The Waterboys - Whole of the Moon

[IdleElectric]

This video is incredible for so many reasons, love hearing the kids singing along to those remarkable lyrics- such lucky schoolkids!

[swebbo]

someone grab that kin recorder off him

[musicvidbuff1]

one of the greatest things i have ever seen......makes me love this song more....if it's possible

[tillyeyesgreen]

The most beautiful song about friendship ever written.

Awesome !

Great Mike Scott !

[RideHanna]

Magic one of the greatest songs to come out of the eighties

[Barbitua]

great vid :)

[grafzahlization]

nice wicked nice peculiar

[lacassula]

Una de las cosas mas bonitas que he visto en mi vida.

I'M CRYING

[Mazurka1001]

This guy is a real cat's meow.

[NazRabi]

The kids know the lyrics. Awesome. Shoot Bieber NOW.

[TheSeanm102]

what a classic brings back some great memories thanks for the upload

[GafferMcDermott]

search on "wrenne whole of the moon" and there's a new version by a new artist, Wrenne, that Mike Scott said gives him "goosebumps, can't ask for more".....

[bonniebardowski]

fantastic

[Steviegottagunn]

This is the best version of this song ever... Ever, in the history of the world... well, after this song was written anyways, but after that... EVER!

[Lifewhisperer]

Superb singer. Brilliant song! Loved this song the first time round and still love it now. Lucky, lucky, lucky lucky lucky kids!! Thanks a million for posting.

[datsyhoehoe]

Lucky kids!



[koolworld27]

@datsyhoehoe I agree, watching a great song, near best of the 80's.

[poreca]

I was reduced to tears watching this vídeo!

[lladsbid]

I just spent £300 to hear this live

it was more than worth it

[SuperRawrawraw]

That's the coolest thing ever. That. That thing there just makes me have confidence in the human kind. That's real love on all parts

[blink182ron]

Amazing!

[evecharlotte]

how unfair?!!!!

[Marcus1050]

Wo war ich...? unglaublich!

[marcsfortaner]

Kids with good taste in music! rare nowadays, with Biebers and montana´s

[Jane9443]

Raw & Live,Rare,Brilliant,love it x

[Bondiaa]

Masterpiece.

[g1h2nedlaw]

Meant to say the Scots and English in the band should have one automatically. See them on Vintage TV Channel 369.

[g1h2nedlaw]

True professionals. The kids will remember this for the rest of their lives. Our queen should give them a knighthood just like Terry Wogan and Bob Geldof even if they are Irish. A credit to their country.

[AibaYokaze]

Hands down, this is one the best songs ever written. In my life, I have "loved" a lot of music...many songs I can call favorites, but THIS song floats through my head every time I find myself getting depressed...and it stops the horrible feelings right away. Thanks Mike, for writing such a magnificent song.

[stevie301271]

Wish that was my school.

[MsAnnestube]

what a magical reaction by those younger ones as this sing-along began.........nice one Mike Scott......this is the future leaders listening......and your karma seems to remain positive ....thus...may YOU stay forever young.....too!

[g1h2nedlaw]

Lets get back to having live music on television and radio, music recorded live, warts and all. This is brilliant and very brave.

[jarbydnjksd]

Simplicity is the best thing ever when it comes to music. This guy proves it with so much confidence, we should make him president of the music industry as a whole. Utterly phenominal

[AlRoyds]

tingle down the spine. wish he played my school!

[Stefanos29]

I hear no sound!! why???

[PianoManKD]

@Stefanos29 mute button?

[riffraffrichard]

This makes me smile he seems like a nice man. The kids are loving it. Come on teachers this is a great song

[truthseeker444]

magic!

[blackgargamel]

Punaise tu m'étonnes que les petits british aient une super culture musicale.

[TheDicko22]

Agree. two guys, a piano and a penny whistle...more powerful than any boy bands or modern-day chewing-gum for the ear!! Rock-on fellas!!

[schribbbber]

Love the rock star exit at the end " Must ave been opening time at Hughieees

[TheSeanieboy]

He still turns up in Galway. I saw him in the Roisin Dubh last year. He was watching Mundy I had a quick chat with him and bought him a Bally Gowan water. A real nice man to have a chat to. He has a lot of contacts in the west.

[schribbbber]

@TheSeanieboy ,, Tell Mike a would love to see him on Arranmore Island .... Theres loads o scots there . lol

[avrilsays]

I loved this simple sing-along...wonderful poetry. These kids are having a ball.

[polksalad1234]

I have listened to this song a million times and to see mike playing for a bunch of school kids is brilliant BRILLIANT!!  every precious dream and vision underneath the stars

[steviejacko1]

I keep coming back to this video- it is the best thing on YouTube: inspiring, simple, uplifting, just beautiful. Such a weird combination of Mike Scott, who was at the time an internationally populsr playing in a school assembly. Love his 'rock star;' exit though.

[MrJohnmacek]

thanks Mike I always thought this cat had it goinon.....

[MrJohnmacek]

whatever happened to this man?

[MikeB3542]

@MrJohnmacek Mike Scott is still performing and recording with the Waterboys.

[1q6z]

I can almost smell them sweaty socks and black pumps hahah

[NickyE]

Thank you for one of the most real and wonderful clips I will ever see in my life. I can't tell you what this song meant to me all those years ago and now I see I wasn't the only one. The explosion of cheering at the beginning made me scream too :)

[jin798467]

I must agree, now a days no band or group can make a simple music like this! Only in the 80's.

My respect to band Waterboys..........u r awesome.

[amron2006]

@jin798467 - can I recommend Elbow

[bala622007]

man i agree - just plain class !!!!!!!!!

[Rumpio]

Fantastic.  A classic tune. Great performance.

[PuthSardar]

Isn't this what life is all about? I think we've 'lost the plot' these days...

Walk Well.

[sfak5]

22 AUGUST 2010 !!! MY RETURN TO STIRLING, SCOTLAND...I can't wait!!!!!

[brsc2909]

i go to that school

[schribbbber]

@brsc2909 ....Bet they where talkin about that for years " The day Mike Scott blue em away " Wae a penny whistle and an auld piano . ....

And a hear he is still hanging ooot ,doooooon the salthill prom " Wot a guy !!

[schribbbber]

From the early eighties to the mid nineties .. Mike Scot an the early rag taggle Waterboys line ups ..Spent there time writing an producing on the West coast of Ireland ,,Galway Sligo Donegal

An with the Gorgeous Sharron Shannon

Think we where all Celts before this Irish scottish thing started creeping in.

[Pauloalu]

Grande Mike scott!

Grande abraço.

[martinjsxx]

This is one of the best videos I have seen in awhile.

[sfak5]

reminds me of my study years in Stirling SCOTLAND!!!

[pdscotia]

Adorable!

[JayLumber]

Awesome.....enough said  :)

[Christianna73]

So great!

[Squeaky1423]

...what lovely children...I love this music (I'm class of 1984, I would have *loved* to have been at this concert!) Mike Scott is just amazing, as is this whole school scene, what magic. :-)

[MCGRINGORIO]

very big --- greetings from brasil

[ChrisCole40]

Wasn't there - jealous.............

[WALDO953]

A wonderful cconcert. We were so lucky. Thank you Brendan and your team. I think the year may be 1984 as I and my class mates are in the audience and we were the Leaving Cert Class of 1985.

[Manoffe]

Beautiful.  Feel the energy in the room

[fsoto1969]

Utterly brilliant... I agree with comments about how a real musician can make music with a simple instrument and his own voice---amateurs please learn something!

[HALFSQUASHED]

Scotlands greatest living musician, singing the greatest pop song of all time, live in your school. Imagine if you had been off sick that day that would not have been cool

[karvelasn]

For collectors .. great video thx!

[sadbaby01]

@karvelasn hurrah! someone acknowledges Scott's Scottishness! everyone always bangs on that the waterboys are irish! piffle!

[calvero75]

QUÉ CHINGÓN!!!!!!!!!

[sofia21nefeli]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[juddy1108]

but a bang on the ear w2ould be a must also....

[juddy1108]

the lost wind... i totallly agree it was beautiful to watch ...i would have blown a gasket if the waterboys came to my school as a 15 year old,,, man...... so cool

[plewis995]

Joy! What a day that must've been.

[thelostwind8]

this brings tears to my eyes! i love the pure enthusiasm of children. this sounds so good without any production too.

[brajo2006]

I wonder if the teachers were more excited! Do you reckon the kids were told they had to stay sitting? I know if I was there, I would have been up dancing!

[JCnephin]

fanbebbidozi

[reillyrocks]

awesome!!! from a BIG Waterboys fan!

[goffmeister78]

thats class. how come none of this kind of thing happens nowadays ?

[johnfkingca]

"what a day! What a song!!" thank you to whoever posted this vid. One of my fondest memories in school. I often speak of that day. Can anyone tell me did they play in Shiftden house that evening or down at the ball alley ? i think they played their tits off that night as well. Hi to all who were in attendance that day where ever you are. And a special thanks to Brendan cos as usual you were "To High.... to far... you saw the whole of the moon.................."(Spaced­).

Super Day

[fatgirlfanboy]

That was shit

[futsal1958]

Without doubt, one of the best songs ever.

Ever.

[CarlosAS1965]

Our guy must have been an unforgettable moment vcs hoped that Mike would be present?

[CarlosAS1965]

Happen in 1987or 1989 the presentation

[mortimertomas]

This must have been in 1987 as I left school in 1988. I remember being called out of Irish class with Sr Rosario to help carry the piano downstairs. We were all called to assembly hall and this was our treat from Brendan Flynn the Deputy Headmaster. A fantastic day!

[Roz75]

I remember Sr Rosario! My parents used to teach at that school. Do you know how she is doing? If i remember correctly, she really liked my dads home made fudge! Brendan Flynn, what a man.

Much respect.

[ogdroadsong]

This is magic. Yes I am pissed but it's still magic.

[comescat]

yes

[kingofhairpull]

He loves playing with the lyrics. Here it's "dark empty valley" instead of the usual "rain dirty valley." But it is "simitars and scarves" rather than the "saddlebags and scarves" he sometimes tosses in...

[mudshark69]

wow... so new shit has come to light, huh?

what a moment! please tell me this is mikes old school...

[balmung1992]

this song is a true masterpiece

[polksalad1234]

beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

[jedix79]

thanks

a1

[ksmock]

Great Video! My school too. Those girls in the front seat must have got serious wiplash! Obviously great fans!

[dodggerman]

Scott is Scottish and proud.

[basdensj]

lucky kids....all we got at school in the 80's was cheap puppet shows! lol

[narb13]

Same here! Then one day a Combi van full of breakdancers rolled in and did a show in the gym!

[basdensj]

Lol.......Now that would have been cool!!

[tvsuat]

The Harlem Globe Trotters came our secondary school around 1982 and played with our school team would you believe?!...

[krabbers]

what a fantastic bit of film , thanks for uploading

[kunghasse63]

can you.....sorry

[kunghasse63]

do you hear the piano all right....?

[Squeaky1423]

This is one of the best videos on YouTube!!!!

[junkieland]

not sure i agree..but are by chance the guy's mother or are you one of these people who vote each other for the motion pictures academy?.....the clip's ok...it's ok..nuffville...

[miguelfbi357]

excelente version------sorprendente-----­emocionante--------gracias mike scott y vinnie kilduff--------dos personas talentosas-----para un clsico de los 80

[kunghasse63]

Fantastic!

[baronvong3]

wow, lucky kids.. thanks for sharing!

[ukp571]

this tops everything about my life. what a wonderful thing to see. children really happy & contented. Its why we should strive to make the world a better place. Thankyou to the Waterboys for giving me some great times, this vid totally encapsulates the loveliness of the irish.

[CurlyBlueMedia]

Just awesome! Being Irish Meself it shows how the bairns have the music in them at that age.

[hrvyklly]

F@cking brilliant, it's amazing. I am speechless. Who recorded this?

[kevintalbot1]

did u now what this songs about doe makes u really love it more like

[slack23]

I heard it was about an author that he was obsessed with... It's clearly about being in awe of somebody. Having said that, the lyrics are better than anybody else could ever do! Awesome song.

[909090Rope]

Great!!!

My favourite part in this clip is second 0:38 when two teachers turn around to silence a kid.

[Squeaky1423]

LOVE this!!!

[tygerfeet]

wonderful.

[djcellx]

so nice to hear again

[magocacana]

love this song..

great video

thank you for posting

and thank to mike scott for this wonderful music

[hubsimueller]

This is so cool.

[slingblade564]

one simple word: AMAZING

[kevintalbot1]

do u know the story behinde this song it makes it even better

[main123LSD]

what is the story behind this song??

[kevintalbot1]

i saw an inteterview on the biography channel and mike scott explaines that its about his freind who was a drug addict and died of an over dose and hes tryin to say that he just went to far to soon

[Richeray]

One of my all time favorite songs!! Thanks for posting this one.

[caitlin21meeenie]

yeah mic and glen live in vienna

[bowlofg]

legend,my party piece after 150 beers

[JJooliee]

anyone ever hear the mic chistopher and glen hansard version?:)

[onyerwayrogue]

that put tears in my eyes, i loved that, all those children will remember that song forever. that was amazing.

[christianlouboutin13]

I wish there was this version with high quality...i don't like the other version with all the other instruments

[patchcords]

This is amazing !!!

[Mikester61]

Every Nimrod Jackass Boy Band that ever formed should be ashamed that a guy on piano and a guy with a penny whistle accomplished more than they ever could in a life time in a little classroom where the only backing tracks were the voices of some school kids who knew the lyrics. One of the best songs ever.

[Mtoto86]

Mikester - never a truer word spoken!! Simply fantastic.

[gourdonboy]

Mike Scott a good Edinburgh boy and a musical genius.

[Shad0wplay]

Fantastic!! Home is where the heart is :-)

[OapostropheC]

aww, that's beautiful. Makes me wish I grew up in Ireland.

[hounse3]

brilliant

[charlieandkittysmum]

Wonderful - takes me back to a very special day!

[bolognacow]

Beautiful. Wish I was there.

[clairewhisker]

Fucking Classssssssssssssss....To the highest x

[christiaan81music]

this is soul

[turopitas]

special...

[54spiritedwill54]

well, i wouldn't expect less from Mike... When you got bling in your soul, you just ca

[gibkid]

its great to hear the song without all the other instruments getting in the way of the vocals and the piano, and the whistle adds just enough to make it special.

[larrywoof]

I was there! Clifden Community School 1987 Arts Week. Thanks for adding this video, brings back a lot of good memories!

[popopo1888]

thats awesome!

[larrywoof]

It was, that was my first year in secondary school, they played a few more songs out of the Fishermans Blues Album. I didn't realise at the time that it was being recorded, what a day!

[mudshark69]

so tell me kind sir that this was the school mike went to as a lad. lie if you have to.

[inumano18]

Awesome

[brads2]

hope you do girl , ill listen out for you LOL

you any more to send me ??cheers j

[brads2]

ah thanks squeaky for sharing this it was great , the kids in school loved it , loved your pics hehehe !!

[Squeaky1423]

You're very welcome. If I ever make it across the Pond again to Mother England, I am going to crank this song LOUDLY and sing my lungs out!!!!

;-)

[Squeaky1423]

One of the most beautiful, evocative songs! What a special, magic performance, thanks for posting! What lucky days

[Bondiaa]

Probably the best video ever. Makes me cry and laugh,not aloud dont worry hehe.Regards from Mallorca.Those were years...

[greenstar824]

This song was a classic and loved so much in Australia, brought a smile to my face to discover this. Thanks!

[dublinandrew]

brilliant

[daugherity]

well, that just put a colossal smile on my face.

[StepneyEOne]

Remarkable - a true poet...only to be accompanied by Neil Hannon....so many years ago, but oh so now!! I first heard them 21 years ago...thank you Rob for introducing me to them..

[gutmiko]

I hope some day the will come to my school

[23gwlittle80]

legend?!

[KinkyTinkyBelle]

wow im so glad i found this, yes true poet

Hope Bob digs this, he's my wonderful son.

[RoMMeL516]

A poet on piano.  This is cool music. Everytime i hear this song i get goosebumps.

[WALLABYM]

Brilliant

[Seathinker]

I've seen quite a few shows of the Waterboys but this is a funny one that i missed.

The vid shows the remarkable talent of Mike with only a flute and a piano it still rocks!

[rickstill122]

Mike Scott, Lord Byron, Pushkin, E.E. Cummings, POETS

[kunghasse]

Pure magic!

[theundisputedtruth]

Indeed mawgojzeta. Also, his voice carries so well

[saorlab]

pikey rock

[mawgojzeta]

A wonderful and refreshing way to hear this song.

[hibernia1]

i'll say it again, someone please put the fisherman's blues video back up. The one from the tube.

[utubegunny]

True talent. Wonderful.