@@Rogers1000 sounds like you had a good father. Mine on the other hand was an angry drunk. He was a long distance lorry driver and he only came home once weekend a month. When he came home he went drinking. Yeah we watched some TV shows as a family and movies like The Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit and everything James Bond. But apart from them he preferred alcohol to his family.
Grew up watching Mr Elphick and a very young Neil Morrisey in Boon, and this was each weekend for a while, ahhhhh the 80's..... Possibly the finest and most creative decade of the last century of which I was born at the start, and without wishing it all away, I do wish I was a tad older to be fair so I could of enjoyed it a lot more than I did, but I am not unhappy either way 😊
Oh my goodness my UNCLE loved this song. Sadly he's got alziemers now but play it to him and he loves it. Shows music is essence of life . Smd this song will never ever be forgotten.. I loved boon the series and ofc Jim diamond this is def his best I.m.o
Wow' after looking up at the TV with all my family exsited.. I now listen to the song hi ho silver while I ride my BMW motorcycle r11.50 rt tourer now aged 43 well this Monday haha with the biggest happiest smile on my face with all the good old memories flashing through my mind while I cruze down the country lane's. Big love to all... X x x
I remember seeing him,and his backing singers,doing this song on Top of the Pops one Thursday night in March 1986,while I was trying to study the notes,etc. from the evening class I was doing once a week.
Never heard of him or this song til I started watching Boon on BritBox right now. Can’t get this damn song out of my head now. I thought it was a woman singing though. Need to make this my ring tone. The Lone Ranger was the first show I watched when I came to America in 1958 age 12. Yup. Gonna be 76 in September still kickin though.
Never knew the true context of this song, no idea Jim wrote it for his departed father, makes it even more poignant... Such a great song though, love belting this out loud and having a little singsong to it, good times long gone now...
Loved his 3 major hits.. Allways said that the best vocalist come from the other side of the wall.. What a voice this wee man had.. I'll see on the other side Jimmy...
Just been watching Boon on BritBox, reliving my child hood years and this song got stuck in my head again, as a youngster many years ago when I heard this song on TV I immediately knew Boon was on and my parents would allow me to watch it.
This is the same guy that sings “I Won’t Let You Down” from the ‘80s I believe. He sounds a bit like Steve Marriott of Small Faces and Humble Pie! I just thought of the ‘80’s group that he sang with- PhD! Does anyone else remember the song and group?
Think it was screened on Wednesdays in spring of 1985 ,can remember one classic night when Atkos Red Devils beat Liverpool at Maine Road to reach the Cup final ,listened on radio 📻, then Boon came on TV 📺, pretty bladdered ,but watched it before staggering off to bed ,happy days !
Love this song, so much memories. I was lucky enough to meet Michael and the cast on various locations including my mums pub at Langar. Brilliant memories, such a shame Michael passed away due to alcoholism. The directors did warn my mum not to serve him anything but he tried to sneak into the back and ask for whiskey.
Always loved this song in the opening credits of Boon, with the wonderful Michael Elphick, my kinda man was Boon, someone who gets into muddles while doing his best to help others but wins through in the end... that shot of the shadow of Mike and the bike crossing a rainy nightime pavement always lives in my memory of the great 80s. What a fantastic and unusual voice Mr.D. possessed, sad to lose so underated a singer/songwriter.
It was very seldom used during the closing credits of Boon, only a very small number of episodes had it at the end, which on one hand was a pity, but similarly provided an occasional "special treat" to finish off..!!
Never never gets old, love this please it up forever. Ken Boon Londons burning, all the classics but this is the best . Every party and night alone I play this
This singer just popped into my mind after 35 odd years, didn't even know he was Scottish literally booked a holiday in Scotland minutes before , weird how the brain works.
i was 8 when boon was oot ,loved it for this tune i was mad on this tune ,like the weirdo i am im thinking about this song ,had it on repeat allday the lyrics are awsome,and a total raj pal of mine partied with the legend mike elphick at his gaff years back ,said mr elphick thats is gr8 to party with and shared some beauty stories about the late mr Elphick ,my neighbours going mental at the loudness ,it is worth the asbo,high ho silver ,here loving the comments aboot school the next day i feel awe nostalgic now
brilliant. amazing old tune that stirs up that 80`s heroic feeling! i always wanted to be like boon helping others in times of need , i have done ok so far !!
Nobody is writing hits like this anymore, absolutely no one. Classic.
Bang on mate👍
And ITV can’t write a drama like Boon anymore either sadly
@@Redsleather True.
Yes 1986 was a great year for music. The 80s was just the best decade for pop music.
@@BobsBandYes , I really miss great bands like Wham, Culture Club and The Communards. Way bigger talents than The Beatles, Stones or Dylan.
Lovely title music from Jim Diamond and Boon was sublime
A great time to be young 😢
I watched Boon in the 90s, I was a teenager. 44 year old man now. Boon is still a better series than that reality trash TV nowadays.
Right on
Same as
TV now 2024😫
Saturday night with the two Ronnie's with my dad, his only day off as a taxi driver and my mum went to bingo and he kept me stay up to watch them!
@@Rogers1000 sounds like you had a good father. Mine on the other hand was an angry drunk. He was a long distance lorry driver and he only came home once weekend a month. When he came home he went drinking. Yeah we watched some TV shows as a family and movies like The Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit and everything James Bond. But apart from them he preferred alcohol to his family.
Who's smiling and singing along now
Brilliant song 👍
…and singing lol
Everyone!
Not heard this since boon was on tv, brilliant tune
A great way to start my Saturday 😂
@@rw8733 definitely agree 👍 💯
My dad was my lone ranger
Always helped me in my time of need got me out of scraps taught me right from wrong
Miss him like made
Well said m8🙏💚
Maybe it was to late? But now you see a friend rather than a dad🙏💚 respect from Glasgow
Respect, I hope I'm a dad like that
Apparently this song was about Jims dad who would get him out of scrapes all the time 😊
Now we're your coming from good man
Grew up watching Mr Elphick and a very young Neil Morrisey in Boon, and this was each weekend for a while, ahhhhh the 80's.....
Possibly the finest and most creative decade of the last century of which I was born at the start, and without wishing it all away, I do wish I was a tad older to be fair so I could of enjoyed it a lot more than I did, but I am not unhappy either way 😊
I was born in the late 70s and often wish I was born a few years earlier for this reason.
Such a powerful voice and great song nothing like the bulls*it we get in this generation music will never be the way it was in the good old days
I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could.
I went to watch boon being filmed in Birmingham with my brother 86 great times
I remember Watching Boon and Minder on a Sunday night before being sent up to bed and reminded ‘school tomorrow’
Exactly the same memory as myself 👍🏼
Me too.now I'm a millionaire but still.miss those days
Ditto
@@stevetango3981 wow good for you
Happy times 😌
Whose still listening, love this ,Bless ,RIP
2024❤
I didn't realise Jim had died until just 😢
I am
My local pub plays this every day 🤣 love it
@@NH-tv3jreither did i 😢
Belter of a song. Was 11 years old when this came out. Had a better childhood than adulthood. Wish I could have stayed a child.
Same as that Pal.
Will i start up the De Lorean.😌
Bet you didn't realise at the time?
Same 👍
Don't we all
Take mushrooms 🍄 your life will change 😊 what a tuuuune
Oh my goodness my UNCLE loved this song. Sadly he's got alziemers now but play it to him and he loves it. Shows music is essence of life . Smd this song will never ever be forgotten.. I loved boon the series and ofc Jim diamond this is def his best I.m.o
RIP Jim Diamond, A very under rated but Amazing singer. If there are singers out there, try to sing any of his hits they will struggle.
This is too good to just be remembered as a TV theme tune.
Wow' after looking up at the TV with all my family exsited.. I now listen to the song hi ho silver while I ride my BMW motorcycle r11.50 rt tourer now aged 43 well this Monday haha with the biggest happiest smile on my face with all the good old memories flashing through my mind while I cruze down the country lane's. Big love to all... X x x
Great voice ... Bring back the 80s ... Best era ever
I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could. 😢
Effing right on both counts!!!
Forever 80s 😎
What a tune. I remember being allowed to stay up to watch Boon as a kid on a school night 😀
I remember seeing him,and his backing singers,doing this song on Top of the Pops one Thursday night in March 1986,while I was trying to study the notes,etc. from the evening class I was doing once a week.
I used to ask to stay up just to hear the song intro before heading for bed
Exactly! Now I can hear this tune without the threat of school next day 😂😂
I was exactly the same Boon was a brilliant show
Just rediscovered this song.......baffles me how i could even forget it. Blasted it on every pub juke box since
Ha!!! Love it! I’m going to do the same.
I did the same and the regulars like it too.
Listened to this on cassette as a kid, never even knew it was a man singing it!
I can listen to this forever. Never gets old. Thank you Jim Diamond ;)
One of the all time great songs in my opinion. Love every moment, just sublime.
One of them greatest songs ever
That's what makes the 80s great...theme tunes were big hits too...RIP Jim me.lad you made one of my childhood memories great
Boon theme, then Brush strokes "because of you", followed by Joe Fagin's "That's living alright" and ends with Minder theme...
Classics
Tunes from my childhood Douglas that will never leave me, im off to play the lot of them, cheers for refreshing the memory.
Good times ..
Great choice😅
Play this at my funeral.
Written about a man that saw his own father as his Hero.
Facts
Never heard of him or this song til I started watching Boon on BritBox right now. Can’t get this damn song out of my head now. I thought it was a woman singing though. Need to make this my ring tone. The Lone Ranger was the first show I watched when I came to America in 1958 age 12. Yup. Gonna be 76 in September still kickin though.
VERY underrated and underlooked singer! This & 'I won't let you down' brilliant
RIP jim, it's always a pleasure hearing you singing and it's always going to be, fantastic 👍
Brilliant song. Brilliant singer brings back great memories from growing up in the 80s ❤
Never knew the true context of this song, no idea Jim wrote it for his departed father, makes it even more poignant... Such a great song though, love belting this out loud and having a little singsong to it, good times long gone now...
Love this song. Jim's got such a unique voice. 🥰
This song has been stuck in my head all day! Excellent sound quality btw👏🏼👏🏼
I have seen Jim Diamond at the The Tyne Theatre 3 times , he played with Snake Davis. He was brilliant and shook my hand. So underrated.
such a catchy song sad to hear of his passing RIP Jim
What a voice .What a song .Boon ? Great t.vgold from 1980"s
stayed in to watch Boon just to hear this song. RIP wee man. x
RIP Jim Diamond. I have lovely memories connected to your songs
Sally Love good song sally
One of the most underrated singers of the 80s!
Takes me right back to the best times of my life.
Loved his 3 major hits..
Allways said that the best vocalist come from the other side of the wall.. What a voice this wee man had..
I'll see on the other side Jimmy...
He did have a unique singing voice and style,and the chorus in this is a singalong bop.
Yeah, my dad and I were boon fans and my sister bought this single for me. Good times 😊
Love this track reminds me of my youth in the 80s I was living London then 👍
Absolutely fantastic song so underrated
Just been watching Boon on BritBox, reliving my child hood years and this song got stuck in my head again, as a youngster many years ago when I heard this song on TV I immediately knew Boon was on and my parents would allow me to watch it.
He had a great voice and wrote fab songs 🎵
One of my childhood memories was watching boon with my grandad was so much of my childhood
Peter Ogle boon was the best ❤️
This is the same guy that sings “I Won’t Let You Down” from the ‘80s I believe. He sounds a bit like Steve Marriott of Small Faces and Humble Pie! I just thought of the ‘80’s group that he sang with- PhD! Does anyone else remember the song and group?
No. Enlighten me.
Think it was screened on Wednesdays in spring of 1985 ,can remember one classic night when Atkos Red Devils beat Liverpool at Maine Road to reach the Cup final ,listened on radio 📻, then Boon came on TV 📺, pretty bladdered ,but watched it before staggering off to bed ,happy days !
Not heard this version for a long time found it this week absolutely love it thank you very much 👏👏👏👏
What a song haveint heard it for years
loved this program
what a voice and song RIP Jim .. i will always remember this
Remember watching Jim perform at Big In Falkirk, early 2000's. Was singing "Hi Ho Silver" to myself for the rest of the day. Love his music
Reminds me of my dear old mum. Love you so much mam.
Nice one mate! Me tooo
Wasn't aware Jim had died. Great voice and beautiful songs. RIP.
RIP Mr Diamond , great songs , great voice , will be muchly missed !
1'st time ever hearing it -
(18-07-22)- and Jim D.!
Stellar Effort Jimmy!
All those years of not hearing
it... Tragic! 🍒 BloodRed.🍒
I walked into the common room at Chester YHA hostel one night in 1986 and this came on. First time I heard it.
Love this song, so much memories. I was lucky enough to meet Michael and the cast on various locations including my mums pub at Langar. Brilliant memories, such a shame Michael passed away due to alcoholism. The directors did warn my mum not to serve him anything but he tried to sneak into the back and ask for whiskey.
Always loved this song in the opening credits of Boon, with the wonderful Michael Elphick, my kinda man was Boon, someone who gets into muddles while doing his best to help others but wins through in the end... that shot of the shadow of Mike and the bike crossing a rainy nightime pavement always lives in my memory of the great 80s. What a fantastic and unusual voice Mr.D. possessed, sad to lose so underated a singer/songwriter.
It was very seldom used during the closing credits of Boon, only a very small number of episodes had it at the end, which on one hand was a pity, but similarly provided an occasional "special treat" to finish off..!!
is the singer still alive
@@TheDarrenguyuk No, Jim Diamond died in 2015.
@@ianmcclavin Jim Diamond 💎 RIP. 😢😔
@@ianmcclavin They used a different version of it on the credits sometime too
When i realised he wrote this for his past father, the words took on so much more meaning. Beautiful
RIP Jim. This song takes me back. So sad to be taken so young.
Loved this song and watching boon
I agree with you all. What a great series and such a classic song. Yes, there was definitely school the next morning after watching Boon!
Never never gets old, love this please it up forever. Ken Boon Londons burning, all the classics but this is the best . Every party and night alone I play this
This singer just popped into my mind after 35 odd years, didn't even know he was Scottish literally booked a holiday in Scotland minutes before , weird how the brain works.
Sadly Passed away on October 8, 2015, at 64 years young.
All the best are Scottish 🏴 ❤️
RIP Jim Diamond. Taken far too early. Talented , lovely man.
So true. 😢
The theme tunes back then couldn't be beaten 👌
This reminds me of my wonderful late twin. He loved bikes. 25 years of riding. Part2 rider and a fantastic brother. Love you JOE.
One of the few TV Shows set in Nottingham
Incredible voice and songs...part of my own personal history....Gone far too soon. RIP.
Still lifts my mood even to this day. Fabulous! Just miss Elphic.
Just watched a TOTP Christmas 1984 Jim Diamond was a diamond.
Music light this will sadly never be bettered.
Had this chorus in my head all day today. I would have been five when it came out and it hasn't had airplay in years. Funny what sticks in our heads.
This comment made me laugh. I would have been 6 or 7 when this was on TV but yet here I am.... 😄
I've this song still. Remember Boon when I was about 7yrs old.
So nice to enjoy this without the agonising threat of "school in the morning"
+LScouser8 lol....showing your age
I know that pain!
DAM RIGHT
Now we've got the dreaded work!
Brilliant,that's how it was on a Sunday night 😀
Brilliant voice , great song , great programmes
Someone needs to put this on a viral TikTok or summit coz this deserves so many more views, what a bangerrrr lol
Great uplifting tunes and films in the 80s . Cant say that about more recent films and music as much
listening to this my bro toms song sadly tom passed away reminds me of him xxx
I seem to listen to this at least once or twice every week it's just such a great tune
I do believe i am the only person in the world who is commenting on this underrated classic tune, still loving it. :)
What a tune....what a decade.....
What a brilliant song and boon was also my childhood
Solid from the heart proper Song Writing right here from a man full of music and filled our lives with it- Thank you Jim -
RIP big man.
i was 8 when boon was oot ,loved it for this tune i was mad on this tune ,like the weirdo i am im thinking about this song ,had it on repeat allday the lyrics are awsome,and a total raj pal of mine partied with the legend mike elphick at his gaff years back ,said mr elphick thats is gr8 to party with and shared some beauty stories about the late mr Elphick ,my neighbours going mental at the loudness ,it is worth the asbo,high ho silver ,here loving the comments aboot school the next day i feel awe nostalgic now
a bonefide classic song and classic TV show ...r.I.p..Jim diamond...and the late great Michael elfick
What a great distinctive voice this man has
Always thought it was a woman singing this. Beautiful voice. Amazing music. Always loved it
The kind of voice you think you can copy but not a chance. Superb voice, poor Jim imagine what he could have written given more time.
@@shimmieparry1182 he was in a group called P. H. D. . Song , i i i should have known better . .
@@malcolmmoate9067 iys called passion in what he did rip Jim Dimond
Bath night on a sunday, vosene shampoo in you eyes , kick up the arse then bed.. Brilliant..
brilliant. amazing old tune that stirs up that 80`s heroic feeling! i always wanted to be like boon helping others in times of need , i have done ok so far !!
This song is superb!!!!
jim diamond was one of the great exponents of 80s pop music ...
Pure Magic is this song, Hi Ho Silver
80,s , Best decade of my life. Great song, loved Boon.
my old man watching boon whilst I played as a boy.
Amazing man amazing voice sure it’s the song of a great old days soap on television 🎉haha top of the pops 2😜👍 Jim diamond legend I was born 1982 😂🎉😊
Bad boy tune! Absolutely love it.
Rip Jim, you had such a fantastic distinct voice, goodbye for now 💜🌼💜🌼💜🌼so sad.
🏆✊
'I make a stand, for truth and justice and for the common man.'
great song and well acted ! respect