Simply the best! Will 's guitar stings are so intense on this track almost LIke its "Droning" / Ian is literally crying out the vocals as Pete smashes his drum kit! An Incredible gift of 80's music!
The song that got me into The Bunnymen - and when I saw that Ian's face was as gorgeous as his voice - that was it forever. Will have this played at my funeral!
Living in Japan when I first discovered Echo & the Bunnymen, having come from a musical/cultural Midwestern small town where there was nothing but Top40 and Country&Western. Good memories.
TheLadyDiazepam So what your saying is that the Japanese had better progressive music than that town in America where to music sucks.. I can relate lol
Saw them at Radio City Music hall mid 80s. Surprised my date with a limo for the way back. Parked in the front after the concert, the crowd thought it was for the band. What a night.
Still sends shivers after all these years. This was a band that knew exactly what they wanted this song to sound like. And thanks to the original editor of this video = very well done.
You said something will change We were all dressed up Somewhere to go No sign of rain But something will change You promised You said nothing will change We were almost near Almost far Down came the rain But nothing will change You promised A promise A promise A promise It's exactly the same You said It's always the same But I'll make it change Into something the same I promise A promise A promise A promise Light on the waves Light on the waves Light on the waves Light on the waves A promise A promise A promise A promise (light on the water) (we could sail on forever) a promise A promise (there's light on the water) (we could sail on forever) a promise (there's light on the water) a promise (there's light on the water) a promise (we could sail on forever) a promise (there's light on the water) a promise (there's light on the water) a promise (we could sail on forever)
There's a great interview with Will Sergeant describing his impressions of Television from the time...how Verlaine captured the space between his mind and the notes he played on guitar...how he (Will Sergeant) wanted to achieve that sensation...
I cried when they played this song when I seen them this passed may at the warfield in SF. I was so happy to be be able to see them live after getting into them when I was a teen.
what a great band ,this song i had to have as soon as i heard it! my big bro playing it in hes bedroom eeeeeeeee they were great times 💓 takes me back some ......😕1981 😮 id ov been 14 !
I could have sworn they had an official video for this. This is great, you synched it so it looks like he is actually mouthing the words. Your a great editor.
Haha my bro actually got me into simple minds. THE first song I loved was CHELSEA GIRL .One of my all time favorites tho has to be COLOURS FLY AND CATHERINE WHEELS 😌❤ watch it often on utube Remasterd by DEXTER I think or some think like BELTN STUFF .Great to see a young energetic Jim ❤ HAPPY DAYS 😌
This one really takes me back, but the promise is such a universal concept. Yes, we all make promises to ourselves and to some of our lovers and friends. Sometimes we also make promises to university and of course governments but you know nothing is really gonna change now I remember when I was six years old I had this vision of well you know who it was something that looked like Jesus Christ and depicted by one of the Renaissance Masters so there I was out in Pennsylvania, and I was in a small lake of course and I could see the flashing of the light coming down beneath the boat and it was the light on the water but beneath it, I saw a vision of Jesus, but he looked a lot like King Arthur as well. Yeah, that was a true natural high the way that the ancient Greeks used to get it with, of course using stroboscopic lights or the actual mesmerism that comes from watching the light from the water I had similar visions in the Florida Keys. Yes, I made my promises accordingly
The Bunnymen were ahead of U2 commercially when HUH was released. Then they released Porcupine (a brilliant album) but the wanky music execs refused to support it. Once the marketing wankers stop funding the promotion you are fucked. U2 however has a much better manager and relationship with their record company. U2 NEVER sold out. They couldn't. They weren't musically gifted and therefore, like the Bunnymen, had one way of playing. It was lovely, brilliant in fact. But dont make the mistake of thinking either band were gifted musically. They weren't. They were just a group of friends who made good pop melodies. The Bunnymen were fucked over by their management/label. U2 weren't. Simple.
U2 were great until achtung baby included. Just because Echo didn't get what they deserved doesn't mean U2 was overrated. Both bands deserved success, and throw in Icicle Works as well, who wrote stunning music for years (arguably the best of the 3).
I really wish I'd grown up in this era! What happened to all the good music? If you like Echo & the Bunnymen definitely check out "Lost in this world" by The Urban Foxes.
Great Video and great editing you got the drums linked up and the vocals even though he is singing a diffrent song in each clip, it still looks like hes singing this one. Great great great!!! what did you use for your editing and do you have others? I would love to see more. Peace KB
That anguished voice . . . :-) Perfect angst for a generation of post punk, cold war kids.
EXTREMELY UNDERRATED. Ian has one of the BEST voices in music.
My simple comment ..thank you guys ..40 years in my heart x
I can't stop looping this song. Totally mesmerizing...Thank God there were the 80's
Simply the best! Will 's guitar stings are so intense on this track almost LIke its "Droning" / Ian is literally crying out the vocals as Pete smashes his drum kit! An Incredible gift of 80's music!
i guess it's kinda off topic but do anyone know a good site to watch new series online ?
THE GREATEST BAND.
Of all time, hands down.
100%
I never understood the comparison to The Doors. Love the bunnymen!!!
One of my all time favorite songs then, as it is again now. Can't play it just once.
A great song from my favourite group of the early 80s. Such great musicianship and a perfect antidote to New Romantics and Thatcherism.
A great song from what I feel is their best album.
Ian,s one of the best Singer Song Writers ever .what great band
Listening 2021, this band rocks as it did in the eighties, still love em even as a grandad.
It was the best haircut in the 80's and that's what counts.
underrated comment
@@joedodd823 Thanks! It looks like a reply but the original message seems to be gone...
William and Jim Reid agree.
gotta give that to Robert Smith i think
The song that got me into The Bunnymen - and when I saw that Ian's face was as gorgeous as his voice - that was it forever. Will have this played at my funeral!
He looks like a she.
This is one of those songs that is such a gem. I am happy and sad that it isn't more popular. More for us, less for the masses ;)
Living in Japan when I first discovered Echo & the Bunnymen, having come from a musical/cultural Midwestern small town where there was nothing but Top40 and Country&Western. Good memories.
You must of been under a rock then because there's some incredible music, outlets, and venues for music to be seen, heard, and purchased.
Not in a shithole Midwestern town in the 1980s. It was kind of like living under a rock.
TheLadyDiazepam So what your saying is that the Japanese had better progressive music than that town in America where to music sucks.. I can relate lol
Saw them at Radio City Music hall mid 80s.
Surprised my date with a limo for the way back.
Parked in the front after the concert, the crowd thought it was for the band.
What a night.
govinda102000
I like it
Limo
Got to try that
i was there with my girlfriend now my wife always a huge fan first seen them in the sfx hall dublin 1984
sythn player got the opening to the cutter wrong mac fucked him out of it told him to get his shit together
Still listening to it in 2017!
it never gets old.
Feb 2020 mate! Not much can get near it these days
Never sounds out of date. Classic ❤
Hauntingly Addictive , can't believe first time hearing this in 2019 ...
Agree with everyone! It's one of their best songs! They had the corner on this sound.
one of the great bands of the 80's
I love Echo and the Bunnymen Mac's definitely my favorite vocalist.
Still sends shivers after all these years. This was a band that knew exactly what they wanted this song to sound like.
And thanks to the original editor of this video = very well done.
One of their greatest songs.
If I had to make a top ten of all time song list, I think this would be on it. Damn I love this song.
You said something will change
We were all dressed up
Somewhere to go
No sign of rain
But something will change
You promised
You said nothing will change
We were almost near
Almost far
Down came the rain
But nothing will change
You promised
A promise
A promise
A promise
It's exactly the same
You said
It's always the same
But I'll make it change
Into something the same
I promise
A promise
A promise
A promise
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
Light on the waves
A promise
A promise
A promise
A promise
(light on the water)
(we could sail on forever) a promise
A promise
(there's light on the water)
(we could sail on forever) a promise
(there's light on the water) a promise
(there's light on the water) a promise
(we could sail on forever) a promise
(there's light on the water) a promise
(there's light on the water) a promise
(we could sail on forever)
PrinceOfDenmark thanks for posting the lyrics!!!
Thanks you
What a great decade !
too right, sweetie!
Always a Television / Tom Verlaine feel about this track back when I bought it. And that's a great compliment.
There's a great interview with Will Sergeant describing his impressions of Television from the time...how Verlaine captured the space between his mind and the notes he played on guitar...how he (Will Sergeant) wanted to achieve that sensation...
Heidi Hedeker in his words, "between metal string fingertip and mind there is a mystic process...": louderthanwar.com/will-sergent-top-10-albums/
Heidi Hedeker Great article - thanks. Honestly had no idea there was a direct influence just a guess so the Television influence grows and grows.
I cried when they played this song when I seen them this passed may at the warfield in SF. I was so happy to be be able to see them live after getting into them when I was a teen.
Beautifull song!!! love Echo, love Ian and her cool voice and charisma. Thanks!!! Echo are timeless!
so underrated everyone at the time saying u2 better my ass
the genius of simplicity
Wishing John Peel, all the best. (RIP)👍
he loved echo and bnnymen
Love this song , hadn’t heard it in years , then it played in my playlist .
It was so beautiful to rediscover it.
高校時代にHeaven Up Hereが好きでLP盤を購入しました。今でも所持しています。
damn they made some fine music...I met Ian and was intimidated to even say I loved their music...he was actually gracious....d
what a great band ,this song i had to have as soon as i heard it! my big bro playing it in hes bedroom eeeeeeeee they were great times 💓 takes me back some ......😕1981 😮 id ov been 14 !
Best Echo song - its a BIG song and stirs you up...any chance of coming to Australia and put us out of misery
I could have sworn they had an official video for this. This is great, you synched it so it looks like he is actually mouthing the words. Your a great editor.
Best song ever written!
EVERY morning....SOOOOO LOUD over and over🌹 and over 🌹and over🌹 and over🌹 and over..💋
I remember my big bro playing this back in the day and I was hooked ,I feel old
your big bro's a legend, listen to simple minds-new gold dream please, no need to thank me :)
@@mrmervinjminky5317 I HAvE seen simple minds 3 times ! And yes NGD ALBUM IS A CLASSIC ❤👍
Haha my bro actually got me into simple minds. THE first song I loved was CHELSEA GIRL .One of my all time favorites tho has to be COLOURS FLY AND CATHERINE WHEELS 😌❤ watch it often on utube Remasterd by DEXTER I think or some think like BELTN STUFF .Great to see a young energetic Jim ❤ HAPPY DAYS 😌
THE PROMISE ,NOTHING WILL CHANGE
Great band.
On repeat hehe I am so in Love with Ian and his beautiful voice!
Pure genius in musical quantum physics.
Best Echo Song - still sends shivers down me spine
One of my altime favorites!
Best fucking song ever
Great song, video very well done!
This one really takes me back, but the promise is such a universal concept. Yes, we all make promises to ourselves and to some of our lovers and friends. Sometimes we also make promises to university and of course governments but you know nothing is really gonna change now I remember when I was six years old I had this vision of well you know who it was something that looked like Jesus Christ and depicted by one of the Renaissance Masters so there I was out in Pennsylvania, and I was in a small lake of course and I could see the flashing of the light coming down beneath the boat and it was the light on the water but beneath it, I saw a vision of Jesus, but he looked a lot like King Arthur as well. Yeah, that was a true natural high the way that the ancient Greeks used to get it with, of course using stroboscopic lights or the actual mesmerism that comes from watching the light from the water I had similar visions in the Florida Keys. Yes, I made my promises accordingly
Heaven Up Here
beautiful - all of it!
Love this song
Haunting song from an amazing band ahead of its time.
They were precisely of their time. It was just a very good time.
Thank you for makin my youth brill
Brilliant work Toni.
the best band in the whole world.
I like seeing the live footage of the girls dancing. It's just cool for some reason. I mean, heck I'd dance too!
Great tune
Love it. 20 / 21 at the time
They were at their best when they did the melodic stuff like this.
Wow this is cool! :) Great song and great video editing, fits perfectly!
My favourite Bunnymen track
Another underrated band !!!!
There is one word that sums up this band - cool.
Great song and sound - much enjoyed
on a loop. wicked tune
Gorgeous...
Great song
Great song.
GREAT SONG. .
Wow so powerful!
A great tune
Genial , buen trabajo , te felicito!
FANTASTICO
Guys...this is a fucking masterpiece......!!!!
Ian Mcculloch Favourite singer song writer and Musician
They seem to love D major. Great band
excellent vid & song!!!
Lies on the Wind...
Outstanding
Gracias.
I think their rivals U2 were overrated Echo and The Bunnymen never quite achieved the same success which was a shame.
they never sold out. only the really cool people listened.
Will was ALWAYS the better guitarist out of him and David Evans.....
The Edge? No, he might be called that but he was never "the edge".....
U2 has soon appeared to be a cash machine, like the stones with fewer talent though. Echo has remained unspoiled and keeps shining
The Bunnymen were ahead of U2 commercially when HUH was released. Then they released Porcupine (a brilliant album) but the wanky music execs refused to support it. Once the marketing wankers stop funding the promotion you are fucked. U2 however has a much better manager and relationship with their record company. U2 NEVER sold out. They couldn't. They weren't musically gifted and therefore, like the Bunnymen, had one way of playing. It was lovely, brilliant in fact. But dont make the mistake of thinking either band were gifted musically. They weren't. They were just a group of friends who made good pop melodies. The Bunnymen were fucked over by their management/label. U2 weren't. Simple.
U2 were great until achtung baby included.
Just because Echo didn't get what they deserved doesn't mean U2 was overrated. Both bands deserved success, and throw in Icicle Works as well, who wrote stunning music for years (arguably the best of the 3).
love his voicee
Light on the waves...
Their best
Remembering '60s...
I really wish I'd grown up in this era! What happened to all the good music?
If you like Echo & the Bunnymen definitely check out "Lost in this world" by The Urban Foxes.
You did a great job!
Best music of EAB
i swear i know that girl dancing at 2:07 - Was at this show in London... hung out with them after...
Yeah she definitly looks like many young women in the 80's
it is easy to smoke to much and it is ok to dream
Would love to know her name
Unpopular opinion but best band to ever come out of Liverpool
I love this fucking song!!!!
+Cecy Flowers it's a great song personally I love Pictures on my wall.
NicBunnymen I haven't hear that one !
Tremendo tema
Imperious.
Manjar para mis oídos!!
we need that time machine!
now.
Great Video and great editing you got the drums linked up and the vocals even though he is singing a diffrent song in each clip, it still looks like hes singing this one. Great great great!!! what did you use for your editing and do you have others? I would love to see more. Peace KB
rock and roll yeah
Gorgeous :D :D