"Bollocks! You obviously don't understand your verbs! Research the 'subjunctive ", Hey killadalek, I do understand my verbs, and since there are no verbs in the title there are none here for you to not understand. Save all your online dictionaries because if they say what you are writing, they, like you are completely wrong. "If I Was a Soldier" from the song "If I Was" is perfectly acceptable in English, use an online grammar checker, ask your friends, teacher, in fact anyone but yourself.
This song grates every time I hear it because of the bad English! 'If I was…' sounds ignorant, but 'If I were…' is grammatically correct, and would have sounded just fine, so why has Midge failed to use the subjunctive?
It might grate you but that is because you are wrong. "If I Was ( a Soldier)" is correct as it is in the singular, for a start and is also used with the "I". "If I were a Soldier" would be incorrect.
Now if, perhaps, the song Title was written similar to "If I Was..." that might be even better.
@killerdalek Now simply walk away, research it (preferably get someone else to do it for you) apologise, and accept that your original statement was wrong. Hey but don't be hard on yourself, there are lots of other out there similar to yourself, i.e., THICK
i came to Manchester in July 2005 wit that shit playing on British Midlands Flight early morning...poor lonely boy...expecting someone would come pick him up at the airport!...LOL
this tugs the heart string and takes me immediately to 1985. i love it. A very understated and humble man who took fuck all credit or money from the geldof project. I salute you midge.
Midge ure always seems to be a honest guy in his interviews im sorry about how bob geldof seemed to rip him from all the publicity of the live aid thing by taking the spotlight off him also when they did the live aid concert bob geldof MADE SURE the boomtown rats (always a poor band as far as im concerened ) were on stage for the prince and princess of wales to see before they left the stadium.
Thank you 3devv4 for this hysterically funny comment:
"Thanks for posting this. This song is so romatntic and earnest, but poor Midge! -such dreadful gyrations! Looks like he's trying to work a squirrel out of his pant leg..."
Now that I've stopped laughing, can I just say that I always thought his hip-swivel dancing was rather cute! He can't help the way he dances, he's a white guy! But what's that pelvic thrusting he's doing at 2:22- demonstrating what he would do "if I was her lover"???
Damn, Im 16yo and in my opinion, that song is immortal. I like Ultravox, BBB, Pet Shop Boys, Alphavil, OMD, Joy, Fancy and more more... Nowadays music sucks, just sucks. My friends thinks that im weird because im listening that type of music, but i think there is no better music. Compare Lady Gaga or Rihanna to OMD... We have not to talk about. OMD rockz. Music from 80s and 90s is the best ever. Greetz from poland. 80s and 90s FOREVER!
@sebaf7 ahhah i have a pinpressions at home :P im soo making a vid like this haha :P
i totally agree with you, modern music to me, each tune sounds exactly the same, and i wish people wouldnt look at us and assume that because were young, were not open to the good old classics. sure there are a few good songs out today but most of it really aint my style and i fink more kids like us should listen to teh real tunes youre a cool dude :)
@sebaf7 dude u have got it one. 80'3 musci was original. there has been nothing since to compare it with stick with it. loved fancy omd petshop boys. try some New order and see what u think for some classic sound and let me know.
This song has made me feel so nostalgic. This is one of the earliest songs I ever remember. To me life seemed purer and less manic then, than now. We live in a mind-numbing shallow computer age of lost innocence now. I feel sorry for children growing up!
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This is the gay-est song I ever heard in my whole life. I just got brain damage. Fuck. Wasted 4 minutes of my life. Old fags, stupid music, gay sounds.
@AlkiDemonic You are an idiot and no doubt a closet homosexual as well. If you don't like 80s music then go and post elsewhere so the rest of us don't have to read your crap.
Guess what - ive got limited edition 12" with the wrong lable on the disk and its worth £42. i'll take yours off your hands and you'll have to pay me to take it. LOL
@g33g33H HOW DARE YOU ! first off you have no idea who or what i am. i am a close mate of the little glawegan. it's a joke for christ sake. NOW GROW THE FUCK UP!
@TheSandsie13 Oh yes - especially from Midge ;-). He still is hot with such a lovely carisma and warmth. Just saw Ultravox at concert in Sweden and really wanted to meet him and give a big hug - his lyrics has helped me a lot the last years... Just LOVE him!!
this was what the 80's were all about..........awesome songs.......wicked make-up and clothes........mullets and way out hair.............and such magical and wicked memories to look back on........an era that never culd be beat...copied......or ever lived through again.......no matter how much we wished for it to come back.....
Great song.I love this one.Can't beat the 80's.People used their imagination back then,we didn't have mobile phones,computers,speed cameras and cctv following us around 24/7.We were allowd to play in the strets safely .We some some of that back today
Wuuuunnnnddddeeeerrrrrbbbbaaaaaarrr!!!!! So oft ich das Lied höre, so oft bekomme ich eine Gänsehaut, es ist eine Hymne und wird nicht älter. Danke für dieses Lied, Midge Ure. Thank you very much for that song, Midge Ure!
Thanks for posting this. This song is so romatntic and earnest, but poor Midge! -such dreadful gyrations! Looks like he's trying to work a squirrel out of his pant leg...
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"Bollocks! You obviously don't understand your verbs! Research the 'subjunctive ", Hey killadalek, I do understand my verbs, and since there are no verbs in the title there are none here for you to not understand. Save all your online dictionaries because if they say what you are writing, they, like you are completely wrong. "If I Was a Soldier" from the song "If I Was" is perfectly acceptable in English, use an online grammar checker, ask your friends, teacher, in fact anyone but yourself.
antpilk 2 days ago
am old enough to remember the 80.s n sebaf7 4 a yng lad you got gr8 taste in music
timnsueuk 2 weeks ago
just love it
coreydec 1 month ago
pity about the dancing
CMEAGAIN 1 month ago
who was number one after him
weespud212008 1 month ago
@weespud212008 Jennifer Rush - The power of love for 5 weeks
luvpsella 4 weeks ago
this transpires the 80's and don't get me wrong this is what music should be ....
frits4ever 1 month ago
One of not thee best love songs around.
OperationAnime262 1 month ago
One of the most passionate and honest songs ever. <3
nangijala1975 1 month ago
This song grates every time I hear it because of the bad English! 'If I was…' sounds ignorant, but 'If I were…' is grammatically correct, and would have sounded just fine, so why has Midge failed to use the subjunctive?
killerdalek 2 months ago
@killerdalek don't be so hard on Midge Ure, it's a great song :)
missisfreddiemercury 1 month ago
@killerdalek
It might grate you but that is because you are wrong. "If I Was ( a Soldier)" is correct as it is in the singular, for a start and is also used with the "I". "If I were a Soldier" would be incorrect.
Now if, perhaps, the song Title was written similar to "If I Was..." that might be even better.
antpilk 1 month ago
@antpilk Bollocks! You obviously don't understand your verbs! Research the 'subjunctive'.
killerdalek 1 week ago
@killerdalek Now simply walk away, research it (preferably get someone else to do it for you) apologise, and accept that your original statement was wrong. Hey but don't be hard on yourself, there are lots of other out there similar to yourself, i.e., THICK
antpilk 2 days ago
@antpilk wwwDOTenglishclubDOTcomSLASHgrammarSLASHverbs-subjunctive.htm
killerdalek 1 week ago
@killerdalek And what about music today and all it's stupid fucking lyrics........Listen to that shit and get grow a brain..............
elementel73 1 month ago
The most beautiful song written ever, EVER. EVERRRRRRRR!!
kokaiini 2 months ago
The crescendo sounds like something similar by Bowie on Lodger...
CurtisMateer 2 months ago
Que fuerte esta canción fue número 1 en el año que nací jajajajj
RIMARTUON 2 months ago
the best song of the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MsRADEKW 2 months ago
SUPER !
SLAWEK22011973 2 months ago
Midge is wearing way too much makeup- and at 2:29 he looks like he's having a religious experience.
harrietcow 3 months ago
According to grammatical rules shouldn't the song be called "If I Were"
boogiefever1985 3 months ago
This is a wonderful song!!!!
TheTrinitybluesky 3 months ago
I just started 9th grade when this song came out. Haven't seen it in years!
Canadiana71 3 months ago
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Et more He is beautiful....
MlleBB05 3 months ago
Et en plus il est beau....
MlleBB05 3 months ago
Vive les années 80, les meilleures !!!
MlleBB05 3 months ago
i absolutely love this song.. love midge's dancing too.. excellent
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ismoralesdm 3 months ago
John Cusack
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grahamclark90 4 months ago
THIS IS THE 80S
sufcwraggy 4 months ago
omg did boys/lads really dance like that.lol oh well i was a teenager in the 80`s so i must of danced like that aswell .lol
Yorkshiregirl1967 5 months ago
ive met him!
blackford247 5 months ago
3 dislikes? Wow
Midge Ure , one of the greatest composers from the 80s.
bardo0007 5 months ago
great song! the drunk-uncle-at -a- party dance kills the video a bit tho !!
markad32 5 months ago
i came to Manchester in July 2005 wit that shit playing on British Midlands Flight early morning...poor lonely boy...expecting someone would come pick him up at the airport!...LOL
newagecozaki 5 months ago
3:18 for han solo frozen in jabba the huts palace in return of the jedi.
tonymontana1974 5 months ago
Hehe just found this on a VHS recording of "Much More Retro" taped on my 1985 Quasar VCR! Sounds excellent in HiFi!
mrfoxboy 6 months ago
This is my new dance move.
Cheers Midge.
gordonw01 6 months ago
Das Gesicht...Die Zähne...Die Stimme....Meine Nerven...Ich lieb diesen Mann
claudia17166 6 months ago
and so wanted to marry Midge... x
tinamary123 6 months ago
@tinamary123 Me too!
Voozun444 3 months ago
This reminds me when I first started seeing my sons father, and I love this tune sooo much x
tinamary123 6 months ago
this tugs the heart string and takes me immediately to 1985. i love it. A very understated and humble man who took fuck all credit or money from the geldof project. I salute you midge.
rodders912 6 months ago
Midge ure always seems to be a honest guy in his interviews im sorry about how bob geldof seemed to rip him from all the publicity of the live aid thing by taking the spotlight off him also when they did the live aid concert bob geldof MADE SURE the boomtown rats (always a poor band as far as im concerened ) were on stage for the prince and princess of wales to see before they left the stadium.
tonymontana1974 6 months ago
They just don't make 'em like this anymore.
One of my all time favourite '80's song's.
drumdust 6 months ago
80's forever!!!!!
MrTasboli23 7 months ago
Nepopisno lepa pesem. Želim, da jo zaigrajo na mojemu grobu!
Nepopisno sem žalostna,! Imam kurjo kožo!
Najlepša pesem, otožna, lepa,čudovita,čarobna,,,,!!
SuperIgzy 7 months ago
Najlepša pesem!!
SuperIgzy 7 months ago
picture the hip swivel with the lights out boys and girls...
kmattar 8 months ago
i love you!!!
kirschbaumable 8 months ago
man if i could have any talent it would be signing, but even so it wouldnt be nearly as talented n beautiful as midges voice. ultravox forever.
MrTokedo 8 months ago
Top Music !
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preisuniversum 9 months ago
I always liked this song but the backing track is way too similar to Radio Ga Ga which came out before this one... :)
carodani 9 months ago
@carodani Thank you! it's been driving me crazy what the backing track reminded me of!
angelsfancrc1 5 months ago
If somebody could be my soldier...
TheOlka84 9 months ago
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Warren242 9 months ago
Great lyrics
TheOlka84 9 months ago
Priceless !!
Mancini21 9 months ago
Thank you 3devv4 for this hysterically funny comment:
"Thanks for posting this. This song is so romatntic and earnest, but poor Midge! -such dreadful gyrations! Looks like he's trying to work a squirrel out of his pant leg..."
Now that I've stopped laughing, can I just say that I always thought his hip-swivel dancing was rather cute! He can't help the way he dances, he's a white guy! But what's that pelvic thrusting he's doing at 2:22- demonstrating what he would do "if I was her lover"???
harrietcow 10 months ago
I remember this song.It was a big hit in Europe in 1985.
hooliiisdewayne 10 months ago
The only problem I have with Midge is that he makes me question every other artists talent.
SolidSnake225 10 months ago
Damn, Im 16yo and in my opinion, that song is immortal. I like Ultravox, BBB, Pet Shop Boys, Alphavil, OMD, Joy, Fancy and more more... Nowadays music sucks, just sucks. My friends thinks that im weird because im listening that type of music, but i think there is no better music. Compare Lady Gaga or Rihanna to OMD... We have not to talk about. OMD rockz. Music from 80s and 90s is the best ever. Greetz from poland. 80s and 90s FOREVER!
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@sebaf7 ahhah i have a pinpressions at home :P im soo making a vid like this haha :P
i totally agree with you, modern music to me, each tune sounds exactly the same, and i wish people wouldnt look at us and assume that because were young, were not open to the good old classics. sure there are a few good songs out today but most of it really aint my style and i fink more kids like us should listen to teh real tunes youre a cool dude :)
jasminoodle 10 months ago
@sebaf7 great that you appreciate 80s and 90s music. I love music from that era as well, but especially the 80s music.
cheekygirl1972 6 months ago
@sebaf7 I Agree with you. I am 35 and those times are still in my memories. I would add A-ha and Europe to your list.
HaganDave 3 months ago
@sebaf7 dude u have got it one. 80'3 musci was original. there has been nothing since to compare it with stick with it. loved fancy omd petshop boys. try some New order and see what u think for some classic sound and let me know.
TheDinotunes 3 weeks ago
not the greatest of dancers but good song
1986steviep 11 months ago
Danny Mitchell... genius!
RamzyRoss 11 months ago
This is my favourite song of all time and find the lyrics quite relevant to my life, and always will.
martartoon 11 months ago 6
one of my favorite 80's songs, and certainly one of the best of ALL times!!!
belgiumSteve 11 months ago
this is when music was music and nothing compares to the awsome 80's
SHS854EVER 11 months ago
I swear I was gonna marry this guy back then ...great looks great voice, ah bring back the 80's !!!!!
conradheidi 1 year ago
Nice dancing there midge.
tonymontana1974 1 year ago
Ne Menge mehr Leutz ham Geschmack! xD
DschungleQueen 1 year ago
hat was.von Midge Ure mal solo.fast 26 jahre her.Der Song ist forever
TheDepeche68 1 year ago
15 leute haben keinen geschmack!!! das lied ist super
MofGee 1 year ago
oh, hang on , I did`nt know this song got to number one but for just one week? awwwwwwwwwww x
jewells051 1 year ago
this song was such a gem, should have reached number one. Wish i had this on cd or vinyl xxxxx
jewells051 1 year ago
2:22.lol
nd03ltz 1 year ago
This has bought back good memories, brilliant song and artist. If I could only turn time back!!
conradheidi 1 year ago
@conradheidi that's what Cher said.
chandlerbingbong 1 year ago
bring me back to the 80s.....that's the real time !!!
Sveniful 1 year ago
he looks like bear grylls :)
AEIOU1628 1 year ago
great song, great artist, hearing this brings back good memories, the nhs white coat was all the rage back then,lol.
sonnythetwit 1 year ago
Fun Tune, good singer - dances as badly as I do!! LOL
vintageplayer 1 year ago
This song has made me feel so nostalgic. This is one of the earliest songs I ever remember. To me life seemed purer and less manic then, than now. We live in a mind-numbing shallow computer age of lost innocence now. I feel sorry for children growing up!
Shows how emotive music is.
SylviesBoudoir 1 year ago 4
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This is the gay-est song I ever heard in my whole life. I just got brain damage. Fuck. Wasted 4 minutes of my life. Old fags, stupid music, gay sounds.
AlkiDemonic 1 year ago
@AlkiDemonic You are an idiot and no doubt a closet homosexual as well. If you don't like 80s music then go and post elsewhere so the rest of us don't have to read your crap.
dacseaeagles 1 year ago 2
If I Was, another gem of that magical decade... the chorus is so nostalgic... wanna live the 80s again!
tintoweno 1 year ago 2
80s NOT 80's!!!
SultanChase 1 year ago
Superrrr :))))
oczko712 1 year ago
@oczko712 yea... for a fag-song
AlkiDemonic 1 year ago
@AlkiDemonic This song is hundred times better than any hit today.
tearsforfearsfan2 1 year ago
ah, 80's! What a good times :)
Ms1100101 1 year ago
Terrific stuff from one of the most creative artists of the 80's.
UKSteeley 1 year ago
Absolutely great song ! I simply love it as it reminds me of so many things ...
Andree1963NRW 1 year ago
Was looking up something else when I came across this... only If i was young again.
aluluq 1 year ago 3
i have a mint 7" of this if anyone is interested.
cthorne 1 year ago
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Guess what - ive got limited edition 12" with the wrong lable on the disk and its worth £42. i'll take yours off your hands and you'll have to pay me to take it. LOL
jbow35 1 year ago
If i was? sit and work my self bye
neo001x 1 year ago
If i was?
neo001x 1 year ago
Nytårsaften 1985/1986....Hanne.....det var godt
saswolf 1 year ago
Amazing!!!
linamage1 1 year ago
aint it about time he was "Sir Midge Ure" he done more for live aid than the paddy did
daddyo560 1 year ago 2
A Jock wrote it. A Jock sings it perfectly need anyone say more absolute perfection
daddyo560 1 year ago
@daddyo560 Absolute perfection...Apart from his dancing....Which is proper cringeworthy.
mojo60s 1 year ago
i know the guy who wrote this. danny mitchell. hes the engineer at the studio i use in glasgow. really nice guy.
misselliejay 1 year ago
One of the best songs ever! Can't get tired of this!
PrinceStyle1 1 year ago
Yes period. Epic song.
johpetsun 1 year ago
Midge Ure - one of the greatest songwriters in history. Not just quintessential 80s - quintessential ART. Pure class. Period.
jinajik 1 year ago 9
@jinajik See Ultravox.
joe9320 7 months ago
@g33g33H HOW DARE YOU ! first off you have no idea who or what i am. i am a close mate of the little glawegan. it's a joke for christ sake. NOW GROW THE FUCK UP!
TheSandsie13 1 year ago
every woman wants her man to sing (say) word liek this to her. am i right ladies?
TheSandsie13 1 year ago
@TheSandsie13 NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE A FASCIST CUNT. FUCK YOU AND YOUR FACE STUPID WHORE.
g33g33H 1 year ago
@g33g33H mmm nutcase springs 2 mind
MrMatbri 1 year ago 2
@TheSandsie13 Oh yes - especially from Midge ;-). He still is hot with such a lovely carisma and warmth. Just saw Ultravox at concert in Sweden and really wanted to meet him and give a big hug - his lyrics has helped me a lot the last years... Just LOVE him!!
calanais06 1 year ago
Brilliant song...just a pity Midge Ure is a total ballbag :-/
jambo3001 1 year ago
remember from my childhood beautiful
acidhouser1 1 year ago
Still love this x
jennympage 1 year ago
billy currie, midge ure, chris cross, and waren cann.
TheSandsie13 1 year ago
love midge to bits. he's one sexy man with a vouice to match.
TheSandsie13 1 year ago
Toller Song, aber toll tanzen kann Midge Ure nicht...
TGTCC2010 1 year ago
Great track!
efnissien 1 year ago
great song, I love it !
herzlichaida 1 year ago
listening 2 the radio these days is so boreing its all r n b people talking not singing te 80s were so so so much better
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dot4design 1 year ago
this was what the 80's were all about..........awesome songs.......wicked make-up and clothes........mullets and way out hair.............and such magical and wicked memories to look back on........an era that never culd be beat...copied......or ever lived through again.......no matter how much we wished for it to come back.....
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dot4design 1 year ago
great song..luv it
aimlas 1 year ago
"Come here my baby
Oh they can't touch you now
I'll keep you safe and warm
I'll never leave you at all"
I still love this after all these years :)
Jore02 1 year ago
"If I was a wiser man, would other men reach out and touch me?"
Midge clearly didnt think that one through properly LOL!. Cracking song though
Frankcis1980 1 year ago 3
Retro rules!
Martinofredwall100 1 year ago
great stuff
MrMatbri 1 year ago
classic!
silversnowflake777 1 year ago
I bloody love this song!!
Glitterbladejester 1 year ago
Come here my baby
Oh they can't touch you now
I'll keep you safe and warm
I'll never leave you at all
Come here my baby
...for Isa!!!
willchan1963 1 year ago
good song 80´s very cool!!!!! romantic e melancolic
MarcelloRegis 2 years ago
just two days left to seeing you live my fav man :)) lol from your steady Polish fan
jadzia7911 2 years ago
Right on. Your the man !!!
gerardsollie 2 years ago
Great song.I love this one.Can't beat the 80's.People used their imagination back then,we didn't have mobile phones,computers,speed cameras and cctv following us around 24/7.We were allowd to play in the strets safely .We some some of that back today
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dot4design 1 year ago
@AdamAdidas909 Amen, except I want ALL of it back today!
ChewySatisfaction 1 year ago
Wuuuunnnnddddeeeerrrrrbbbbaaaaaarrr!!!!! So oft ich das Lied höre, so oft bekomme ich eine Gänsehaut, es ist eine Hymne und wird nicht älter. Danke für dieses Lied, Midge Ure. Thank you very much for that song, Midge Ure!
BayernMarkus1 2 years ago
was that Han Solo frozen in cybornite?
eranyyyy 2 years ago
song is "romantic" as well as "romatntic"
3devv4 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. This song is so romatntic and earnest, but poor Midge! -such dreadful gyrations! Looks like he's trying to work a squirrel out of his pant leg...
3devv4 2 years ago
his dancing and gestures... HILARIOUS!
good song though...
Voetbaltoernooi 2 years ago 2
hehe i thought the same thing
nukynk 2 years ago
what are them pin things called?
whyweloveit 2 years ago
pin art.
that's it.
uncreative and stupid, I know.
melissathegreat09 2 years ago
Ex Frontmann der Bands Slik (70er Jahre, Forever and ever) und Ultravox (80er Jahre, Dancing with Tears in my Eyes).
DeeScott1968 2 years ago 3
ex vocalist of ULtraVox! cool! Retro Rulez!
ckgoh 3 years ago 18
@ckgoh Ultravox. I heard of them. Can you name all of the members of Ultravox?
joe9320 1 year ago