I remember the first time I heard this. Driving around with my friends on a Saturday night / Sunday morning. Being 19, and having my whole life ahead of me. Not realizing just how fleeting youth and time truly are.
I am 23. I feel the same way. In no time I will be experiencing what you are. Looking back at 40 years old and thinking wow. I use to think 40 was old, but really I know nothing even now. Time flies. You can't get it back. But at least the times happened.
My mum loved this album, I remember when I was just 9 years old back in 2002 and she would play this all the time. Unfortunately she died in 2004 at the age of 35 and everytime I hear David Gray sing anything from the White Ladder it reminds me of my mum ❤
My mum's dieing of cancer of cancer and this song makes me feel so weird it's happiness and sadness I love my mum so much and this song gives me flashbacks of childhood and happiness
20 years ago I was in a really dark place, it was over someone who I was head over heels in love, but, because of circumstances, we couldn't be together. We fell out because of it. It felt like my world had ended. I listened to this album 24/7. I eventually got through it. Thanks David. Your Album saved my life. I owe you man.
I get what you are saying sooooo much, my Dad passed away in 2001 and I love music, but all I could relate to was classical music in the car to and from work, and at home only the White Ladder album, over and over, nothing else seemed to fit, don't know what I would have done without David Gray, a definite livesaver.
Very different story my parents divorced around this era of music, I didn’t understand what was going on at the time. I went on holiday with my dad when I was about 12 at the time this came out - he was broken over the divorce and tried to explain to me what had happened a few times but nothing could really convey how he and by extension, how I and all of us were feeling until he played this - when this song play all the way through I understand how he and everyone else were feeling even 15 years ago
My second wife turned me on to David Gray and she passed through the vale 6 years ago now. But this song reminds me of us in our happy days. Thank you David.
I hope David Gray has read these comments because I don’t think there is a bigger thrill or better gratification than knowing that your music gave so much to others. When you can do THAT , you are truly an artist.
I used to be a server and we had the same playlist that ran on a loop. I could ignore the music, but every time this song would start playing, it would almost stop me in my tracks. I love it so much and every time I hear it, it makes me miss my first love. ❤
Recorded in his bedroom, apparently you can hear a vehicle driving past the window and they decided to leave it in !! Some useless information for you your welcome.
It's funny how I've seen quite a few comments on David Gray songs saying it reminds people of their mum who passed away. Same here! My mum played the whiteladder album as I was growing up and it reminds me of her. I dont have many photos particularly of us together. Maybe one or two as a child but not as a teenager or adult as hated my photo being taken. It's something I sincerely regret. Now I take photos! I never got to say goodbye but have this wonderful album to help me remember her by ❤
My wife and I went to see David Gray a few years ago live in concert in Dubai. He came out on stage and did this album and he was absolutely brilliant!
My mom would listen to this while I was little and it’s always a great song to come back to how the rhythm and Grays voice always brings me into a certain headspace sitting in the dining room at my moms sketching and drawing together
I LOVED THIS GUY SINCE LIVING IN LONDON..LEFT IN 2003 AFTER 20 YEARS BUT HE CAME WITH ME TO AMERICA.....AND I TURNED EVERYONE ON TO HIM.......❤🤝🤙🖖👍🙋♀️💞👍🙏🎼🎶🦋🏆🌏AND NOW 2022 AND STILL SOUNDS GREAT TO ME
I love the longer lyrics version! David has a great voice. When Babylon version 2 came out in America 2000. My life was changing so fast not knowing where it would lead. This song played the whole year going with me.
Same here as I've been listening to this cool song for over a year now! This is one of the best David Gray songs I've listened to. I also especially enjoy "Please Forgive Me." I have both songs on this White Ladder CD, which is great to put on and listen to.
Heading to a beer garden after 15 weeks of lockdown, we are in the Scottish highlands so pretty sedate but good to be out and about with this in my head!
My music Teacher had me learn this song and sing it because I sang really good. 2nd grade. I sang it to her and she broke up into tears. I miss her. She was a great music Teacher. If you read this, you made my 2nd grade year @ Katherine Finchy.
This is really one terrific song, for a lot of reasons. But, maybe not everyone gets the 'Babylon' reference--a seemingly unbreachable city that was finally overtaken, the way someone who says they want no part of love, but who finally gives in, after a great deal of persistence on the part of a very-determined suitor. Very creative!
This takes me to that town in Victoria Australia when that lovely song played in every cafe and shop. I was with my husband on a supposedly romantic weekend. The pain of his refusal is still real after all these these years and that song is still raw with me. Bless you Dave. That is a classic
my ex partner loved this album when it first came out. I wasn't that interested at the time thought it was a bit sad. Now I hear it , I hear his words ringing in my ears. I saw him live in Exeter three days ago, what an amazing concert, I think the whole crowd sang the white ladder album from beginning to end and i totally saw the talent my ex saw in him all those years ago, amazing man, I can't wait for the opertunity to see him again. David ,you and your band fucking rock. x
I’ve sang this at loads of talent shows, won some of them too, I first heard this in 1999 sat on Blackpool sea front - it was playing in a kiosk , I was only 21 I went and bought the album and it gave me inspiration and hope for the next few years that followed ❤️
First time I head this was at the cremation of a close family friend . 50 years old but so young at heart . Most skilled chef to live and will live in my heart through this song .
Just spent half an hour trying to determine what song my son had stuck in his head. “It’s not as old as the Patsy Cline song; it’s sung by a guy, but it’s not George Michael or Jason Mraz; it’s kind of fast, but not club fast; it has a guitar; you used to play it in the car all the time when I was little”. I proffered my car playlist: Dwight Yoakam, Erasure, Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Bedingfield, Justin Nozuka, Toad the Wet Sprocket. He reminded me that the CD is always in the blue case I kept in the car until very recently. Then, I knew that it had to be David Gray and specifically this version of “Babylon”. My 17 year-old boy remembered sitting in his car seat listening to this at ages 2, 3, and 4. I have other David Gray albums, but White Ladder is still my favorite. Just Jordan, Vermithrax Pejorative, Paul Fishman, Mark Liebenthal, Kim K; your comments ring so true for me. Amen.
I was living in Newcastle, Northern Ireland when I first listened to this. Just like magic, everytime I listen to this album I'm magically transported in time back to those wonderful days of my life.
An an absolutely Brilliant piece of work.Adore it. Makes me cry and smile. Bought it on a whim from ASDA in Harrogate when it was released.Got it home,played it and it blew me away.
I know what you mean. I went to visit my cousin in London and just before we went for a walk outside this song was played on the radio just as we both sat down in the front room for a nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Every time I hear the song I remember that nice cup of tea, then walking through the autumn leaves with her back to her place.
First concert my brother took me to and i fell in love with his lyrics, soul deepening thoughts become me. So straight forward but yet complex it will have you hooked
This song is about hitting bottom. Totally lost and how only the grace and humility of another's love and our own love can fill the space between light and oblivion. Compassion is Resistance.
This album is such a timeless gift . Throw it on play sit back and enjoy it in its entirety in one sitting. You will be taken on a wonderful journey . Bless you Mr Gray
Friday night I'm going nowhere All the lights are changing green to red Turning over TV stations Situations running through my head Looking back through time You know it's clear that I've been blind, I've been a fool To open up my heart to all that jealousy That bitterness, that ridicule Saturday I'm running wild And all the lights are changing red to green Moving through the crowds I'm pushing Chemicals are rushing in my bloodstream Only wish that you were here You know I'm seeing it so clear I've been afraid To show you how I really feel Admit to some of those bad mistakes I've made And if you want it Come and get it Crying out loud The love that I was Giving you was Never in doubt Let go of your heart Let go of your head And feel it now Let go of your heart Let go of your head And feel it now Babylon, Babylon, Babylon Sunday all the lights of London shining Sky is fading red to blue Kicking through the autumn leaves And wondering where it is you might be going to Turning back for home You know I'm feeling so alone I can't believe Climbing on the stair I turn around to see you smiling there In front of me And if you want it Come and get it Crying out loud The love that I was Giving you was Never in doubt Let go of your heart Let go of your head And feel it now Let go of your heart Let go of your head And feel it now Let go of your heart Let go of your head And feel it now Let go of your heart Let go of your head And feel it now Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, ah
I was 9 years into a 28 year marriage when this came out. It summed everything up. No matter what I did, my wife embodied the “jealousy, bitterness, & ridicule”. I tired and tried - “For crying out loud - the love that I was giving you was never in doubt.” She stomped it out of me and I gave up after 28 years. I tried. Our 3 kids know. I tried.
Lost Love doesn't make me wonder why anymore. We're just way stations for one another, except those we loved most of all who fill our dreams still. This song came out when I'd just fallen in love with someone, which helped me let go when it ended as I knew it would. It still hurts, tho.
Wan ay the best singer/songwriters without a shadow of a doubt! He bought me a Glayva n Bailleys 20 year ago! White Ladder in ma top 3 albums in ma life! Am 46 fi Scotland 🏴
I remember the first time I heard this. Driving around with my friends on a Saturday night / Sunday morning. Being 19, and having my whole life ahead of me. Not realizing just how fleeting youth and time truly are.
So true , 49 now and steadily ticking away.....
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I am 23. I feel the same way. In no time I will be experiencing what you are. Looking back at 40 years old and thinking wow. I use to think 40 was old, but really I know nothing even now. Time flies. You can't get it back. But at least the times happened.
@@debbiedreg6614 Same Same
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2024 still listening to David Gray love him
Love David Gray saw him in concert brilliant ❤
@@trishjackson6935 100 percent i still listen to he's music running around the them
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Class singer..hello from Ireland 🇮🇪
@@crystalpower1217 hi from South Africa 😛
Such a beautiful song. The line "The love that I was giving you was never in doubt" gets me every time. Perfection.
10yr old kid listening to big sister music in her own teenage world… 22 yrs later, I thank her always for the great music she showed me.
My mum loved this album, I remember when I was just 9 years old back in 2002 and she would play this all the time. Unfortunately she died in 2004 at the age of 35 and everytime I hear David Gray sing anything from the White Ladder it reminds me of my mum ❤
Very sorry for your loss. GOD rest her soul.
Dude me too!
Your mum had great taste in music sorry for your loss!!
My mum's dieing of cancer of cancer and this song makes me feel so weird it's happiness and sadness I love my mum so much and this song gives me flashbacks of childhood and happiness
Mama had good taste. Cheers and love to u ❤
20 years ago I was in a really dark place, it was over someone who I was head over heels in love, but, because of circumstances, we couldn't be together. We fell out because of it. It felt like my world had ended. I listened to this album 24/7. I eventually got through it. Thanks David. Your Album saved my life. I owe you man.
I get what you are saying sooooo much, my Dad passed away in 2001 and I love music, but all I could relate to was classical music in the car to and from work, and at home only the White Ladder album, over and over, nothing else seemed to fit, don't know what I would have done without David Gray, a definite livesaver.
Very different story my parents divorced around this era of music, I didn’t understand what was going on at the time. I went on holiday with my dad when I was about 12 at the time this came out - he was broken over the divorce and tried to explain to me what had happened a few times but nothing could really convey how he and by extension, how I and all of us were feeling until he played this - when this song play all the way through I understand how he and everyone else were feeling even 15 years ago
This song stirs up restlessness to head out west towards the eternal sunset and never come back.
My second wife turned me on to David Gray and she passed through the vale 6 years ago now. But this song reminds me of us in our happy days. Thank you David.
White Ladder brought me back from the brink. (David thank you.
It brought the love of my life back from the afterlife
I hope David Gray has read these comments because I don’t think there is a bigger thrill or better gratification than knowing that your music gave so much to others. When you can do THAT , you are truly an artist.
True artists get back to real talent people, real life words etc not crap now demonic bas...
I used to be a server and we had the same playlist that ran on a loop. I could ignore the music, but every time this song would start playing, it would almost stop me in my tracks. I love it so much and every time I hear it, it makes me miss my first love. ❤
Recorded in his bedroom, apparently you can hear a vehicle driving past the window and they decided to leave it in !! Some useless information for you your welcome.
Love it thank you Alan
0:28
Don't lie!
I thought it was his lounge, but yes, definitely in his apartment!
Fishing for a complimant. Needy much?
2024... still my go to music for when I want to feel really good. Thanks David!
Never heard of David Gray but listening to his music makes me want to see him live, I was born in '47.
I was visiting Dublin when I first heard this. Brings back great memories of a more peaceful time.
Glad to hear you enjoyed your stay, always welcome to come again!
That's cool!
why dublin? was bono there then? what did he say!
Ah Dublin, city of peace.
@@rain_down_ i will begin again~
This album is so great. How have we forgotten about him?
My favorite album of all time. Every single song is lovely. It brings back happy memories.
"Friday night I'm going nowhere all the lights are turning from green to red" David Gray knows the fucking score! Babylon FOREVER!!!
This song makes my soul happy even when I want to feel sad.
Man Simply doesn't Get Any Better!!! Incredible Vocals David great song writer just Fing Amazing song!!
The power a song has ...young when I first heard him ...Now. wow so much rushes back. Haunting - miraculous talent, David. Thank you so.
Yes from Ireland 🇮🇪
It's funny how I've seen quite a few comments on David Gray songs saying it reminds people of their mum who passed away. Same here! My mum played the whiteladder album as I was growing up and it reminds me of her. I dont have many photos particularly of us together. Maybe one or two as a child but not as a teenager or adult as hated my photo being taken. It's something I sincerely regret. Now I take photos! I never got to say goodbye but have this wonderful album to help me remember her by ❤
My wife and I went to see David Gray a few years ago live in concert in Dubai. He came out on stage and did this album and he was absolutely brilliant!
Wow haven’t heard this song in long time. I appreciate his music now more that I’m older. Great music ❤️
Reminds me of my time in Providence, RI. I miss those days & the loves lost along the way. Such bittersweet memories.
nostalgic...still listening with pleasure after 10 years
Amen
you traitors , you should be here every other night ;)
This is the most amzing song ever I just love it😊
Agreed!
My fiance introduced me to this song she love this song she died August 12th I don't have the words explain how much the song touches my heart
Oh yeah! Baller song! Hit hard then and still does!
My mom would listen to this while I was little and it’s always a great song to come back to how the rhythm and Grays voice always brings me into a certain headspace sitting in the dining room at my moms sketching and drawing together
Been one of my favorite songs since it was released. Seems like forever ago. Brings back some good memories.
We are the ones that age, not the music. : )
I LOVED THIS GUY SINCE LIVING IN LONDON..LEFT IN 2003 AFTER 20 YEARS BUT HE CAME WITH ME TO AMERICA.....AND I TURNED EVERYONE ON TO HIM.......❤🤝🤙🖖👍🙋♀️💞👍🙏🎼🎶🦋🏆🌏AND NOW 2022 AND STILL SOUNDS GREAT TO ME
Was in London for the first time a year after this song came out. Ever since, when I hear this, I hear London. I see London. I feel London.
In the back of the car with this playing on the radio. I am here again
This song instantly takes me back to 15 years young 👍🏼
I fell in love with his music at a very tumultuous moment in my life...he made me have hope❤️❤️❤️❤️
Anyone 2024🎉 love it 👏👏🍀😍🇮🇪☘️👀
This song brings me to tears!!
nostalgic...still listening with pleasure after 10 years
this is music
This song sill gets to me after all these years.
I bought this album when in hospital 🏥 and it got me throw the bad time I had thanks my friend. God bless.
I can’t remember any specific moments that this song takes me back to, but I can feel all the memories that it does
This song makes me want to just cruise down the highway not knowing where I'm going and don't care...
This song brings me to tears!!
yes, it does have that effect.
That depends on if u can relate to the song in any way.
Geraldine Pienaar me too
Me too
Fabulous melodies song - love it! Thank you.
Can’t wait for this summer. I’ve seen him a dozen times. Never disappoints
Easily one of the greatest songs of all time!!
Hello
I love the longer lyrics version! David has a great voice. When Babylon version 2 came out in America 2000. My life was changing so fast not knowing where it would lead. This song played the whole year going with me.
Perfect for when you're on the road at night be it driving or on the bus
Or on a train :-)
Love his music....makes me wonder in my
Mind.
In the year 2000 july we had our first baby, this song was playing on the radio when I was on my way home from the hospital as a father...
nostalgic...still listening with pleasure after 10 years
this is music
This song brings me to tears!!
I absolutely LOVE this song!! I can't listen to it enough!
Me too. Have listened to it hundreds of times
Same here as I've been listening to this cool song for over a year now! This is one of the best David Gray songs I've listened to. I also especially enjoy "Please Forgive Me." I have both songs on this White Ladder CD, which is great to put on and listen to.
Wicked song iam a old skool soul fella but this tune as something I've liked from when first hearing it. He's got a decent voice no doubt.
I brought White Ladder back At the Age of 15, loved it then and love it now 👍
This I the best album ever!!!!
Agreed! Amazing voice too!
So so beautiful. It made me cry. What an amazing song and voice!
This is the most amazing song ever I just love it😊
Heading to a beer garden after 15 weeks of lockdown, we are in the Scottish highlands so pretty sedate but good to be out and about with this in my head!
His voice pierces the soul ....
probaly one of the best songs ever this mans talent is huge .timeless
Yeah, it sure is!
A favorite song of mine...always will be.
Found you 20 years ago brother every song is on point... Really hope to see you in Wembley.. All my heart
My music Teacher had me learn this song and sing it because I sang really good. 2nd grade. I sang it to her and she broke up into tears. I miss her. She was a great music Teacher.
If you read this, you made my 2nd grade year @ Katherine Finchy.
Cheers to you.
I had a great music teacher in the 70's. Mr. Dibiase, from Island Trees will forever inspire me.
D. King great story. Special music teachers are a gift.
Blew out my amplifier with this song, hidden subsonic bass notes that come out when you attach a subwoofer. Masterpiece.
This album is a classic! Blows my mind how tuned in this is. Real heart and soul, thank you David!
This is really one terrific song, for a lot of reasons. But, maybe not everyone gets the 'Babylon' reference--a seemingly unbreachable city that was finally overtaken, the way someone who says they want no part of love, but who finally gives in, after a great deal of persistence on the part of a very-determined suitor. Very creative!
Well said Ed
This takes me to that town in Victoria Australia when that lovely song played in every cafe and shop. I was with my husband on a supposedly romantic weekend. The pain of his refusal is still real after all these these years and that song is still raw with me. Bless you Dave. That is a classic
Me and my dad always used to listen to this back when I was younger he loves this album
Did my jail to this album. Many hours of listening to and sail away from me honey great track on album 👌
nice, same story here too
my ex partner loved this album when it first came out. I wasn't that interested at the time thought it was a bit sad. Now I hear it , I hear his words ringing in my ears. I saw him live in Exeter three days ago, what an amazing concert, I think the whole crowd sang the white ladder album from beginning to end and i totally saw the talent my ex saw in him all those years ago, amazing man, I can't wait for the opertunity to see him again. David ,you and your band fucking rock. x
Listening to this song makes me imagine walking alone, along a seemingly barren road in some countryside, seeing the sun close to setting.
I’ve sang this at loads of talent shows, won some of them too, I first heard this in 1999 sat on Blackpool sea front - it was playing in a kiosk , I was only 21 I went and bought the album and it gave me inspiration and hope for the next few years that followed ❤️
First time I head this was at the cremation of a close family friend . 50 years old but so young at heart . Most skilled chef to live and will live in my heart through this song .
Great L.P. great artist!
Your Music has lived in my life for years now. Your one of the best! Kim. xxxxxxxxxx
This is beautiful.
Thank you/Merci/Hvala🙏👍:)
Just spent half an hour trying to determine what song my son had stuck in his head. “It’s not as old as the Patsy Cline song; it’s sung by a guy, but it’s not George Michael or Jason Mraz; it’s kind of fast, but not club fast; it has a guitar; you used to play it in the car all the time when I was little”.
I proffered my car playlist: Dwight Yoakam, Erasure, Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Bedingfield, Justin Nozuka, Toad the Wet Sprocket. He reminded me that the CD is always in the blue case I kept in the car until very recently. Then, I knew that it had to be David Gray and specifically this version of “Babylon”.
My 17 year-old boy remembered sitting in his car seat listening to this at ages 2, 3, and 4.
I have other David Gray albums, but White Ladder is still my favorite.
Just Jordan, Vermithrax Pejorative, Paul Fishman, Mark Liebenthal, Kim K; your comments ring so true for me. Amen.
I was living in Newcastle, Northern Ireland when I first listened to this. Just like magic, everytime I listen to this album I'm magically transported in time back to those wonderful days of my life.
Hello 👋
An an absolutely Brilliant piece of work.Adore it. Makes me cry and smile. Bought it on a whim from ASDA in Harrogate when it was released.Got it home,played it and it blew me away.
YES!!!! 2024
All time fave
One of top albums in years. He's one talented guy. Love it.
Thank you for writing one of the perfect songs in my life, a soundtrack for my life.
London, Stockwell '98-'99. Babylon. Back right there.
I know what you mean. I went to visit my cousin in London and just before we went for a walk outside this song was played on the radio just as we both sat down in the front room for a nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Every time I hear the song I remember that nice cup of tea, then walking through the autumn leaves with her back to her place.
Love this song
First concert my brother took me to and i fell in love with his lyrics, soul deepening thoughts become me. So straight forward but yet complex it will have you hooked
This song is about hitting bottom. Totally lost and how only the grace and humility of another's love and our own love can fill the space between light and oblivion. Compassion is Resistance.
Let go ... feel it now
This album is such a timeless gift . Throw it on play sit back and enjoy it in its entirety in one sitting. You will be taken on a wonderful journey . Bless you Mr Gray
Friday night I'm going nowhere
All the lights are changing green to red
Turning over TV stations
Situations running through my head
Looking back through time
You know it's clear that I've been blind, I've been a fool
To open up my heart to all that jealousy
That bitterness, that ridicule
Saturday I'm running wild
And all the lights are changing red to green
Moving through the crowds I'm pushing
Chemicals are rushing in my bloodstream
Only wish that you were here
You know I'm seeing it so clear
I've been afraid
To show you how I really feel
Admit to some of those bad mistakes I've made
And if you want it
Come and get it
Crying out loud
The love that I was
Giving you was
Never in doubt
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Babylon, Babylon, Babylon
Sunday all the lights of London shining
Sky is fading red to blue
Kicking through the autumn leaves
And wondering where it is you might be going to
Turning back for home
You know I'm feeling so alone
I can't believe
Climbing on the stair
I turn around to see you smiling there
In front of me
And if you want it
Come and get it
Crying out loud
The love that I was
Giving you was
Never in doubt
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, ah
Thanks for the lyrics! I do love this song.
I had to listen to this again while reading the words. Thank you. So beautiful.
Thanks.
I was 9 years into a 28 year marriage when this came out. It summed everything up. No matter what I did, my wife embodied the “jealousy, bitterness, & ridicule”.
I tired and tried - “For crying out loud - the love that I was giving you was never in doubt.”
She stomped it out of me and I gave up after 28 years.
I tried. Our 3 kids know. I tried.
hope you found peace....stay strong
Lost Love doesn't make me wonder why anymore. We're just way stations for one another, except those we loved most of all who fill our dreams still. This song came out when I'd just fallen in love with someone, which helped me let go when it ended as I knew it would. It still hurts, tho.
this is music
Agreed!
i mean you're not wrong
I just love this man
I grew up listening to this and all the other david gray songs. So much nostalgia.
Best lyrics, absolute classic
I agree; this song is great!
I remember this I was in hospital coming off a hard withdrawal from heroin been clean and sober for years now
I am really happy your clean and sober. That must have not been easy but here you are ❤👏 VERY HAPPY AND PROUD OF YOU!!
Babylon takes me and jets me to new , uncharted worlds.always!!!
let go of your heart , let go your head
Wish they'd release the radio version. There's this version and the official video. Neither is the version that rec'd airplay. I want my nostalgia. 😭
David Gray - Babylon (Radio Mix One) ?
Wan ay the best singer/songwriters without a shadow of a doubt! He bought me a Glayva n Bailleys 20 year ago! White Ladder in ma top 3 albums in ma life! Am 46 fi Scotland 🏴