SUCH A FULL SOUND! First Time Hearing The Alan Parsons Project - The Eyes In The Sky Reaction!
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The Alan Parsons Project, known for their intricate sonic compositions and progressive rock influences, has left a significant mark on the music landscape. "Eye in the Sky" is one of their most famous tracks, recognized for its smooth production and introspective lyrics. This song captures the essence of the early 80s synth-pop and progressive rock blend, characterized by its melodic hooks and philosophical themes.
Join us as we listen to "Eye in the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project for the first time! This track is celebrated for its layered instrumentation and the ethereal quality of its soundscapes. Watch our reaction to see how we're captivated by the song’s production intricacies and the timeless quality of its melody.
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First Impressions: Our initial reactions to the song's iconic synth intro and the calm, commanding vocals.
Musical Analysis: A breakdown of the song’s arrangement, including its use of synthesizers, guitars, and vocal harmonies.
Lyric Interpretation: Discussing the themes of surveillance and personal introspection that run through the lyrics.
Overall Impact: Reflecting on how "Eye in the Sky" stands as a testament to The Alan Parsons Project's innovation and its influence on the genres of rock and pop.
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"The Sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing".
Love that line, genius.
“Wouldn’t want to be like you” is another great song from APP.
@douglasg.9271 Absolutely! Wouldn't Want To Be Like You is one of my favs.
absolutely
I wouldn't Want to Be Like You is the flip Side to Atlanta Rhythm Section's " So into You".
and not forgetting Mamma Gamme.... that bass
Alan Parsons was an engineer for the Beatles at Abbey Road studio and worked extensively with Pink Floyd. He came up with lots of major innovations including forms of multi-tracking with older equipment. He is a technical genius (as well as so many other plaudits.
He was the only engineer on Dark Side of the Moon. Ge was also the engineer on Al Stewart's 2 hits, Year of the Cat and Time Passages
Yep
He was too young to be the engineer for the Beatles
@@B.R.0101 He started working as an assistant at Abbey Road in 1967, age 18
@@badplay156 He was in fact, the producer of the trio of Al Stewart's most successful albums (Modern Times, YOTC, and Time Passages, all masterpieces of varying degrees, BTW).
“Don’t Answer Me” is another of their forgotten hits from the 80s
LOVE that song! Totally worth a reaction here!
@@RonaldSimkin The official video is very creative.
"I wouldn't want to be like you" and "Games people play" are great songs too but different again to this.
Love the song "Games People Play", good video too!
Alan Parsons has the most top tier fidelity in all of his productions. Alan Parsons said the idea of the song came from how cameras, satellites, etc and privacy were all disappearing in the modern age.
So many great songs. Breakdown, I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You, The Raven, Damned If I Do, Games People Play, Psychobabble, Prime Time, Don't Answer Me, You Don't Believe, Let's Talk About Me, Stereotomy, Freudiana, You're On Your Own, Upper Me.
Thank you for reacting to this song, please consider listening to Al Stewart’s song “ Year of the Cat”. Just not the live version please. Alan Parsons engineered this amazing song and I really believe you’ll enjoy it. Thanks for sharing your time with us.
He also produced and engineered Time Passages. That may be even better than Year of the Cat. And that's saying something.
Both were masterpieces
The album version 👍
The Old Grey Whistle Test live version of Year of the Cat is awesome.
@@jameswilson7790 Also Modern Times in 1975.
I bought the "I Robot" album on the day it hit the record stores...because it had a cool album cover. By evening all my friends were hooked too. Alan Parsons is a genius.
Alan Parson project was done by studio musicians and what a fantastic job they did.
Most were from the band Pilot but yes, had become session muso's for Parsons and Woolfson.
The "intro" is actually a separate song called "Sirius", but it also serves as an intro to "Eye in the Sky".
Favorite memory-I was a teenager babysitting a little 4 year old for the summer. She would sing Eye in the Sky and she was so cute!!
I remember in high school when this came out, the book "1984" was quite popular and many people thought that the eye in the sky was referring to Big Brother from the book.
I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You is another Great song from them.
ANYTHING from masterpiece APP album The Turn of a Friendly Card is brilliant.
Also a deep cut called “Prime Time” where the guitar is perfect.
Deep rabbit hole this.
👍 Agreed! The title track(s) and Games People Play are my favorite APP songs.
Side 2 in particular with the title suite is peak Parsons.
Love that album played the crap out of it .
You asked what part of Pink Floyd he engineered. He did ALL of Darkside of the Moon. He knew it was going to be special so took the shifts of the other engineers just so he could work on it
Fun fact: The intro to Eye in the Sky, also known as Sirius, was the entrance music for the Chicago Bulls during the Michael Jordan era. Also, Eye in the Sky was the biggest hit for The Alan Parsons Project, spending 3 weeks at #3 and 17 weeks in the BILLBOARD Top Forty in 1982.
Yep. Whenever I hear this I can only hear "Michael Jorden!"
Not an intro but the first song in the album.
@oskarobit I know what you're saying. It's just like Eruption and then the remake of You Really Got Me from the debut album by Van Halen. Even though they are separate song titles, many people consider them intro songs because the intro is an instrumental, unlike We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions by Queen from the album News of the World.
And pro wrestling legend Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat!!!
I remember that from growing up in the Chicagoland area (yes, we say Chicagoland), and it was amazing.....the intros at the start of the Bulls games gave chills and were so inspiring.
"Wouldn't Wamt To Be Like You" is another great one as well as "Games People Play".
Such a hypnotizing song
According to Alan Parsons, it’s about the ubiquity of surveillance cameras (even more relevant now), along referring to the surveillance cameras in casinos, commonly referred to as the “Eye in the Sky”. The lyrics “I am the Eye in the Sky”/Looking at you/I can read your mind/The maker of rules/Dealing with fools/I can cheat you blind…” is the best description of a casino I’ve ever heard.
It's also the goal of any surveillance state, the like of which can bee seen in the CCP, in China and it's the hopes of the UN's 15 minute city program.
The great guitarist Ian Bairnson died last year. Such a tasteful guitarist who knew just what to play. The ending solo on this track is just perfect.
Sorry to hear that. RIP Ian.
Check out "(The System of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether" from The Alan Parsons Project's 1976 debut album "Tales of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe", which has a more progressive vibe than heard in their later work. The lyrical and musical themes of this album are retellings of horror stories and poetry by Edgar Allan Poe. An impressive listen!
Always loved The Raven from the same album, too
I concur
@@pjjayhawk Even better if preceded by "A Dream Within A Dream", with Orson Welles narrating.
All his music has had that crispness you talked about. There is so much to choose from. "Old and Wise" is my standout piece. Emotional.
Yes, I totally agree. "Old and Wise" gets me every time. Beautifully sung by Colin Blunstone.
When this came out in 1982 I played it continuously on my drive to work and back. One of my most favourite ever tracks by anybody.
The intro- "Sirius" (as in the star), is a piece unto itself. But it sets up Eye in the Sky, so it is natural to play them together.
....And now the starting lineup for YOUR Chicago Bulls!!!
From North Carolina....
Glad Phil recognized the music right off the bat. 👍🏀
Parsons used different musicians and singers through different albums, so many great songs
Even so, many of the same musicians and singers performed on many of the albums. For example vocalist Lenny Zakatek and guitarist Ian Bairnson appeared on most if not all albums.
@@pjg58x Thanks for that good information!
Stuart Elliott on drums was there for much of time. Elliott played drums on The Alan Parsons Project third album, Pyramid,which would be the first of ten albums where he became part of the rhythm section, and he continued playing and contributed in the songwriting for the next three solo albums of Parsons.
Talent and perfection at all levels . "Time" is a great song also. Emphasizes the relentless and inevitable flow of time.
My favorite by them
@@keithcessna1 I bought my first APP album, Turn of a Friendly Card, because I heard Time on the radio. They became my favorite band.
@@aaronb.2177Times lyrics always get me…
"Games People Play" is another great track from this group.
Most common intro at sports stadiums, and Alan Parsons said in an interview, he didn't get a cent for it.
Breakdown and Don't Answer Me are two must reactions from The Alan Parsons Project
I saw APP in 1997 with Kansas which is one of my favorite bands. They (APP) put on the most perfect concert I’ve ever heard. No mistakes at all it was flawless. I was blown away. Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann was singing. At 56 years old he was incredible
The album cover for this record has the Eye of Ra on the cover. One of my cooler album covers to look at in my collection.
One of my favorite videos to watch is the one for "Dont answer me" .
The Eye of Horus, replacing his missing left eye, was used to resurrect his father Osiris. 😉
The whole LP is amazing, believe me!
Alan Parsons also engineered for Procol Harum and Al Stewart. He's responsible for adding the saxophone part to Stewart's "Year Of The Cat".
The very first Alan Parsons Project album was "Tales of Mystery and Imagination", inspired by the works of Edgar Allen Poe. He also wrote and recorded the music for the movie "Ladyhawke", starring Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick, and (a then-unknown) Michelle Pfeiffer.
Parsons is still writing, recording, and performing, although he has some mobility issues...not surprising for a man his size and age. I saw him live just a couple of months ago. Look for a track from his (I believe) most recent album, a performance called "One Note Symphony".
It starts out with Sirius and then melds to Eye In The Sky.
Most famously the intro to the Chicago Bulls.
He is just the best, and he is still putting out albums, and touring. He has a DVD of his concert in Colombia a few years back that is worth watching!
One of my favorite Alan Parsons Project songs is "Old and Wise"...
Alan Parsons did cop to a 1984 association on the album as a whole, telling Top 2000 a gogo: "We wanted to base the album on the sort of concept of big brother is watching you - there's always a camera watching you, there's always a helicopter in the sky overseeing you, and you can read a line of small newspaper print from space."
Alan Parsons Project was one of my favorite ‘bands’ for years. Turn of a Friendly Card is great all the way through. We used it to test stereo systems in the 80s. Try Anything Once is another great album with Three of Me, Turn It Up, Jigue, and Mr Time. They are not well known but still great tunes. Don’t forget Silence & I and Psychobabble from this album.
I was only five or six when this came out, so it's baked into my mind as one of those maximum nostalgia songs for me. The quality of it is one of the highest from a sound mixing and arrangement perspective, I doubt I'll ever get sick of hearing it.
Been a fan of Alan Parsons Project since 1976 when Tales Of Mystery And Imagination came out and honestly there is not a bad track in any of the first 10 albums. All of them are concept albums so they are all distinct from each other.
IIRC the Album Eye In The Sky was the first straight to digital recording which I think helps create that crispness. It was overly mixed and dubbed.
On a side note, back in 1982 when this was released, it wasn't rolled out everywhere at once. I was in Dallas Texas in June of 82 when I first heard it and when I got back home a day later, it was still a week or so before it was released in Oklahoma.
That intro is called Sirius. Composed by Alan Parsons and the great Eric Woolfson
This song makes most sense to me if you look at it as the eye in the sky being your inner moral self and comparing it to the thoughts and actions (maybe your non-moral self) you actually take. Sort of a conversation between the good part of you and the fool part of you.
The Eye is The Satellite watching every move you make.. Sirus is the name of the Intro
And that ladies and gentlemen, is why the 80s rule. Supposedly the inspiration was from noticing the cameras in the ceiling of a casino watching for card counters. Also about relationships. The sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing gets me every time. And it sounded just like this in 1982.
Ah, I thought always it was about satellite surveillance, maybe because of the word sky and heaving read many scifi novels (remember The Anarchistic Colossus by A.E. Van Vogt?)
Sounds just as good now as when I first heard it on the radio in high school. Parsons is a master at sound crafting with his audio mixes.
Aaah! I love this song - it’s been on my okay list forever! I’m sure you’ll both love it! ❤
This could easily be mistaken for a Pink Floyd song. The singer has a very similar tone to David Gilmour's vocals. Even the guitar sounds Gilmour-esque. "The sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing" is one of the best lyric lines ever. So relatable.
"Games People Play" is greatness!
Eric Woolfson sings vocals on this song. He had a fascination with all the hidden video cameras in the Vegas Casinos ,he would sit and try and figure out where the cameras were at. The cameras in all of the casinos are called Eye In The Sky!❤
I'm the maker of rules , dealing with fools, I can cheat you blind, I am the eye in the sky is about all the cameras in the casinos, the eye in the sky is basically the person behind the cameras watching the casino games & the card tables in casino.
The story I've heard about this song was the singer Eric Wolfson was spending a lot of time in casino's during this era and a lot of their songs have theme's around gambling. Especially the album: Turn of a Friendly Card.
Had never heard of them until I met my sweet husband in 1987. His favorite group. He passed away in 2010 but I listen to these guys and remember driving around in his Brat truck listening to them when we were dating. Love the line "the sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing". Great lyrics. Another great song is Don't Answer Me and the video is fun. Also Time is another good song. Very talented man.
And now your starting lineup for your world champion Chicago Bulls introduction while Sirius is playing.
LOL! This song was playing only about 15 minutes ago at the local supermarket (in Wellington, NZ)! 😄
They have a fairly recent concert album Alan Parsons Project live in Columbia. It was really good and it's on UA-cam. "Don't Answer Me" is actually sung by Alan himself. Two other song I really love are "Time" and "Old and Wise".
He is like, don’t lie to me. You’re transparent. So obvious. 😂
They are a large rabbit hole. Hope you get to enjoy more of them
"Turn of a Friendly Card" is an amazing album. So many good tracks on side one. Side 2 is basically one long song, broken into several movements with the track "Turn of a Friendly Card" as the introduction and resolution.
Absolutely fantastic song & band. That intro always had a spooky feel to that intro. Great song!!!
This was our song for a girl and I that was dating at the time. Have been married to each other for 41yrs on July 16th.
My favorite album by the Alan Parsons Project is "I Robot". It has hit after hit throughout the album. That's where I realized how special the Alan Parsons Project was.
When I was in my late teens early 20s I would often sit in the dark and listen to the entire "turn of a friendly card" album from APP. Also all fire. I woukd chill to that AJA, or dark side of the moon.
The album "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" was a concept album about the works of Edgar Allan Poe. It has some really interesting songs. There is a lot of good in the APP catalog. Have fun checking out their catalog.
Omg hadn't heard this song in forever, nice! Great classic good job guys yall are the best reactors on youtube no cap.
Alan Parsons (Audio Engineer) the individual. Not only mixing Dark Side of the Moon & Abbey Road, but five albums by the Hollies as well.
He had many studio musicians working with him (Alan Parsons “Project”) Games People Play” should be next. 👍🏻
A few years earlier, as a younger technician, he was sound engineer on the albums Abbey Road and Let It Be by a Liverpool band called the Beatles.
The very beggining alan parson sampled the beggining of Rushs xanadu guitar part to make the song eye in the sky. You can see the similar motif
The Alan Parsons Project isn't so much a band as it is a... I guess it' in the name. Parsons brings various musicians and vocalists to the Project to create his concepts. This makes for a very diverse catalog.
Parsons rarely sings other than backup vocals, but his keyboard work and engineering are phenomenal. My favorite APP vocalst has to be Lenny Zakatek who's featured on Games People Play and Wouldn't Want to Be Like You.
I remember hearing this on the radio when I was younger, realizing it was really cool but not totally understanding it until I hadn't heard it for 20 years.
You are correct, this was the intro music for the Chicago Bulls, during the Michael Jordan era
The intro is called 'Sirius' then that leads into 'The Eye In The Sky'. The SQ of APP music is through the roof.....Alan's production history is well documented, having worked with the Beatles and Pink Floyd.
The Chicago Bulls use this intro for starting lineup during the Michael Jordan era
I bought the Album when it first came out and later the CD, and it was always this clear.
Love This Song Seen Alan Parsons project live at the California State Fair They were Awesome 😊
Ian Bairnson-David Paton-Stuart Elliott were the main musician of the APP, so they played this intro Sirius too.
One of my favorite songs when i was a kid. One of those songs that instantly transports you back to 80's. The bass player and guitarist on this song were in the band Pilot that a hit with the song It's Magic. Ian Bairnson the guitarist played the guitar solo on Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights too.
This brings back some great memories. "Time" is also a great one to check out. A slower one but it will take you somewhere for sure.
When I got this album, I listened to it everyday after school. ❤
Got first CD player in 1985. First 2 CDs I bought were Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and Eye in the Sky. Both brilliantly engineered.
My humble request, if you do an Alan Parsons Project extended tour, please pick up "The Cask of Amontillado" somewhere along the way.
Fantastic reaction, thank you!
I flew across the country on a business trip from Vancouver to Toronto back in 1999 and was staying at the Inn on the Park hotel (since been torn down, but used to be owned by Four Seasons). I'd had a long delay and it's a long flight anyway and I was probably looking a bit ragged. I got to the hotel at around 8pm and there was only one person working the check-in line desk and there had to be 15-20 people in front of me, so I settled in for another wait. While I was standing there, I heard the guy talking to the check-in agent say "Mr. Parsons". Didn't click, but as I looked to my left. standing against a column was Alan Parsons...I was a passive fan but recognized him immediately. He looked at me at the same time and I think saw that I was pretty wiped after a long day. He went up to who I assume was his manager talking to the front desk agent and told him to let me go ahead. He never said a word to me and it's really just a simple blip in life, but I've remembered it and it was a generous thing for him to do. (If you ever react to Elvis Costello, I have a Elvis Costello & Diana Krall travel story as well).
Games Ppl Play is another great song by Alan Parsons Project.
Alan Parsons did work with the Beatles. You can see him in the concert the Beatles had on a rooftop. He was running power cords in an Orange suit.
If you react to Don't Awnser Me. See the viedo. That is pretty interesting.
On US radio the intro was never played .. first time hearing w you .. excellent song
Such great songs from a classic album, definitely need to listen to Old and Wise the last track on this Album with vocalist Colin Blunstone
Years ago saw War open for Alan Parson. He was the guy who mixed/produced Dark Side of the Moon!
Great review. There is a timeless theme/message in this song that allows it to stand the test of time.
"" T.A.P.P. - GAMES PEOPLE PLAY [HQ AUDIO] FULL VERSION 4 MIN 23 SEC. Complete Uncut great sound
my Alan Parsons Project´s favourite music is Nothing Left to Lose... and all The Turn of a Friendly Card album is fantastic
Check out the APP's Don't Answer me! Watch the official video too.
I think I actually bought this album like within a day after I first heard this song on the radio!😄 I'm sure they paid dearly for that intro track, but it's perfect for an intro to a lot of events. Who knew?😉
Their first album (Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Alan Poe) was meant to be a one off but it was far more successful than they expected so they kept on going. My personal favourite from the album, and I like them all, was A Cask of Amontillado
My favorite is "The Raven"
Great song!
The insights and perception, with you two is amazing🙀👍🏻
I play this in the classroom before the start of the first class of term in college chemistry!
I'm working their show at the Ryman Auditorium in a couple hours..
I see a bunch of songs here people suggest. I think you might find Alan Parson's "The Gold Bug" pretty amazing and possibly familiar. Again, such dynamic and dramatic quality, even spiritual. The bass line and sax of this song is epic, the various effects, synth, chimes, chorus, all unique and special. Short and sweet. ...You might think of a haunting sound track for a Sergio Leone spaghetti western or a scene build-up for an old gunfight. Very dramatic. ...Love your analysis, you are both terrific.
This was one of my favorites as a kid.
He could be having a conversation with God.