Nice to see that so many people like this song. I am a big fan of the guys. Sadly (for us) the singer has left the band in november 2011. After 31 years. They always wrote everything themselves except the english lyrics. They made many many beautiful songs. They are the best. Thanks for posting the clip. Greetings from Holland.
I thought this was an Electric Light Orchestra song when it first came out, don't half sound like them with all those classical instuments and big sound.
@supernffc I can see why people would say that it sounds like The Beatles - the lead sounds a tad like Sir Macca - but for years I seriously thought that it was Queen, but with Brian May on lead vocals.
Incomparable! Please get togethersoon and do us something more with which to 'Keep the Dream Alive' - love this wonderful song so much. Thank you for sharing, Freiheit!
why does everybody associate this song with Christmas...It is one of the best songs ever produced...and should be played a lot more. It has feeling and character and great lyrics which you can actually here...very dramatic. Heard this song for the first time today on Mansfield 103.2 and I ultimatley thought wow...who sings this peice of brilliance.
@PhilM70 No Phil, this is a song for a Brand New Year! Everytime I hear this,brings tears in my eyes (of joy). Maybe (Münchener) Freiheit should reproduce this incredible song im Deutch...This is really a amazing song!!
This song really moves me every time I hear it and I'm a soul man.First time I've seen this video,I think it's excellent and I agree about the 'deserves a fucking million views' but I would never say fucking in a comment on YouTube...definitely fucking not..fuck that for a game of soldiers.
Christmas without Freiheit, The Waitresses and Jona Lewie is like turkey without stuffing. These aren't novelty one-xmas-wonders recorded to make a quick buck (like this year's Carey/Bieber bullshit). These are classics that will survive down the generations and be played long after our deaths.
Fantastic song. So glad I found this. Brings back memories. Emotional. Powerful song. It does sound like a McCartney song! Thanks for posting this classic!! ;)
i've been looking for this song for the past 15 minutes or so. it was on the radio and my dad said it was paul mccartney but its not!! i had said 'i love this song!!' i had to sing the chorus in my head to try think of a possible name for the song !!!
I've been listening to this song (way more than is healthy). I have come to the conclusion that the cellos add the epic and the brass add the splendour. A great use classical instrumentation in a modern popular form.
@Ainocorrida81 It sounds nothing like ELO - the drumming is better for one thing!
Any pop song with an orchestral accompaniment seems to draw the ELO/Beatles/Wings comparison, but you could just as easily compare it to some of the production David Foster did for (say) EW&F and Chicago - the triplet run out of the bridge at 2:30 is a direct lift from Chicago's "Hard habit to break".
@pomoeeyore It sounds nothing like ELO and the drumming is better?
I take it you are deaf.And as for the drumming I'm sure Bev Bevan could do this rhythm with his big toe.In fact anyone could do this after a 10 minute drum lesson.Songs like this don't need Louis Bellson fills.
Heard this song this morning at work, Loooooooong time since I heard it last, absolutely love it, but if you think about it, by listening to this one we have all lost the game around 1:05 is the first time and theres a couple more besides ;-)
But anyhoo, thanks for uploading this, lovely song!
made me think immediately,ELO,but backing band and was not there.......nor was Jeff Lynn..??...good copy,also your video ideas have been reworked! Try the Proclaimers!!??,but music has to come around again..look at Olly Murs,it works...In the right environment!
@MultiGeraghty It isn't uncommon for non-native English speakers to loose their natural accents when singing pop music. If you watch European versions of shows such as X Factor - particularly the Dutch version - they don't sing with an accent at all. And of course, some of us Brits sound a tad American when we sing pop songs.
I'm not sure if that's the greatest video ever, though, because it gives me nightmares...don't ask why!
Like this song very much and thanks for posting it. By the way, if you want a similar vocal sound, try Mike Batt (not a million miles away in style, either).
Totally marvellous. Haven''t heard this for years and suddendly thought I wonder if Utube has it. Super wonderful great marvellous. Thank you so so much. My day is complete!!!!
I just had a moment of awe...Heard this song years ago, (on the B-side 45 RPM single I used to have) but would it be in the charts today it would still have many fans. Just amazing! After all these years, i'm still impressed by the music and the vocals/harmony, timeless!
This song is one of the best songs at Old Trafford these days. Fantastic stuff. Manchester United, Keeping the dream alive, good luck lads, wrap up the premiership ASAP & then take on mighty Barcelona. BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE!
@TheIdentCritic Thats fantastic. It is such a difficult song to find. I am struggling to find any compilation with it on too. The only way I can listen to it is if I play it on YouTube while in the house. Do you have an email address?
I love this song. It brings back so many memories from my childhood. Does anyone have a copy of this song as an MP3 that they can send to me? I will provide a CD. I cannot find it anywhere and the version on itunes is in German.
@Jen171079 The English versions of this album and the other two have been recently released as part of a three-in-one, available at Amazon. (It won't let me post a URL here, but go to amazon.com and search "munchener freiheit 3in1 vol. 4."
@tauralia what a song it always brings back happy memories my last year before i moved out from home. u cry away babes coz the game will never be over xxx
@tauralia what a song it always brings back happy memories my last year before i moved out from home. u cry away babes coz the game will never be over xxx
One small caveat on my earlier statement: If you like this song I would recommend checking out the German original as they get a better harmony and don't hum the last line Münchner Freiheit "Solang' man Träume noch leben kann - live
I like this song not only because of the relationship connotation. It has much to say regarding the unassailable nature of the human spirit . It has a "no, the line is drawn here!" sense to it, that transcends words. (in that wonderful way song has of being the picture that paints 1000 words). It inspires hope and dogged determination at the same time. A rare, rare thing in an age of throw away ballads. Truly one in a million.
@clymangus Hello . I really love these sentiments expressed so eloquently here. You have encapsulated the spirit of the beauty in the song . The refrain " The dream will never be over " expresses the hopeless , yet irresistable wonder of love ; even love which is battered beyond redemption. You really have to hang on to your dreams ; tho' they be battered and bruised .... david byrne
Part of the reason it's meaningful to me is that it peaked in the UK charts in early 1989. Ten months later millions of East Germans (who had been keeping the dream alive) finally got freedom - or in German, Freiheit.
It just captures the moment - same as the Scorpions did with Wind of Change two years later.
@woodster1965 You are right haha. The lyrics are not the same however. Alot of the music today is just a copy off the older stuff. Usually it doesnt even say "cover" on it. For example: "Africa" by Karl Wolf the chorus is a direct copy off of Toto's origional version. As well as the song "Rich Girl". Down with webster actually uses a part of Hall and Oats origional version. I think it is bullshit..
Always reduces me and my dad to tears or at least me to goose bumps! - what an amazing song. Goes with the Flying Pickets, and Spread a Little Happiness, Peter Skellern - You're a lady In the songs my daddy loves. All have very special memories for me. FANTASTIC!
Always reduces me and my dad to tears - what an amazing song. Goes with the Flying Pickets, and Spread a Little Happiness, Peter Skellern - You're a lady In the songs my daddy loves. All have very special memories for me. FANTASTIC!
I think its a shame that this is classed as a Christmas song. It only entered the UK charts in early December, so its as much a Christmas song as an X-factor but so so much better! Should have had so much more air-play on radio
I echo all the 'childhood', 'been looking for this for years' comments - when are we going to see a modern release, perhaps speeded up? My Mum first introduced this to me, probably 15 years ago, and to this day I remember the chorus. Ace. Love you, Mum. x
I find this song spiritually uplifting: The pain of separation combined with the belief that love never dies - and will return one day in a different life or dimension. Perhaps this is why it's so popular at Christmas, and has become an "honourary" Christmas song.
Oh by the way, the song was written by two band members Aron Strobel and Stefan Zauner lyrics by Tim Touchton and Curtis Briggs. It was the first track on and album by the band called 'Fantasy'. I am sure that Sir Paul McCartney or any other leading songwriter would love to have written this song.......pleased you like it by the way.
Oh how music has gone downhill since the days of this kind of thing. Superb track, brilliant video.
I hope the younger generations continue to find quality of this kind and realise how shit things are now. Maybe then the quality will improve again.
hardwire5000 3 hours ago
Cant get this on iTunes yet...which sucks!!
frogfishfoot 1 day ago
wow!!! after 20 years... thanks!
dgionescu 1 week ago
this is the best music can get, 1986 /87 remember it forever
cujo9 1 week ago
Everytime I feel at my lowest... This and a few others keeps me believing.
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. ~ Henry David Thoreau
foxmakeba 2 weeks ago in playlist All Music 4
notice they have their eys are closed? they are dreaming anyway. suits the title. dreaming of success
solokinks 3 weeks ago
a very pleasant song, much cooler and awesomer than today's music, live on classics!!
solokinks 3 weeks ago
Nice to see that so many people like this song. I am a big fan of the guys. Sadly (for us) the singer has left the band in november 2011. After 31 years. They always wrote everything themselves except the english lyrics. They made many many beautiful songs. They are the best. Thanks for posting the clip. Greetings from Holland.
MFfan4ever 4 weeks ago
I love this. It inspires emotion immediately.
meg38301 1 month ago
I thought this was an Electric Light Orchestra song when it first came out, don't half sound like them with all those classical instuments and big sound.
RustiSwordz 1 month ago
Does anyone else remember the rumours about this lot being the Beatles in disguise?
supernffc 1 month ago
@supernffc Did people really say that?
jemmabond 1 month ago
@jemmabond Yes there were strong rumours that the Beatles had recorded this song in secret. It has got a very beatle-ish feel to it after all
supernffc 1 month ago
@supernffc I can see why people would say that it sounds like The Beatles - the lead sounds a tad like Sir Macca - but for years I seriously thought that it was Queen, but with Brian May on lead vocals.
jemmabond 1 month ago
@jemmabond It was something to do with the star club in hamburg being on the Grosse Freiheit (apparently)
supernffc 1 month ago
This song doesnt appear to be on Itunes.
1FineYoungCannibal 1 month ago
@1FineYoungCannibal Apparently, this song IS on itunes, but they are listed as Freiheit.
jemmabond 1 month ago
One of the most incredible videos I have seen on here, and what a song.. Brilliant, thank you!
Derwentcub 2 months ago
couldnt sound anymore like paul mccartney even if you tried
mrjoew8 2 months ago
@mrjoew8 I thought that too.
1FineYoungCannibal 2 months ago
Reminds me of "All Through The Night"
JarradKevin 2 months ago
Incomparable! Please get togethersoon and do us something more with which to 'Keep the Dream Alive' - love this wonderful song so much. Thank you for sharing, Freiheit!
VenturaPV1 2 months ago
They just don't make 'em like this anymore. Ah.. Nostalgia
scowil456 2 months ago
Mark ronson brought me here!
PardonMonFrancais 2 months ago
why does everybody associate this song with Christmas...It is one of the best songs ever produced...and should be played a lot more. It has feeling and character and great lyrics which you can actually here...very dramatic. Heard this song for the first time today on Mansfield 103.2 and I ultimatley thought wow...who sings this peice of brilliance.
PhilM70 2 months ago
@PhilM70 No Phil, this is a song for a Brand New Year! Everytime I hear this,brings tears in my eyes (of joy). Maybe (Münchener) Freiheit should reproduce this incredible song im Deutch...This is really a amazing song!!
ludo281160 2 months ago
wow. i didn't realise charlie sheen could sing like paul mcCartney
FretLegendSmithy 2 months ago 7
I always thought this was e.l.o.
tonymontana1974 2 months ago
This song really moves me every time I hear it and I'm a soul man.First time I've seen this video,I think it's excellent and I agree about the 'deserves a fucking million views' but I would never say fucking in a comment on YouTube...definitely fucking not..fuck that for a game of soldiers.
bassistlovesjamerson 2 months ago 2
One of the most beautiful songs and performances ever...........
NBDekker 2 months ago
What an incredible piece of music. Nothing more to be said.
BlackKeyRecords1 2 months ago
Close your eyes, this guy sounds like McCartney.
1FineYoungCannibal 2 months ago
My favourite christmas song that doesn't mention christmas
vosblod 2 months ago
This occasionally appears on Christmas CD compilations in the UK. I agree. I couldn't imagine listening to it at any other time.
EnglishmaninPoland 2 months ago
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Christmas without Freiheit, The Waitresses and Jona Lewie is like turkey without stuffing. These aren't novelty one-xmas-wonders recorded to make a quick buck (like this year's Carey/Bieber bullshit). These are classics that will survive down the generations and be played long after our deaths.
BigEricHunt 2 months ago
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BigEricHunt 2 months ago
wow. people say oasis sound like the beatles.
FretLegendSmithy 2 months ago
Fantastic song. So glad I found this. Brings back memories. Emotional. Powerful song. It does sound like a McCartney song! Thanks for posting this classic!! ;)
PhuxAche1972 2 months ago
@1860george
Similar to what I was saying yesterday. What the hell happened to music?
LindaGeorge 2 months ago
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Crazy123456789740 2 months ago
Sounds very much like a Macca tune circa 1983!
Germany's greatest pop song? It's a toe to toe with 99 Red Balloons!
grandeschnezzer 2 months ago
@grandeschnezzer You're thinking "Pipes of Peace", no?
pomoeeyore 2 months ago
i've been looking for this song for the past 15 minutes or so. it was on the radio and my dad said it was paul mccartney but its not!! i had said 'i love this song!!' i had to sing the chorus in my head to try think of a possible name for the song !!!
XToffiTaraX 2 months ago
" Beat me up , Cut me down ,
,Still , I will never, ever frown ,
All I need , when my dreams bleed ,
Is just to feel , This wonderous steal,
From Heaven's Door , cant ask for more !
LOVELY HEALING SWEETNESS.
David Byrne. ©davidbyrne2010.
daisyb333 2 months ago
I only ever here this song once in a blue moon at Christmas on the radio...seriously should get A LOT more radio play me thinks!! :)
lilIrishgem 2 months ago 10
Does anyone else think he sings "...and while the bastard's calling" at .43?
darrenchadwick 3 months ago 2
@1982cherrydrops - it is available on iTunes in the UK - the band is listed as Freiheit.
adrianjohnson2 3 months ago
I've been listening to this song (way more than is healthy). I have come to the conclusion that the cellos add the epic and the brass add the splendour. A great use classical instrumentation in a modern popular form.
clymangus 3 months ago 2
I love this sooo much! It reminds me of being young and carefree! WHY is it not available on iTunes :-( x
1982cherrydrops 3 months ago
Basically sounds like E.L.O. with Paul McCartney on vocals. None the worse for it.
Ainocorrida81 3 months ago 2
@Ainocorrida81 It sounds nothing like ELO - the drumming is better for one thing!
Any pop song with an orchestral accompaniment seems to draw the ELO/Beatles/Wings comparison, but you could just as easily compare it to some of the production David Foster did for (say) EW&F and Chicago - the triplet run out of the bridge at 2:30 is a direct lift from Chicago's "Hard habit to break".
pomoeeyore 2 months ago
@pomoeeyore I utterly ceed to your clearly superior musical knowledge. I wish you all the best for a very happy 2012.
Ainocorrida81 2 months ago
@pomoeeyore It sounds nothing like ELO and the drumming is better?
I take it you are deaf.And as for the drumming I'm sure Bev Bevan could do this rhythm with his big toe.In fact anyone could do this after a 10 minute drum lesson.Songs like this don't need Louis Bellson fills.
droverarden 2 months ago
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vegunited06 3 months ago
I bought this single back in the 1980's. I've always loved it.... mixture of Christmas and football......
shazcad 3 months ago
A much underplayed song for sure
tube2007rhw 3 months ago
Heard this song this morning at work, Loooooooong time since I heard it last, absolutely love it, but if you think about it, by listening to this one we have all lost the game around 1:05 is the first time and theres a couple more besides ;-)
But anyhoo, thanks for uploading this, lovely song!
Mainlyabel 3 months ago
made me think immediately,ELO,but backing band and was not there.......nor was Jeff Lynn..??...good copy,also your video ideas have been reworked! Try the Proclaimers!!??,but music has to come around again..look at Olly Murs,it works...In the right environment!
allisonfair 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
love it, it was on my radio station this morning called 97.4rockfm i was like I LOVE THIS SONG! x
xSarah7x 3 months ago
The greatest video EVER!!! and a truly wonderful performance. Where did they learn to sing in English without any hint of a German accent??
MultiGeraghty 3 months ago
@MultiGeraghty It isn't uncommon for non-native English speakers to loose their natural accents when singing pop music. If you watch European versions of shows such as X Factor - particularly the Dutch version - they don't sing with an accent at all. And of course, some of us Brits sound a tad American when we sing pop songs.
I'm not sure if that's the greatest video ever, though, because it gives me nightmares...don't ask why!
jemmabond 2 months ago
ELO meets Eurovision meets Christmas
KarenMCRmy 3 months ago
Why has McCartney done this?
MrCRM114 3 months ago
@MrCRM114 What do you mean? It was Munchener Freiheit who originally done this song.
Supersweetguy 3 months ago
wow , 14 years since i heard this .keeping the dream alive , what a message!!!!!!!!!!!!
dudeyfeb88coach 3 months ago
Still as good as the first time I heard it
cuety61 4 months ago
I love this song with all my heart, but the video frightens the living hell out of me...all those body-less hands playing those instruments!
jemmabond 4 months ago
@jemmabond Well it was the 80's we had new tech, everyone was like; FOMG! BLUESCREEEEEN!
If you take a look at a fair few of the music vids of the time, yeah, the tech boys were having FUN!
Sorry for the creep show, boys with toys.....You know how it is. We do it because we can, not because we should...... :D
clymangus 4 months ago
Amazing!!! Not a trace of a Bavarian accent!!!
MultiGeraghty 4 months ago
Aweswome Xmas tune...& yeah..sounds like McCartney!! :-)
redcarladuk 5 months ago
can't wait for Katie Melua's version of this song!
Iamasensitiveperson 5 months ago
Love this track.
greensville 5 months ago in playlist greensville's Favorited Videos
You can find the english version on i-tunes on Haynes Ultimate Guide To The 80s
LEE1569 5 months ago
Very romantic and dreamy... great when you are in love, especially at Christmas time! Marvellous!
MrEvad65 5 months ago
True, it sounds like Mc Cartney in the 80s, The Frog Song etc!
iso2000zoe2006 5 months ago
WHY CAN'Y I GET THIS SONG ON I-TUNES?!?
Redlenzman 6 months ago
until a couple of weeks ago i could watch this vid on my iphone . now it says that this vid cannot be played on iphone. please fix . thank you
jennypatt1972 6 months ago
Pure german classical! 207 557
Embrace731 6 months ago
I also thought it was Paul McCartney, I do know Freihiet are playing with the London Philharmonic Orchestra on this song
paulhalfpint 6 months ago
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Mugsy1949 6 months ago
This video deserves a fucking billion views....
mickiepyro 7 months ago 34
My favourite German group.Too bad they didnt have more hit songs in the UK. I had 2 of their albums on vinyl,1 in German,they were great.
welshybeii 7 months ago
Is that Mel Gibson on the drums?
TheMusicmakesmehigh 7 months ago
This is one of my favorite tracks of that band ;)
sushifornico 7 months ago
I always thought the beegees sang this
AJatethewaffles 8 months ago
E. L. O.
fisiofan 8 months ago
Like this song very much and thanks for posting it. By the way, if you want a similar vocal sound, try Mike Batt (not a million miles away in style, either).
s10m0t10n 8 months ago
lyrics
hchcey 8 months ago
guilty pleasure,love it!!!!
jessylish 8 months ago
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL SONG AND VIDEO AND FANTASTIC ALBUM, "FANTASY", FROM THIS GERMAN BAND OF 80'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheAha1988 8 months ago
I always thought that it was Paul McCartney who sang this.
paduapete1 8 months ago 7
@paduapete1 Funny that, I always thought it was The Beatles, because I could and still can hear Paul McCartneys voice.
Ironic thing is that if it was Paul McCartney's song it would have been massive, funny what a name does to a song.
nottsaboutart 2 months ago
Totally marvellous. Haven''t heard this for years and suddendly thought I wonder if Utube has it. Super wonderful great marvellous. Thank you so so much. My day is complete!!!!
haddyanne 8 months ago
Many people thought they sounded like Paul McCartney / Wings when this came out, me included.
It sounds just as good in the german version
jmlotk 8 months ago
I just had a moment of awe...Heard this song years ago, (on the B-side 45 RPM single I used to have) but would it be in the charts today it would still have many fans. Just amazing! After all these years, i'm still impressed by the music and the vocals/harmony, timeless!
Gasselternijveensche 9 months ago
♥ الحرية ♥ #Liberty ☼ #Libertad ♫ #Freiheit ♪
GreenGoSolar 9 months ago
the video is wtf but the song is amaaaazing!
sushifornico 9 months ago
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GreenGoSolar 9 months ago
as a queen fan, i thought it was brian may singing,
shaftsbury94 9 months ago 3
The Best song..
kukikunyuk 10 months ago
Yes, it sounds very much like Paul McCartney - and the harmonies very Beatles-like - still an excellent pop song.!
JEAMILEMUSIC 10 months ago 2
Yes, it sounds very much like Paul McCartney - and the harmonies very Beatles-like - but it's still an excellent pop song.!
JEAMILEMUSIC 10 months ago 2
Is this song about memories of the Beatles?
lynwoodbear 10 months ago
This song is one of the best songs at Old Trafford these days. Fantastic stuff. Manchester United, Keeping the dream alive, good luck lads, wrap up the premiership ASAP & then take on mighty Barcelona. BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE!
thepeacock 10 months ago
you'll be able to find this on the sound track of "say anything" with john cusack very good sound track.
jesuspsr1 10 months ago
Brilliant song, but why oh why do some people always think this is a Christmas song..in UK..odd?
coxybhoy2008 10 months ago
Truly inspirational!!!!! :D Never fails to bring tat strange n happy uplifting feeling deep down :)))))
mrkoolmarky 10 months ago
Great! Been looking for this song for such a long time!! Had difficulty partly beacus he sounds so much like the lead for the Beatles!
hukuando 10 months ago
@TheIdentCritic Thats fantastic. It is such a difficult song to find. I am struggling to find any compilation with it on too. The only way I can listen to it is if I play it on YouTube while in the house. Do you have an email address?
Jen171079 10 months ago
@Jen171079 It's a classic and perfection.
thatsthewayitgoes09 10 months ago
@thatsthewayitgoes09 Stange how you can listen to music yet you claim you're deaf. Good one.
GhastlyCretin85 5 months ago
@Jen171079 Just download ''youtube'' downloader and then convert the file into mp3.
stuartfleming 10 months ago
@stuartfleming I managed to download and convert this quite easily. Thank you for your help!
Jen171079 9 months ago
I love this song. It brings back so many memories from my childhood. Does anyone have a copy of this song as an MP3 that they can send to me? I will provide a CD. I cannot find it anywhere and the version on itunes is in German.
Jen171079 10 months ago
@Jen171079 The English versions of this album and the other two have been recently released as part of a three-in-one, available at Amazon. (It won't let me post a URL here, but go to amazon.com and search "munchener freiheit 3in1 vol. 4."
kevmac1 10 months ago
Simply beautiful....
Josh901109 11 months ago
beautiful song!
thanks for uploading
007lennon 11 months ago
This always reminded me of E.L.O. So similar!
yorkie6687 11 months ago 25
@yorkie6687 yes! the melody and the arranging is good, beatles like
vicfra64 6 months ago
@yorkie6687 It is very ELO'ish. That's a great compliment. Its magic.
spoonfulofdreams 4 months ago
Have a look at American Idol this song being performed by a group of teenaged students (I think) Really good. A truly wonderful song!
MultiGeraghty 11 months ago
The first place I heard this song was on the old Sky Radio. Brilliant tune.
thekingblaa 11 months ago
Wish you could get this on iTunes .... brilliant :)
patjmarsh 11 months ago
Love it happy memories.
SummerIsK 1 year ago
One of those songs that hits your sentiment with a bullseye: tremendous.
21shergar 1 year ago
To use that silly American phrase... "Totally awesome
MultiGeraghty 1 year ago
What a brilliant tune and video.
bAzTNM 1 year ago
@blueroomexit Ha! They do sound like a cross between Paul McCartney and ELO. Lovely song
joemacn41 1 year ago
they played this op my grandpa´s funerall i always cry when i hear this
tauralia 1 year ago
@tauralia what a song it always brings back happy memories my last year before i moved out from home. u cry away babes coz the game will never be over xxx
richadean8 1 year ago
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@tauralia what a song it always brings back happy memories my last year before i moved out from home. u cry away babes coz the game will never be over xxx
richadean8 1 year ago
This sing always takes me back to a special Xmas. What a song !! perfect!!!
richadean8 1 year ago
One of my fave songs of all time- perfect!
TheJmusic1 1 year ago
@blueroomexit i DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS BUT LOVED IT. I love them at Eurovision 1993.
missgreeneyes56 1 year ago
One small caveat on my earlier statement: If you like this song I would recommend checking out the German original as they get a better harmony and don't hum the last line Münchner Freiheit "Solang' man Träume noch leben kann - live
clymangus 1 year ago
I like this song not only because of the relationship connotation. It has much to say regarding the unassailable nature of the human spirit . It has a "no, the line is drawn here!" sense to it, that transcends words. (in that wonderful way song has of being the picture that paints 1000 words). It inspires hope and dogged determination at the same time. A rare, rare thing in an age of throw away ballads. Truly one in a million.
clymangus 1 year ago
@clymangus Hello . I really love these sentiments expressed so eloquently here. You have encapsulated the spirit of the beauty in the song . The refrain " The dream will never be over " expresses the hopeless , yet irresistable wonder of love ; even love which is battered beyond redemption. You really have to hang on to your dreams ; tho' they be battered and bruised .... david byrne
daisyb333 1 year ago
@daisyb333 Seconded.
Part of the reason it's meaningful to me is that it peaked in the UK charts in early 1989. Ten months later millions of East Germans (who had been keeping the dream alive) finally got freedom - or in German, Freiheit.
It just captures the moment - same as the Scorpions did with Wind of Change two years later.
pomoeeyore 2 months ago
Quite possibly my all-time favourite song
joeyinozy 1 year ago
looks like 5 folks aren't keepin the dream alive
kenharris2121 1 year ago
listen to the chorus then listen to the chorus of All Thru The Night by Cyndi Lauper...pretty similar?
woodster1965 1 year ago
@woodster1965 You are right haha. The lyrics are not the same however. Alot of the music today is just a copy off the older stuff. Usually it doesnt even say "cover" on it. For example: "Africa" by Karl Wolf the chorus is a direct copy off of Toto's origional version. As well as the song "Rich Girl". Down with webster actually uses a part of Hall and Oats origional version. I think it is bullshit..
SpencerM1A1 1 year ago
Always reduces me and my dad to tears or at least me to goose bumps! - what an amazing song. Goes with the Flying Pickets, and Spread a Little Happiness, Peter Skellern - You're a lady In the songs my daddy loves. All have very special memories for me. FANTASTIC!
TheSamuel2410 1 year ago
Always reduces me and my dad to tears - what an amazing song. Goes with the Flying Pickets, and Spread a Little Happiness, Peter Skellern - You're a lady In the songs my daddy loves. All have very special memories for me. FANTASTIC!
TheSamuel2410 1 year ago
This would be an amazing football song
alexxxxnine 1 year ago
I think its a shame that this is classed as a Christmas song. It only entered the UK charts in early December, so its as much a Christmas song as an X-factor but so so much better! Should have had so much more air-play on radio
ghandisandal 1 year ago
Didn't know Dylan Moran was a pop singer....(jk) :-P :D
This tune rocks. It's my favourite Xmassy tune! It should be played more often.
InfernalNightfaery 1 year ago
I echo all the 'childhood', 'been looking for this for years' comments - when are we going to see a modern release, perhaps speeded up? My Mum first introduced this to me, probably 15 years ago, and to this day I remember the chorus. Ace. Love you, Mum. x
monkeymrw 1 year ago
Been looking for this for years..... Love it to bits !!!!
smpo49 1 year ago
wow wow wow ive finally found it wip-d-wee-waah!!!!!!!!been searchin 4 ags:):)::):)
wotsgonon1 1 year ago
5 people don't want to keep the dream alive :(
tab8k 1 year ago
I do love this song - shame they only play it on the radio at christmas time
coolcattigger 1 year ago
why did ngamer post a link to this?
SiberianHuskyF1 1 year ago
this song is sooo fkin awesome takes me back to my childhood11/10 I love it
richadean8 1 year ago
Like the guy here who tohught they wer Paul mcCartney and Wings - for years I was sure they were ELO...
nirsul 1 year ago
@nirsul I agree, you'd swear it was Jeff Lynne from ELO on the vocals.
pypeworld 1 year ago
Stupid me, always thought this was Sir Paul M and the Wings, this Is what happens If you dont do your research lol.
This song has many reasons to like It, "many high 5s" to marginline for the quality vid!.
cfwbdude 1 year ago
Great song, but can't stop thinking of pipes of peace!
DaveTheLu 1 year ago
Is it just ne? Or does he really sound like Paul McCartney?
MrLittlelionman 1 year ago 37
@MrLittlelionman
the first 10 times i heard it i was convinced it was paul mccartney
rancidrancidrancid33 1 year ago
@MrLittlelionman You arent the only one. I first thought this was the whinging Scouser & Wings...
craigybus1 1 year ago
@MrLittlelionman The entire vocals sound like a "Wings"/ ELO production. Yep, he DOES sound like Macca!!
MultiGeraghty 1 year ago
@MultiGeraghty Cheers bud, Knew i weren't the only one!
MrLittlelionman 1 year ago
@MultiGeraghty That's exactly what I thought! :D
FxBeatz 11 months ago
@MrLittlelionman He definitely does ;)
FxBeatz 11 months ago
@MrLittlelionman I used to think it was Macca i love this song
Grahammd206 7 months ago
@MrLittlelionman You're right......They do sound alike!
TheJaking87 7 months ago
@MrLittlelionman
I always thought it was Paul McCartney!!!
darrsi 7 months ago
@MrLittlelionman I agree!
vicfra64 6 months ago
@MrLittlelionman He looks like George Harrison
gogogitter 5 months ago
I find this song spiritually uplifting: The pain of separation combined with the belief that love never dies - and will return one day in a different life or dimension. Perhaps this is why it's so popular at Christmas, and has become an "honourary" Christmas song.
BigEricHunt 1 year ago
awesome song, reminds me of Mc Cartney :-)
stevestone07 1 year ago
Oh by the way, the song was written by two band members Aron Strobel and Stefan Zauner lyrics by Tim Touchton and Curtis Briggs. It was the first track on and album by the band called 'Fantasy'. I am sure that Sir Paul McCartney or any other leading songwriter would love to have written this song.......pleased you like it by the way.
quaversnstuff 1 year ago