The Divine Comedy - Becoming More Like Alfie

[Ctdtwithglasses]

Me gustan muchos de sus singles, pero me encantaria que sus discos fueran un poco mas consistentes. Aun asi es bastante respetable.

[cobbles75]

9 people are not becoming more like Alfie !

[Chlodooo]

evidently 9 people thought yes meant no :/

[Chlodooo]

evidently 9 people thought yes meant no :/

[MarySeara]

Amazing! You're right Ismoulton :D

[lsmoulton]

In the style of Burt Bacharach !!!

[Strawberry7Lynn]

Excellent song. I don't suppose that Cilla Black was invited to appear in the clip, or maybe even do some backing singing!!!

[barryboogle]

9 people can sook me plooms!!

[JudithBryan1]

This is the first Divine Comedy track I heard, many years ago, I've been hook ever since. Best Track!!!

[brianmeenan2000]

Neil hannon is a musical genius,his records aint big hits but he keeps on delivering amazing albums,my fav group ever.

[marmjah]

Love it.. genius..

[CosmoKramer95]

Neil Hannon's a God.

[kgildea15]

apparently the 9 who disliked this thought it meant DIS_I_LIKE !!!!

[PubicMen]

I used to be like this :'(

[SapphireM]

This man is the master of the short story set to music

[hugomortagua]

Great band! Great lyrics!! Rocks!!!!!

[hawkeyemeds]

Its Michael Caine's voice at the beginning.

[mp3formacion]

mi cancion favorita.

[SaxonJordi]

Fantastic song :)

Who is the guy speaking in the beginning?

[LadyCrazy123]

like it :)

[jarvizcocker]

i need to make a gif of 1:57 finger tapping hm

[1815trojan]

not sure it gets much better than this

[sonoflavadome]

HAHAHA... HIllarious

[2504marcus]

super, just love it everybody know that no means yes just like glasses come free on the nhs, mint.

[Gmackematix]

What is that painting of the exotic woman that appears at 0:55 after he first says "Come on!"? That painting seemed to be everywhere in Britain in the 1970s.

[cjwynes]

It's as if God desceneded and gave Hannon a divine gift of inspiration for about 2 years. Then He left. But wow, those are great records.

[kambium1]

@cjwynes I have to say it was with him for a lot more than just 2 years. But i am a fan.

[area51er6]

What's the movie where caines best friends younger(sexy)daughter is madly in love with him, and Caine gets involved with her, all the while trying to hide it from his best friend???

[gillboy69brum]

blame it on rio?

[FELIXjk007]

one of the most underrated bands ever! Neil's lyrics, music and voice are sheer quality. I just love this band

[falconhead67]

one of my favorite music videos ever

[Simon72Victoria]

genius song..lyrics are brilliant.

[jmldspt]

Brilliant song and funny video! :P

[bhunt1920]

great song. I love The Divine Comedy

[susanneclark1]

don't be an idiot....the boy would have been barely a twinkle in his father's eye when this was written!! It's about the Michael Caine film Alfie, not some snot nosed hanger on brat!

[StepmothersTeeth]

i F**kin Love It.

[katymagnets]

i'd forgotten how good this song is

[falconhead67]

this is an outstanding song

[stinkogirl]

Hannon. What a babe.

[hidehana1]

Ｉ　Ｌｉｋｅ　Ｈｉｓ　Ｓｏｎｇ，Ｆｒｏｍ　Ｊａｐａｎ，

Ｐｌｅａｓｅ　Ｓｅｎｔ　Ｍｅ　Ａ　Ｍｅｓｓｅｇｅ！

[cugoman]

a message ??? why ??

[jw89]

great song..but who the hell is Aflie? O_o

[anthonydoh]

Alfie was the title character of a 60's film starring Michael Caine. He had a way with the ladies!

[tommy444777]

its a film

[StepmothersTeeth]

Good grief have you never seen the Michael Caine movie? ..thats where the quote from the start of the song is from! :)

[SimonB198207]

1996, chuffin' heck...... - what do you reckon, we don't get stuff like this anymore do we?

cool tune

[TheJohns1984]

I would love to have this Neils voice

[DarkMessiah6]

I learned to play bass by playing along to some of their songs, this one was awesome :D

btw have you noticed that there are no copyright claims on their songs?

hmm I wonder WHY

[tommy444777]

why?

[DarkMessiah6]

cuz they're not under the corporations that run the business

so, basically, any crappy R&B vid would be blocked due to copyright, yet no one points out infringements regarding the DC

not saying they should, just pointing out double standard

[pehf1rules]

You tit !!

[CharlyXD09]

Best song ever!

I love The Divine Comedy

[perradepaja]

Great song !!

Sexy voice, Neil

[ilovemred]

Jude LAw v. Michael Caine. are u kidding?

MC is the man~~

[THEBOUCLETTE]

un groupe IRLANDAIS et un role joué par JUDE LAW,que demande le peuple =D

I Looove [L]

[edmame]

had to listen to this ASAP, after learning 13 yr old alfie is NOT THE FATHER!

[schutzstaffell]

shut up

[BusySlim]

there best song sure, but who the fuck is alfie anyway? ;-)

[Wifesitter]

It's a reference to the 1966 film Alfie (which was just re-made, apparently)

[Videodrome92]

I never saw the orginal heard it's good Michael Caine is good but who chose Jude Law for that role he's a underqualified mediocre actor if u ask me.

[edmame]

a "true" remake with rhys darby will be most ideal!

[Videodrome92]

Murrary! I love Flight of the Conchords that would be a funny episode.

[noezito8]

You can't talk like that about the role of Jude Law if you didn't even see the Caine's movie, the role that Law played as Alfie was very good in this time-adapted film, but the Caine's Alfie was very good and you can take that to the bank!

[barryboogle]

Could somebody put any footage of FROG PRINCESS on please.TDC best song.

[barryboogle]

Done!!!

[emellemc]

you been out with one of them too?

[pehf1rules]

I too think this was their best song.

[BarnetDan]

Great song, one of their best singles by far

[lemon1215]

i like his voice.

[wakingneddevine]

It's funny because he doesn't really LOOK like a Casanova type(in this video hehe)..but with a voice and talent like that..he could land any lady.

[paulwall1981]

@wakingneddevine. I think he is allready married. But your right he has a truly amazing talent and voice. I am really glad he had success becuase he is a brilliant song wirtter as well.

[flowster25]

@paulwall1981 he was and has a son about 5 or 7 yrs old. he is now living with his new GF.... as you can clearly hear on bang goes the knighthood record :-)

[weddingtheband]

please... please... come to germany!!!!!!!

[PencilSkirt95]

Such fun, this one!

[wearethemods1994]

Oh and I like the little jig he does at 2:50 lol

[niansenx]

I love the way you can click on 2:50 and see what your talking about!

[wearethemods1994]

If there's anyone who watches the show 'Frasier', is it just me or does Neil Hannon look really like Niles?

Great song, I love the DC, it's a shame that they are really underrated for such amazing music!

[Ad31179]

"Once, there was a time, i could blindfold myself, with love, but not now, now im resined" so true. love this song. Awesome!

[guysbitch]

The perfect pop song.

[largavidaalbaron]

aaah Que recuerdos me trae esta cancion, mis años de estudiante de dibujo mi novio y mi juventud, Te amo Neil !!

[nightfire620]

There i was in Morrisons Burton On Trent yesterday. I heard this come on over the P.A and it stopped me in my tracks. What a great little riff and bass line!

[martinevans123]

that's incredible

[DAWNHILLS]

Your comment made me laugh out loud. I think there are hidden subversives in charge of supermarket music cos every now and then a song will come on and you think WHAT! How come they are playing THIS? It has happened quite a few times in different shops and restores my faith in humanity!

[yhapster]

Hear hear - 'Step On' came over the Rainbow speakers a montha ago in Peterborough. I love dancing in the aisles...

[garagerockermadrid]

haha, you seem to have some quite fun supermarkets in the UK, guys!

[xMadelienex]

He sure loves starring in his videos doesn't Neil Hannon,and a good job too

[iancurtis86]

Jim Morrison a Neil Hannon? En el blanco de los ojos...

[milkycaherlistrane]

Is "The Popsingers Fear of the Pollen Count" on you-tube?? Great song, as is Frog Princess!!

[Madsennullo]

Bap bap bap...bap ba ba ba baaa ba bap...heh...love this song.

[milkycaherlistrane]

What a song!!!

[prezzakid]

I found Casanova in a cut out CD bin somewhere in the States( Figures) And i still rate this one up there with the best of them!!!God bless Neil Hannon

[tfwdraven]

Still my favourite Divine Comedy (Tied only with I've Been To A Marvellous Party). Thanks for uploading it!

[ebenezergoode]

I once saw them in Toronto and everybody in the place was siging along with this.

[Barnatanpereda]

como se parece la voz a la de Jim Morrison!!!!!!!

[lavverlylad]

Looks like Daniel Craig'sBond singing...

[tomogormanwakeboard]

This song is really really good ... just not quite as good as the french version. (By the way I'm deaf.)

[sergei73073]

everyone knows that no means yes,

[missotter]

thanks.  What a treat. He looks so young!

[chjorda]

yeah, sure! I bet he has a tight ass ready for love. Querelle's his nickname...uuuuhhhhhhh

[hippyhobgoblin]

Thanks for this video. Love this song :-)

[drlisa66]

Fab video! Thank you so much.

[roscoe26c]

Excelente, Neil Hannon puede ser profundo y gracioso a la vez, y jamás caer en la payasada o la estupidez.

[iancurtis86]

Qué buenos Divine Comedy y qué buena la música inglesa!

[BexTheFrogPrincess]

My favourite band EVER!! I love it when he sings "ahh Come On" .. and when he says "but not now" ... i love neil!

[ultraseb]

One of my favourite bands ever!! Makes me proud to be british with music like this^^

[dannirobot]

I love these guys thankyou so much for putting this video up :) Bravoo !!! I love neil hes a genius !

[Spikycheng]

lovely song and lovely video, just so cool and interesting... can;t find something similairto divine comedy. They are great and genius!

[Madsennullo]

Super cool...thx for sharing!

[MortensMinx]

Brilliant Vid, Loved It. Neils Vids Are So Hard To Come By So Thx :0)

[Mariares]

cool clip x) thanks

[frousstax]

you're welcome =)