Me too ! There were The Silencers and The Pretenders playing too ! It was like 6 hours of support bands in the blazing hot Cardiff sun ! And you had to hold your pi55 for all that time too.
I was a huge Alarm fan throughout my teenage years 83 onwards and to my shame fell away a bit in my mid 20s. Listening to this and other songs takes me back and reminds me how damn good they were/are and has rekindled my love for them. So talented, so good ❤
This is genius. (Vantage point: I'm in North America and only just this second discovered this Welsh band. I suppose the McGuinn/Byrds version being *so* well known tends to bump newer arrangements down the search results, eh?) But what I want to say is: This is genius!
Even though I love the Byrds' rendition that introduced me to this song as well as Pete Seeger's amazing performance of this, the song is about Welsh miners. How better than Welsh musicians to sing about this disaster? The pipes and drums evoke this tragedy. Although I adore all of these versions, I must say this is the best one.
That's the song! For years I've been trying figure out what that was. They played it one night many years ago when I saw them in Toronto and I haven't been able to figure out what it was until now. What a great song. Thanks!
The Easel Rider Pete Seeger sang it but did not write it ; Jakob Dylan just sang it in the doc echo in the canyon I think the most popular rendition was the byrds
@@elainekwok3595 Actually...Idris Davies, famous Welsh poet born in Rhymney, wrote the original poem, Pete Seeger set it to music (just as Schubert set existing poems by Goethe to music). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_Davies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_of_Rhymney
@@elainekwok3595 Sadly Pete Seeger had no idea how to pronounce Rhymney and a generation of American artistes followed in his footsteps, this is how you pronounce the the place name.
Re the pronunciation - let's not forget Idris Davies wrote it in rhyming couplets. So maybe he intended it to be pronounced "Rimney" (to rhyme with "give me"). Certainly makes sense musically. And Seeger pronounced it the same way - probably because he didn't know any differently! So there is also an argument that the boys are being faithful to Pete's version.
@@Alftupper334 I loved The Alarm. but U2 changed my life...'whos better than who' doesnt matter to me...plus mike and bono are friends - i think thats pretty cool
As they speak Welsh they would know that. I guess they are just following the mangling of the pronunciation that started with peter Seeger, then continued through the Byrds, john denver etc
I was in my 30’s in the 1980’s. That seemed to me, at the time, to be the decade when music in general began to go down the tubes. And I also thought, at the time, that hairstyles had surely completely deteriorated to the point of complete stupidity. I am 73 years old now and can honestly say that music and hairstyles have continued to deteriorate to the point where the 1980’s actually look and sound pretty good. I like this rendition of this song by the way. The hair? Well. We’ll just leave that to history.
@@darreng745 No, its pronounced Rum-knee, not rim-knee, same as Rumney in Cardiff. you'd have thought mike peters would know that (even though he's a gog)
The song is based on a poem by Idris Davies, Welsh poet born in Rhymney. Pete Seeger set it to music.
You don't say
My first live Alarm gig at Cardiff arms Park in 87, went to watch U2 but realized that The Alarm was my favourite band and still are
Regards
Cliff.
Clifford Markland I saw the Alarm support U2 too 🙂
Clifford Markland same when I saw The Who in 1983 but realized The Clash was actually my fav band
Me too ! There were The Silencers and The Pretenders playing too ! It was like 6 hours of support bands in the blazing hot Cardiff sun ! And you had to hold your pi55 for all that time too.
@@johnny5805 off to Leeds tomorrow to watch the alarm 😄🇬🇧
I was a huge Alarm fan throughout my teenage years 83 onwards and to my shame fell away a bit in my mid 20s. Listening to this and other songs takes me back and reminds me how damn good they were/are and has rekindled my love for them. So talented, so good ❤
This is genius. (Vantage point: I'm in North America and only just this second discovered this Welsh band. I suppose the McGuinn/Byrds version being *so* well known tends to bump newer arrangements down the search results, eh?) But what I want to say is: This is genius!
Even though I love the Byrds' rendition that introduced me to this song as well as Pete Seeger's amazing performance of this, the song is about Welsh miners. How better than Welsh musicians to sing about this disaster? The pipes and drums evoke this tragedy. Although I adore all of these versions, I must say this is the best one.
Great, great grandfather, Enoch James, emigrated from Rhymney, Wales to Mayfield, Pa. (Mines in both locations).
I lived 200 yards from the church in this song (Rhymney.)
Mike hasn’t changed one bit. Humble, affable and a top guy.
The Alarm are my favourite band since the early 80s. This video is excellent
Janine XXX
That's the song!
For years I've been trying figure out what that was. They played it one night many years ago when I saw them in Toronto and I haven't been able to figure out what it was until now.
What a great song.
Thanks!
The Easel Rider Pete Seeger sang it but did not write it ; Jakob Dylan just sang it in the doc echo in the canyon I think the most popular rendition was the byrds
@@elainekwok3595 Actually...Idris Davies, famous Welsh poet born in Rhymney, wrote the original poem, Pete Seeger set it to music (just as Schubert set existing poems by Goethe to music). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_Davies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_of_Rhymney
@@elainekwok3595 Sadly Pete Seeger had no idea how to pronounce Rhymney and a generation of American artistes followed in his footsteps, this is how you pronounce the the place name.
Mike Peters is a good lad. Plus he’s a big red.
Re the pronunciation - let's not forget Idris Davies wrote it in rhyming couplets. So maybe he intended it to be pronounced "Rimney" (to rhyme with "give me"). Certainly makes sense musically. And Seeger pronounced it the same way - probably because he didn't know any differently! So there is also an argument that the boys are being faithful to Pete's version.
From Newport n lovin this song
Awesome!👍👍👍
Gotta love that eighty's hair
Saw them at Toad's Place in New Haven CT back in the mid 80s. Such a great band!!!! Love them!!! And used to have a crush on Dave 😊
Sorry for the long Intro ....but stay with it and enjoy the ALARM's version of the " The Bells of Rhymney" from the heart :-)
An amazing respectful performance .......look at the audience
superb
There are some great versions of this but none can beat a Welsh band doing it.
Not when they pronounce Rhymney wrong lol
Gareth Owen - Oh yeah, never noticed before, but so do The Byrds, does any version pronounce it correctly?
@@bjorntoulouse7523 I think The Alarm do now when they perform it and Roger Mcguinn does, he apologised for it in a concert in Ebbw Vale lol
Ahhhh....now I remember why I had a massive crush on Dave Sharp when I was a teenager!!!!
Good performance this. Mullet Central though.
😁👍🏴
The most underrated band of the '80's
no , that would be The Church . but yes- The Alarm was bigger than what most perceive
@@rogerbelger2014 The Alarm were better than U2 but had no recognition.
No idea who that band your warbling on about were.
@@Alftupper334 I loved The Alarm. but U2 changed my life...'whos better than who' doesnt matter to me...plus mike and bono are friends - i think thats pretty cool
Terrible pronunciation of Rhymney, a y in Welsh sounds like a u in English, Rumney, not Rimney
As they speak Welsh they would know that. I guess they are just following the mangling of the pronunciation that started with peter Seeger, then continued through the Byrds, john denver etc
@@philldavies7940 Suppose so
Hello Linda H!
I was in my 30’s in the 1980’s. That seemed to me, at the time, to be the decade when music in general began to go down the tubes. And I also thought, at the time, that hairstyles had surely completely deteriorated to the point of complete stupidity. I am 73 years old now and can honestly say that music and hairstyles have continued to deteriorate to the point where the 1980’s actually look and sound pretty good.
I like this rendition of this song by the way. The hair? Well. We’ll just leave that to history.
that crowd is out of control
lol
Must be from The Tube Englush TV show Jeff Beck Star Cycle us the theme song
Good version but..it is pronounced RUM.NEY not RIM.NEY
Depends if you live in Kardiff or in the valley doesn't it boyo?
@@darreng745 No, its pronounced Rum-knee, not rim-knee, same as Rumney in Cardiff. you'd have thought mike peters would know that (even though he's a gog)
Is this band from Liverpool?
Two from Prestatyn/Rhyl in North Wales and two from Manchester I believe.
Close enough
The drumming is banging, plunking, and stops the song. Maybe it's just their style. Otherwise love it.
Rimney?
4:21
As Valley boys you would have thought they would pronounce Rhymney correctly. Ruined it for me. Try RUM KNEE…..Bloody RIM knee!
Just no no no on a million levels.
Rhymney miss pronounced. Nice try though.
Nice try, but the Byrds still hold the crown.
Nahhh....the Byrds are American. These are true Welshmen!
nice job though, interesting timing and harmony choices