The Church- Under the Milky Way REACTION & REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
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though this is their most successful hit, my favourite church song is "unguarded moment" - worth a listen! 😊
Is this where you live ? Started my live
This song is probably my favorite track from the 1980s. I should point out that this song came out the year before Lovesong came out.
One of the most nostalgic song for me, that voice has such a comforting and enveloping sound it’s crazy to my ears and the melody is haunting. One of my favourites !!
The charm of this song has travelled through time. Same pleasure to hear now than when it was released. The Church was then one of my two fave bands. This song precedes "Love Song" from the Cure by one year.
the milky way from the middle of Australia is something you don't forget.
I know they were considered new wave / alternative back in the 80’s, but that is just an incredibly well crafted pop rock song!
Robert Smith has acknowledged the influence of this song on The Cure’s Lovesong and it also partly inspired another great late 1980’s alternative pop rock song Streets of Your Town by The Go-Betweens, written by Steve’s friend Grant McLennan. Steve and Grant went on to make two amazing albums together in the 90’s under the name Jack Frost - Jack Frost and Snow Job. Hard to find these days but well worth seeking out.
Great song from a great Australian band
Terrific song, great reaction. I also love those keys tinkling in the background... they add so much to the dreamy, haunting atmosphere of the song.
Call me anything just not late for dinna.
Great choice for a morning wakey wakey.
A little Sylvianesque vocals don’t you think.
Hadn’t really noticed the Cure tinge but I hear it now. Lovely.
Kia ora hello my friend i saw these guys in 1983 at the Sweetwaters music festival with my dad 13 years old
Balaam And The Angel "Light Of The World"
It is rumoured that Lovesong was inspired musically by Under the Milkyway - Robert Smith and Steve Kilbey do share a mutual admiration. And if you look up famous Fender Bass VI users - Robert Smith and Steve Kilbey are both prominently mentioned on the Fender website. Lots of similarities (and differences) in their music.
My #1 album of all time- if any album ever needed a deep dive its this one. perfect all the way through
You need to hit this band and this album Justin! It’s an 80s alternative masterpiece. Not a bad song on this album.
The album before it ‘Heyday’ is even better.
The church. Wonderful music from the late 80s and early 90s. There are so many bands from this time with a bundle of brilliant songs, like An emotional fish, Black (Wonderful life), Julian Cope or The Adventures. Try them out.
Good lord! I totally forgot about An Emotional Fish!! Thank you!!
Beautifully haunting vibe... Love it!
HELL YEAH. I remember hearing this song on the radio when it came out. This song is fabulous. Another one of those great post-punk bands with atmosphere where the lead singer plays bass, just like The Chameleons. Have covered both this and Reptile in one of my older goth bands, gossamer. Speaking of requests and The Cure... The rest of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is still sitting there for you haha.
I second that Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me suggestion.
Finally! 😁 Glad you got back to them. Starfish is definitely an album you should check out...and then there are 20+ other albums to enjoy, a monumental catalogue! Brilliant stuff.
Rhythm Corps "Common Ground"
"a solo composed with an EBow on a Fender Jazzmaster and recorded on a Synclavier, leading to a sound reminiscent of bagpipes."
The most criminally ignored band. Steve kilbey writes the best lyrics and has written close to 800 songs. Their 25 plus albums are guitar nirvana.
Yep, I too reckon this sounds like something by The Cure, especially their song 'I Will Always Love You' . This had been the only song by The Church I'd known until recently and since the late 80's.
Yes, parts are very reminiscent of The Cure’s “Love Song”- but Under The Milky Way song preceded it by a year
@@amyk9175 - Oh true! That Cure song actually is called 'Love Song'! Duh! 😅 I'd thought 'Disintegration' also was from '88, but you're right, it was released only a year later 😀 So maybe Bob & Co were actually influenced by The Church, on that one particular occasion!? 😊
Hmm... I've known this song since it came out and if ever it reminded me a bit of Echo and the Bunnymen and not at all of The Cure. But that's probably just the sound of Kilbey's voice.
This song was released one year before Love Song, for the record.
It is fair to say Church fans and Cure fans tending to be the same folks. The song has a very specific meaning. It relates to a story Kilby tells about a chance meeting late one night while touring America.
Robert and Steve have never met - but it turns out they have a mutual admiration for each other. Robert invited the Church to play at Cureation (I think it was?) - but he had to leave before they met. Both Robert and Steve are big users of the Fender Bass VI guitar - and there is a distinct similarity between the songs Lovesong and Under the Milkyway. I've always thought of the Church as the "Australian Cure".
Love song was inspired by Under The Milky Way. There’s an interview with Robert out there somewhere that I read years ago where he relates the story and another one where he mentions a list of bands that he used to listen to at the time to benchmark his music against.
The list included Siouxsie & The Banshees (obviously), New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs and The Church.
@@neumanmachine3781 That's a hell of a list - but considering the source not surprising.
@@deanmaynard8256 all of these bands were competing to exceed the standard of their peers in every release which is one reason why it was such a great period for music. You could also throw in groups like The Go-Betweens, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, R.E.M, Sonic Youth and others who were all pushing the boundaries at the time. It seemed to break down through the course of the 1990’s as music changed and became more fractured.
@@neumanmachine3781 very true
Marty Willson-Piper went on to join the UK band All About Eve, who are well worth checking out. Try Wishing the Hours Away or Martha's Harbour for a taster of their style...
Great track! And DON'T forget Incredible String Band... 😄
From this album, Reptile and North South East and West. Then, you can go back to Constant in opal or A month of sundays. There's so much more.
And if you want to do more from Australia, Try Re-Flex the Politics of Dancing album or Eurogliders, This Island album.
Go for it!
All my UK friends go wow when hearing Eurogliders and many bands of that great Oz music era. 'Heaven Must Be There' is an Australian classic.
@@ButtonPhonics That album was fantastic. I thought it was mostly overlooked here in the states. I really liked Nothing to say.
Holy cow, what a song...
I hid this song on my Spotify playlist 🤣
Seen these guys so many times -- the soundtrack of my teens and they are still great and play live quite often. Still love those African bagpipes!
Next could be Almost With You or Myrrh. Can’t go wrong with this band in any era of their catalog.
Every album is different enough but still has a dreamy trippy feel.
Lovesong came out after this song.
I’m nostalgic of walking around Birchgrove and Balmain markets going to my mates girlfriend Vanessa’s house… just loving this stuff
Funny you mention this sounds like “Lovesong” because this song came out the year prior. Maybe “Under the Milky Way” greatly influenced Robert Smith while recording Disintegration
Iconic late 80s alternative brilliance!!
I chose this song as the occasion for my annual visit to your channel.
Juuuuusst 🙂kiddiiiiiiiiiiinnngggg 🙃
😅Lol
I heard under the milky way on my car radio today,... then on my pandora,... and now this. Seriously, 3 times in one day from 3 different sources. My mother passed away last night. Is this a signal? If so, I don't know how to interpret it.
Saw them at a tiny venue a long LONG time ago. Good show. So very alt-80s.
The solo was composed with an EBow on a Fender Jazzmaster, and recorded on a Synclavier, leading to a sound reminiscent of bagpipes - thank you Wiki
Kind of - the Synclavier was actually playing a backwards sample of African bagpipes. The ebow guitar and the Synclavier were blended in the mix.
Awesome thanks so much for the additional clarification@@zoeherriot
@@GRAHAMESIMPSON NP - it’s definitely a hard one to decipher what’s going on - but luckily Steve Kilbey has given a few interviews where he was asked about that. :)
The main thing I remember about Steve's comments on the production of the song was how expensive it was - however it has obviously paid off over the long term@@zoeherriot
@@GRAHAMESIMPSON there’s a good interview with him talking about the writing of this song on Professor of Rock’s channel. It’s fairly recent.
My old cover band did this song. I used a harmonica sound on a keyboard to play the "solo".
The Cure, 1981- "Charlotte Sometimes", similar vibe.
Check out their song 'Metropolis'.
Very dreamy song... wish you would react to more 80s New Wave songs like this. "The more you live the more you love", "Space Age Love Song" by A Flock Of Seagulls
Great song. My wife thought it sounds more like Just Like Heaven, rather than Love Song. My I recommend Constant In Opal as your next outing with the Church?
Congrats on 30K subscribers :):):)
Thank you so much 😀
Love the church since 82
Damn, you are almost at 30k man! Congratulations!
Thanks Rico!🎉
Steve Kilby said this was a song about nothing. I also love his casual and off-hand singing style. It somehow works with the jangly guitars and ethereal background vibe. Great song and a huge radio hit here in Australia.
The Church song I consider to be the most representative of the band is North, South, East and West from the same album.
If you like ethereal ambient effects, check out Great Southern Land and Street Cafe by Icehouse. They are other wonderful Aussie songs from the same era in the 80s. There are great wall-of-sound guitars in Street Cafe.
"When you see the Southern Cross, for the first time. You understand, now why you came this way".'Cause The Church you're running from is so strong, But It's as big as the star -shine coming from The Milky Way. (Apologies to C.S.N. for altering the lyrics.). I will pray you play more. But as you sail South to Australia, stop in at "Cantaloupe Island", Herbie will put a little 'jazz' in your step! Peace & Love.
@JustJP......Excellent! Some tasty Oz rock. ''The Maven'' ''Love Blind'' ''After Everything'' are also worth a check from the Church. Another Aussie band from that era is Cruel Sea with Tex Perkins and my track picks would be ''Honeymoon is Over'' and ''Fangin' Hoons''
This is one of the best "one hit wonders" from the 80's. I have loved this song since it first came out. It was later part of the soundtrack for the movie "Donnie Darko", one of the truly great sci-fi films ever made, Jake Gyllenhaal and sister Maggie along with an absolute stellar cast (Jena Malone, Mary McDonald, Patrick Swayze (RIP), etc. etc.).
A must see!
They had more hits outside the USA. In Australia this song was a comeback for them after about four years out of the singles charts after. String of hits from 1981 - 84. They also had hits in places like Sweden, Canada and New Zealand before Under the Milky Way. All in the 1980’s. There’s a whole world outside the USA.
Big throwback for me. Had this album on cassette and wore it out.
Aussie new wave rock. Quite good but nothing truly that sticks in the mind, which is probably why I'd forgotten that I'd heard it back in 1988.
Yes its got the same riff as "Love song" that was released a year later, was Bob listening to this or was it just a coincidence? Steve says probably a coincidence.
It isn't bagpipes, btw: it's Ebow, I should know, given my user name haha.
Justin, if you really think "Under the Milky Way" sounds like The Cure, then wait until you hear their track "Constant in Opal" from their compilation album Remote Luxury, which brought together their 1984 EPs Persia and Remote Luxury. "Constant in Opal" sounds much more like The Cure from the mid-80s (aside from Steve Kilbey's more measured vocals as Robert Smith's is much more cartoonish).
The live version that they played up until 2018 (Peter’s last tour before he retired from the band) where they rock out with it with three guitars is absolutely awesome- doesn’t sound like a new wave pop song at all!
@@neumanmachine3781 I've heard a few recent live versions but I'm not entirely convinced by it. I prefer when Steve Kilbey plays bass on the verses, like on the original studio version or on the 88 tour.
It’s a beautiful song. Honestly, the bagpipe sounding section is my (comparatively) less favorite part. Everything else is so melodically brilliant and beautiful to listen to
Before hearing your reaction, I am going to guess that you get right into the groove of it. I love the song, and play it on guitar. Very easy. 4 chords basically in a round, but cool, mellifluous chords. It also showed up on the TV show Scorpion, with lovely Kat McPhee dancing to it. Gonna go verify...
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Whenever I hear this song I really enjoy it, but then I forget about. It's dreamy and atmospheric, but it doesn't stick with me as much as songs from their first album do. For me they've never topped the catchy rock of their debut, Of Skins and Heart. (The second cd I ever bought!) Check out For a Moment We're Strangers, The Unguarded Moment, Chrome Injury...well pretty much any song on the album. I was fortunate to meet the band a few times when they stayed at a hotel I managed and I was able to tell them how much that album meant to me.
The Cure's "Love Song" came out in 89 . So maybe Robert Smith was influenced by The Church.
The studio version is much better than the official video, you're right Justin, I always thought that in order to truly appreciate the song you need to listen to the studio version, I liked it, the beautiful sound of the guitars and the sounds shimmering with each other, 1988, the music was still on top and inspired.
Somewhere I got the acoustic versions of this and I dig it too. I mean, this is pretty acoustic but I don’t know, I’ll have to find it and see again…
If I can hear it correctly, it ends up with 5 guitars at the same time: Two acoustic guitars, two electric guitars and one bass. Great!
The whole album is fantastic, check out 'Destination' next.
FYI the title of their 1999 compilation album is "Under the Milky Way: The Best of The Church" so the band must hold this song in high regard as well. Besides that one I only have "Heyday" and "Gold Afternoon Fix". I need to dig deeper.
Been a fan since Heyday. They did not sit still. Try '82's Blurred Crusade holds up amazing well. Priest=Aura has some good stuff. Hologram of Baal a little later. Uninvited Like the Clouds even later. A few albums lag, but hard to go wrong. There is always something good there.
The new album The Hypnogogue is also worth listening to and a deluxe version has just been released on streaming.
sounds a lot like echo amd the bunnymen as well
Nice. They might have been an inspiration of Prof Pollard's band (since he's the Professor of Rock, and knows everything - Actually when you put it that way, they obviously have to be).
Not quite the same as *Pretty Bombs* , but they could all go to the same church. ua-cam.com/video/sFEKRKwRXug/v-deo.html
(Was that a bit of a stretch in the end?)
Completely out-of-the-blue recommendation on a Monday morning - "Bird In God's Garden/Lost and Found" by French Frith Kaiser Thompson. Feel like I just bought a lottery ticket :)
The Church have never put out a bad album. Even their weakest album is pretty good.
Great snare sound, helping break us away from so many lackluster 80s snare approaches. I wonder if you'd enjoy The Chameleons: ua-cam.com/video/u-GfHSYeXpY/v-deo.html
Excellent Australian band - this was their biggest hit, but (IMO) not their best song. And they have a LOT of great songs. Their whole "The Blurred Crusade" album is review-worthy. They're still going, too - they recently put out a new album ("The Hypnogogue"), which is about their 20th album. (Another shout out! Thank you!)
25th album.
What's your favourite Church song? Mine is Bel-air.
@@tullfan2560 They are all faves Life speeds up and Myrrh.
@@tullfan2560 Mmm. Tough one. Electric Lash, maybe? Kings? No Explanation?
mate... this is what the would is missing... Just saying... Thanks mate...
Never heard of them, but sounded like a sort of Aussie Smiths/Bunnymen hybrid, with just a smidge of Duran Duran thrown in. That said, though not awful, it was just very very ordinary. Heard it all before, nothing standout or of any real note.
The smiths formed because of this band.. Checkout their work because all their songs are different. Hotel womb is good.
@@paulcollins5586 Hmm, not sure that's quite the case re The Smiths formation... I've read a couple of the band joined up following a chat after attending a Church gig. But music-wise, Marr's said in interviews that they wouldn't exist if it wasn't for The Monochrome Set (brilliant band). I remember that cos TMS were one of my all time fave bands at that time too. Still are in fact, and if you've not heard them I'd advise you look them up, well worth a listen. I'd advise starting at the beginning and working forward, LP-wise :)
@@jfergs.3302 i have heard them. will check them out .The early church is more fast rock/pop so different to milky way and better. Whats the best album from the monochrome set.
@@paulcollins5586 It'd be tricky picking a fave. They've tons of good stuff, but they'd chop and change genres going from a catchy pop style to upbeat jazz, to 50's rock 'n' roll, and more. But generally all with, sharp, clever lyrics. Except for the 2 instrumentals they's usually put on the first half dozen albums or so. I'd start with their first, Strange Boutique', and if you liked it then maybe move on to the next.
And I'll add early Church to my playlist, and give that a whirl.
@@jfergs.3302 Thanks i will delve further. i liked the few tracks i heard. The church have done rock , jangle pop,ambient, psychadelic , goth, jazz,and weird stuff but all interesting.
Slowly getting sucked into the Aussies huh? A year from now you’ll have Cold Chisel on repeat while you’re sinking a slab of VB…