I was a huge Alarm fan throughout my teenage years 83 onwards and to my shame fell away a bit in my mid 20s. Listening to this and other songs takes me back and reminds me how damn good they were/are and has rekindled my love for them. So talented, so good ❤

My first live Alarm gig at Cardiff arms Park in 87, went to watch U2 but realized that The Alarm was my favourite band and still are Regards Cliff.

The song is based on a poem by Idris Davies, Welsh poet born in Rhymney. Pete Seeger set it to music.

This is genius. (Vantage point: I'm in North America and only just this second discovered this Welsh band. I suppose the McGuinn/Byrds version being *so* well known tends to bump newer arrangements down the search results, eh?) But what I want to say is: This is genius!

Great, great grandfather, Enoch James, emigrated from Rhymney, Wales to Mayfield, Pa. (Mines in both locations).

The Alarm are my favourite band since the early 80s. This video is excellent Janine XXX

Even though I love the Byrds' rendition that introduced me to this song as well as Pete Seeger's amazing performance of this, the song is about Welsh miners. How better than Welsh musicians to sing about this disaster? The pipes and drums evoke this tragedy. Although I adore all of these versions, I must say this is the best one.

I lived 200 yards from the church in this song (Rhymney.)

That's the song! For years I've been trying figure out what that was. They played it one night many years ago when I saw them in Toronto and I haven't been able to figure out what it was until now. What a great song. Thanks!

Mike hasn’t changed one bit. Humble, affable and a top guy.

Awesome!👍👍👍

Mike Peters is a good lad. Plus he’s a big red.

From Newport n lovin this song

Saw them at Toad's Place in New Haven CT back in the mid 80s. Such a great band!!!! Love them!!! And used to have a crush on Dave 😊

superb

Re the pronunciation - let's not forget Idris Davies wrote it in rhyming couplets. So maybe he intended it to be pronounced "Rimney" (to rhyme with "give me"). Certainly makes sense musically. And Seeger pronounced it the same way - probably because he didn't know any differently! So there is also an argument that the boys are being faithful to Pete's version.

Gotta love that eighty's hair

There are some great versions of this but none can beat a Welsh band doing it.

An amazing respectful performance .......look at the audience

Ahhhh....now I remember why I had a massive crush on Dave Sharp when I was a teenager!!!!

Sorry for the long Intro ....but stay with it and enjoy the ALARM's version of the " The Bells of Rhymney" from the heart :-)

Good performance this. Mullet Central though.

The most underrated band of the '80's

Terrible pronunciation of Rhymney, a y in Welsh sounds like a u in English, Rumney, not Rimney

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I was in my 30’s in the 1980’s. That seemed to me, at the time, to be the decade when music in general began to go down the tubes. And I also thought, at the time, that hairstyles had surely completely deteriorated to the point of complete stupidity. I am 73 years old now and can honestly say that music and hairstyles have continued to deteriorate to the point where the 1980’s actually look and sound pretty good. I like this rendition of this song by the way. The hair? Well. We’ll just leave that to history.

Hello Linda H!

Must be from The Tube Englush TV show Jeff Beck Star Cycle us the theme song

that crowd is out of control

Is this band from Liverpool?

Rimney?

Good version but..it is pronounced RUM.NEY not RIM.NEY

The drumming is banging, plunking, and stops the song. Maybe it's just their style. Otherwise love it.

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Just no no no on a million levels.

As Valley boys you would have thought they would pronounce Rhymney correctly. Ruined it for me. Try RUM KNEE…..Bloody RIM knee!

Rhymney miss pronounced. Nice try though.

Nice try, but the Byrds still hold the crown.

nice job though, interesting timing and harmony choices