HQ - Simply Red - Holding Back The Years - Top of the Pops 1986

[Nicholols]

"Simply Red, standing by..."

[Vidinotes]

amazing !!!

[piliage]

Wow. Live. What a kick ass performance!

[jaggass]

most artists mimed mick didn't. because most artists recorded instrumentals first so they could peform live.

[tjancijr]

I will never, ever, ever get tired of this song.

[MexiEmpleadoCorrupto]

wonderfullll Maravilloso

[netheadplurk]

great song live

[TheMrtimmy28]

i have to come back to listen to mick sing about once a week. i lost my wife to cancer7 years ago this month and this was her favorite song. she was a 6ft 2 red redhead and was gods most beautiful creation. i miss her so much and i get lonely for her so i come and listen to mick and rebreak my heart and cant stop. she was a flawless, perfect beauty without a single mar on her anywhere. gave me five great kids and died at 52 IF THERE IS A GOD I HATE HIS ASS. RIP CAROL DARLING SEE YOU SOON

[Tonymount]

@TheMrtimmy28 So sorry for your loss. Keep the good memories mate.

[TheMrtimmy28]

@Tonymount every day i wake to her favorite song and a huge portrait of her on my wall - she was truly a goddess how i got her i'll never know but the moment i saw her i told her i ws going to marry her. i'm 6ft 4 go 225 or so and when young was ripped and everyone said i looked like SUPERMAN but that had nothing to do with it. she told me where she lived and 14 months later on leave from USMC i went and found her and al she said was"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG" married a week later i miss her

[iadanza]

@TheMrtimmy28

U can marry me !!! hhehehehe



[TheMrtimmy28]

@iadanza thanks for the offer. it was very sweet. i've had others but my heart belongs to the one who had it first and forever. my wife was truly a flawless gem of a lady. she raised five kids sometimes with me gone for a year cause i was a marine for 35 yrs now retired, 2 doctors, an engineer, an orthodontist and a nun. i'm very proud of each of them. i know where she is and that i will see her and all our animals and friends when i get there and we will run barefoot thru green fields at age 25

[iadanza]

@TheMrtimmy28 hahahaha

u funny...

thxx a lot for the answer, my english is not so good, but i know music has no language we can use to make our comunication.

God bless u a lottttttttttttttttttttttttt and alwayssssssssssssssssssssssss.

xoxo

rosane Iadanza from rio de janeiro - brazil.

see my paintin on youtube also pls

iadanza



[TheMrtimmy28]

@Tonymount long time since you said that but someone else just sent me a nice note so i thought i'd say thanks to you as well. its hard sometimes but i was a marine for 35 yrs and i get thru by knowing when i go we will both be 25 and will run thru green fields with all our dogs and cats and friends and my brother warriors who passed in action and it'll be jolly well times, as me nana would of said in her brougue it canna be no otha way me timmy lad for the divil wouldnt want ye he'd be afraid

[royalanglian]

The 1st tune i ever heard simply red do and i think the best

[zatzi87]

@MrApr81 yes, he does!!!

[zatzi87]

a time when the world had goooooood music!!

Simply Red forever

<3<3<3

[mjw191]

Man....what a voice!!! 

[lmhsfever]

@MrApr81 A Happy Christmas to you and yours, Cheers!

[lmhsfever]

@MrApr81 Not the end but a new beginning! I wish him success in his next musical endeavor and eagerly await a new album!

[Thesuziebear]

My daughter took me to a simply red concert for mothers day years ago don't think she was bothered about the music but for some reason she wet her pant's when the Man U team landed in their helicopter and came on stage?

[lmhsfever]

@MrApr81 I envy you! That 'scruffy little red head' has always followed his own path hasn't he? And now to be able to look back on a musical legacy which has brought so much enjoyment to so many people around the world!

[ShnuckFuckle]

@msm2you lol good pun !

[jriley1992]

For that one person who disliked this, you do not know what real music is.

[linoma57]

the greatest live singer in history theres nobody in the states could match this

[mgfaxlad]

Saw these guys a few times in San Francisco back in the day. Never gets old.

[dccarino]

Wonderful!

[Martylee1992]

Simply Red haz ben around 4 quite sumtime,this iz a soulfull ass white man!

[EddieEsSkate]

My dad wrote this with him he left his family to england to get this producted and screwed my dad over

[Perer90]

@EddieEsSkate. Your full of shit u yank cunt. This is pure British Bull Dog work mate. Piss off and dont hate on ol' Mick. Your a ledge Hucknall!!

[PCH456469871278]

totally cool, so love this!

[hambonioful]

so thats what gordan ramsey got upto in his younger days...played a trumpet for simply red.

[soulsupremeful]

My fav of their`s :)

[mahajohn]

In all seriousness, I'd give my left nut to sing like this dude. Also, he once almost knocked me over coming around the corner in Amsterdam. A polite "pardon me," no eye contact, and he was on his way...holding back those years! HA!

[garebear1015]

simply one of my favorites ever oooyaaaahlalalala

[thedrillseargeant]

I still remember the first time I watched the video - him on a train... it is timeless and gives me goosebumps, but unfortunately Youtube has withdrawn all the REALLY good stuff!

[Njdeep]

Timeless...Superb song!!! Give me goosebumps!!!

[tatatea33]

i love this song i was installing my speaker in my truck when this song can on the radio.the great time in the 1980s

[tatatea33]

I love this song

[betahifidelity]

This was aired on Chrismas day 86, I have the original recording in amazing quality. Those old vcr's and tapes were higher quality than the crap from the 90's. A great live version.

[tobyobrie]

What a voice. I've rarely heard Hucknall have a bad day in a live setting.

[FederalReserveMan]

America was different then and the people were different then too............... The song is Timeless

[DaRocker21]

I remember my Mom and my Aunt playing songs like this and Sade and the car when I was a kid in Queens, NY back in the early 90s. Ah. Those were the days.

[maddermofo]

Mick looked his best c. 1991. That frizzy shit he has going on in this video is not cool at all!!!

[Trick6828]

Very Origanal...80's ....Awesome

[NAIVADA]

SUPER RED!

[Liiisa171]

Wow! Amazing live performance!

[scotgal87Bh]

to UKSazzy67 dont know what your prb is but mine stopped untill i typed in a word that was shown to make sure i wasnt a machine lol sounds mad but somtimes you search to many things and it asks you type a word in

[minkuukel]

Heel mooi nummer. 10********

[27Johanita]

I love simply red

[julianputra]

fierce nice bes nye.

[UKSazzy67]

Why won't Youtube let me search any more? My search facility is not working. Why is this?

[GordonFarinha]

The 80's are the sound track of my life... I was teenager when I saw them live in a concert in Brazil... simply red, simply the best.... love you guys !

[duncanharris80]

These were the days when 'pop stars' were truly talented, and really did have good unique voices. This is a live performance... soulful, flawless.

[karpfenauge]

Perfekt..!!!

[kolorado8286]

will be my slow dance at my wedding

[susiesoul1]

Always loved simply red, and had the apportunity to see them live 3 weeks ago. Mick is fantastic live, what a voice

[notntusay]

i agree with preciseroofer 100%!

[xxcharmed1xx]

This was when i was born!!

[tocareb]

que es de SIMPLY RED??.Eran muy buenos.

[smokinsteel]

Hucknall is singing live here?! Eb5 at 3:21 and a C5 at 3:32... you forget what an amazing singer Mick Hucknall is. That said, the backing vocals here are atrocious.

[DenshireDenzenzen]

Mick Hucknall has a voice in a million. It doesn't matter if you like him. The only other guy I've ever heard with a voice this smooth, powerful and unmistakable is Steve Perry.

[dianitacuario]

que increible voz

[preciseroofer]

this is an ageless classic and real song for the mature and real its not for little boys wit no heart thats for sure!!!Deal wit it

[MrTripp2012]

@preciseroofer True.

[ViciousAlienKlown]

amazing how good they sound live, I actually did this song at karaoke and got a standing ovation. It took a long time to master this classic. When you do its like heaven and every one is in the moment with you. I treasure the fact that I can do this song and even sound like him.

[gdgdgfdggfdfg]

certainly takes me back to a better era in music.

[markosfl]

clássico

[BTSSIMON]

3:34 ! Beautiful, so much soul

[ceMJ]

That's what I call oldschool soul! Go on, Mick!!!

[ttlebon80]

wonder why simon compared shaun smith to mick hucknall. shaun's voice is manly.

[sixtoes9]

this song is so old

[twilightjoi]

This is such an amazing song!!! wow...I always get this nostalgic feeling everytime I hear this song :)

[Kirwina]

for real, this is a classic song for ages to come

[boogieman4]

great song

[hebber1961]

sideshow Bob in a hurricane?

[julyman08]

incredible voice and emotin should have had a lot bigger career!!

[zatzi87]

damn he is hot !!!!!

[spallyman]

did you hear about Mick Hucknell trying to shagg a rabbit??

He was HOLDING BACK THE EARS, but THE BUNNY WAS TOO TIGHT TO MENTION

[xin0sky]

5/5

temaz0

[DG3744]

Im going to machester to meet this guy! My all time favorite song!

[xcvcvxxcvcvx]

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[NameNotaNumber]

Love that muted trumpet halfway through too, a very 80's sound, also heard on the Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls"...

[NameNotaNumber]

During the 80's a lot of us thought it was the era of clinical, soulless, tacky tripe. It's funny watching this stuff almost 25 years later, it seems we were completely wrong. The 80's was a great time for music.

[kydrythm]

Amen to that!

[BA170894]

i reaaaaaaaaaaaally like his hair ;)

[buffeater]

great tune

[markweb1975]

just listen to how perfect your mirror is sang live by simply red... AWESOME.

[Kirwina]

excellent old time classic

[444kingtuts]

I always feel so sad when I hear this song.

[kadiablo]

Don't take years from your life, put life on your years :)

[shellspacebabe]

Wonderful voice in the early days Simply Red had so much passion as evidenced with this and other classics such as "She'll have to Go" by Fairground it seemed sadly a lot of that fire was diminished

[zzzippo55]

his best, life dont u just love it.

[noiui]

this man has a wonderful voice, and is extremely talented , I know he did some motown things what happened to him. I miss this man

[crockett888]

wow he is good live

[zatzi87]

love that moment on 3.38 when he's singing out loud, its a bit funny :-) love you Mick Hucknall....

[utsgtshr]

I thought he was doing mouth-sync,playing recorded materials, but I realized he sang it live performance!

What a genius of blue-eyed soul !

[largefrog19036]

When I first heard this song, I thought he was saying "Holding back the ears". I thought it was a song about a haircut.

[JoeRoss1993]

your telling me! i though he always said 'holding back the year'.

[Alehnegri]

Simply Red!!!!!!!!!!! Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!