Mike And The Mechanics - One Left Standing (long version)

[dreagin]

These guys are veteran musicians and they sound fresher than any of the freakin younger bands out there. The leader of the band (Mike Rutherford) is from the mid 1960's in his music career.

[humdidoadi]

very cool song and great video!!

[013501350135]

TA FALTANDO AI A LINDA VOZ DE PAUL YOUNG!! SEM ELE O MIKE AND THE MECHANICS JA ERA!!!!

[TheAgendda]

top of the pops !!! ;)

[MeesCeesZender]

Old and yet up to date!

[xtstevie]

Is there a live version of this track posted anywhere ? I'm sure i saw it one time.

[AbbyLaila85]

If i had heard this on the radio, i wouldn't have known who they were.

Never would have guessed, either.

It's very good, though!

[Cosmoriseee]

I heard this song for first time when I was about 7 and I have forgotten it but now 10 years later this song still makes my day!

[gerynuqui4]

@Cosmoriseee this song is from 2004, "Rewired" album.

[felsner1]

@Cosmoriseee How could you've heard this 10 (11 now!) years ago, when it was released in 2004?

[F3nom3n0]

1:21 wtf =)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))­))))))))

[MixinGarden]

haha so great

[felsner1]

@F3nom3n0 It's called narcolepsy.

[xtstevie]

What a song, Stunning.

[MrJesus1407]

Thanks steppingstyle thanks people like you we can find this kind of music in youtube and god bless you long life for you

[obsidiansands1]

I think the album was titled that way for two reasons: Paul Carrack is pretty popular internationally in his own right, and Mike wanted to acknowledge his long time contribution to the band, the second reason was the death of second lead vocalist Paul Young (All I Need Is A Miracle, etc.,) in 1999. It was not the same band, really. It was mostly just Mike & Paul and Mike wanted it to be read that way.

[TheUgreenagreen]

the longer version on the cd is pure genius!

[jrcracky]

i just love that song :D

i first listened to it when i was 8 and i just loved it :D:D

i never found it till now ;)

thx for posting ;D

[TheUgreenagreen]

i wonder if it is to acknowledge that Paul Carrack has his own career/goals and his own Great albums/music!

I don't mind the M&M + PC at all.

I love PC! period! I fell in love with him two years ago and never knew about M&M before. I just kept hearing 'silent running' on the radio and wanted to get the cd.

anything PC does is all right with me- he is my favorite artist besides John Denver and Rissi Palmer.

[felsner1]

@TheUgreenagreen Yeah, but it's still a strange idea. Phil Collins didn't do a whole lot of writing in Genesis before around 1980, after which Genesis wasn't all of a sudden presented as "Genesis + Phil Collins".

Something must've happened to Carrack's ego. That said, I wish Genesis had used him and not Ray Wilson back in the late 1990'ies. He would've been much more appropriate, voice- and age-wise. Still, Phil's drumming cannot be substituted, of course.

[felsner1]

I liked that record, to be sure. But why the hell did they suddenly change their name to "Mike & The Mechanics + Paul Carrack"? It doesn't make any sense. Carrack has been with all along.

[bboynever]

this song is so cool :P cant spot listening it

[memphissvk]

where is video with rabbit and "magician" ?

[maxxeclipse88]

The one with the rabbit and magician is for the shorter version (radio edit) of this song. I have the CD/DVD release of the album Rewired, and the DVD has both videos on there.

[thehorizonsessions]

complete house music! love it!

[uriel4377]

good song and interesting(good) video,thanks!

[fittingly]

God, this song totally effin' ROCKS!!!

Such scintillatingly ingenious musicians, these blokes. Love how they blend little surreptitious, polyphonic textures to highlight the song's minor aura.

Sounds like it relies heavily on Pentatonics, but I sense an harmonic minor in it, too. It's just an AMAZING song. Every time I listen to it again, I hear something I hadn't heard before.

Thank you so much for posting this gem, steppingstyle. I'm heading to Best Buy right now to order it!

[CryingMurder]

Сууппеерр=)) 5

[whatziznem]

This version is very nice. I dont think this available with the regular album version. I like the album version too. Carrack's voice simply fits any background music.

[dchasse12]

Love this. Much cleaner than the album version.

[summer4autumn]

Agreed, This one sounds great.

The album version is shit. Way too over-produced.

[jasonba100]

love the long version of this song