30 Years ago (while station with the USAF in Bentwaters/Woodbridge, England) I spent half a day sitting right beside this guy, "Thomas Morgan Robertson"...on a train from Wodbridge to London. For some reason, of which I will never really know, he decided to open up to a total stranger that day and share a lot of personal things about himself with me. One of the many things he shared, was that he was on his way to the making this very video! Now 30 years later I am still revisiting both the memory of that day and of this video. Most of you know him as "Thomas Dolby" and for his smash hit "She Blinded Me With Science" I have the most cherrished memory of knowing him as "Thomas Robertson" and moreover for this highly under rated now classic genous "I LOVE YOU GOODBYE" of the 1992 "Astronauts and Heretics" album. Please click and enjoy and thanks for sharing this with me on this now 30th Year Anniversary of my event and this classic!

When I play this song, I have to repeat it at least 10 times before I can move on, it touches something so deep, so familiar, nostalgic, I just love it

This is Thomas Dolby's masterpiece. I must listen several times. I'm performing this for my husband's celebration of life.

Highly underrated piece of music.

30 years later, and this song still haunts me.The picture he paints with music is a masterpiece. I listen to this song daily to soothe my soul.

Thomas Dolby is simply not capable of writing boring songs. There are some gliders but it's all constant.

I think he's one of the finest musical geniuses to ever have graced us with his music...I listen to him daily.

This is his finest work and he easily runs circles around most musicians...straight genius!

A lot of people aren't lucky enough to experience Dolby.

There's no way to avoid being sucked into this.Stunning!!

This song pulls at me. There's not enough room here to explain it all and nobody would read it if I tried. But it's a living, breathing song that is just as desperate today as it was twenty something years ago.

How many have ever successfully combined complex synthesizer orchestration with Cajun Fiddle and Accordion in a heart wrenching story of his farewell to the music industry? One of Dolby's relatively undiscovered gems as it was post 80s hit era. The song sets an incredible mood and atmosphere and tells a very cinematic story like all of the best songwriters can do. Haunted is a great adjective to describe how this song makes you feel. Definitely has the feel of unrequited love, adventure and mischief, perfect for Louisiana. Mr. Dolby is an underrated songwriter and producer, most listeners of the era heard "She Blinded Me With Science", great song, but that's as far as they dove. The smarter ones bought the albums and really dove deep to discover his keenly lyrical, catchy and intrinsic musical genius.

This is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. ❤️🌈

I can’t even explain the bond I have with this song- the arrangement , the words, the video… a true masterpiece and meaningful in ways that will always stay with me.I can only Imagine that the aim of an artist is to produce something that will mean something to people for years to come. 30 years on and this still touches me every time I listen to it. Thomas, if that indeed was your aim, you certainly achieved it.

RIP Terry Jackson that opening piano riff, so good. Reminds me of Hornsby

Thomas Dolby......he was never a guilty 80s pleasure. Easily one of the best artists ever. Period. People knew him from early string of hits, but The Flat Earth was a hidden masterpiece! Astronauts and Heretics? Genius. Find some of his recent live stuff. Man is still way ahead of the curve. I can't believe he never became a household name......oh, wait.....he never sold out. That's why

Living on the gulf coast this song just hits a little harder and I think it’s just super cool. The Cajun lyrics were a great addition.

Every time you listen to this you here something new...Genius stuff

This song is the epitome of coolness. The amber tone of the video works perfectly with the music.

I found this beautiful song 5 days ago and I'm in love with it... Thank you Thomas, casue this masterpiece really touch something inside me. I lost my grandpa a year ago. June 30 will be the day. Some days I smile, because of all that times that we shared a great moment. Some days I feel really depressed because his last couple years I had my head on complicated stuff and I distanced a little from him, indirectly. What makes me feel really bad is that he tried to talk with me a couple times, he wanted to say something to me, but I don't really know where the fuck I had my mind cause I answered him "Yeah", let's go for a coffee or smth like that but I really didn't try to see him. Then his illness got worse and he couldn't left his home. I went to visit him a many times his last months, the last time, 3 days before he passed... He was very happy to see me, I was very happy to see him... June 30, 2021, my family called to tell me he was in his final moments... He was sleep when I arrived at the hospital... In peace. 30 minutes later, he was gone... I like to think that he was waiting for me... That he wanted to say goobye... I understand that time will help me and my family... But man, it's so rough... But that's just the way it is... "Some words are hard to say, some leave me tounge-tide. "The hardest words I know: I love you, goodbye..."

And bless you Thomas Dolby for producing the amazing Prefab Sprout albums!

This song gives nostalgia in the 90's. It's 2023 O_o

Dolby has the magic touch. His music has a quiet sadness mixed with nostalgia. It's not intentional it's just the way it is. It's a beautiful trait that is in everything he does. From ' One of our submarines', 'The flat earth' , 'pulp culture' and 'beauty of a dream' just to name a few. 'Windpower ' was the first Dloby song i heard and I've been hooked ever since.

I cherish my cd of Restrospectacle. His best works are included. This song touches me in a place so deep i cant describe how or why. I scare Myself is likewise. I sing. Well, And I vocalize with the piano and trombone solos. Incredibly passionate and moving. I love his music.

The Piano playing is amazing.

As an 18 year old having just experienced way too much of what life can shock us with I loved this song. 30 years later i still believe there is no better song ever made, equals to it for sure but, better, definitely not. Utterly amazing now as it was back then, this song actually changed my life. Literally 😊

There is no song with a more musical complexity than this song by Dolby.

GREAT CHOIR OF INSTRUMENT CHOICE ❤

I have such love for this song. I learned about this album reading music reviews in the Sunday Advocate at my grandmother’s house in Baton Rouge. My teenaged self took a risk on buying that CD, and it has been one of the best music purchases I ever made. I couple years later, we moved my Louisiana French grandma to live with us in Texas, and she died a few years later. Since then, I have hardly ever set foot in Louisiana, but it was so much a part of my childhood, I get misty hearing the words of an outsider inside. I’ll forgive him for saying “county” instead of “parish”. ;-)

I love this guy. This album is in my top25. Play it loud

I loved this song so much when he released ‘Astronauts & Heretics’ in 1992; I’d loved Dolby’s two key hits (Science and Hyperactive) in the early 80s, but had lost track of his output after that until I started properly buying records in 1990. The release of ‘Close But No Cigar’ led me to voraciously seeking out his entire back catalogue on CD, and then THIS song... just blew me away. The spine-tingling piano solo, the Cajun vibe, all so “un-Dolby-like”, and yet at the same time so perfectly Dolby-esque! It’s safe to say I adored ‘I Love You Goodbye’ from the very beginning. I only discovered much later, thanks to reading his brilliant 2017 memoir ‘The Speed of Sound’, that the song’s meaning was, at the time, in fact Dolby’s farewell to the music industry machine that he become so jaded by, but perhaps more so to the musical artistry that he so dearly loved (so glad that he finally made his way back to it again in 2011).

literally my favorite song ever. i dont know how i found it but im so so glad i did ❤❤

Every time I hear the song it just gives me life. It came out so long ago but it still feels new like every time I listened to it. Such a magnificent artist

This song...Just got played over and over again and again by me...Amazingly beautiful.

Haven’t listed to this in probably 10 years. Heard something that reminded me of it. Had to find it again

Very underrated song.. By a long shot.

I can't believe after almost 30 years I'm just now seeing this video - and I'm and obsessive fan. Thank you.

Thank you Thomas Dolby for this and so much more. I think of the Katrina victims when I hear this song. I Love you, Goodbye. Never forget and I hope those harmed and displaced have found a better life. Many areas of the world need our thoughts. Geo engineering is real. Depopulation agenda is real. It started some time ago. Anyone here in 2022 ? Look, listen, learn. Pray. God hears you.

Why this dont have 11,000,000 views I'll never know!!,.

Just amazing how perfect the song is and it touches me like it did 30 years ago. Unparalelled...

Just an FYI... The female love interest in the video is Kathleen Beller, who starred as Kirby Anders Colby on the 80's tv show Dynasty. She also happens to be Thomas Dolby's wife of 33 yrs.

An absolute masterpiece

RIP Matthew Seligman

Thomas Dolby is THE master of Fairlight technology, his genius lays in the engineering and sound production, studying intensely other sounds and piecing them together to produce incredible symphonic sound scrapes. He IS a musical genius. He is still way ahead of the game, as are Prefab Sprout - listening to these sounds today, they are lush, original and breath taking. His wife the Dynasty actress plays the love interest 😉

NO WORDS

Why did it take me 3 decades to hear & appreciate this? .....

One of my all-time favorites for sure... magical.

I picked up the Flat Earth album because I thought it would be full of fun songs like "She Blinded Me With Science" and was blown away by how deep and beautiful the entire album was, The Flat Earth is still my favorite song of all, but this one comes close.

Brilliant beautiful tune

The cinematography is on point. Thomas mastered the art of storytelling via music, which is enhanced through music videos. Absolutely beautiful.

Definitely a musical genius.

Adding to the stack here. I've always held Mr. Dolby in high regard and I'm particularly enjoying all of the other comments where it appears many folks are reflecting my own thoughts of his music. Cheers, y'all

3:17 - 4:39 One of the richest journeys of music ever crammed into a single minute. Solo on top of solo on top of solo, all of it vibrant and beautiful

Just such a singular piece! Brilliant arrangement! Could have danced all night to this in back in the day; now, in my dreams. Video is so imaginative. LOVE this forever.

'Aliens Ate My Buick'... one of my all time favourite albums, Thomas Dolby shear genius, Budapest By Blimp my fav song, though there are many of his songs which are just brilliantly written and orchestrated.

Late, thomas dolby, great song..

A fine, fine piece of music.

There was just such a woman in my life and it is indeed the hardest thing to say.

This song and video are seriously underated.

Such a great song!!!😅

This is the greatest song of all time ❤❤❤❤ can't get enough of it !

I probably haven’t heard this in 20 years and I sang right along with it. Love this song!😎

Some songs find their way to you at the exact perfect moment. Thank you Booker T. Boffin. Bless

Played this at my work way back when and I fell in love. Listening again now 3rd lockdown Feb 2021 x genius music thank you x

Definitely my favourite intro of any song.

This song reminds me of a relationship lost long ago, never to return. You were right about everything. I won't ever forget you, babe. 😔

If you ever get a chance to see him pictures together live it’s a wonderful experience this song is so fantastic

I honestly with respect, could not imagine a video that misrepresented the intention of a song that was so off target than this.... it's not a case of say what you see (hear) it is a travesty how far it missed the mark. The song is a beautiful composition ❤ absolute genius ❤️

Phenomenal. I miss you Kenz.

Now I know where Bruce Hornsby got his idea from.

One of my favorites from Mr. Dolby.

I've long loved this song but I'd never seen the video. Thanks for the upload.

Grotesk underated artist love this💕❤💕

Special admiration for the stunt piano, excellent work!

Actually my favourite ever song

If you where lucky enough to be born in 1964. You got the best of all.worlds of music..you can share with ages radio was great record stores, concerts where big deal..60s 70s 80s 90s ,.. then you have kids and become last for a while then they get old enough to ask you what was cool and then you play all the cool stuff for them great time to be alive don't complain just enjoy

He got several things "wrong" about Louisiana, but I've always loved this song. No matter where I am in the world, hearing this always takes me back "home". Love it.

That piano reminds me of Bruce Hornsby and the Range

LYRICS I would never normally go bowling On a friday morning in New Orleans But I like to come here to remember The kind of places you took me Like the time we stole a Datsun And drove all night to the everglades Until we crashed it in a big electric storm And stood there listening to the bayou rain The county sheriff had a hair, lip Louisiana's pride and joy He said politley as he cuffed me "I never busted an English boy But I will accept a contribution To the Opelousas' Charity Ball But you better drive this dirty Datsun Into the Gulf of Mexico" Under a Cajun moon I lay me open There is a spirit here that won't be broken Some words are sad to sing Some leave me tongue-tied (But the hardest thing to tell you) But the hardest words I know Are I love you goodbye I love you goodbye Typhoon Pierre delayed my plane till morning (Jusqu'au matin) Let the bontemps rouler from your accordion (L'accordien) Under a cajun moon I lay me open (Y a un esprit partout) There is a spirit here that won't be broken (Simple words are sad to sing Some words are sad to sing (They leave me tongue-tied) Some leave you tongue-tied (But the hardest thing to tell you my friend) But the hardest words I know (Is I love you goodbye) Are I love you goodbye (Je t'aime, au revoir) I love you goodbye (Je t'aime, toujours) I love you, goodbye

The video is a portrait of rural americana. Well done TD.

I love you good night .and I will listen this song tomorrow .

good old days

My all time driving song!! It invigorates me and brings back memories of a great love whose freedom soul matched mine !! For you Gilheany...🙃

A timeless classic , should have been a monster hit

Relatable ❤️

Fantastic in all ways! 🤙💞🙏

I love to blast this song when the rain starts to get really heavy & sit on my porch.

Quality stuff. Good traveling music.

Reminds me of when I lived in New Orleans, great sound through my JBLs

Masterpiece!

❤️❤️❤️ I loved you. Goodbye.

I told you I'd never come back, Michelle. why on Earth do I continue to lie, even after you've moved so far beyond my path..? maybe I like to come here to remember.

Great timeless piece! Well done.

Good memories!

reminds me of the gulf coast - and Michael Doucet on Fiddle!!!!!!!!!!!

His best ever.

Sublime

And I'm still in love with Kathleen Bellar after all these years. Breathtaking.

I come back to this song every now and then. Some questions about the lyrics, if anyone knows. Supposedly this song is based upon Dolby's experiences. Questions: Why did he leave her? Was she too impulsive and getting him into dangerous situations? The song opens with him still in New Orleans, so it's not like he moved far away (as the video might imply). Heck, if he had the money to bribe off a Sheriff then why did they steal the Datsun to begin with 🙂

His twin brother is a great cook