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  • Great song...Aussies can have Mark Seymour, I'll take Mike Ness...

  • Eddie Vedder's version is better

    

  • Perfectly executed

  • no one does it better than the creator....awesome Mark Seymour

  • This song reminds me of very fond years I spent in Sydney and it is a terrific song much like many other Mark S songs. I moved there from Dublin in 1990 with a friend and left in 93 with my wife to be. My kid will probably be sick of hearing the grand-old-day stories that I’ll tell him in years to come…. But that won’t stop me telling them.

  • Evey - for you, tb

  • The song became very emotional when it was used after the bali bombings and the footage shows some big burly rugby players crying after losing mates in the bombings whilst on their end of season trip. I always tear up when I hear it,

  • song gives me chills every time I hear it....great songwriter!

  • Choice work. Love'd it !

  • Mark seymour is well hung.

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!! :)

  • Ta Mark.

  • You are like a fine red wine, Mark Seymour. Nothing compares with this version. Bless you, teary guy at 2:34. You managed to hold them in longer than I could.

  • After my father passed away, I dedicated this song to him, every time my old band & I played. For that reason,alone, it hoplds a very special place in my heart. Love you Dad.XXX

  • The greatest thing about this song is the spirit in which it was written and credited. APRA credits all members of Hunters and Collectors, not just Mark Seymour, as the owners of the work. So every time Eddie Vedder, or Niel Finn or Mark himself or even you out there in some pub or wedding gig somewhere, play this song, 5 guys who where there when it began get a royalty for their artist expression. Very Australian! :)

  • thank you James from the bottom of my heart...always and forever!!

  • To the love of my life, whom I still think of every day. You will always be the one who stole my heart. While I know you will never love me, I will always love you. xx

  • @74dof.... My story as well !!! Been 18 years, 8 months. But this wound helped me see the world. Traveled,met people,laughed,surfed. Lived the life you see in movies.... But still think about her every day.

  • 13 people need to have arms thrown around them!

  • just heard this song yesterday and am captivated by the power...like this version much better than his version with H&C or Vedder's this is perfect like this...glad it was on here

  • ooooK! First time I'm seeing this one. Am completely taken by Eddies version, but wow, this is just as good if not better.

  • This is the best version..... Because Mark Seymour sings it. True story kids ; )

  • This song by Mark brings a tear to my eye every time. Ive listened to all of the covers and this version is by far superior. Don't like Eddie's version, it lacks something.

  • This is the best version I've ever seen/heard. I love Pearl Jam but Mark is so much better at interpreting his song than Eddie.

  • LISTENING TO THIS PLANNING TO COME BACK TO OZ SOON!!! WISH IT WAS TOMORROW GOOD TIMES BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BY FAR!!!

  • Whilst I think the original is beyond brilliant...I prefer Paul McDermott's vocal version the most! <3 DAAS

  • A magnificent rendition from the original master of this song, and a classic Aussie band of all time, and forever more.

  • Australia, thank you thank you thank you

  • if only i could

  • Australian culture 102 ... u better be home soon

  • @KamikazePenguin9 You're getting confused with NZ there... i don't care what you aussie's say, the Finns are Kiwis haha

  • Australian culture 101 .......  throw your arms around me ......finishes every friday nite This song is traditionally played just before the "ugly" lights come n at the end of the night. from a bouncer .........Woo's the women calms the savage beast ...every time without fail..... Thanks Mark!!

  • The lyrics are SO powerful in this song it reigns as the anthem of parting friends and is so little heard in the Northern Hemisphere.

    If only it would be picked up on for an advert or movie script it would gain the world wide recognition it deserves

  • I love love love love love love LOVE Mark Seymore

  • One of the best songs EVER

  • I like the way mark seymour sings such emotional music in the most ALPHA way possible.

  • Love this song so much. Loved it the first time i heard it and still love it now.

  • I loved H&C so much. I was actually looking for Talking to a stranger.

    Pearl Jam covered this? Nice.

  • I loved H$C so much. I was actually looking for Talking to a stranger.

    Pearl Jam covered this? Nice.

  • it's 4:00am, can't sleep & this song is keeping me company.

  • Fantastic song,amazing performance....an all time classic!

    Good on ya Mark :)

  • Absolutely love this . You can never beat the original (sorry Neil )

  • hunters and collectors never got a hit out of this song but it went down as an aussie cult song that we all know and love...

  • Sublime

  • this is how it was always meant to sound. greatest Australian song EVER.

  • beautiful

  • Where can i get this version ????

  • You can get a solo album of Mark's call Daytime and the Dark, which has an acoustic version similar to this, along with other Hunters and Collectors classics.

  • AWSOME !!!!

    

  • Beautiful, powerful song, love it.

  • "I will kiss you in four places" That one line has made this song special for me. Left shoulder, inside my neck on the left side, inside my neck on the right side, right shoulder, 4 kisses I will never forget.

    Mark's acoustic version is so much more powerful than the original

  • Greatest song ever.  Period. Don't even try to argue this.

  • @cleveindiansblow I would never do that! Ever! :)

  • All I can say is "perfection".... LOVE this!

  • eddie vedder and pearl jam are awesome BUT this is mark's song.

  • Love this song and Hunters and Collectors!!!!!!! One of the most touching songs ever written!! "You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky!!!"

  • This is the sound that Sporned so many other bands! Alkaline Trio, very much a similar sound :)

  • What a great band - I remember seeing them in '98 at the Coogee Bay Pub with @sandra Jackson. That was a lifetime ago! (can I have those 11 years back now please??)

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  • I have the Neil Finn version Australia.... But he did dedicated this to him-)

    Perfect and Rough version from Mark****

  • Good composition, and awesome vocals. I wonder why we never hear about Mark Seymour? This much talent shouldn't be shunned.

  • Best love song ever!

  • Oh, this takes me back ..Christmas 1990 Dulwich Hill ..

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  • one of my first songs I ever learned. I never tire of hearing his version. For anyone interested,chords are: E-A, E-B then E-A-B, He does A and B as barre chords (don't be intimated by barre chords,you'll eventually get them). Arpeggiate the chords ( one string at a time ) and put pinky on third string every now and then.

  • Our wedding song!!  Love it xxxx

  • Goose bumps...what can I say?

  • one of my all time favourite songs, it's great to sing too, moving but a tricky. enough to be interesting.

  • I like it very very much.

    But keepin' consider de Vedder's Versione more "solar" or "sunny".

  • magic x x x

  • never liked hunters and collectors that much, however, i was at aconference a couple of weeks ago and Mark Seymour was the entertainment for the evening, Bloody fantastic,. i love the acoustic very much, great singing Mark, will see again soon i hope, must be the north east of Victoria country air

  • very excellent, great song! nice greets from Austria :)

  • 2:07 is amazing

  • Best song ever.

  • wow I've never heard this version before. Wonderful

  • Off to see him tonight - in about 2 hours and 15 minutes time! The original and the best .

  • beautiful <3

  • Yep....as a PJ fan I first heard this song from them. But I luv it. I have to say that MS sings much stronger than EV in this song...but I like how Ed speeds it up a bit.

  • wow, singer/songwriter gives the absolute best rendition of this powerful song.

  • one of the most brilliant songs ever written

  • this is the real Australian anthem....

  • I love Eddie but I have to admit Mark Seymour really outsings him on this...such emotion. Fantastic!

  • Fantastic!!!! The soul and passion flow right through the recording. I have seen several of the Eddie Vedder ones, and he just doesn't have the depth to do this song justice. A friend of mine, Nicki Sbaffoni, has a killer version on here too. Check her out!

  • @capnbill99 send me the details please

  • I met Mark in Toronto a few years back. I think it was 2005. He was here during music week and what a pleasure it was to see him perform. The guy is humble and grounded. It was a pity not many knew who he was but to see him in a small bar in front of say 200 people was such a treat.... Great memory and a great song writer.

  • shits all over eddie vedder

  • Being from the states Im not familiar with H&C, heard the duet Eddie Vedder did with Mark on this one and he towered over Eddie vocally. I was compelled to hear his version, and was very, very far from disappointed. Im sure you are all proud of this one, and rightfully so. Cheers friends, Thanx for this.

  • @blywhy2012 the original version is even better than this. you should check it out

  • Well, Mark Seymour is the original singer/guitarist. Close enough.

  • So true. Eddie Vader does seem to have a love though of Australian music.

  • @blywhy2012

    yeah, who would've thought that Australians had souls.

    You idiot.

    

  • @blywhy2012 wow! what a humble comment from an american, i do not know who you are "blywhy2012" but i love you, thank you for your honesty, i'm sure your country & ours could do with more people like you :)

  • @blywhy2012 Eddie Vedder is brilliant, but sometimes Mark Seymour is God

  • @blywhy2012 I feel posessive over this band. They are Australian Hunters and Collectors

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  • This is awesome . I wish Mark can create more songs of this type....go for it...

  • brilliant, absolutely brilliant...

  • This is undoubtedly the best song EVER.. the lyrics, the melody, its simplicity... just awesome. Thank you Mark Seymour for sharing your amazing talent with the world.

  • I love it, it always gets to the heart of my soul.....real feel good song plus a weepy.....

  • I was at My sisters 50th B'day Party a few weeks ago. I insisted the (Old) DJ play this song. Numerous times he told me this song was 'Crap'! and that no one ever likes it! I still insisted and I went to his CD's and found it! I am 40 and I had my 22 year old nephew, my 23 year old niece and her 30+ b/f all up with me, arms around each other singing this awesome Aussie song!

  • One of the absolute classics of OZ music. And i think this is a classic of all the world's music. Paul Kelly, Crowded House, Cold Chisel, Akka Dakka, H&C WPA, The Triififds, The Church. And many, many more OZ bands. Classic bands, i think, in anyone's language. I must say, though, this song. a masterpiece.

  • Crowded House is a kiwi band, Thats right you ozzie,s always claim our greats

  • Hehe, sorry bout that, mate. Didn't mean to be chauvinistic. (But to be fair to me, Paul Hester was, and Nick Seymour is, Aussie.) But of course, there are a lot of classic Kiwi bands too.

  • @AussieEvonne I totally agree. And do not forget the magnificent Gobetweens!

  • @AussieEvonne

    Hey there, you have classic Aussie taste. I like your style!!

  • @AussieEvonne

    Hey there, you have classic Aussie taste. I like your style!!

  • @AussieEvonne

    Well said girl.

  • aw thnkx zac :) awesome songg

  • I have LOVED this sing since the 80's... but OMG.... Mark's voice in this is nothing short of sensational!! Thanks for posting this!

  • I adore this. It's simple and perfect.

  • lovely

  • omg what a beautiful voice

    absolutely amazing.

  • Yep, this is the shit.

  • Beautiful.

  • OMG.. after 23 years this song still gives me shivers. Mark Seymour is so sexy..I saw H&C perform live so many times.. he is awesome.

  • Hi Angelika Thinking about you NOW

  • John had introduced me to this song....wow if tears could fill up a pond well mine just did...Love you Mr. O'Donnell from the bottom of my heart...hope one day we shall meet again...god bless you ...

  • What a romantic tune !

  • such a well written and preformed song! A true classic!

  • this is one of the most emotional songs i know. i'll love it forever and listened to it again as was searching for songs to play on a wedding video. i think it's more uplifting than for a funeral [but it could have been a favourite song]. mark is the best and the original singer and ofcourse wrote it in the first place so sings it the way it was meant to be sung - with passion that would melt any girl's heart. please don't compare, it's his song and always will be.

  • the best song, after nick cave

  • Mate 1 night stands rock lol. great sonng

  • I was introduced to this song by an australian friend recently........its amazing and thanks for posting it

  • one of the greatest songs ever!!!!

  • I love this song...., that "shed your skin and get started"

  • Verse 2... spine tingling.

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  • I was just here, too--best song ever! :-D  Thank you...

  • I always loved this sond and thought it's a gorgeous love song - that "shed your skin and gets started" - so vulnerable... and then I watched a show where they said it's actually about one night stand - tz tz tz :D

  • i adore this song and think of my lovely fella that introduced me to it x i never will get fed up of listening to it

  • oh i love this song

  • very passionate I'm going to Australia ASAP are you all like that???

  • wow.... This is what heaven must sound like.

  • This has always had my vote for the new australian anthem!! I dont know a person who dosn't know the words.

    Stunning song. Last through the ages!

  • sighhh hes so sexy, with his rough dusty voice & workingclass good looks

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  • Like a lot of Americans, I first heard this song covered by Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam and it's a delight to hear/see that the original is so excellent. Mark Seymour has a new fan. Much love from the states to my friends in Australia!

  • A re potso, se tsakosame.

  • gob smacked totally.

  • such a brilliant song and vocal

  • Mark sings it with his ehart and sould, no one can ever sing thsi song the way he does.. so proud of you Mark

  • and to think that some tosser threw their arms around him and almost killed a legend .what a f....... beautiful song from a beautiful man

  • Seriously the bit at 1:38!! LOVE IT!! does anyone else love it????!!!

  • That's just the best part! :o)

  • My dream is to go to a consert with Mark. His lyrics have meant so much to me. And I will try to come from Norway all the way to Australia.

  • Do it! One of the rare musicians who actually sounds better live.... just stunning.

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  • What a great track....Just love it....

  • YES!

  • i love the bit at 1:38!!! stunning!

  • I just cant get enough of mark seymours voice its so gorgeous and just unique!!

  • I can't be the first to think that the lyrics sound like he's some kind of stalker... "come to you at nighttime....squeeze the life out of you....never meet again....."

    :-)

  • He does not sound like a stalker!! its a beautiful song!!

  • you're too funny

    lol

  • LOOOOL I guess it does a little but an excellent song nonetheless.

  • coool

  • Mark Seymour has the most heart renching voice its appsolutly beautiful!!!

  • This is the most beautiful song.. this song was at a funeral i went to not long ago! stunning!

  • I want this at my wedding also !!

  • My partner just decided he wants this as our wedding music for the first dance, and i didn't even have to hint.....such an awesome song to go with my awesome man

  • beautiful lyrics and performed superbly. thanks so much for posting this.

  • amazing song

  • Brilliant song!

  • goosebumps and tingles.

    for the last two weeks ive been singing "throooooooooooow your arms, around meeeeeee" without knowing where it was from. once i found this video i realised that i saw it while flicking through tv channels. it has stuck in my subconsciousness for months.

    thats pretty powerful.

  • Ummm well I am only here to check the song because I started hearing ..'we may ne-ver meet agai-n etc" that line in my head constantly from 2 days ago. Now I just heard the tail end of it on radio so I came here to identify it....and amazingly to also see your message... Is there a new advertising gimmick out there?

  • well, this is obviously one of the most recognised songs mark ever wrote.. powerfull yes.. but people who know history also know its only small part of his ''hunters'' period where ofc holy grail also stands out - bottomline mark is one of the greatest ever australian songwriters so try listen to some of his later albums as a solo artist.

  • too many people that cover this play it toooo fast. I agree with others that have posted, he sings it the best of any and it's evident that he wrote it!!

  • i am a massive fan of pearl jam and eddie vedder but it must be said as a proud aussie that mark seymour has the ability to make this song touch you deeply. His vocals are simply amazing and you can sense the pain in his voice. unfortunately eddie even when performing at the garden with seymour couldnt match his brilliance in vocals

  • Im sitter here as an aussie in europe and crying listening to this. Mark seymour is a real aussie guy. I remember listening to Hunters long ago at the St Kilda Palladium.... fantastic!!!!

  • Hey

  • He sings it better than any. You can tell that he wrote it.

  • It's interesting to see how different singers change the lyrics.... and the subtleties of meanings it reveals in the lyrics

  • Beautiful, brilliant.... I want someone to sing this to me. xxx