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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fair play to you Yorkshire lad,my grand uncle worked in the mines and my father and mother went to Yorkshire on their honeymoon to meet my grand uncle Tommy,and they loved it.lord rest all their souls,and hats off to the Yorkshire hospitality they received,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
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.
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.
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
I'm a supporter of Liverpool FC but a friend of mine kept saying to me you have to go Newcastle there's nowhere like it,and he told me the stories he heard from Newcastle fans and I said James it sounds like thyre irish,hard working and love a drink and the salt of the earth,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪, and by the way this song has such meaning to the North East of England,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
@@anthonyhoey6394 I've just spent the a week in Newcastle .... it's a great city, and the nightlife is something else ...... I've never seen so many so many football shirts being worn on the streets in a y other city in the country, it's like people are wearing Newcastle shirts on every street corner ... I saw three youngsters with Man City shirts on near the train station, but that was it, aside from that it was all Newcastle shirts, they are so proud of their city and football team.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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!
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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...💛
I'm a Geordie from Gateshead and. Geordies. Scousers, Irish. And Scots are really the backbone of the country, If you look at during the empire years how much of the money was made in. Newcastle/Gateshead. Liverpool /Manchester. Scotland/and Northern Ireland, and how did they repay us closing down our businesses and making our once great cities look like derelict towns and cities with no funding and no future,
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
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.
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 ❤
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 !👌🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇮
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
@@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!
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.
@@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.
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 🇮🇪
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
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.
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'
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.
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.
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!
+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.
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
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 !
My dad joined merchant navy at 15 during the war. His first ship left from the Tyne. Local lad who loved his home town Jarrow. Grew up with the yards and cranes. We went out on the pilots boat to the mouth of Tyne to spread his ashes on the river he loved. I visit him all the time ❤
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 💙
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
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..
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'.
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
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!
Saw him years ago in the city hall on the last leg of his UK tour with my ex wife,Peter Beardsley & his wife were sat in the row in front of us,even when Jimmy said that this was his next song he also said he usually struggles to sing it because it affects him as much as it does us but on that night he nailed it but alas I couldn't contain myself & just after the 1st chorus my tears started & didn't stop until the end,it was a brilliant concert & a brilliant night in a very cold December & as an encore there was a brass band & he got all of us to sing the full version of "The Blaydon Races" (I was born in Bensham,lived in Dunston till my sister was born then we moved to Winlaton just up the bank from Blaydon) 6 verses if I remember rightly,born on the "wrong side" of the Tyne to some people but I was,I am & will always be an extremely proud Geordie 👍👊
Softie southerner here worked with a few Geordies in construction they are the backbone of this country. The best and the worst to go drinking with on a Friday night(alcoholic poisoning) God bless em.
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.
I once won a competition and was given a pile of CDs, many of which were not that great. I had an edited version of this song as one of the CDs. I had it lying around and gave it a listen before I was intending to throw it away. Thank God I didn't! What a heartfelt song! A little history lesson beautifully played, produced and sung plus Mark Knopfler on guitar! What more could you ask for? A little plaintive masterpiece!!
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.
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.
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.
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” 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤😎👍
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Always cuts me deep this me and my brother arnt big music people but this song means so much when we were boys our dad drove us to France and in the way back we played this on cassette in our dads car over and over and over we have an estranged relationship with our dad even now has fully grown men though this memory is strong better times hey. This will always be a poignant moment in my life.
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Still listening in April 2024 great songs will never die ❤xxx
Me too, wonderful song ❤
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.
Beautiful song well done jimmy and mark brilliant😂
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I love this song, someone used to sing it on karaoke in the engineers club in Wallsend, I'd never heard it before, a lot more respect for Jimmy nail
This is too underrated and in my opinion one of the greatest songs of all time
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
@@martinelouise1854there in Catterick Garrison and Richmond is very proud of them
I agree mate ❤
I can't explain why I like it so much
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.
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.
Hey chin up, he's looking down on you with a huge smile😊😊
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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
Maith thú
What's the last line?
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.
only 2 or 3?
It's a fantastic song ...... I listen to this at least once or twice every single day.
2 geordie legends
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.
So true 👍
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thatcher declared war on the northern working class communities back in 1979.
@@a0b0 Working class in general I would say when she destroyed UK industry and replaced it with basically nothing.
I wonder what our ancestors would say if they had to see what has become of all their hard work.
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.
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.
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.
Same on Clydeside..
Ding dong the merryoh si g it high si g it low the wicked Thatchers deid
Ahh I see Neptune yard! I thought it was reference to the last ship that was built in the area
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.
Fair play to you Yorkshire lad,my grand uncle worked in the mines and my father and mother went to Yorkshire on their honeymoon to meet my grand uncle Tommy,and they loved it.lord rest all their souls,and hats off to the Yorkshire hospitality they received,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
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.
I was there it gave me goosebumps
I watched it from the leazes and I'm still getting emotional about it...WE WILL REBUILD !!
It was unreal
The tide always turns.... We will rebuild and rise again
Shame they didn’t understand any of its meaning
So beautiful
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.
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
You can take the Geordie out of the North East but you can't take the North East out of the man!
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.
I'm a supporter of Liverpool FC but a friend of mine kept saying to me you have to go Newcastle there's nowhere like it,and he told me the stories he heard from Newcastle fans and I said James it sounds like thyre irish,hard working and love a drink and the salt of the earth,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪, and by the way this song has such meaning to the North East of England,greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
@@anthonyhoey6394 I've just spent the a week in Newcastle .... it's a great city, and the nightlife is something else ...... I've never seen so many so many football shirts being worn on the streets in a y other city in the country, it's like people are wearing Newcastle shirts on every street corner ... I saw three youngsters with Man City shirts on near the train station, but that was it, aside from that it was all Newcastle shirts, they are so proud of their city and football team.
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
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.
What a nice message.
@@spurge83 ❤
I've literally just thought same thing reminds me of my native Dublin 💜🙏
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
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.
I am a Geordie and spent a year in Liverpool. It was one of the best years of my life.... fantastic people.
Agreed. We are one and the same.
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
@@m.bosman6477 you’re damn right!
well we cant knock you blokes too much seems you had trouble
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
I cry too, every time I hear it even though I have no connection to the place. Beautiful song. ❤
@davidhuggan6315,.. I'm Scottish and that's how it affects me, a brilliant song, sung brilliantly.
`The River will rise again`. Godspeed.
Same😫
@@margueritefawcett6788same😫
Beautiful and awesome
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
pete, i feel the same in hull. i love jimmys music. take care mate
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!
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.
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.
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!
my dad worked at the Neptune yard....he's my hero..great song, great people..
The finest.
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
Not forgetting Teesside as well for the shipping.
I'm Sunderland bred and born but love this song and everything about Newcastle ...Geordies included
Sunlun gsl here too in Canada. Love this song
Absolutely love this song
Beautiful song, superbly sung. The icing is the great Mark Knopfler, probably the most lyrical guitarist on the planet. He's brilliant!
He looked both happy and proud.
what a fantastic song by Jimmy, sung with such feeling for his hometown and so well accompanied by Mark in the background
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
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.
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.
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
What a song.
More meaning and emotion than the utter dross you hear nowadays...
You can say that again mate
@@garysmith597 utter dross is being kind mate
Definitely true, songs today are meaningless at times, like junk food. No real substance
Jimmy and Mark. Two giants of Tyneside music. Wonderful.
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...💛
I agree, i agree 🎸👏🎶 Mark and the singerman perfects - From Brazil 🇧🇷
Mark Knopfler's playing is very organic, the song is beautiful
That tune runs through every geordie. Every word. 🖤🤍
Black Heart's usher in Death Darkness.
Red Heart's signify Life and Light. ❤🙏
Am a born and bred Scouser..I love the Geordies..affinity..who's with me ❤💓❤
Born and bred Irish man here and I'm with you pal scousers Irish and geordies working class people 🇮🇪❤️🇮🇪
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
I'm a Geordie from Gateshead and. Geordies. Scousers, Irish. And Scots are really the backbone of the country,
If you look at during the empire years how much of the money was made in. Newcastle/Gateshead. Liverpool /Manchester. Scotland/and Northern Ireland, and how did they repay us closing down our businesses and making our once great cities look like derelict towns and cities with no funding and no future,
Me, mate! My Dad was a fitter on the Liverpool docks, + I have much loved Geordie friends! :)
Add in Glaswegians .... Geordies ....... Scousers salt of the earth all of them
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
What a haunting beautiful song. This is played on the John Laws radio show in Australia every day, never tire of hearing it.
Same for me, I first heard this and Jimmy Nails other song 'Crocodile Shoes' on Lawsie's program.
That’s great to hear
It was on today 😅😂
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.
Aye, A knaa how you feel.... born in Waalsend, dragged up in North Shields, now living in Hamburg.
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 ❤
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 !👌🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇮
🙏🙏🙏
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
@@ThePeterws I know of your Toon Army!and the one and only Sir Robert Robson!👍🏼👍🏼
Amen brother! If you came to newcastle,and spoke to us about our past,you’d know what the song means
@@pharcyde4943 it's bobby Robson bud
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.
absolutely agree, beautiful song, makes you proud to be a Geordie. Great memories
Sorry for my ignorance but what is a "geordie"? I've heard a few different things and can't quite figure it out.
A Geordie is someone from Newcastle upon Tyne.
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.
You are beautiful
As a native Tyneside, I just lost it during the “this is a mighty town” verse.
MaquiladoraIII jimmy nail bought a house near me in north wales. Years ago. We lived him round here.
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.
absolutely brilliant
Chris Montignani I couldn't agree with you more my friend it's absolutely fantastic
Well said.
And we love Scotland
Scottish too and totally agree. Was working there a few year’s ago and concluded Geordies are salt of the earth!
A lot of people knock wor Jimmy's singing... But F me if it doesn't punch you in the heart if your a geordie. Love this song and the North East!
Watching this under the Tyne bridge as we speak !!
Jimmy Nailed it.
Hello from Germany....still listening! ❤
‘Cos this is a mighty town, built upon solid ground’
😭😭😭😭
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
Never been more proud of where i’m from. Once a geordie, forever a geordie. UP THE MAGS
SHAME!
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.
Songwriting taken to the highest level. This is so beautiful.
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
Was he a watson aswell
My dad's too, second verse, just the same.
What a beautiful send off
Same, he worked in the neptune
@@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!
Beautiful song lovely singer an in my opinion the best guitarist in the world. what a lovely meaning to a song it's history 😄😄😄😉
+Gary Smith im torn between knopfler and gilmore
+zippy4994 yes I'll ha 've that Tom Thanks for the mention
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.
@@markhanley463 your grandad is looking down on you my friend have faith you have a good heart my friend yours sincerely Gary
@@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.
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.
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 🇮🇪
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
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.
mark knopfler from the dire straits on guitar is perfect
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'
Same for me, familiar with this song through Lawsie
Respect from Cardiff wales
Jimmy Nail is a brilliant singer
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.
+dilwich123 nit picking
Jon Hill top man Oz.
Jon Hill very very underrated
Jon Hill yes he's a fantastic singer
Glorious - just beautiful - Jimmy Nail and Mark Knopfler. Who could ask for more.
Nobody. Wonderful. Two of my heroes, real song.
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.
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!
John Anderson dogged school down the docks in the 70s all the time,dont know how i'm so clever lol
John Anderson just a bit of trivia did you know Mark Knopfler was born in Earl St Scotstoun just saying
+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.
Well I work in Clydebank but am from Benwell in Newcastle so share your sentiment Bro....
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
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 !
Resonates with all of us, mate. Wherever in country we come from.
@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Thanks ! It does ! Good wishes
My dad joined merchant navy at 15 during the war. His first ship left from the Tyne. Local lad who loved his home town Jarrow. Grew up with the yards and cranes. We went out on the pilots boat to the mouth of Tyne to spread his ashes on the river he loved. I visit him all the time ❤
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 💙
Jimmy is so underrated as an artist and this song shows his very good voice, nostalgic and sad song but very cool.
2024 Anyone?
Its great song
As long as Mark Knopfler is involved I listen to him every day.
Me its a cracking tune
Mark dá um toque todo especial.
yep from port talbot and can feel the lyrics
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.
I'm a scouser,you're not wrong pal.
Hope you're still around.
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 think you mean Mr Tony Blair
@@i_wouldprefer_not_to1196dumb ass comment
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..
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!!!
💕💕😥
1 of the best, the North East, the UK and the world has produced...
Proud to say, despite being a Southerner, I worked in the Neptune Yard!
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'.
Beautiful song, simply beautiful, always brings a lump to my throat and I am not even from the North East
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
why the pride mate
Why not mate
All geordies are proud to be a geordie. plus better than a mackem lol
Geordie ❤️
Mackems are so much better
the whole song ,and especially the last verse, is so poignant in these current days, good old days gone forever. So sad!
This is a shockingly good song.
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
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!
Saw him years ago in the city hall on the last leg of his UK tour with my ex wife,Peter Beardsley & his wife were sat in the row in front of us,even when Jimmy said that this was his next song he also said he usually struggles to sing it because it affects him as much as it does us but on that night he nailed it but alas I couldn't contain myself & just after the 1st chorus my tears started & didn't stop until the end,it was a brilliant concert & a brilliant night in a very cold December & as an encore there was a brass band & he got all of us to sing the full version of "The Blaydon Races" (I was born in Bensham,lived in Dunston till my sister was born then we moved to Winlaton just up the bank from Blaydon) 6 verses if I remember rightly,born on the "wrong side" of the Tyne to some people but I was,I am & will always be an extremely proud Geordie 👍👊
Softie southerner here worked with a few Geordies in construction they are the backbone of this country. The best and the worst to go drinking with on a Friday night(alcoholic poisoning) God bless em.
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.
Same here.
This is a fantastic song and extremely well sung, by big Jimmy Nail ! Much appreciated ty.
I once won a competition and was given a pile of CDs, many of which were not that great. I had an edited version of this song as one of the CDs. I had it lying around and gave it a listen before I was intending to throw it away. Thank God I didn't! What a heartfelt song! A little history lesson beautifully played, produced and sung plus Mark Knopfler on guitar! What more could you ask for? A little plaintive masterpiece!!
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.
Im going to play this at my best man's funeral ... a totally beautiful song.. thanks jimmy.
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
my grandad was known as granda
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.
My jaw is on the ground.
'Big River' is an amazing song which I have just discovered.
Good for Jimmy Nail.
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.
Jimmy Nail a diamond in the rough!
really superb sopng and singer
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 ❤️
Pure nostaljic tune tells the story off the hardworking folk off the north east coal and shipbuilding mark and jimmy great job done
one of my late partners favourite songs, miss him so much. beautiful song.
Fabulous
Imagine how Jimmy felt seeing his lyrics and song being blasted at the stadium ❤️✌🏻
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” 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤😎👍
Mark is Scottish born in Glasgow
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.
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.
*the conservative party
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.
you must have a long memory, the time of helping each other is long dead
computer age took care of that
I'm from Hull, the trawler industry counts the same as the shipping in Newcastle
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.
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
Wot a talent writing a song like that about your own birth place and a great actor to boot love Jimmy nail
Always cuts me deep this me and my brother arnt big music people but this song means so much when we were boys our dad drove us to France and in the way back we played this on cassette in our dads car over and over and over we have an estranged relationship with our dad even now has fully grown men though this memory is strong better times hey. This will always be a poignant moment in my life.