The divine comedy - our mutual friend

[kassyclassified]

I love this song! He is a fantastic performer :)

[CharlyXD09]

I sing this far too often.

[mrzeusyable]

@CharlyXD09 me too :)

[KukiTaishu]

fantastic performance!!!

[walkerloves]

I love him ♥

[dirkbogarde44]

Such a poignant, beautiful song.

[blondegraemey]

15 dislikes?

If you dislike this then you dislike the very essence of great song writing. Neil Hannon is a true genius.

[MsSardonicus]

This appearance was my intro to the Divine Comedy...never forgot it. :)

[granbranfan]

Beautiful artist..so talented.

[RunawayRocky]

"the sun ain't gonna shine anymore" :)

[dawntwist]

so little bands now tell a story in their songs, this is one massive exception <3

[peutch]

I think I have a man crush.

[beazvids]

15 dumbass xfacter pricks didnt like this. I only heard this song today for first time!

Live from the Basement was on Sky Arts 1, he played it on his own at the piano, It was amazing! Im sure that show is repeated all this week too if anyone wants to catch it, sound quality is much better than the ripped uTube vid of it. peace y'all

[neubus2]

A QUAND UNE TOURNEE EN FRANCE ET PLUS DANS LE SUD OUEST MISTER HANNON? MERCI!........

[peutch]

@neubus2 Il est passé à Paris en septembre ou octobre dernier... Tout seul au piano. Courage, il va sûrement repasser bientôt.

[ruigthot]

Brilhante, que contador de historias meu Deus

Divine

[joanagrenouille22]

Bloody brilliant...

[mc200010]

Spectacular in so many ways.

[danielnogher]

fantastic story telling and heartbreaking at the same time

[wine4survival]

superb

[oproenca40]

Simply brilliant.

[vlentino46]

is this blokie ever travel ny?

[Kopmeister7]

The best song of the last decade! Hearing it with a full orchestra is a mind-blowing and emotional experience. Even JR seems sincere in his praise, I think he actually is a fan.

[iforgottotakemymeds]

Saw him at Beladrum 2 Days ago, thanks Neil!

[whozsane]

wow wow and more wow!!

[ronharrydraco]

Wow that was just really awesome.

[stonedinsect]

Neil Hannon should be regarded in the highest order as one of the finest song writers of his generation

[Nojited1]

To take such a scenario and turn it into something so moving and poetic..........

[SrNutritivo]

Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot are and unstopable duo...

[yannis1]

Best pop song ever written?

[MrBeltonian]

Yer man hits the heights pretty much every time, but this song is touched by genius

[zKATRYNz]

Aw I love this song

[SaraEditors]

Simply amazing!

[myflyingknickers]

Victoria Falls anyone?

[deadmissbates]

Aside from the music being amazing, he is quite a lovely looking man, too. So charming!... :)

[forssto]

Music just does not get better than this.

[corneliavideo]

one of the greatest songs ever written

[jabrenna]

Love the way he gets that Walker Brothers line (and melody) in there on this live version!

[smithslover1]

this is sooo sad, happened in my life :(

[toddbulky]

This song always makes me cry...

[bloodnokian]

@toddbulky Ditto

[ELAINEPEDROSO]

DIVINE MELODY...I LIKE THIS :))))

[MrZigwah]

This song is perfect

[evavigo]

Both music and voice were amazing in this performance, what an amazing artist he is!!

[bindybadgey]

Couldn't agree with you you more!

[didoma73]

brilliant looks and even more brilliant lyrics

[truchillafeliz]

Bravo,bravo, bravo, thank you for your music. It´s a gift

[doingtheartwork]

extraordinary song!

[toperic02]

because people are stupid!

[varobimbazo]

simplemente impresionante

[NoumaiosDeLaCampa]

Take care of falling in love at first sight!... Illusions can push you down...

[DeNirakata]

His voice reminds me David Bowie. Amazing performance!

[jammiewilson94]

he's pretty hot :) and i love this song

[MrTandinos]

ahh brill.. 5 stars

[monogust]

Fantastic. But listen to Peter Hammill also.

[imran78]

Love the violins. They make the song.... As well as Hannon, of course.

[MillieMoomin]

A truly genius songwriter & a uniquely fantastic song to boot. I met Mr. Hannon a few years ago in Sandbach services on the M6 mid tour, a very nice & unassuming chap indeed (at least he said I was!).

[mtofra]

ptain je chiale à chaque fois

[J9D4N]

c'est vrai que c'est vachement bien!!

[oonaghdee]

You are brillant Neil!

[Bosseur68]

Découvert sur FIP, splendide :)

[domorose]

J'adore. Je ne le manque pas la prochaine fois qu'il passe en France.

[neubus2]

@domorose salut! moi aussi je l attends, mais sommes nous dignes de le recevoir, avec ttes les conneries qui nous abreuvent............

[ryansmith1138]

i agree with you bindybadgey. neil hannon is pure genius as well as jarvis and they both live in paris. i was stoned the other night and watched a hitchhikers guide.... to the end, at the end was neil singing.....

[bindybadgey]

Possibly the best singer/songwriter perfomring today. This is one of the best songs he does, unbelievably touching and true.

[minizzel]

man this is such a great song and a great band.

[conall101]

i know im going to get alot of tumbsdown but without dukes speical this guys is not great i have now heard 4 songs by divine comedy and have not finished one

[mc200010]

what an utterly pointless comment.

[Lemmy15]

I recommend listening to an entire album. Try Casanova or Promenade. Seriously, he's a great songwriter. Even if you don't go for this stuff you have to admit it.

[guilledrc11]

EXCELLENT!!!!

[Sirikazy]

great band with lovely lyrics

[merrittfan]

Gawddayum, Neil Hannon rules.

[piratecheese13]

lol i was loking for half life but this is good also

[lorainedelaney]

Now THAT''S an arrangement to be jealous of! Sweeping crescendos...

[Isolar]

My fave song off that album:)

[djdaraghBCN]

One of the best songs Mr. Hannos has written.

I LOVE the Divine Comedy since those early gigs in the Limelight Belfast at the start of the 90's.

They are coming to Barcelona in July and I cannot wait.

[NoumaiosDeLaCampa]

Divine!!!

[NoumaiosDeLaCampa]

Conclusion: Take careful of falling in love with girls you meet during night, and which you don't know anything about their past... They might be really bitches! So then u will have to cure your broken heart...

[daisybelle79]

search 'daisybelle79' for my version of this song if anyone's interested...

[hoopymusicluva]

I would second that. It's a brilliant cover, seriously.

[Lemmy15]

I heard your version! It's amazing!

[animaniac222]

Your version is simply amazing. It may even be better than this!

[keflar5]

your cover of this is bloody amazing, thanks for posting

[RickstertheHipster]

Heard this song on the radio and it was like listening to a small film. Lovely.

[wigmeistergeneral]

why the hell wasn't he asked to do Tilting and Drifting

[wigmeistergeneral]

oh god hes so sexy and im straight

[deusrocks]

;-) ... i've rarely been an enthusiastic fan, but neil hannon just deserves it! love him and his 'the divine comedy'

[soc3chappd]

I love this song!! Cant believe it was on JR show. Thanks for posting.

[ctaylor14]

Great performance on a great show. Has anyone noticed the end credits - they're all surnames of sports stars!

[MarTenSaa]

hey, you´re right, wonder why.

[PatsyS3]

'The sun ain't gonna shine Anymore'..lovley line slipped in from the Walker Brothers...

This is a Fu@cking brilliant Orchestral version........just love it!!

[micronie]

Every time I listen to this song I wonder why this band isn't more popular than it is.

[ponzi6]

micronie,

Every time I listen to Handel I woner why this isn't more popular than it is.

[Harno3]

Beautiful song!!!

[barbucha9]

f@ck1ng ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[smoodyroo]

Brilliant song. Anyone know when this was aired?

[UpTheShakers]

seeing this performance on jon ross was what got me into the divine comedy. saw em live in manchester, probably the most enjoyable gig i ever went to.

[MrPunch]

Betrayed betrayed!!

Nothing can ever make it right.

[bakerj99]

Great!

[daisybelle79]

wow

[disdicevole]

La bellezza.

[harpritt]

Hands down my fav of the year

[twiki2099]

love this song

[cloecilla]

LOVE (L)

[cherrycolaola]

simple brilliance:)

[guysbitch]

This song makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Incredible stuff.

[PatsyS3]

Such a Sad Love Song!!....To find Love then loose it...

Brilliant Just Brilliant Song!.....

[mysy3]

Those pumping cello notes give me the chills!

[v3dAA]

in german i would say he is a schwuchtel or tunte... wtf shit song is this o_O

[Monthagny]

Yes but we must remember; In Germany you are all unified aryan nazi supermen without any idea of what a sense of humour is,,,or ever could be....;-)

[rizosfella]

Well said my friend, to hell with those Nazis.

This song gives me the goosebumps, it's a modern epic song. I've always picture this song as a crucial moment in my life where she's leaving and I can't say anything at all. I'm just there standing up frozen solid.

Therefore I think: "No longer then is he our mutual friend."

Thanks for posting this beautiful masterpiece.

Mr. Rizo Rossellini

[colognejoker]

thank you for you very eloquent thoughts you liked to share with us. why is it that an idiot like v3dAA brings out so much anger and hate against another people. jugded on the amount of stupidity and superficiality you present it's difficult to judge where you might come from - not

[soypedofrito]

genius. great voice. wonderful song!!!

[jabberwocky88]

Neil has one of the most beautiful voices in the world today and his songs are amazing. So much better than most of the commercial crap that's churned out in the charts.

[giselahere]

I love this song, and I love Neil!

[NdnLaraki]

Neil Hannon is pure genius! Great voice and handsome looks ;)

[bethyshka]

one of the best voices

[orkneyfellow]

this is even better than the album version.

[wladimir12345]

best band ever...

[amandarubia]

What a super artist! What a voice!! THE artist of this moment

[Instrumentalist9]

Purest genius I've heard for a long, long, long time!

[Airswinger]

What a super artist! What a voice!! THE artist of this moment.

gr, Erwin

[thenorskgod]

i believe the divine comedy fit into the 'baroque pop' genre. i, however, think they are a genre of their own. amazing band.

[BigHackAttack]

wow. a sort of giant panorama of majestic audio dexterity hopelessly entwined with shards of unbearable beauty.

[redjambluejam]

Haha, you idiot

[dendi182]

Its more alternative pop.

[8GreyCat8]

Which genre of music is this?

[gerardocf]

I think it's pop.

[ebenezergoode]

8GreyCat8 (6 days ago)

"Which genre of music is this?"

Personally I'd file this under the genre marked "good".

[8GreyCat8]

Haha yep =D

[dadelcz]

it's chamber pop

[8GreyCat8]

Thanks =D

[narcosmicomax]

so divine divine !!!

[Brigomaglos]

Fantastique chanson, paroles magnifiques, super interprétation...

[houdinididiit]

Awesome! Brilliant arrangement, top notch lyrics.  This is music and lyrics working at their synergistic best.

[BaronVonBullshit456]

Absolutely brilliant, Neil Hannon can write some of the most powerful music.

[bufon63]

mmmmmmm...different tastes or different species?...the sort of horseshit you hear when walking around Tesco's and which on a bad day, can induce a panic attack or psychosis....life is seriously meaningless if subjected to this for any length of time......anyway thank god they realised this when they mercifully disbanded....lightweights of the most miserable and complacent order........

[hoopymusicluva]

Wow. You took the time to copy and paste this comment to other Divine Comedy videos. Hate to tell you, but your life is already meaningless.

[Danae75]

You've made your point. I've seen it already with every Divine Comedy video on You Tube. Can we call it a day now? We get it. You don't like them. Don't need to repeat it anymore.

[LazyStouffe]

Ok, you don't like The Divine Comedy, that's your right. But the way you express yourself reeks of puerile jealousy. So please be an adult at least five minutes in your life and stop commenting every single video of TDC. Yours Sincerely, Alain

[bufon63]

just grow up and let people comment as they wish without the childish need to "reply to comments"...pathetic

[T4RGE]

Couple of questions/impressions.... Bufon63 (The correct spelling of Bufon is buffoon by the way) 1. 44 years of age lives on his own. 2. Slightly portly... 3. Greasy mousey hair and moustache......with a worrying obession with Britney Spears and trains!!!!! All in all great material for Neils next song....now would'nt that be ironic!!!! take care Buffoon63

[ebenezergoode]

bufon63: Are you by any chance a disgruntled ex-employee of Neil Hannon's?

I'm just trying to work out why you waste your time posting negative comments on what appears to be every Divine Comedy video on YouTube.

Personally I don't give a toss either way, but it does seem a little odd and doesn't reflect well on you, sir.

[deathkittenx]

You said 'when they mercifully disbanded', but I think you will find Our Mutual Friend is from the album Absent Friends, and they actually broke up before this album. Two albums have been made since the group disbanded.

[GreggSFO]

Possibly the best son from Neil's most perfect album. It starts out seeming melodramatic but then pulls you into the power of the drama. What seems mundane ultimately blows up into enormous betrayal and tragedy.

[stan000]

possibly one of the most talented men in music very few can do what he does

[222ferrett222]

it is his finest hour, this is the best song, well done on the best album award neil irish music award!!

[wingyronald]

Neil Hannon kicks ass. It is a difficult thing to say as a Smiths and Morrissey fanatic but he is possibly a better singer and lyricist than Morrissey.

[michiru0226]

this song is beautiful. such a simple story illustrated perfectly. i am very fond of the way he goes from singing to speaking so easily. makes the performance believable.

[sleepingpirate]

Gave me goosebumps!

[stockholm17]

Stunning!

[BexTheFrogPrincess]

i love this song so much! neil is such a musical genius!! it's also very nice to know that jonathon ross has a good taste in music :)

[davidgarside]

I saw this as it was transmitted. It reignited my interest in The Divine Comedy and I've never looked back.

[Healingsongs]

I greet a violinist from Brasilia. Enjoy, but please stay legato -

[trotskyteats]

i get a little bit of bowie, from the melodrama vibrato. really attractive music, sweet jesus.the orchestra vomited rainbows onto my soul. A +

[BuckyBit]

"sweet jesus.the orchestra vomited rainbows onto my soul." - as funny as it is poetic and therefor the TRUTH... I love this song. It touches me deeply..

[Areiaz]

does anyone have this live performance on mp3 file ? i have the studio version...but i would like to onw this one...w8ing answer

[SWILLI30]

what an artist, he blends pop, classical music and great lyrics so well

[Aval0ner]

No matter how much I try I cannot think of a better lyricist than Neil. And this song rates with the top ten songs of all time for me. Brilliant

[Argantonio]

It was INCREDIBLY acteed in Spain at the Summecase concerts in 2006, with Neil ACTUALLY falling unconcious. INCREDIBLE!!!!

I'm Obsessd with this song for weeks!!

[chicoa]

sublime

[massimaster]

The best look of the decade! Great Song anyway!!!