

why the pride mate

@James-be1gw 7 жыл бұрын

Why not mate

@yodadodadoo 7 жыл бұрын

All geordies are proud to be a geordie. plus better than a mackem lol

@ninnu744 6 жыл бұрын

Geordie ❤️

@stevenmchale7132 5 жыл бұрын

Mackems are so much better

@kevinwhiteley2245 8 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Nail a diamond in the rough!

@taoho_ 5 жыл бұрын

really superb sopng and singer

@patrickneylon9715 2 жыл бұрын

Was just introduced to this song recently by a friend, I've listened to it often since. Such a meaningful and emotional song! Much love to the Geordies from Ireland 🇮🇪

@briancaine1194 3 жыл бұрын

In the 60s I played in a group and played in Newcastle most weekends, I had a great time there and the people were hard working and hard playing, generous and kind, those were the good old days as they say, sadly they are gone mostly due to Thatcher and Co, but you cannot put the people down, salt of the earth, I am not from Newcastle but have great memories of the town and it's people, away the lads..

@jackwatson521 9 жыл бұрын

This was the song at my grandad's funeral, he lived in Newcastle his whole life, when he was young he was in the merchant navy then was a steelworker in town, the second verse sums him up just right

@F00tyedits123 5 жыл бұрын

Was he a watson aswell

@dianethompson209 4 жыл бұрын

My dad's too, second verse, just the same.

@lite4919 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful send off

@bibtebo 4 жыл бұрын

Same, he worked in the neptune

@dianethompson209 4 жыл бұрын

@@bibtebo my dad probably knew him if he was a spark. It felt like he knew every buggar from Swans. We went to Spain on holiday and he bumped into someone from work!

@sarahargent882 4 жыл бұрын

one of my late partners favourite songs, miss him so much. beautiful song.

@scottlloydamey6154 4 жыл бұрын

This is very powerful lyric, laid over an amazing production.... The call and response of Nails voice and Knopflers Guitar is a masterclass of how to emote nostalgia and sentiment through music... 👍🏻I'm a 44 year old man who's brought to tears listening to the depth of the words and lead guitar parts.... F***ing amazing song 💙

@HardwareAddiction Жыл бұрын

This is a shockingly good song.

@smith0250 8 жыл бұрын

you can genuinely see the lump in jimmys throught when he sings this God bless the man

@fairlyvague82 Жыл бұрын

Anyone else still here in 2023?! 🎉

@stevetaylor2758 5 ай бұрын

Still listening in 2024

@FatGremlin 5 ай бұрын

Just rewatched still crazy film

@carlbailey4832 4 ай бұрын

2024 my friend

@iangoldstraw6002 4 ай бұрын

Still here in 2024... but still see Jimmy as 'Oz' in Auf Weidersen Pet

@paultetlow5367 4 ай бұрын

March 2024. How times have changed.

@julian_b 10 жыл бұрын

I've always loved this song. Heartfelt lyrics, very soulfully sung and Knopfler's guitar brings it up to another level. He's possibly the most underrated musician in modern music.

@MX-Mug Жыл бұрын

I think this rings true for many working towns, in Loughborough where I’m from we had Crane, Train and Hosiery manufacturing, now we have cash converters and drunks.

@ja-ks8dh 2 жыл бұрын

Having lived and worked in this area of the country for 12 years and my 2 eldest kids being born in the Wansbeck hospital in Ashington, having lived and breathed with the the great people of the North East, this song brings a lump in my throat. A superb area with great people. I love you Newcastle

@TrevtheGeordie 12 жыл бұрын

I'm a Geordie born and bred in Gateshead and have crossed the River Tyne more than 5,000 times. When I was ten I watched the launch of the ESSO Northumbria, at 253,000 tons it was then the largest moving object on Earth. Looking back I suppose we were then "Standing on the Edge of Glory". Since then I've seen all the shipyards close and even the cranes disappear. Just nothing left standing. This song is perhaps more appropriate today than it was when it was first released.

@DavidMiller-ps5rr 8 жыл бұрын

I get goosebumps whenever I hear it. Mark Knopfler's guitar playing is the perfect foil for Jimmy Nail's haunting voice. I've lived on Tyneside all my life and this is such a wonderful tribute to its glorious past. I hope Jimmy Nail is right when he sings 'the RIver will rise again. 'Ha'way the Lads'.

@Creativetoursflorida 3 жыл бұрын

What great Song about the passing of time about River Tyne and the Shipyards in Newcastle Uk! We need to hear this song on US Radio! What great writer and singer Jimmy Neil guitarist Mark knoffler

@huwbuilder 7 жыл бұрын

what an underrated performer,great song sung beautifully,well done Jimmy nail,we need you back on tv and the radio,a great voice and a great talent!!!

@ulverstone26 4 жыл бұрын

💕💕😥

@chess9097 3 жыл бұрын

1 of the best, the North East, the UK and the world has produced...

@orlaithchops 2 жыл бұрын

Loved Jimmy for many years, I’m 43 my parents are mad AWP fans and all of Jimmy’s work I grew up with. Fantastic actor and singer ❤️

@tolchoco1 12 жыл бұрын

I´ve just discovered this song a couple of weeks ago and I can´t get it out of my head. Great music, great lyrics. A wonderful and soft voice. Please, I want my 80´s back.

@davidberry8431 Жыл бұрын

Same here.

@muriellatour4803 2 ай бұрын

Living in Canada, but my heart is still in Tyneside after 50 years. Listen to this song with tears in my eyes. Long so much for the Newcastle of the 50s, and 60s.

@alancaunce3199 Жыл бұрын

An Absolutely Monumental Belting Classic From These Amazing Gents. The Brilliant Vocals Of Mr Nail Accompanied By The Unmistakable Mr Knopfler. So Much Emotion And Passion, I'm Not A Geordie, But This Amazing Track Fills Me Up Of Memories Of My Parents Who Gave Us So Much. God Bless Mum And Dad. Thank You For This Majestic Classic.

@patmccarrick1961 10 жыл бұрын

Two top men; proud of music and place!

@scooby3215 10 жыл бұрын

Great song with meaningful lyrics made even better by Mark Knophler playing the guitar. Two great Geordie's together brilliant, I wish Jimmy would make some more music.

@lvemedo2372 9 жыл бұрын

No actually Mark Knophler is actually from Glasgow Scotland

@bernadetteearl5433 5 жыл бұрын

Makes me cry I was born in the early 50 this song is so true long live the Geordies great people thanks jimmy one of the great true Geordie lads xx

@ekstradycja 5 жыл бұрын

@@lvemedo2372 they've moved to Newcastle when he was 7 or 8

@Mind-your-own-beeswax 5 жыл бұрын

lvemedo2 mark calls Newcastle his home not Glasgow

@johnmarsh5509 3 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about the north east,dockyards or anything but this song has always made me stop think and yea maybe a tear ,thanks Jimmy xx

@pionelpessi1022 4 ай бұрын

Heard this on a Top of The Pops rerun on BBC4 tonight. My favourite Jimmy Nail song

@davebrunskill7689 7 жыл бұрын

Im going to play this at my best man's funeral ... a totally beautiful song.. thanks jimmy.

@mariahenderson9425 6 жыл бұрын

I vividly remember going along Scotswood Road in a bus with my parents and seeing the big Giraffes ( aka cranes ) . A river of vast industry and my heart will forever love it . Jimmy has managed to compose a historical masterpiece here . This song is ingrained of every Geordie who recalls those days .....days that we never thought would disappear . But sadly they did .

@stevenpryce7808 4 жыл бұрын

My dad worked at Vickers "Armstrong" works for every year of his working life (bar 2 years at Pyrotenax in Jarra) & he always used to say that before they moved everything to the new factory near Scotswood bridge he'd go up on the roof or sit down by the river in his dinner break,just liked looking at that beautiful river,& even I remember getting the buses from Winlaton to Newcastle as a schoolboy 1st with my mam & grandma then later with my mates & thinking Scotswood road was a bit grubby but by God I'd love to go back & have another bus ride back in those days,even a train ride from Blaydon before they closed the Scotswood line,very happy & vivid memories 👍♥️

@BornToTroll-it5ju 4 ай бұрын

My mum is from Hexham down the road and so she loved Jimmy Nail, esp as Oz in Auf Wiedersen Pet. We had his 'Crocodile Shoes' album on the player constantly as kids whenever we took the car out on our Sunday drives. But this was the best and most poignant song of his imo, and though it might be about a once great river; for me its about a great person. Its the song that makes me think of my mum the most. I live abroad now but we msg almost every day, and when i hear that Northumbrian accent (she doesn't like me calling it Geordie) it brings me great calm. She's getting on, at 73 now, and that once strong voice that used to go like the clappers and bark at us kids to get off our C64 and do our homework now wanes and slurs, and the names of people take longer to come to her. She ran a company and it wouldn't surprise me if the stress of that has lessened her lifespan, and I cant help but wonder how time we have left on this planet together, and when ill come back to this song again knowing she has gone.

@user-nk4kc2hn5r 5 ай бұрын

Mark Knopfler's playing is very organic, the song is beautiful

@210661john 11 жыл бұрын

its a sign of pure class that mark takes a back seat...this is about jimmy's voice.........but mark's there subtlely in the background.....beautiful song

@debfisher6096 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not a Geordie, I'm Welsh, but the feelings behind this song are ones I can well relate to. My mother loved it too.

@keithdavies1395 11 ай бұрын

I'm a scouser,you're not wrong pal. Hope you're still around.

@martinmcdonald4207 4 ай бұрын

Every city that has a river flow through her has a song or two dedicated to it and this song is one of the better one`s for sure. Geordies eh! The Tyne`s finest. Love this beautie. Slainte from Dublin.

@kevinburns5762 4 жыл бұрын

'And when his days were done, under a golden sun' oh my god💔😭😭

@harrydonaldson1965 2 жыл бұрын

Just retired, worked in Dundee University and having met, worked with and socialised with many Geordies in my time there I feel humbled in how their spirit and determination still is second to none to somehow get to where they are today. Stay strong, our time will come again as JM says

@davestreatfield2527 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Kent , so a long way from Newcastle in every sense , but this has to be one of the greatest songs ever written , and it's just impossible to listen to it without feeling the passion and the energy that went into writing and singing it ! Not to mention some superb emotional playing from Mark Knopfler of course ! Thanks for posting , and good wishes to all who are listening during these troubled times !

@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 3 жыл бұрын

Resonates with all of us, mate. Wherever in country we come from.

@davestreatfield2527 3 жыл бұрын

@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Thanks ! It does ! Good wishes

@stevevidler158 4 ай бұрын

Every song tells a story, but the best ones stay in the memory, And this is one of those stories, so powerful and so true , so beautiful, two great fine musicians such a joy A work of art

@Guvna07 7 жыл бұрын

This could so easily be a Springsteen song, love it!!!!! Every word sung from the heart

@neilpwalker1 5 жыл бұрын

Guvna07 it certainly could, but don’t think even he would match Jimmy Nails emotion singing this !

@anthonyhoey6394 Жыл бұрын

A brilliant song,it's not just a song but a story,hard working north of England folk,a lot of irishmen and women seemed work in the North of England back in the day,my uncle went to Leeds a long time ago,he worked in the mines and married a Yorkshire lass and her family took him in as one of their own,the irish and the people from the North of England are similar,hard working and love a drink,I enjoy meeting people from the North of England,it's the accent and the quick wit and of course Liverpool FC greetings from Ireland

@anthonylester4484 9 жыл бұрын

Jimmy was singing long before Sting got his northumberland accent back overnight.

@revol148 4 жыл бұрын

+Anthony lester long before Jimmy Nail moved to London in the 1980's even !

@andrewlynn2623 2 жыл бұрын

Really brilliant song about the essence of Newcastle. I'm a Sheffield boy - I went to Newcastle upon Tyne University and met my wife there many years ago. We try to go back to Newcastle a couple of times each year. A sad song but the last line gives so much hope. To the future of our Northern cities!

@pactrolsolutions 2 жыл бұрын

I've sang this song many times - As a Scouser who's family have worked on and sailed down a Big River (The Mersey) it hit a chord straight from the first time I heard it - Newcastle and Liverpool - two great cities.

@michaelhastie9729 7 жыл бұрын

This song reminds me of myself, even the age of ten, I love it. When I was about 7 years of age I helped an old woman with her messages to her house, and on the walls there were photos and mementos of her dead husband who was a merchant seaman. She told me some of the stories her husband had told her of the times at sea. From that time on I had the merchant navy bug. When I was about 9-10 years old I used to jump on the tram downs to the Broomielaw On the river Clyde and watch all the ships alongside. One day I talked to a seaman who was painting the ships side and told him I was going to be a seaman. I was really excited when he showed me around the ship. After that every Saturday morning I would jump on the tram and head for the Broomielaw. Later I joined the Vindicatrix (training ship) and in 1962 joined my first ship. I was at sea from 1962-90 when they replaced British seamen with eu foreign seamen. I had the best 28 years of my life, until the eu destroyed it.

@selfpityingslogan 7 жыл бұрын

*the conservative party

@michaelhastie9729 7 жыл бұрын

iusefizzylogic YES the Tories, mainly the traitor Edward Heath. Since I was always at sea I never knew he had handed over our sovereignty to the eu. I didn't even know we were actually a member of the eu until the late 80's when I heard someone was taking the government their to the eu court of justice. When I asked what the hell has Europe got do do with our laws, that is when I was told that all our laws were take ov by the eu.

@badger1111111 7 жыл бұрын

you must have a long memory, the time of helping each other is long dead

@badger1111111 7 жыл бұрын

computer age took care of that

@badger1111111 7 жыл бұрын

I'm from Hull, the trawler industry counts the same as the shipping in Newcastle

@JohnAnderson-zc6kw 9 жыл бұрын

This song can make me cry. For although about the Tyne it could so easily be about the Clyde and my hometown of Glasgow. I can think of few songs with better lyrics. Absolutely brilliant Jimmy. You should be very proud to have written this song.

@jorgenfrandsen4484 9 жыл бұрын

I agree, I spent a year in Scotland in the early 80ies and remember the Clyde - empty and dying! Very very sad. Beutiful song, and very very well sung! God bless!

@steffwason 9 жыл бұрын

John Anderson dogged school down the docks in the 70s all the time,dont know how i'm so clever lol

@steffwason 9 жыл бұрын

John Anderson just a bit of trivia did you know Mark Knopfler was born in Earl St Scotstoun just saying

@JohnAnderson-zc6kw 8 жыл бұрын

+steff wason Yes, I did know he spent his first few years on the Clyde. His song "Border Reiver" is a ode to Albion trucks which were built in Scotstoun up until the early 70's.

@neilt7145 6 жыл бұрын

Well I work in Clydebank but am from Benwell in Newcastle so share your sentiment Bro....

@gordonpeden6234 Жыл бұрын

John Laws, Aussie DJ has started playing this over the last few days. I'd never heard it before, unbelievable 1995. And here we are 27 years on? Better late than never, I worked in the coalmines NCB in Scotland in the 60's before emigrating to Australia in 1970 to work in the coal mines around Newcastle and hardrock mines In Mount Isa Qld . it's a way of life and a mindset that Jimmy has Nailed. (well and truly) and I don't expect a lot of people will 'Get it'

@rorygee954 Жыл бұрын

Same for me, familiar with this song through Lawsie

@davidmitchell1391 9 ай бұрын

As a Londoner who went to Newcastle to do my degree course in the early 1970s, this brings back so manty memories. I get the impression that Newcastle has now re-invented itself is perhaps now doing OK

@fixingflaws 5 ай бұрын

love this song ..true nostalgia..life was hard then..and now but maybe there was more spirit somehow..one of few pix i've got from when i was a teenager in Yorkshire was at a launch of a ship on the Humber..me dressed all formal..probly aged 13 but much more elegant and mature than i was later!! or now 81..

@stephenvalente3296 3 жыл бұрын

Only came across the song a few days ago on Radio 2, and glad I did. Left the North East in 1993, and get back a couple of times usually, but not since early 2020 due to COVID. No matter what the positives of coming South, it took me over 20 years to finally realise my true affinity for the place, and wish I could be back there.

@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 6 жыл бұрын

Knopfler makes such a difference...

@WHISKERYDICK 12 жыл бұрын

A haunting song written and performed with class and humility by Jimmy Nail. People in the UK must never ever forget the havoc caused in our once proud and wonderful homeland by the person known as Mrs Margaret Thatcher R.I.P. Great Britain. Well done Jimmy Nail, a proud man, Anton aka Whiskerydick

@i_wouldprefer_not_to1196 Жыл бұрын

I think you mean Mr Tony Blair

@jugoldman2230 4 ай бұрын

@@i_wouldprefer_not_to1196dumb ass comment

@user-px7bl1tp8n 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful.lyrics, am a southerner, but this song brings tears , what a tribute to the ship building industry ,

@sheilaprice2404 Жыл бұрын

this song brings tears to my eyes,it reminds me of the mersey,my dad was a docker and every day he would cross to liverpool and stand in the penn hoping to be picked to work,if not he came home,he was a strong man but you could feel the emptiness inside him.it was not every docker that got picked for the work,what a bloody lousy system.

@ohai729 Жыл бұрын

Never been more proud of where i’m from. Once a geordie, forever a geordie. UP THE MAGS

@grahamcheesman2252 Жыл бұрын

SHAME!

@user-yorkshirelass Ай бұрын

Jimmy this song moves me every time I hear it and I play it on repeat I am a Yorkshire lass who loves your songs but this is my favourite love to all your family ❤️xxx