This song has become my anthem. I have to balance it out with "Is It Like Today?". I sing Ship of Fools accapella spot on constantly. Absolutely...may The Lord Bless Karl's soul. When He gave us Karl He blessed us.
Yeah, I mean 1986 was far less troubled in every respect than the here and now. Me though, I'm thinking of The The's "Armageddon Days are Here Again" as being the song with lyrics more relevant today than 1989.
RIP. Evidently Wallinger had a brain aneurysm back in 2001. He survived it, though I guess he lost peripheral vision. It was a miracle he lived through it; many don't. Lived 23 years until the stroke that laid him to rest a couple weeks ago. All in all, a great artist who should've been bigger. One of the better 80s singles, right here.
Yes, most definately! Here's a gold star for your outstanding achievement, unwavering dedication to tasks bestowed upon you & doing your bit for, hopefully, the good of the world for generations to come 🌟👏👏👏
He was like all four Beatles rolled into one, combined with Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison and Prince, and that's just his musical talent. He also deserves massive recognition for his efforts in trying to wake us all up to the environmental and geo-political catastrophe we're sadly continuing to sail into. RIP Karl.
Rest in peace, Karl. Thank you for the music you have created for all of us. As a 90s kid, I discovered Ship Of Fools later on but have always loved Is It Like Today?
This was the last LP that I ever bought, back in 1987. My girlfriend at the time rolled her eyes when the needle came down on vinyl and made some kind of comment about the doom & gloom. As I remember, she was listening to Milli Vanilli about this time. It's amazing the sins that good sex will make you forgive...
Rest in Peace Karl. This song was absolute perfection, rarely attained in this world. If it was the only song you ever did, it would be a masterpiece nonetheless.
One of my all-time favorite songs! Timeless. It's poetry, it's magic, it's perfect. I was working at a record store in the late 1980s when I first discovered the band on a 2-cassette collection for charity (I think for world peace?). There were a lot of great artists represented (Eurythmics was one, IIRC), but this track, by this band, instantly blew me away and became the absolute standout. I played it in the store, I played it in the car, I played it everywhere until it became part of me. I felt it so much then, and I feel it so much now. Thank you, Karl, and thank you to everyone in the band, for creating a masterpiece and making a difference.
That was the Rainbow warriors double cassette!! The French intelligence agency had sunk the Greenpeace boat and this set was in memory/condemnation of that incident.
I remember seeing this on MTV back in like 86 or 87 I think... I was a teen born 1970 model... I knew the song and would sing the chorus through my life and now I feel what he means... We are on the ship of fools as of late...
Tis, true hell is 4 real. Had a vision. Big wake up call.! Itz, personal...btw, I work for the Lord Jesus now! See some 4 real wow, stuff in clouds..wonders, signs in my testimony videos. 2020 eyes 2 see!
I should have known these guys I'm 48, know a lot of bands but sooo glad I discovered these guys! Who's listening in 2024? I don't want to sail with this ship of fools either LOL
I'm still listening and loving it, still have the original vinyl from the 80s! A tragic too early demise of one of my generations musical Genius's!! The music after 35 years could have been written yesterday, can't find much to compare these days?!!......
YUP! World Party was prophetic for these times! Still love this song! Hard to imagine Karl has got to be around 70 years old too. Yikes! Where has time gone?
From your comments below, I just found out he moved on. It's 3:30 am on a Sunday night in Portland, Oregon. I am drinkinking rum. I am so sorry to hear this.... and then I thought, "Am I ?" We are just visiting. I am just drinking. What a beautiful loving sweet kind man he was. What a lyricist! He sure moved me years ago and still does. Be good, never give up, have fun and love as much as you can.... I will drinkink another toast to you Karl. I am still sailing on the ship of fools. That's a waaaaay toooo nice of a name for these cunts. God bless you all.
Fantastic amazing song. Thanks for inspiring a young musician - me - who tried to use this songs formula to write my own and i failed miserably.. and just realized how talented you were and how hard it would be to write a song this GOOD! Still bangs so hard in 2024 - thank you for your music Karl.
As a generation X participant growing up as a teenager in the 1980’s I loved this song. Am I the only one from that generation that is reminded of this song every time I hear The New Radicals song ‘You Get What You Give’ on the radio?
A brilliant song, totally catchy and beautifully delivered and is 'timeless', in that we experience exactly the same today. Time may have moved on since it's release, but this song, sentiment and reality remain the same...The 'Galley Slaves' will hopefully wake up and wise up against the way the world is being run or at least open their eyes a little wider and start asking some questions.
Best song ever. Really. So prophetic. Here we are in 2024 living this. This man knew 40 years ago. A genius. Thank you, Karl Wallinger. Love and respect you forever. ❤️
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Rest in peace, Karl. Thank you for all of the great songs--especially this one!
I just found out and came here right away.
RIP. I won this album from a radio station contest in Gainesville, Florida in 1987.
Such a devastating loss. So glad I got to see WP a time or two.
Man, I am so bummed. I listen to World Party almost every week. You will be missed.
Seriously!!!!????? Man my child is littered with singers passing away! Bummer did not know! RIP Karl RIP.
Sounds more relevant right now here in 2024 than ever. RIP Karl!! ❤
1986, it was relevant then and its relevant now.
It will always be relevant in the system we've been under for at least 200 years. And, anyway, people have always been stupid
Came here to say that.❤ DT & KH debate on ….”..right now… “….
It sure does.
Commenting in the US in Nov. of 2024, Karl would certainly agree and foresee! I need this song to capture my mode.
This is, quite simply, one of the greatest songs ever written. Rest well, Karl.
This guy is woke and that’s a good thing.
I may have to agree there, def. is one of them, there' are many but this rates highly. Lyrics, melody, composition, deep to me.
@nickdryad nothing good about being woke u rainbow cuck
It is. for sure. Love it, since the day it came out.
Truly.
Who is still totally in love with World Party in 2020?
Me
My favorite band of all time!
I love world party...
Always! I've seen them in concert 5 times.
Add me to the list!
For the past 40 years , The Waterboys and World Party have been a massive part of my music listening life. This one hurts.
Oh Waterboys and World Party great bands...sigh now another gone...sucks. RIP Karl.
Rest in peace Karl. You may be gone but your music will live on forever
No longer sailing with us fools💔
This song is chillingly prescient. We have reached the point Karl was describing decades ago. He is in a better place now. God bless him.
ALL RELIGIONS are a great toxic poison on this earth.
This song has become my anthem. I have to balance it out with "Is It Like Today?". I sing Ship of Fools accapella spot on constantly. Absolutely...may The Lord Bless Karl's soul. When He gave us Karl He blessed us.
Yeah, I mean 1986 was far less troubled in every respect than the here and now. Me though, I'm thinking of The The's "Armageddon Days are Here Again" as being the song with lyrics more relevant today than 1989.
The problem is half of the population thinks they're the smart/correct ones and the other half are the dumb/incorrect ones.
so U think 😂
Heard this back in the day and was hooked on World Party from the opening seconds. RIP Karl and thank you for the music … 🌎🙏
Same same 💔😢
@@tessthef1rst Same here...
And me ;-)
100 years from now, this song will sound like it was written yesterday. It's timeless. An absolutely brilliant song.
The ship will go down long, long before that...
Exactly!!!
One of the best transitions into a chorus EVER
Totally agree. The pre-chorus to chorus transition is a materclass in songwriting, and gives me chills every time.
I concur
💯
RIP. Evidently Wallinger had a brain aneurysm back in 2001. He survived it, though I guess he lost peripheral vision. It was a miracle he lived through it; many don't. Lived 23 years until the stroke that laid him to rest a couple weeks ago. All in all, a great artist who should've been bigger. One of the better 80s singles, right here.
😔😔💔💔
This is good stuff. I slipped it into the kids playing list because I'm a good parent.
Yes, most definately! Here's a gold star for your outstanding achievement, unwavering dedication to tasks bestowed upon you & doing your bit for, hopefully, the good of the world for generations to come 🌟👏👏👏
Good idea
Well done. You have culture and taste.
Well done.
you will pay tomorrow :>)
He was like all four Beatles rolled into one, combined with Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison and Prince, and that's just his musical talent. He also deserves massive recognition for his efforts in trying to wake us all up to the environmental and geo-political catastrophe we're sadly continuing to sail into. RIP Karl.
Rest in power good man! Thank you for the magnificent music !
I didn't even know Who played this fantastic gem. Now I find He passed away? I'm so far behind...😥
We were warned nearly 40 years ago. Now the bill is due...
longer
RIP Karl. Your music was important to so many. Your unique voice will be missed.
Rest in peace, Karl. Thank you for the music you have created for all of us. As a 90s kid, I discovered Ship Of Fools later on but have always loved Is It Like Today?
So sad to hear the news....rest easy Mr. Wallinger 🌹
One of my all time favorites. RIP Karl Wallinger.
Rest In Peace, Karl Wallinger. Talented musician and singer, your presence will be missed.
Travel safely Karl. Great musician
In my opinion the best song ever written. RIP ✌🎶
may Karl's memory be a blessing to all. this song has always been one of my favorites.
Wow never heard of him before, I've found this magical music and this guy died today. RIP Karl xxx
Still a brilliant song in 2022, and still avarice and greed running and ruining the world,
This was the last LP that I ever bought, back in 1987. My girlfriend at the time rolled her eyes when the needle came down on vinyl and made some kind of comment about the doom & gloom. As I remember, she was listening to Milli Vanilli about this time. It's amazing the sins that good sex will make you forgive...
That's friggin' hilarious. You just summed up the 80's!
Ain't it just, fella, ain't it just.
yeah, ok
Exactly!!! LOL,
Milli Vanilli about this time. It's amazing the sins that good sex will make you forgive. that might be the best line to set up what we lived threw
RIP Karl Thank you so much for the magnificent songs. I still can't believe it!!
Rest in Peace Karl. This song was absolute perfection, rarely attained in this world. If it was the only song you ever did, it would be a masterpiece nonetheless.
His predication for tomorrow.. was bang on!!! RIP Karl
Rest easy Karl. Been a massive fan since the eighties. Will miss your amazing light 😢😢
One of my all-time favorite songs! Timeless. It's poetry, it's magic, it's perfect.
I was working at a record store in the late 1980s when I first discovered the band on a 2-cassette collection for charity (I think for world peace?). There were a lot of great artists represented (Eurythmics was one, IIRC), but this track, by this band, instantly blew me away and became the absolute standout. I played it in the store, I played it in the car, I played it everywhere until it became part of me. I felt it so much then, and I feel it so much now.
Thank you, Karl, and thank you to everyone in the band, for creating a masterpiece and making a difference.
🥰
That was the Rainbow warriors double cassette!! The French intelligence agency had sunk the Greenpeace boat and this set was in memory/condemnation of that incident.
I remember seeing this on MTV back in like 86 or 87 I think... I was a teen born 1970 model... I knew the song and would sing the chorus through my life and now I feel what he means... We are on the ship of fools as of late...
I still have this Green Peace album on vinyl💚
I worked at a record store in 80s also. Detroit Metro area. great music kept coming in:
Prophecy as rock n roll. It gets no better than this.
Try reading.
@@johneggmuldoon3176 You are so right!
This man is a prophet
Tis, true hell is 4 real. Had a vision. Big wake up call.! Itz, personal...btw, I work for the Lord Jesus now! See some 4 real wow, stuff in clouds..wonders, signs in my testimony videos. 2020 eyes 2 see!
Ya nailed it John.........................fucking nailed it
A song for almost every generation. Extraordinary.
A beautiful soul taken too early. Ty Karl for the memories. Gone but never forgotten.
Hard to believe it's now 35 years later...
Great song, great album.
This song is a masterpiece.
Never was this song more appropriate.
RIP Karl. Great lyric, song.
the meaning of this song certainly still resonates with the state if the world today
Maybe even more so.
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who found myself listening to this prescient masterpiece.
Rest in peace, Karl. It's tomorrow. Nobody saved us. But thank you for trying to warn us.
I should have known these guys I'm 48, know a lot of bands but sooo glad I discovered these guys! Who's listening in 2024? I don't want to sail with this ship of fools either LOL
I'm still listening and loving it, still have the original vinyl from the 80s!
A tragic too early demise of one of my generations musical Genius's!!
The music after 35 years could have been written yesterday, can't find much to compare these days?!!......
Me neither and I won't.
YUP! World Party was prophetic for these times! Still love this song! Hard to imagine Karl has got to be around 70 years old too. Yikes! Where has time gone?
Another musical genius in heaven. Karl, Say hi to Eric Carmen on your way. God bless you guys.
Very talented artist. Great songs.
R.I.P KARL
R.I.P. Karl, I listen to this song back in 1986, I am still listening to it now 2024, you were right then. your right now more than ever!
Travel well Karl. Condolences to his family & friends
ROCK IN PEACE KARL...
Absolutely gutted to hear this.
What an amazing musician.
What a masterpiece... What a chorus...
RIP Karl Wallinger. You’ll live on through your music. 🙏🏻
His music is so timeless.
"Where"s it coming from" - still spine chilling
From your comments below, I just found out he moved on. It's 3:30 am on a Sunday night in Portland, Oregon. I am drinkinking rum. I am so sorry to hear this.... and then I thought, "Am I ?"
We are just visiting.
I am just drinking.
What a beautiful loving sweet kind man he was.
What a lyricist!
He sure moved me years ago and still does.
Be good, never give up, have fun and love as much as you can....
I will drinkink another toast to you Karl.
I am still sailing on the ship of fools.
That's a waaaaay toooo nice of a name for these cunts.
God bless you all.
Mr. Wallinger, you are a true genius - and many of us recognize it!
30+ years later and this song rings so true....sadly
Fantastic amazing song. Thanks for inspiring a young musician - me - who tried to use this songs formula to write my own and i failed miserably.. and just realized how talented you were and how hard it would be to write a song this GOOD! Still bangs so hard in 2024 - thank you for your music Karl.
This is a brilliant song - years ahead of it’s time and describes the world system perfectly
Thanks for the great songs Karl. RIP.
need a 2024 video montage to go with this Masterpiece of a song
What sad news, a real inspiration for me in the 80s and 90s - wonderful musician, wonderful man
As a generation X participant growing up as a teenager in the 1980’s I loved this song. Am I the only one from that generation that is reminded of this song every time I hear The New Radicals song ‘You Get What You Give’ on the radio?
This is deep . We are living this now ! 🙏
As deep as Davy Jones's locker 😉☠
This song is even more relevant today.
Stop trumpism
@@gregtennessee8249 as if he's the only problem. Stop Putinism, Xiism, Kimism...
@@gregtennessee8249 : NONE of them, are worth a DAMN anymore.....
This song speaks truth to power! R.I.P. Karl, gone too soon, you are missed!
I'm an old school headbanger, but I loved this song when it first came out.
What a song, what a band, what a legacy. God bless you Karl Ax
RIP Karl😢 whatta tune and still a pertinent message today! Thanks for all the great music you gave us👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Saw them at Cambridge corn exchange in may of 93, one of the best shows I ever saw. He made it look effortless, RIP.
RIP Karl....A Huge influence on me as a Songwriter....Wear your influences on your sleeve 💔
Rest in peace. I have goosebumps listening to this and a few tears learning of the sad sad news of Karl today. 😢💔
Ship of Fools one of the greats!!! RIP.
Still as relevant in 2024 as it was to begin with.
A very apt song for where we find ourselves today...
This is such a great song. An absolute diamond.
Criminally underrated song
This is still so very good, you dont hear these songs anymore, brilliant pop music !!!
Nothing like this...
What a great song. RIP Karl.
RIP Karl, and thanks for the great music you gave us.
Karl was a genius. Everything else is is half arsed when you understand his knowledge of his craft.
Man overboard.
R.I.P. Mr. Wallinger. 🫡
This is the one that turned me onto Karl and piqued my interest in World Party. A massive talent and sad loss to the world. RIP Karl
A brilliant song, totally catchy and beautifully delivered and is 'timeless', in that we experience exactly the same today. Time may have moved on since it's release, but this song, sentiment and reality remain the same...The 'Galley Slaves' will hopefully wake up and wise up against the way the world is being run or at least open their eyes a little wider and start asking some questions.
Best song ever. Really. So prophetic. Here we are in 2024 living this. This man knew 40 years ago. A genius. Thank you, Karl Wallinger. Love and respect you forever. ❤️
You will always be in my ❤ Karl one of the greatest ever who taught me so much
RIP Karl. My favorite WP album Private Revolution.
8th November 2016. Waiting for views of this song to skyrocket.
Bought this on cassette as soon as I heard it. RIP Karl.
Man, this song is timeless. Thousands of years of "society." One of my favorites of all time!! Exceptional on so many levels 🏆
Gonna miss ya, Karl. One of the last of the great singer-songwriters.
One of the best songs, ever. 'Save me from tomorrow'.
THE BEST and most PROPHETIC song to my recollection!! Love it now as much as back in '87 or '88!!
special song - stood out a mile and stayed in my brain from the day i first heard - cheers brother RIP
Thank you for your beautiful contribution to music
The message he was sending then couldn't be any more relevant now.
One of my favourite songs ever.
RIP and thank you Karl Wallinger.
Save me, save me from tomorrow. I don't wanna sail with this ship of fools. I wanna run and hide
Another prophetic 80's song.
Save Me!!😁
We fired trump...
Another one gone way way way way too soon! RIP.
Brilliant songwriter so he was. Rest in peace🕯️
His music is amazing!
R.i.p Karl!
Proper music 🌟