The Last Good Day of the Year

[annonline]

New Year's Day

[prokoscho]

Holy shit -- IT'S A "PIERROT LE FOU" HOMAGE!

[lalaura2011]

questa canzone sprigiona un'esalazione che profuma l'atmosfera in cui io vorrei sempre vivere.. esalare ancora il tuo odore, sentire il tuo tocco sulla pelle, tu che mi stringevi da farmi mancare il fiato nell'angolo più buio.. in un ambiente sensuale pieno di uomini e donne che ballavano per premersi uno contro l'altro..ricordi??io sì anche ora che il tuo ricordo l'ho relegato in fondo al cuore,questa canzone mi incanta e mi avvolge come il magnetismo dei nostri corpi di quella sera lontana..

[ELSCA88]

this song is a very romantic

[ipuenktchen11]

i can't stop listening to this song again and again and again. great tune.

[katerinaCQ]

BELLISSIMA!!! GRAZIE, AMORE !!! Ka.

[punkhermit]

the most perfect new year's eve song ever!

[italiberal]

new year eve, the only day you can really define "the last good day of the year"

[Armydillo0]

I tell you hwat

[22mybleu22]

I am 60 years young and in all of those years of listening to everything from Jim Reeves, Peter, Paul and Mary, Coltrain, Armstrong, Sinatra, Elvis, Beattes, Santana, Pink Floyd, Enigma...I can't remember hearing this quality of music and being so overlooked.

A progressive radio station in Portland, Oregon gave this song good play time and sponsored the group at a small venue in town. Love the voice and depth of the instruments.

[festrunk]

Sounds like Bowie covering the Walker Bros.

[easlesonavon]

@festrunk I think it sounds alot like Peter Weller (of The Jam and The Style Council). The song itself sounds like an old Burt Bachrach tune from the 1960's.

[lordnipple]

beautiful song, superb sound...they should do a Bond Theme...

[archergrev]

My wife to be will be walking down the aisle to this song in a couple of months.

[1270Ari]

My favorite song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Catetchi]

questa canzone mi è rimasta dentro per tutti questi anni, è meravigliosa

[tenebras6angel]

i've heared this song a long time ago but found it by mistake sounds great wonder why it wasn't in the top of charts....

[Nonnajane]

fell in love with this song, voice, video...

[jamiegwain]

Love this song... Anyone know if liam's getting any solo gigs in down under,it would be an absolute shame if he isn't

[Dawoodcock]

@jamiegwain Hi Jamie - I'll ask Liam about gigs next time we speak - if you've a Facebook account there's a page and group for Liam (and ones for Cousteau) which I keep updated, as well as the My Space accounts.

[dtecum]

Love the horn!

[pbyardh]

gorgeous, rivals the best of bacaharach and david

[Venchita]

for some songs the time never lasts.

[gazuaman]

heard this today for the first...of many times! yeah, great sound and vocals. Somekind of sixties reminiscence... vintage!

[antosxa]

che stile..

[nickleus1977]

love this song =)

[KwnstantinosAgas]

amazing********

[emerald0sprey]

great voice. reminiscent of scott walker

[dollyveganwannabe]

I have the Cousteau and Sirena albums. Hadn't heard this song in quite a while and it made me regret not seeing the band when they played in Los Angeles.

[tonystower]

Wonderful song; dodgy video that really doesn't do it justice. A sadly overlooked, talented, group; Thank you, chaps, I hope you're all doing ok.

[Dawoodcock]

@tonystower Hi Tony - the guys are fine, and yep, a sadly overlooked group.  Often wonder why some groups just seem to be missed despite their obvious talents.

[Pythonette]

@Dawoodcock I told Liam back in New York that I couldn't understand why Cousteau weren't HUGE. When I quoted "Damn These Hungry Times," he looked wistful. Last time I had any contact with Robin, he was doing the interior decor thing. What's he up to?

[iwasanangryyoungman]

1:26 - Reservoir Dogs reference???

[gabfuror]

grandissimo pezzo...magnifico



[HitokiriAkami]

Jajaja, esta rola está muy padre, la voz sensual del cantante me fascina, y la conocí por accidenta, tuve que perseguirla en internet para saber como se llamaba, Enjoy it!!! The last good day of the year!

[D16ADD]

i know the drummer.......................­. hes a twat!!!!!! no seriously i do know the drummer and he IS a twat!!!! the barge should of sunk with u on it ha ha ha

[SilviaGiancarlo]

Pensando...

[carminenapoli]

Qualcuno saprebbe dirmi come fare la parte sax con una pianola?

who know the musical notes in the sax's part?

[mardoqueo1986]

Che Feliz año nuevo

[therealsoulproduct]

Awesome tune. I've always enjoyed it ever since it came out few years ago. And apparently judging from these comments, this song seems to be a big hit with the italians.

[SUPERDOOPERTUBER]

Wow this is top shelf stuff here. America can't do anything this classy.

[nevets4ever]

@SUPERDOOPERTUBER -Yes, I must agree. This lovely tune recalls the great sounds of the Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick collaboration.

[mondsafari]

this song sounds like love...

[01caramella]

la mia canzone preferita

[misterb12]

Well Cousteau have now sadly disbanded, but in the coming years I'm certain that they will be regarded as one of the most beautiful and profound bands of our generation. I love Gary Clark and The Blue Nile, but these boys oh god they really break your heart.

[andy0273]

The video doesn't really do this song justice. I highly recommend listening to this with headphones, at high volume, on a lazy Sunday with a glass of scotch....and a woman nearby.......

[jackie13328]

gosh, this song mmmmh, perfect !!!!

[midmodgal]

I caught this song, by chance on the radio late one night. Shades of Scott Walker, Burt Bacharach. Bought the album...it's a rare beauty.

I have never watched the video, the music conjures images very well without it!

[apeshitbeats]

moving

[Nox979]

Una delle più belle canzoni che ho ascoltato negli ultimi decenni.

[oldeldon]

Had this song on my ipod as an unnamed track years ago, ever since it broke i've been trying to find out what this song was called, only being able to remember 'fallen fruit and flowers', and its taken the internet to progress for me to find it!!Great track

[c324rxl]

Será que, efectivamente, ya pasó mi Domingo, el mejor día del año para mi? Que triste.

[SiEnergia]

ma dove sono finiti

[Dawoodcock]

@SiEnergia Have you listened to Liam's solo album and his vocals for Alessandro Maganini? Search for McKahey on here and some of the tracks are available to play.

[nnazzen83]

@SiEnergia si sono sciolti ..purtroppo. Liam ha pubblicato un album da solista

[StoneColdCisky]

@SiEnergia entro fine anno uscirà il loro nuovo album...

[rafanel81]

@SiEnergia e chi lo sa...

[dedabole]

ah da to je bio odlican odlican singl

[MrLakukaracha]

Uh, sav se najezih! Kakav glas!

[Dawoodcock]

@MrLakukaracha I can't translate this properly but believe it's saying something about nostalgic sound. If anyone can let me know the English I would be grateful

[MrLakukaracha]

@Dawoodcock

This is in Serbian. : ) And now the translation: I shudder, what a voice! And you're right, I forgot to mention the unreal sound of nostalgia. Wonderful! Thanks for upload! Greetings from Serbia!

[Dawoodcock]

@MrLakukaracha Thank you so much for the comment, Liam's voice is extremely good - hope you've had a chance to hear his new songs, and the vocals he did for Alessandro Magnanini, very different sound.

[StarbuckusTM]

@MrLakukaracha

morala bih da se slozim s tobom i da dodam - predivna pesma!

[stingray1964]

Very Bacharach.....so good!

[demonswoop]

Wonderful band. Thanks for posting.

[moodswyng]

i can play the trumpet like that too.

[Dawoodcock]

@moodswyng Davey's playing a flugelhorn on here -search for the video of the guys singing this on Jools Holland show and watch him in action.

[moodswyng]

@Dawoodcock thanks!

[MiStiQueT]

wow.

[Paponetti]

Oh sorry. Then is not you that take cochaine, the judges do.

I invite people here, if id interested, to search Chiffons- One fine day and tell if that song is similar to this.

[Paponetti]

The melody is totally the copy of George Harrison's "My sweet lord"

[Dawoodcock]

@Paponetti How odd - considering that My Sweet Lord was based on Chiffons One Fine Day. This song has more often been compared to Bacharach's Walk On By.

Who cares, the song stands up as a fine song, well played, well sung and much loved by a lot of people.

[Paponetti]

@Dawoodcock No no come on this is the copy of My sweet Lord. "One fine day" really has nothing to do with this. Do use cochaine? :)

[Paponetti]

@Paponetti And they have t say when they copy. Many people still thinks tha the melody is from Cousteau.

Me too, for example, thought that Dancing in the Moonlight was Toploader's song. I couldn'tknow that was an old song of the King Harvest.

[Dawoodcock]

@Paponetti One Fine Day must have something to do with this if My Sweet Lord was a copy of One Fine Day (and that was a court decision so you cannot argue about it, Harrison had to pay royalties to the other songwriters).

I'll let Davey Ray Moor know you think he has copied someone else's song,

[OcchioniApotropaici]

Who's the girl in the video?

[Dawoodcock]

@OcchioniApotropaici Question has been answered before, a model/actress hired for the day. Sorry, the video was made prior to my managing the group so I have no details of her name.

[birbacane]

una canzone davvero bella..

[Downtearth1]

Listen pal - we know you've got him. We're comin and we ain't taken no for an answer. Don't give us any codswallop 'bout mewzic! Get down t'earth

[Downtearth1]

Dawood - what did you do with Ray? Bring him back. We miss him. Get down t'earth!!!

[Dawoodcock]

Davey Ray Moor left Cousteau to do other projects. He produced Christina Dona and Mombassa, and released a 'solo' album called Telepathy (look under the name Stellar Ray). And there is more to come from Davey, be patient (although it will not be with Cousteau.)

[misslollipopgirl20]

ayy como me encanta esta cancion y el video me produce nose como definirlo pero es muy lindo...es muy sensual el video,el lugar,como el esta vestido(no me puedo resisistir a un hombre asi en traje=P ),en fin todo

[elmin82]

molto bella questa canzone...rilassa.

[SavageHenrry]

so...GAY !!! it makes me sick!!!

[Dawoodcock]

Erm, a little explanation please? Gay in which sense of the word?

[PLCBZ]

@savagehenry

so ... STUPID!!! U make me sick!!!

[Dawoodcock]

@PLCBZ savagehenry and plcbz - I don't want to block you but I suspect I may have to.

[villegas700]

que chingon esta este song !!!!!!!! melancolica algo haci ,,,,,,,, no se me gusta XDXDXDD

[wendylambmusic]

This is the only song from this guy that is any good but it is nevertheless amazingly beautiful and I can`t get it out of my head -for years - love it , love it. video is so stupid , so dated but ignore it and listen to the lyrics - so moving.

[myasmate]

One of the best songs ever written.Just hypnotic listening to it.

[darthfocus]

In the key E major, F# minor and B7ish chords,D# blues scale works too.

[frankenvonvogler]

I want to make an annual ritual of listening to this every December 31st

[Degeneration1984]

@frankenvonvogler

you chicken, why not on the 1st of january?:P

[f3cktherich]

Happy new year from Greece! :P

[hraka1962]

I do like this song. Had to look it up today, the last day of 2009.

[Gnaulz]

Good Music...

[zolushka65]

canzone meravigliosa

[costocasso]

bellissima..

il cantante pare rocco siffredi...

[albertowarren]

huauhauha vero! non c'avevo mai fatto caso! xD

[viper306]

magnifica!

[Psyroh]

This song is perfect !

[TheEvaflower]

just move my vibes inside, makes my hrashness so soft

[TheAhalover]

Wonderful song, wonderful voice...

[relucertolla]

wonderful sound....

[sonotme81]

Liam McKahey the singer is good friends with my family. He was at our home today

[markozija]

great song!

[QuerciaBaruc]

GREAT!

This song was making me crazy!!

[monkees64]

Saw them live in croydon many years ago and they blew me away! Great songs , Vocals and excellent live..very original sound what more could you want from music!

[hwbanger]

His voice reminds me a little of Frank Zappa's.

[Dawoodcock]

Well that makes a change from being compared to Scott Walker, Nick Cave, Bowie etc. Interesting - Zappa was deep voiced of course but I'd not considered a comparison, will re-visit my Zappa stuff.

[borregone]

i saw them in 2002. it was in Paredes de Coura Festival, Portugal! and what a concert!!!

[AnonymoussourceL0L]

my teacher started playing this in class and i thought it was an old song but it looks recent love it!

[pearlmode]

His voice is so good. I fell in love with his voice before I knew about them at all. I've been listening to this song for the past couple of days, over and over again and finally today it is the first time I'm watching the video. So I know what they look like now :) But I can't believe they broke up. So sad. Bands who make such great songs should never break up.

[Dawoodcock]

Thank you, we will hold you to that promise. :)

[31769]

These guys are fantastic. If I ever make any money in this life I will personally make it my life's work to put this band back together.

[chemicalmarriagecrew]

this is a song guys

simply perfect

[Dawoodcock]

Liam now lives in Australia so it does make it more difficult to remain a group. It doesn't mean there will never be any more music from them, but the chance of gigs is fairly remote in the current financial climate.

[tomcollinsutube]

Thanks for your comments, but I feel sad they're not doing anything as a group now.

[tomcollinsutube]

Great song! Are they still around? Any other songs like this?

[Dawoodcock]

Hi - I'm the group's PA. They are not doing anything as a group, but Liam has just released his first solo album which you can check out on My Space.

To find the Cousteau My Space you need to look for Cousteaunovascotia where I've put a discography and you can hear four tracks from Nova Scotia and see all the videos. On You Tube look for How Will I Know, Ruinous Blue, She Don't Hear Your Prayer and You My Lunar Queen to hear other songs. Contact me if you need any further information.

[wendylambmusic]

Dreadful video -beautiful lyrics and old fashioned sound which I love and was so difficult to find.

[5byfivedesign]

Absolutely marvelous record that really seems to capture a moment of time - it's that perfect end of the summer record.

[stewux]

Loved this album

[ebidash]

simply the best!

[lordnipple]

Beautiful

I adored this song

[jjvacca]

ma che fine hanno fatto?

[jessica13980]

si sono sciolti....2 o tre anni fa! Dopo questa canzone hanno pubblicato 2 cd e poi la band si è separata....

[nnazzen83]

che sensazioni meravigliose...

[GoldenGeisha79]

Heard this song years ago, but no one here in the US had ever heard of them. The song is truly beautiful. I agree that it's a light's off with a glass of wine kind of song.

[hoihoi1180]

Classy sound, classy video, classy man with an unique voice

[Nox979]

una delle più belle canzoni sia da ascoltare che ballare in una serata speciale...Grandi Cousteau...

[LaRaina28]

smooth sexy and elegant definitely a lights out with some good wine type of song

[chienandalou1970]

elegante..simplement elegante..

[moncler1976]

bella, semplicemente bella, fare l'amore con la persona che ami ascoltandola sembra che il tempo non passi mai...unica ed inimitabile.

[heverkuhn]

Ho provato ma purtroppo ho la tendenza a durare più di 4:05 minuti :p

[clemzzz]

daniel craig BUT 9 years before casino royal HA HA

[5171967cafk]

OMG......finally found this song again!!

.....haven't heard since 2002 !

[FairyAndHerWood]

Questa canzone è la colonna sonora della mia unica e vera amicizia che nutro e mi lega ad un ragazzo SPECIALE! sono mesi che ci conosciamo e sento per lui un forte sentimento di stima, fiducia, bene.Max IO TI ADORO

[Nunov103]

One of the most beautiful songs ever .

[captainsoul1953]

Have a BBC radio session i will download...they do a great stripped down version of this..great album

Jim

[tezcatlipoca28]

where can i get that session??

i'll trade it for liam's new album..

[radiotlw]

dandy warhols - godless

[JukeboxJellyJ]

that's funny you mention that, I was watching that vid when I was reminded of this song, tee hee

[055697]

Cool song, cool song, cool song. Cooooooooooooool.

[ambrosesanti]

This song creates  a great atmospher ;)

[Meekseek]

I <3 this more and more with every listen, goodness what a great voice, sound,video.. thank you for sharing once again.

[tinderstick7]

a charming band...a charming song...

[jandui8]

This song is wonderful!

If you know songs like this one, recommend here, i like this genre so much.

[regina85]

Pienamente d'accordo con te. Una splendida canzone EARLY-SWING style.

[vuk28]

key words - chris isaak, and so on.... isn't it so smooth and classy?

[RicardosRealm]

If you like a great song like this with dramatic big-sounding strings that makes it sounds like it could be from a movie soundtrack, check out a wonderful song from 1997 by a band called Rialto , called Monday Morning 5.19. The video for that is on here too :)

[clouseau54]

Se sale! Fantastic song!

[harry1rose]

Smooth,soulful..simply beautiful 10/10

[gamewiner123]

i like it...

[TrinLando08]

I first heard this song on A LITTLE LATER / WITH Julles Holland,and they say the rest is history,,Liam has an amazing vocal style and the guy that does the horn,,,forgive me i don't know his name,,he also plays the keyboard i think ,,just awesome!!!!

[Dawoodcock]

Davey Ray Moor played the flugelhorn and keyboards (and on stage often at the same time) - and also wrote the song.

[TrinLando08]

Good music!

[grizzadams2110]

This is fantastic. From the moment I heard it in a record shop in Aberdeen Scotland I was hooked. Everyone who I play iy to loves it. If you know music how could you not?

[avaadore87]

incantevole

[Meekseek]

Oh goodness me love this ! Thanks for sharing Dawoodcock.

M ~ '~]))

[pleaseoceancloud]

This video seems inspired by Godards "Pierrot le Fou"

[palespectre]

too true!

[00Iosys00]

10x for show me this thing up love yA! neeap :) u know i like u...

[trewerew]

Was für Emotionen ! Was ein Drama !

Hammer Song !!

Thats Cool !

[pinkrain2630]

*BELLISIMA!!!

[tusharwadhwa]

awesome song

[adrimikl]

super great song!! try also "how will I know".Its great as well!!

[radiohastio]

whith tindersticks ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ amazing¡¡¡¡¡¡

[CLUEVi]

I HAVE IT ALLREADY FAVOURITE,MOHITO

[comoseponelacubana]

bellissima senza parole sono...

[comoseponelacubana]

che bellla qsta canzone che ricordi-...

[whahappened]

Isn't it great when you remember a great song.

I adore this. You know why, yeah?

[ProximaC88]

An excellent song, enclosing memories of the last good day of the year

[maxxo]

i never get tired of this song. brilliant

[FERGUSLOES]

BEUTIFUL!!!

[skhanifar]

seems like this was influenced by "walk on by"

[Dawoodcock]

May well have been. The guys are of an age to have heard his songs when they were young and most songwriters are influenced by the music they have heard over the years.