This is just mega. Definitely good enough to have got on 'The Stone Roses', and that is saying something because as we know, it's possibly the greatest album ever made.
homeless guy told me he would give me the best peice of adive available in the world if i lent him some money for somthing to eat. i gave him 50p and he simply said "the stone roses, son" then walked off......
Any danger that some of you warriors could just listen to a class act singing a class song and celebrate the fact they are reforming? You know, rather than just wanking over who can insult who from which end of the M62? Ta
The Stone Roses transcend Manchester - they were EVERYTHING at the time - bet your life I'll meet a pike, who'll wolf me down for tea tonight - river-cool's where I belong! Stop moaning - start listening...
It's a song about a boat which was docked on the banks of the Mersey to escort the royal family to America if we were ever invaded and overrun by Germans during the second world war. They would have left us all to become Kuntz, eating pickled cabbage and bratwurst.
"If she were there I'd hold her down
I'll push her under while she drowns and
Couldn't breathe and call for air
She doesn't care for my despair"
That lyric passage is in regards to the queen. I'm singing concrete facts.
I'm from Manchester and I concede that Liverpool is a much better city, so much more attractive with more intelligent people. Better music...which can be demonstrated by one song. Forget the Beatles/Bunnymen et al...'There She Goes' cannot be bettered by anyone.
This is the best B Side ever recorded , in musical history !
Easily good enough to have been not only on the debut album but also could have happily been a single from it . I have the cassette single of She Bangs The Drums which has this and Standing Here on it . That's got to be the best value for money single i ever bought. Superb !
People should stop arguing and just agree that Manchester make the best music. Being from Leeds I hate the football teams but look at the bands, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Oasis, all from Manchester, you don't get better than that.
@joeblufc joy division, the smiths, the roses and oasis thats only 4 bands can name loads from down south the kinks, rolling stones, the jam, the clash, the who. id say the north and south are equal in musical talent but one things for sure all the best music is english
Probably the most accessible of the SR tunes. Notable for its ethereal guitar work, and fantastic backing vocals by the best rock drummer of the 90s if not the post-Moon era.
for all those who say that noel is the best writer.... he's not. he said so himself. that honor he gives (and i agree) to steven patrick morrissey. nothing oasis did comes close to anything what morrissey writes
@dukedodgington Take in to account that 'the best song writer' competition you're referring to, is opinion based, not factual, stop being a narrow-minded cunt and let people believe and listen to what they want, without trying to shit on their parade. Oasis were better than The smiths regardless. Both great bands however.
@bradhatesmanu lol. noel himself says morrissey was better. oasis were a good band, but did nothing that changed anything. they were basically 90s less talented version of the beatles . and you could tell that immediately with how much liam pretended like he was john lennon in his entire stage persona
@dukedodgington Oasis did nothing to change anything?? Most english bands after 1996 all to a certain extent rose to Oasis' call... The Verve, Travis... Stereophonics, all took their direction fron Oasis lead. Even later, the likes of The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys or even Coldplay have all said Oasis was a massive infuence.... and these days, ask any young indie guitar band at all, and they'll all say Oasis was the reason they picked up guitars... Bands as they are today are ALL traced to oasis
@baboon2525 Liam Gallaghers vocal style is influenced by John Lennon obviously, but his stage persona is nothing like John Lennon, His scowl is more like John Lydon, Since when did John Lennon have a scowl anyway????? Anyway why argue about it? This is a Stone Roses video, lets just agree about how fucking good they were, and show some respect for Ian, John, Reni and Mani :)
Brown was born in Warrington and moved to Trafford when he was a kid. If you live in trafford the nearest team is United. Plus, United in the 70s were crap so hardly glory hunting to start supporting them.
Those top 2 comments are VERY well put and I sit back stoned safe in the knowledge that there are some people out there with EXCEPTIONAL musical taste!!
As for the 10 imbeciles who disliked this........ well, FOOK OFF and listen to Michael BOOBIE or whatever he's called!
@yougottaloveit100 i know its a joke and to be honest who actually notices that its a piss take people hear "mersey" and associate it with liverpool and its a good song so basically a fail by ian brown
@20cFilmWannabe ye its a good tune and i noticed that its a piss take, its obvious its a piss take, 1st of all what other reason would a manc write a tune about liverpool unless its a piss take,
@sunshinesbeter that phuriousstyles sounds like a yank prick tryin to be sound clever(a bit like a fat bird tryin to fit into size 8....impossible) your spot on pal :) lol ps you a latchford or stocky heath lad by any chance?? :)
The River Mersey (pronounced /ˈmɝːzi/) is a river in North West England. It is around 70 miles (113 km) long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire
@PhuriousStyles thanks for the info..however i know my history n geography...ian brown is from lymm,which is a borough of warrington,,3/4's of the town sits on the northside of the river,which was lanc's,(that changed in 74 to ches), n the other bit cheshire....so i guess his childhood memories may reflect,a tad, on his songwriting??..btw..i grew up next to the mersey n manchester ship canal..so dont try n be clever telling me about how its pronounced ..yer snap on!
Loads of interpretation of this! I've heard the often said one that this is mainly about a chill place that Ian found near the Mersey. However, and more than a few of my scouse mates agree, that this is a very slight, tongue in cheek piss take of Liverpool "River cools" is surely a play on words. There is also the blatant rip of "here comes the sun" by Squire. However, a great song and they released it as a fucking b side?!!! What a band they were. Both cities, music wise, are different class.
@tradfan Love that the Roses are getting a bit of appreciation in America, as one of the finest bands to come out of our undisputed musical nation but it's not merseybeat pal. Merseybeat stopped as the beatles started, it's an early 60s genre.
Liverpool n manchester pisses ova any other city in the world when it comes to footy n music. Yeah barca got gr8 team but name me one gr8 catalonia band?! Manchester utd,Liverpool, stone roses & the beatles i rest my case.
No crack for me mate, it just happens to be my opinion. I think Oasis are the best band ever, laugh all you want. There is no "proving" me wrong. That's why beauty is in the eye of the beholder, no? Noel Gallagher is the greatest living songwriter in my OPINION. Can't prove me wrong now can you? Love you brother.
@OasisKid99 fair play man....im all for respectin other peoples opinions...but do you honestly think noel is a better wordsmith than dylan...really????? "the sink is full of fishes, shes got dirty dishes on the brain" " theyre sellin postcards of the hangin" by the way...im no a big dylan fan..but i do reckon he is the cheif chirper for songwriting...love you too bro.
Don't act like a little child and quote silly lyrics from Noel. I can play that CHILD'S game with any songwriter. I wonder why you didn't quote these Noel lyrics? " Is anyone here prepared to say Just what they mean or is it too late? For anyone here to try to do, just what it takes to get through to you. So let's all make believe
@121rolex Strangle my hope and make me pray To a god I've never seen but who I betray To the people who live the afterlife And the place I'll never be 'til I'm crucified So let's all make believe We're still friends and we like each other Let's all make believe In the end we'll need each other Let's all make believe That all mankind's gonna feed our brother Let's all make believe That in the end we won't grow old
Seriously, brother, I will play this GAME all day with you. Noel's B-Sides are better than most other band's entire career's. I am dead serious. I will play this GAME all day with you mate. Keep going, I dare you.
@OasisKid99 ok...if you would just connfirm for everybody else then that reads these posts, you think oasis are the best musicians/songwriters ever.... they are more talented than the beatles and the rolling stones and radiohead, and rem for that matter
.....i must add, none of these bands happen to be my favourite...but the bands i have mentioned i think myself aswell as the vast population of the musical world would conncur are at the top of their game....
@OasisKid99 oasis are my 2nd favourite group ever! yeah to be fair i couldve mentioned the coral, the la's, the smiths,happy mondays, new order, black grape, everton etc etc just further proves that manchester n liverpool wipe the floor with other cities
@nipperisboss really though, everyone takes inspiration from somewhere, thats a typical american argument. The yanks try to turn sabbath, stones, beatles, led zep, floyd ect into THEIR thing, just by using the old "oh but they got their inspiration from a b and c"
At the end of the day, its the actual band that play the music that is great
I formed a band after listening to the Roses (no, you won't have heard of us!!!). I was pretty good with lyrics (biased opinion) , but no matter how hard i tried, couldn't get close to Brown/Squire. Fantastically metaphoric
@L1Scouser its about a place in manchester where the mersey briefly touched where they would sit and smoke ,write ,chill ,near timperly so im told ...
@Noelgallagher290567 ..great comment..still after all these years..it sounds class.. so glad i was there to witness it all..the crap they give us today .. can never live up to the roses..
@Noelgallagher290567 - Defo agree with you mate, I'm only 23 but can tell that todays shite doesn't come close to past music and music like this from the legendary Stones Roses
this song is about the govt dumping the gold AND the royal family at liverpool during the last world war for a quick escape,liverpool amd manchester are the same thing, within 30 years they will have joined togetherr geographically as a metropolis....cant wait to hear that accent, im sure it will be close to warrington and halewood
Not necessarily that's if the population of the United Kingdom raises, and like most of Europe I believe the UK has an aging population, of course there's immigration but that poses a lot of threats.
The river Mersey runs through a little nature reserve in Chorlton, Manchester... Nice spot, Brown and Squire used to live near there. It's not a piss take of L'pool... Those 2 weren't negative like that. "If she were her I'd hold her down"... got to be about Thatcher, bitch tried to scrub the North of England off the map all through the 80's... FAILED.
@mufcok1878 its not a diss to Liverpool, hence the line 'I feel like growing fins & jumping in with the bikes the rusty tins' & look at what the songs' called! BUT if Ur a Manc U hav a point Manchester make the best music, Liverpool only just had the best band of all time
This is just mega. Definitely good enough to have got on 'The Stone Roses', and that is saying something because as we know, it's possibly the greatest album ever made.
jhwoasis93 3 weeks ago
Superb....... Fucking Superb
Letsfuckingdothis 1 month ago
You can bet your life I'll meet a pike who'll
Wolf me down for tea tonight
gar1558 1 month ago
homeless guy told me he would give me the best peice of adive available in the world if i lent him some money for somthing to eat. i gave him 50p and he simply said "the stone roses, son" then walked off......
Thank You Homeless Guy<3
TheWurzulnator 3 months ago 18
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Andrew077 3 months ago
@koalajones88 oasis are indeed fucking terrible but come on,joy division?
placebo150 3 months ago
Got my ticket for the greatest show on earth just hope England do us a favour and get in to the European final!!
vanklinkerhoffen 3 months ago
there fucking back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASEnoWALLS 3 months ago 2
Sitting here in Widnes in my Mersey Paradise, listening to the best band ever. Welcome back Roses.
cjdalton1981 3 months ago 2
@cjdalton1981
me 2!!!! with the knowledge i got a ticket today!!!
MrLeemac17 3 months ago
Any danger that some of you warriors could just listen to a class act singing a class song and celebrate the fact they are reforming? You know, rather than just wanking over who can insult who from which end of the M62? Ta
woodseatswurzel 3 months ago 2
Just heard the stone roses have reformed. Hope they do a uk tour.;)
loyalwull 3 months ago
The Stone Roses transcend Manchester - they were EVERYTHING at the time - bet your life I'll meet a pike, who'll wolf me down for tea tonight - river-cool's where I belong! Stop moaning - start listening...
brookin 3 months ago
@TomSpartan218 ive got family and friends in manchester and they agree with me . youre probably an ill informed yank . tosser
Proxylfc 3 months ago
best song of the stone roses in my opinion. Weird that it was just a b-side.
tomahawk1864 4 months ago
It's a song about a boat which was docked on the banks of the Mersey to escort the royal family to America if we were ever invaded and overrun by Germans during the second world war. They would have left us all to become Kuntz, eating pickled cabbage and bratwurst.
"If she were there I'd hold her down
I'll push her under while she drowns and
Couldn't breathe and call for air
She doesn't care for my despair"
That lyric passage is in regards to the queen. I'm singing concrete facts.
DDDoppleganger1 4 months ago
I'm from Manchester and I concede that Liverpool is a much better city, so much more attractive with more intelligent people. Better music...which can be demonstrated by one song. Forget the Beatles/Bunnymen et al...'There She Goes' cannot be bettered by anyone.
MGJMESSNER 4 months ago
@MGJMESSNER very brave comment as you seem to be commenting on a tune that is a lot better than that. there she goes is nothing more than average.
hounslowfinest 3 months ago
I moved up to Manchester in 1989 - the best move I ever made at the time - this song reminds me of so many good times - bless the Roses :)
spikeyisland70 4 months ago
no excuse to do not like this wonderful song...
isr4el666 4 months ago
im scouse and stone roses are my favourite band. who gives a shit which city is better. i think we can at least agree that north>south
coootzz 4 months ago
yes its true the mancs have made the best musuc lately. but liverpool is the classier city and the mancs know it
Proxylfc 5 months ago
Makes me proud to be a mancunian
ganjastep 5 months ago
This is the best B Side ever recorded , in musical history !
Easily good enough to have been not only on the debut album but also could have happily been a single from it . I have the cassette single of She Bangs The Drums which has this and Standing Here on it . That's got to be the best value for money single i ever bought. Superb !
shackbhoy 5 months ago
Sounds like Here comes the Sun by George Harrison
zefer07 5 months ago
@zefer07 funny I just notced that and came to comment seems I am a bit late,
It's also reminds me of Thick as Thieves (The Jam) at about 1.58 "thick as thieves us".
or rather that borrowed from Here comes the sun too v=_VQkUXq37-0
ufewl 3 months ago
@zefer07 the song was by the beatles
XboxKenny1992 2 months ago
@XboxKenny1992 It was written entirely by George Harrison and is considered his song.
"Here Comes the Sun" is a song by George Harrison < Wikipedia
zefer07 2 months ago
@zefer07 but when i type it into youtube it says " the beatles - " here comes the sun "
XboxKenny1992 2 months ago
Sounds a lot like Heres come the sun. Well, im talking about the guitar part.
velvetguitar95 6 months ago
@TomSpartan218 HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD THERE MATE; INCOMPARABLE.
luddite71 6 months ago
oasis's music is good, shame there total dickhead's
20cFilmWannabe 6 months ago
Oasis are twats, roses, inspirals, charlatans
were the dogs bollocks.
bohsblur 6 months ago
People should stop arguing and just agree that Manchester make the best music. Being from Leeds I hate the football teams but look at the bands, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Oasis, all from Manchester, you don't get better than that.
joeblufc 6 months ago 31
@joeblufc joy division, the smiths, the roses and oasis thats only 4 bands can name loads from down south the kinks, rolling stones, the jam, the clash, the who. id say the north and south are equal in musical talent but one things for sure all the best music is english
joefrench555 5 months ago
@joeblufc Oasis doesn't belong with those other bands.
DDDDDeannnnn 1 month ago
@DDDDDeannnnn Why don't they?
TheBeesKnees691 2 days ago
@joeblufc don't forget north side they deserve more credit
yarp123123123123123 2 weeks ago
Probably the most accessible of the SR tunes. Notable for its ethereal guitar work, and fantastic backing vocals by the best rock drummer of the 90s if not the post-Moon era.
lebarosky 7 months ago
for all those who say that noel is the best writer.... he's not. he said so himself. that honor he gives (and i agree) to steven patrick morrissey. nothing oasis did comes close to anything what morrissey writes
dukedodgington 7 months ago 2
@dukedodgington Take in to account that 'the best song writer' competition you're referring to, is opinion based, not factual, stop being a narrow-minded cunt and let people believe and listen to what they want, without trying to shit on their parade. Oasis were better than The smiths regardless. Both great bands however.
bradhatesmanu 7 months ago
@bradhatesmanu lol. noel himself says morrissey was better. oasis were a good band, but did nothing that changed anything. they were basically 90s less talented version of the beatles . and you could tell that immediately with how much liam pretended like he was john lennon in his entire stage persona
dukedodgington 6 months ago
@dukedodgington Oasis did nothing to change anything?? Most english bands after 1996 all to a certain extent rose to Oasis' call... The Verve, Travis... Stereophonics, all took their direction fron Oasis lead. Even later, the likes of The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys or even Coldplay have all said Oasis was a massive infuence.... and these days, ask any young indie guitar band at all, and they'll all say Oasis was the reason they picked up guitars... Bands as they are today are ALL traced to oasis
09wez 6 months ago 6
@dukedodgington
Liam' stage persona is literally nothing like John Lennon's whatsoever.
Possibly the steangest comment i have ever read.
Just wow.
1878EFC2008 4 months ago
@1878EFC2008 um, he based his scowl/dress sense so obviously on john lennon. i mean, i dunno why anyone is talking about oasis in 2011, but still.
baboon2525 4 months ago
@baboon2525
ah yes the famous Lennon scowl!
lol
1878EFC2008 4 months ago
@1878EFC2008 FUNNY
stebs1690 3 months ago
@baboon2525 Liam Gallaghers vocal style is influenced by John Lennon obviously, but his stage persona is nothing like John Lennon, His scowl is more like John Lydon, Since when did John Lennon have a scowl anyway????? Anyway why argue about it? This is a Stone Roses video, lets just agree about how fucking good they were, and show some respect for Ian, John, Reni and Mani :)
deebo80sw6 3 months ago
@deebo80sw6 fair point about not arguing :) Amazing, amazing music.
baboon2525 3 months ago
the only thing wrong with this song, is that its too short
BritishTokuFan 8 months ago 3
Brown was born in Warrington and moved to Trafford when he was a kid. If you live in trafford the nearest team is United. Plus, United in the 70s were crap so hardly glory hunting to start supporting them.
snackster 9 months ago
@snackster Agreed. They were relegated at one point. Well said.
Noodles37UK 9 months ago
Roses - Oasis - Kasabian - all these goods
JonnyKasabian 9 months ago 4
@JonnyKasabian i think your missing the best band joy division?
TheC0US 3 months ago
just amazing no dout about tht yeh there is there fcking awsome better than tht legends aha love the roses
brendanf62 9 months ago
Was this song included on an 'album' called 'Turns into stone'? I think i have it somewhere?
johnnycheck99 9 months ago
@johnnycheck99 yup I've got the album its a collection of their singles and B-sides
Muddy194 9 months ago
Is there a more joyful song about murder and suicide?
weavehole 9 months ago
the river mersey originates in Stockport.. Ians home town
lammyman3 10 months ago
@lammyman3 he's from warrington actually
SouthRoadLfc 9 months ago
Those top 2 comments are VERY well put and I sit back stoned safe in the knowledge that there are some people out there with EXCEPTIONAL musical taste!!
As for the 10 imbeciles who disliked this........ well, FOOK OFF and listen to Michael BOOBIE or whatever he's called!
TripleX808 10 months ago
@TripleX808 well said fella, now can I have a chug of that spliff? nice 1!
voodooblueboy 10 months ago
The Beatles - Here comes the sun
+
The Smiths You just haven't earned it yet baby
=
this song
fede018 10 months ago 3
@fede018 Agreed. Plus I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better by The Byrds. Both songs sound like total joy.
Noodles37UK 10 months ago
@fede018 Very intuitive of you.......and very correct.
TripleX808 10 months ago
Amazing tune, and 10 dislikes, fuck all hope for humanity
athenry04 11 months ago 2
scoucers rule and dont ever forget that
ellenkirwin1 11 months ago
@ellenkirwin1 spot on there mate
MrRedben8 10 months ago
@ellenkirwin1 learn how to spell scousers A
demondo87 10 months ago
fuck the tories!
MrYoungAtiba 11 months ago
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ellenkirwin1 11 months ago
Classic MADCHESTER.
mshaffy1 11 months ago
How can 10 people dislike this? Cretins!!
Aoifesmum1888 11 months ago
@Aoifesmum1888 must be justin beiber and lady gaga fans haha the homo's
Dukesy50 10 months ago
for a mere b side this threatens to surpass any song oasis have ever done.
123Agentorange 11 months ago 2
@123Agentorange it doesnt threaten ,it does
whitebigpolarbear 11 months ago 3
This tune sends shivers down my spine, I cant explain it , it moves my soul !!!!
gsw999 11 months ago
Always loved this. Perfection.
claney01 1 year ago
10 scousers wached this video
yougottaloveit100 1 year ago 4
@yougottaloveit100 you made me laugh out loud....maximum respeck.... :-)
alanlaing 1 year ago
@alanlaing hahaha cheers mate
yougottaloveit100 1 year ago
@yougottaloveit100 its talking about the Mersey so im sure scousers appreciate that
20cFilmWannabe 10 months ago
@20cFilmWannabe read the lyrics mate
yougottaloveit100 10 months ago
@yougottaloveit100 i know its a joke and to be honest who actually notices that its a piss take people hear "mersey" and associate it with liverpool and its a good song so basically a fail by ian brown
20cFilmWannabe 10 months ago
@20cFilmWannabe hahaha wat ever mate at the end of the day its a piss take and i think its funny as fuck
yougottaloveit100 9 months ago
@yougottaloveit100 more to do with irony than a pisstake, but yeah, fuck it, it's a ace tune, that's all that matters!
SouthRoadLfc 9 months ago
@yougottaloveit100 at the end of the day its a good song not noted for its "piss take" so....
20cFilmWannabe 9 months ago
@20cFilmWannabe ye its a good tune and i noticed that its a piss take, its obvious its a piss take, 1st of all what other reason would a manc write a tune about liverpool unless its a piss take,
yougottaloveit100 9 months ago
@yougottaloveit100 he's not a manc he's from warrington which stands on the banks of the mersey he's just a glory hunter that supports united
20cFilmWannabe 9 months ago
@yougottaloveit100 So you think that people from Liverpool cant like a Manchester band? Why would you assume scousers disliked the video?
MrGeorge138 3 months ago
@MrGeorge138 no mate it was just a bit of banter
yougottaloveit100 3 months ago
@yougottaloveit100 Either way, Roses back together, fuckin nice one
MrGeorge138 3 months ago
@MrGeorge138 ye i know man its fucking ace
yougottaloveit100 3 months ago
Can't believe 10 people dislike this. Few beers, cheeky line and this on xmas day, marvellous.
DJHanksie1 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
10 people are fucked in the head!
HashHead87 1 year ago
@sunshinesbeter that phuriousstyles sounds like a yank prick tryin to be sound clever(a bit like a fat bird tryin to fit into size 8....impossible) your spot on pal :) lol ps you a latchford or stocky heath lad by any chance?? :)
MrTonybag 1 year ago
@MrTonybag ha ha..septic tanks eh!..im from woolston m8..best wishes n have a fab 2011 :-)
SUNSHINESBETER 1 year ago
ten people in the world are cunts
joydivision808 1 year ago 3
@joydivision808 lol much more than that m8
2012GORT 1 year ago
mersey runs through warrington...nothin to do with mancs or micky mousers
SUNSHINESBETER 1 year ago
@SUNSHINESBETER you should of listened in geography.
The River Mersey (pronounced /ˈmɝːzi/) is a river in North West England. It is around 70 miles (113 km) long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire
PhuriousStyles 1 year ago
@PhuriousStyles thanks for the info..however i know my history n geography...ian brown is from lymm,which is a borough of warrington,,3/4's of the town sits on the northside of the river,which was lanc's,(that changed in 74 to ches), n the other bit cheshire....so i guess his childhood memories may reflect,a tad, on his songwriting??..btw..i grew up next to the mersey n manchester ship canal..so dont try n be clever telling me about how its pronounced ..yer snap on!
SUNSHINESBETER 1 year ago
@SUNSHINESBETER nice one lol
r0guer0se 1 year ago
@SUNSHINESBETER noone cares mate
joe7159 11 months ago
If you want to to hear something awsome from Liverpool, look up a group called Shack
try looking up " heres tom with the weather" and go from there, lots of variety to choose from!
robjbray 1 year ago
If you want to to hear something awsome from Liverpool, look up shack
try looking up heres tom with the weather and go from there, lots of variety to choose from!
robjbray 1 year ago
I thought it was something to do with Merseyside etc Mersey. lol
PatriotofEngland 1 year ago
10 dislikes? dont people know good music anymore?
Tuckerz11 1 year ago
Loads of interpretation of this! I've heard the often said one that this is mainly about a chill place that Ian found near the Mersey. However, and more than a few of my scouse mates agree, that this is a very slight, tongue in cheek piss take of Liverpool "River cools" is surely a play on words. There is also the blatant rip of "here comes the sun" by Squire. However, a great song and they released it as a fucking b side?!!! What a band they were. Both cities, music wise, are different class.
DWright1981 1 year ago
I just love the drum fills in this cut.
lebarosky 1 year ago
The 9 people who disliked this can go and kill themselves.
One of my favourite Roses tunes. Fucking brilliant.
MorningGlory1997 1 year ago
hands-down one of the greatest b-sides ever written
yahhhtrickyah 1 year ago
I cover 'Mersey Paradise' at every gig. Merseybeat is the best, and I'm a Yank!
tradfan 1 year ago
@tradfan Love that the Roses are getting a bit of appreciation in America, as one of the finest bands to come out of our undisputed musical nation but it's not merseybeat pal. Merseybeat stopped as the beatles started, it's an early 60s genre.
senorsquirt02 1 year ago
@senorsquirt02 OK then. I sometimes do this one and 'Bus Stop' together. 2 of the best ever-and both Manc tunes! FKN brilliant, the both of 'em!
tradfan 1 year ago
The main riff does sound as though its heavily influenced by Here Comes The Sun. Brilliant stuff though. Top band.
SmithersJones87 1 year ago
this song is so beautiful, so fuckin great, so fuckin amazing that makes me cry..
I think it's because we all know that there is no chance for hearing such music in our lifetime..
Noelgallagher290567 1 year ago 19
@Noelgallagher290567 thats very humble of you Noel
Liam2621 5 months ago
PROPER MUSIC MANC LEGENDS FROM A FELLOW MANC
leedumett444 1 year ago
Liverpool n manchester pisses ova any other city in the world when it comes to footy n music. Yeah barca got gr8 team but name me one gr8 catalonia band?! Manchester utd,Liverpool, stone roses & the beatles i rest my case.
shebangsthedrums89 1 year ago 14
@shebangsthedrums89 well said mate even tho there is obviously a big fukin rivallry between the 2 football clubs!
LFCJOEM 1 year ago
@shebangsthedrums89
Think you're forgetting about the biggest Manchester band of them all, ehh????
OasisKid99 9 months ago
@OasisKid99 you bee smokin crack mate?? oasis are no bad....average if we are bein honest...
121rolex 9 months ago
@121rolex
No crack for me mate, it just happens to be my opinion. I think Oasis are the best band ever, laugh all you want. There is no "proving" me wrong. That's why beauty is in the eye of the beholder, no? Noel Gallagher is the greatest living songwriter in my OPINION. Can't prove me wrong now can you? Love you brother.
OasisKid99 9 months ago
@OasisKid99 fair play man....im all for respectin other peoples opinions...but do you honestly think noel is a better wordsmith than dylan...really????? "the sink is full of fishes, shes got dirty dishes on the brain" " theyre sellin postcards of the hangin" by the way...im no a big dylan fan..but i do reckon he is the cheif chirper for songwriting...love you too bro.
121rolex 9 months ago
@121rolex
Don't act like a little child and quote silly lyrics from Noel. I can play that CHILD'S game with any songwriter. I wonder why you didn't quote these Noel lyrics? " Is anyone here prepared to say Just what they mean or is it too late? For anyone here to try to do, just what it takes to get through to you. So let's all make believe
That we're still friends and we like each other
Let's all make believe
In the end we gonna need each other.
OasisKid99 9 months ago
OasisKid99 9 months ago
@121rolex
Seriously, brother, I will play this GAME all day with you. Noel's B-Sides are better than most other band's entire career's. I am dead serious. I will play this GAME all day with you mate. Keep going, I dare you.
OasisKid99 9 months ago 2
@OasisKid99 ok...if you would just connfirm for everybody else then that reads these posts, you think oasis are the best musicians/songwriters ever.... they are more talented than the beatles and the rolling stones and radiohead, and rem for that matter
.....i must add, none of these bands happen to be my favourite...but the bands i have mentioned i think myself aswell as the vast population of the musical world would conncur are at the top of their game....
121rolex 8 months ago
@OasisKid99 oasis are my 2nd favourite group ever! yeah to be fair i couldve mentioned the coral, the la's, the smiths,happy mondays, new order, black grape, everton etc etc just further proves that manchester n liverpool wipe the floor with other cities
shebangsthedrums89 7 months ago
@shebangsthedrums89 I'm from Sheffiedl. You're right.
SoundsSoSavage 8 months ago
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SoundsSoSavage 8 months ago
@shebangsthedrums89 ... and OASIS, mate, come on! :)
missSandygallagher 7 months ago
@missSandygallagher agreed. and oasis!!!!
shebangsthedrums89 7 months ago
@shebangsthedrums89 fuck off ya cunt julio inglesia sold more records than the beatles n stone roses together FACT ya car jacking prick
newyorkrovers 5 months ago
with out lennon an the boys there wud b no madchester,we do everythin first scousers rule and dont use forget it!!!!
nipperisboss 1 year ago
@nipperisboss really though, everyone takes inspiration from somewhere, thats a typical american argument. The yanks try to turn sabbath, stones, beatles, led zep, floyd ect into THEIR thing, just by using the old "oh but they got their inspiration from a b and c"
At the end of the day, its the actual band that play the music that is great
John16H 1 year ago
The Bog's Dollocks
klinepatsy 1 year ago
The most underrated lyricist ever!!!!
I formed a band after listening to the Roses (no, you won't have heard of us!!!). I was pretty good with lyrics (biased opinion) , but no matter how hard i tried, couldn't get close to Brown/Squire. Fantastically metaphoric
gmanelliott 1 year ago
Ian Brown is from Warrington so im guessin its about where he grew up
L1Scouser 1 year ago
@L1Scouser its about a place in manchester where the mersey briefly touched where they would sit and smoke ,write ,chill ,near timperly so im told ...
happentodie 1 year ago
If there weren't bands like they, you do think which shit we had to listen to.
They are the fuckin best..
Everything fits in their music not a bloody note out of tune.. Fuck off for today's shit music
Noelgallagher290567 1 year ago 2
@Noelgallagher290567 ..great comment..still after all these years..it sounds class.. so glad i was there to witness it all..the crap they give us today .. can never live up to the roses..
BlondeRocknRoll 1 year ago
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leecutty 1 year ago
@Noelgallagher290567 - Defo agree with you mate, I'm only 23 but can tell that todays shite doesn't come close to past music and music like this from the legendary Stones Roses
leecutty 1 year ago
I'm eating sand when I need air!
jimshoez 1 year ago
dead to 9 idiots
GsTheHeartbreaker 1 year ago
Hate the lyrics but like the melody :D
oeyvind93 1 year ago
@oeyvind93 Get drunk turn it up and the lyrics wont matter !
oce1989 1 year ago
@oce1989 haha! thats true ;)
oeyvind93 1 year ago
or reni...voice of an octopus arms of an angel
stankler 1 year ago
@stankler class lol
EVERTONIC 1 year ago
this song is about the govt dumping the gold AND the royal family at liverpool during the last world war for a quick escape,liverpool amd manchester are the same thing, within 30 years they will have joined togetherr geographically as a metropolis....cant wait to hear that accent, im sure it will be close to warrington and halewood
EVERTONIC 1 year ago
@EVERTONIC
Not necessarily that's if the population of the United Kingdom raises, and like most of Europe I believe the UK has an aging population, of course there's immigration but that poses a lot of threats.
RufusRamen 1 year ago
@EVERTONIC I think it's actualy about a murder/drowning in the river near where Ian grew up...
jimshoez 1 year ago
@EVERTONIC erm yeah thats what its about.?!...and the land between liverpool and manchester will never be built on, come off it
flapstones 1 year ago
@EVERTONIC
leelovesali9999 1 year ago
epic
GLOWORM360 1 year ago
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The river Mersey runs through a little nature reserve in Chorlton, Manchester... Nice spot, Brown and Squire used to live near there. It's not a piss take of L'pool... Those 2 weren't negative like that. "If she were her I'd hold her down"... got to be about Thatcher, bitch tried to scrub the North of England off the map all through the 80's... FAILED.
-not my words
Fenderkicksass 1 year ago
why was it song a b- side??? a great life mistery
jorgpabl31 1 year ago 2
the mersey paradise was a place near ians home outside his flat on a riverside where he used to write songs etc
happentodie 1 year ago
u poor deluded manc ha ha
millbrook79 1 year ago
millbrook79 you idiot, it's anti-Liverpool you thicko. Plus, it's 'river cools'.
Go lick Lennon's arse.
mufcok1878 1 year ago
@mufcok1878 its not a diss to Liverpool, hence the line 'I feel like growing fins & jumping in with the bikes the rusty tins' & look at what the songs' called! BUT if Ur a Manc U hav a point Manchester make the best music, Liverpool only just had the best band of all time
handsomedevil98 1 year ago
@handsomedevil98 The La's?
weecoby3 1 year ago
@weecoby3 Yeah good band but nothing on the Roses,yet I support Liverpool FC but in music its all about Madchester!
handsomedevil98 1 year ago
liverpools where i belong in my mersey paradise. yer you wouldent want to live in manchester. ha ha
millbrook79 1 year ago
i grew up on a street called mersey and this was our anthem while getting smashed, oh yeah ! classic
kallindown 1 year ago
tune!!
fuckinlegend 1 year ago
I swim along and I will meet a Pike,
mad3arber 1 year ago
one of the greatest b sides ever ! perfect summer song & i love the jingly jangly byrds feel to it
shebangsthedrums89 1 year ago 8
Totally both great fucking bands I might add.
13thfloor18 1 year ago 2
my favourite song...ever...ever....
pilninggas 1 year ago 3
one of my favorites roses just classic.
dort926 1 year ago 2
yet again another top tune about widnes
CHOPSTICKSUPUBELLEND 1 year ago
Reni! Just listen to this again and sit in awe at what he does here! Voice of an angel ...arms of a fuckin' octopus .....
weecoby3 1 year ago 49
@weecoby3 so right, and the only player in the band who sounds better live than in the studio
lebarosky 1 year ago
@weecoby3 What a fookin' combination!!! Very well put btw.
TripleX808 1 year ago