The Divine Comedy - When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe

[centralscrutinizer9]

the 90s was a pretty depressing era with all the britpop nonsense blur oasis tony blair etc i would consider neil hannon to be a real musician that rises above all that shit at the time and to get the privilege of writing the theme tune to Father Ted and my lovely horse haha

[pontepolentepontepi]

WOW ! Beautiful :-)

[theimposter1979]

I first heard this on John Peel around 1993 and yes this is one of their best songs!



[keflar5]

i think this might be my fave divine song, still remember where I was the first time I listened to Prominade

[finekids7473]

Thanks for uploading this song! I love it!!

[didoma73]

anyone know the name of the female backup singer?

[MarTenSaa]

Catherine Turner. That's her name in the credits. And in the "In Pursuit of Happiness" performance of the same concert Neil introduces her, but just by first name.

[didoma73]

@MarTenSaa

Oh, thank you. She's absolutely "divine", stunning voice and looks.

[flowster25]

i melt away how he sings "lets go see a movie show..."

[michaelfeeney]

First heard this song, which introduced me to The Divine Comedy by the way... on a Freebie Hot Press CD years ago

has been stuck in my mind ever since

[heilong79]

@michaelfeeney

Me too, after that I bought all their albums, one of the best thing I ever did.

[southamepton]

lyrically, what a song.. Neil needs more recognition for his works and what he gets to reach with his music

[JimHewittWhite]

Yes, his compositions are so good that the lyrics are sometimes overlooked. He's an excellent lyricist too.

[RoxyXStrawberry]

@JimHewittWhite i couln't agree with u more !

[Cliech]

I first heard this song just as I started studying the Nouvelle Vague. When I first heard that final scene in Breathless I was like "It's Hannon!". I also studied Alfie in the same year. Haha

[jimboshizz]

what an excellent, underrated talent

[guysbitch]

Thanks for uploading, I love this song. Neil sings it beautifully here and is even better than the version on the album.