Mike Batt - Soldier's Song

[ALFMAN55]

A great Mike Batt song he wrote for the Hollies in 1981 - the best take comes from THE HOLLIES. Much better than this one. The Hollies did it live in concert with much more guitarres fantastic.

[D4NC1ND4V1D]

Back up vocals singer is hot !

[Patreides9]

@D4NC1ND4V1D

Do you mean Florence Rawlings? She has her own videos on YouTube.

[jones21343]

thanks for this music.

**** peace ****

[ukmaturemale]

mike is a wonderful song writer but also has a great voice he should sing much more.

[buddahkm]

...spice girl....how can you make this a bad tunes with this prod..???...he pims himself..would you like it if jlow done it or her....thing /bobfrend jize????NO CRAP...had more passion givin confesion....and that was bad....dont sing for money he may as well be on ive got no tallent....he is a pop ho...

[miller7000]

great - fantastic

[evilofisalm]

good writer awful singer:(

[ilsemako]

mein Lieblingslied von Mike Batt......

[tafxkz]

what an awesome song

[setenteromusic]

GREAT MUSIC!!!

[rich88b]

The Hollies have a great version of this song and I'm presuming Mike Batt wrote it as he mentioned The Hollies and Soldier's SOng on Ealaine Paige's Radio 2 programme.

[Marko661]

Clearly a matter of taste, but I think the Hollies version is much better - mainly due to Allan Clarke's vocals.

Great song though, Batt has always been a great writer

[Inkster1966]

Wow, never heard this before, brilliant

[chiffon3]

Awesome!

Much better than the Hollies cover version.

[GeraldRafferty]

@chiffon3 Clearly sung with more emotion by Allan Clarke on the Hollies single and the later version by Carl Wayne

[DTRoland]

wonderful video!

[anpen1212]

toll! noch handgemacht

[mcnitrox]

I haven't known that he's a singer :) I only know him as the Katie Melua's producer and songwriter. Though it's a very nice song.

[HedgehogChopper]

@mcnitrox i think he also wrote the wombles songs, railway hotel and bright eyes which was used as the theme song to watership down and performed by art garfunkle

[danthesongsmith]

now that's a great ballad. I wish I could write like that.

[Britinfan4ever]

Wonderful song, I love it.

[duxberry1958]

this song as brought tears to my eye,s

[surferjay1]

@duxberry1958 do you have bright eyes

[OtherTwin]

brilliant well done mike j vincent edwards

[jjcale27]

out of tune unfortunately

[klaschi]

Großartiger Song - ob von den Hollies oder Mike gesungen, aber ohne das entsprechende Orchestra wäre das nichts...

[simplyAle77]

grande cantante, in più scopritore di Katie Melua, x questo eterna gratitudine!!!

[bofts]

A very talented songwriter

[Derwentcub]

An absolute unforgettable classic. Mike is a genius.

[cassidy322]

A wonderful song written by Mike but the Hollies version is fantastic.

[dumpfbackerich4567]

It`s better than the Hollies song

He composed it

[cexu]

This song is a master piece

[sircishere]

Gynofingers,

Mike Batt wrote this song and Yes, THE HOLLIES sing it. I think they have the definitive version of the song. While I like Mike Batts song, Allen Clarke of THE HOLLIES has such a powerful and moving voice for the story, allowing visual imagery of the battle and journey riding back along the trail. I cannot stop listening to THE HOLLIES version.

[thedrillseargeant]

Didn't he write this?

[StanPomeray]

He's either turning into a Womble or he's swallowed one....

[SuperFroni]

Ein absolut phantastischer Song. Mike Batt war mir bisher nicht bekannt. Meine Schwester hat mir den Link geschickt. Ich bin BEGEISTERT !!!

[Patreides9]

Did you notice Florence Rawlings on the video?

A great singer at the very beginning of her career... :)

[Polyphemus47]

Thank you for posting this! I've been a fan of Mike from The Wombles days, and it's great to see him on stage.

[LadYmoOnligHt007]

ein wirkilch schöner song^^

[FabianBajorat]

also, singen kann er ja nicht so wirklich...

[gynofingers]

WASNT THIS A HOLLIES SONG ???

[zseba14]

Mike Batt is an excellent song writer (I love Bright Eyes for instance) and an excellent talent scout (Katie Melua is the best example, for both talents actually as he also wrote some incredibly nice songs for her). However his voice and this performance fail to impress me. Sounds good at times but it also sounds too often out of tune.

[kingbhapu]

Ich befürchte, das in dieser Version der Tontechniker ein wenig Mist gebaut hat. Er hat Mike`s Mikro zuviel Gewicht gegeben. Die junge Dame im Hintergrund hätte die Frauenpassagen betonter zur Geltung bringen können. Nichts desto Trotz, ein sehr schönes Lied.

[capper09]

hab ihn gerade in hamburg im planetarium - voice in the dark - gesehen,fantastisch, vor allen dingen wenn man zu den "smokers" gehört *gg*. ich kann es nur jedem empfehlen, seht es euch an. am anfang etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig, zieht es einen doch schnell in den bann. wenn einen dann die musik zur lasershow regelrecht erschlägt, kann man beruhigt die nacht durchmachen...:) ich finde die gesungenen lieder besser als die instrumentalen,aber auf jeden fall für mich - note 1.

[Jesusschlappe91]

Also die Komposition ist schon ganz schön, aber was ist an ihm genial?

Außerdem sollte er sich vllt einen Sänger holen , damit er nicht selber singen muss , dass ist doch peinlich für einen Profi...

[burnabybrent]

Wonder if anyone has his version of 'Closest Thing To Crazy' that was done a few years ago by Katie Melua? It would be interesting to hear his original song.

[Borissimo]

dann tue ich auch mal meine Meinung über Mike Batt kund:

Für mich ist er nicht ein besonders guter Sänger, aber ein weltklasse Komponist. Die Musik, die er schreibt ist wirklich was "Feines"....

[returnhangar]

he has an amazing voice love it

[jonfletcher147]

@returnhangar Agreed...brilliant

[jemina2552]

von wegen Original von Hollies,

Text & Music ist von Mike Batt !!

Die pazifistische Hymne „Soldiers Song schrieb er 1980 für die britische Rockband „The Hollies.

mir gefällt die Hollies Version überhaupt nicht.

[AndiAxiotis]

seh ich auch so

[Teeologe]

Stimmt geschrieben hat es Mike Batt (für mich einer der besten seines Berufes) aber die Version ist nicht die originale Version. Die Hollies habe das Lied zuerst veröffendlich und bekannt gemacht. Auf ihre eigene Art (und die ist wirklich gut). Wer ein Lied zuerst spielt, hat das Original. Nicht wer es schreibt.

Die Version die Mike Batt spielt, ist seine Version, aber nicht die erste, originale Version welche in den Hitparaden war. So sehe ich das.....!

[Teeologe]

Ein wunderbare Song....ohne Zweifel.

Aber das Original ist doch etwas besser.

Und zwar von den "Hollies".

Das ist einfach nur Genial!

[jemina2552]

was ist an der Hollies Version Genial??

[Clarinettardis]

He's torn between conducting and playing the piano on this one.

[bofts]

1:10 Beautiful

[bofts]

Well Done

[Patreides9]

Happy 60th birthday, Mr. Mike Batt! :)

[Nosferatu1968]

Mike Batt is a great Singer/Songwriter & Composer.

[Derventio74]

Mike Batt = genius.. Long may he continue entertaining us with his unique style, and amazing songs.

[piman25]

This song does not in anyway celebrate the soldiers raping a woman. Listen to the lyrics. A young soldier about to go to war has relationships with a woman. After the battle his comrades go and rape and pillage. When he realizes that they will get to her also, he goes as fast as he can to stop them, but is too late. Certainly not a celebration of rape.

[SharkoonBln]

Incredible...

For 20 years, I hunted high & low for this song. Have it on a Compact-Cassette from the early 80´s... And it seems to be impossible to find it on the Internet.

Big tnx to DramaticoMusic.

Is any1 aware of the original version from the early 80´s?

[notsned]

I don't know if this helps but I have it on LP

RCA Victor VPL1 7640 Songs of Love and War

Peter

[ffrraannzz999]

The CD is called 'Songs of Love and War' and it's still available :-)

[framaulo]

**** Great Mike! I'm the first wiever! *****

[leonaofficial]

He has to be one of the ugliest men I have ever seen . No wonder he hid inside a Wombles costume .

This song celebrates soldiers raping a poor woman