Chris De Burgh 1983 Hamilton Place DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN

[Kevathome1000]

One of THE great songs,only Meatloaf is more dramatic!

Kevathome1000

[steve354777]

Doesn't work for Sydney ferries: "You must have a valid ticket (and concession card if required) before travelling. Fines apply to customers who cannot produce a valid ticket or concession pass".

[applecynical]

Very cool song.

[Spionsilver]

great performance..

great memories..

[patti4682]

Thats a very great song... I love it! Thanks for it.

[missjoshemmett]

one of my all time fav songs!

[ReadyToFall921]

He is so cool. :) Now he's older but as cool as there. :)

[7466309change]

I love the beat he has going.

[candlesrato8]

Still awesome

[M4dButcher]

this is epic .... f*****ing epic!!

[terpsichoreankat]

This is the ONLY version that contains the missing lyrics; at 2:37 they begin.

[TheRockerchef]

Love this song

[analyzingfunny]

fuck......that sounds GOOD!!!! tape ftw!

[ctenochaetus]

Great Video + SONG

[candlesrato8]

Awesome

[Oisterboy]

Maybe you should turn your cellphone off Gary...

[meandholly1]

This message is for haters.

Dear haters,

Maybe you do not like Chris de burgh but here is the reason that you should NOT put some mean comments...

think about OTHER people who likes Chris de burgh it might hurt other people's feeling.

If u did not learn your lesson and u just wanna have fun putting some mean comments, you're just a BIG FAT JERK!!!!

Thank u

[JoseFruguletti1972]

GAY SONG

[superstar1222222]

@JoseFruguletti1972 ur gay

[7466309change]

the keys sound terrific,all this was great.

[7466309change]

looks like Dark shadows.cool.I try sing also.Altho very flat outof tone.Day dreams of old Danial Boon stories.Fantacy.Well i,d probly pay him.

[harveyderf]

and i in you Jason, I in you. We must swap PMs and see if we ever crossed paths on the De Burgh scene. But back to the the art. Yes yes, De Burgh did what Reed has been trying to do for decades by appealing to both seamlessly. Only now has Lou Reed has made that crossover albeit through a intermediary in Susan Boyle. A real artist like De Burgh never had to resort to such methods in order to get the tales of his jeffried out street existence to the senior citizens. Reed could only follow.

[jasonismyhomie]

@harveyderf : those senior citizens were his bread and butter, so de burgh is not only street smart, but savvy like a door to door salesman. legend as it that my friend's grandma once rode the de burgh rodeo (in a jeffrey induced haze) and would still talk about it even as advanced dementia shattered other less vivid memories. word is that she had been with at least 8 men before she got married. back then, that was a lot, almost like 100! but de burgh is ALL man and would equal at least 16 1/2.

[jasonismyhomie]

little known fact that de burgh has swept under the rug all these years. he was a hardcore jeffrey-head for much of his youth and this song is a painful account of his tortured psyche's response to addiction. the haunting DONT DO ITS are a cautionary primal scream, yet its contradicted by the underlying message - 'don't pay the ferryman til he gets you to the other side' - i.e. don't pay the dealer til he gets you HIGH on legit jeffreys. Makes VU's 'wating for the man' look like child's play...

[harveyderf]

@jasonismyhomie wonderful review of De Burgh's seminal 'Don't Pay the Ferryman' jasonismyhomie. A lot of De Burgh's songs allude to his flirtation with uncle jeffrey. De Burgh in 'De Burgh on De Burch', DisBurghed Sept, 1987 said he was first touched by uncle jeffrey as a young boy and so it become the main inspiration of his art. I have to say this is the quintessential De Burgh jeffey song, as it paints him self as well all knew him. that it is a street savvy jefffrey head looking to score

[jasonismyhomie]

@harveyderf Wow. just, wow. i have a true bro in you, harvey. i have never been moved so violently then when i imbibed De Burghs visceral autobio that you mentioned. Well, i once ate some really sketchy tacitos at La Negra Rosa once, and THAT moved me violently in a dif way, but thats a whole 'nother ball of yarn. the man embodies pure STREET but was able to market it to grannies and jeffrey hounds alike. something his contemporary lou reed could never quite master. De Burgh is a visionary.

[charleshorvath]

Great concert at the pinnacle of his career. Pleased to say was in attendance for this concert.

[louis1x]

great inspiring song

and he stand in direct blood line with richard lionheart

[macdisciple]

the inspiration for this song was...a ferryman? deep.

[7466309change]

wow so moving.

[ClaudiaL68]

Chris is just the best! Iove this Song..

[beliveausboys71]

i was lucky enough to be at this show

[zacek1970]

I may have posted before but I've loved this song for so long and I STILL love it and the videos!!!! ;o)

[Badmolar]

On August 2, 1867, Crazy Horse participated in the Wagon Box Fight, also near Fort Phil Kearny. Lakota forces numbering between 1000 and 2000 attacked a wood-cutting crew near the fort. Most of the soldiers fled to a circle of wagon boxes without wheels, using them for cover as they fired at the Lakota. The Lakota took substantial losses.

[zacek1970]

I love the vampire outtake of it.....always loved the song!!!

[wheelchairmommy]

yeah !!! i'm from hamilton ont..lol!!!

[spectergohan]

hell yes, hamilton.

[gfkd11]

It isnt in no kind "GAY", and if it were too not bad....

this is lyrical!

[tantschkidus]

the way he said ''the ferryman!'' is so gay ! ^^

[Russelbrother7777]

germany also won on 911.

since they financed the arabs...but thats a long story..

[jowasget]

geiles lied

[DrRazorblade]

hahahaha

im freaking out

[CJKTARA]

Who started WWII? Hitler did so in finally invading Poland. France and Britain signed a treaty to protect Poland should she be invaded - she was and millions of people died because of Hitler's terroritorial demands.

[Lincoln2000]

I am a german and I have to say that of course the things that took place in the time of Hitler, but of course it was a result of the "Treaty of Versailles". The germans were angry, they were poor and then Hitler arrived and of course it was easy to "make" this politic. So the war didn't only resulted in cause of Hitler, it resulted in cause of the "Treaty of Versailles" too. Hilter didn't have any Chance to get this high position, in other times.

[wolfydude10]

great song

[data1964]

Umm, if you're referring to Chris, he was born in Argentina. Just lives here in Glorius Ireland.

[wittmann]

pfff...

Germans...

All I got to mention in regards to Germans is...

2 World Wars.... 1 World cup...

[JohnzaloogII]

actually, germany won three times, in 1954, 1974 and 1990.

and they didn't start either world war, austria-hungary did WW1 and technically england did WW2.

[wittmann]

How did england start WW2??

The Germans crossed into the Sudatenland and as a result the war began!

[JohnzaloogII]

It takes two to fight in a war, germany was just conquering other lands, England was the one to start actually fighting back. (I'm English, I'm not being harsh)

[powerballpacman]

plzz post more songs from this concert how many are on video where can you get it

plzzz post more

cdb was at his best in early 80s

[mortonbg]

I have posted the only two digital clips I have from this concert, which I attended as an audience member in 1983. The rest of the show I have only on a NTSC Beta Video taped off TV in 1984. I also have a VHS PAL copy of CHRIS DE BURGH: THE VIDEO, but alas no PAL VHS player. If I ever manage to get it converted to DVD then I will post more... :-) Till then hope you enjoy these...

[moscowandy]

@mortonbg

you can find anything on ebay ;)) (never bothered to convert anything of my vhs into any digital formats actually)

[optien41]

Seen CdB live a number of times. He's awesome live!

This song is brilliant.

'Last time I cried' is my fav tho.

[iranbita]

big lesson i love it dont pay the ferry man

even dont fix the price

[CHF2003e]

It is an impending haste mixed with a pagan feeling.

One o the best done by Chris de Burgh

[Mausenuffel]

very good ;-)

[Mausenuffel]

absolut great ;-)

[mortonbg]

At 00:14, you can clearly see a blurry me in the 3rd row directly beneath guitar player Danny McBride... 16 years old at the time and bouncing enthusiastically!

[LordHugenstein]

Ohh. . you like to bounce huh?

[lilataubenei]

@mortonbg sorry, haven´t seen you