The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project "Breakdown" - "The Raven" (Live in Colombia)
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2020
- THE ALAN PARSONS SYMPHONIC PROJECT “LIVE IN COLOMBIA” - AVAILABLE AS DVD, BLU-RAY, 2-CD DIGIPAK, 3 VINYL GATEFOLD AND DIGITAL
On the evening of August 31st, 2013, a large crowd gathered at Parque Pies Descalzos in Medellín, Colombia. When Alan Parsons appeared on stage, along with the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra and his band the audience went wild. This is an audio visual document of that incredible evening.
THE ALAN PARSONS SYMPHONIC PROJECT “Live in Colombia” is available now on earMUSIC as DVD, Blu-ray, 2-CD digipak, 3 x Vinyl, and download.
Alan Parsons was 19 years old when he landed a job at the world famous Abbey Road Studios, an important first step on his journey to becoming a world class engineer, producer and artist. Following his beginnings with George Martin and The Beatles, his contribution to Pink Floyd’s classic ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ earned him worldwide attention. As a producer he had many hits with Pilot, John Miles, Ambrosia and Al Stewart. Together with his manager and creative partner at the time, Eric Woolfson, he developed the Alan Parsons Project.
Following their debut album “Tales Of Mystery And Imagination“ (1976), they released a series of hit albums; namely “I Robot” (1977), “Pyramid” (1978), “The Turn of a Friendly Card” (1980), “Eye in the Sky” (1982), “Ammonia Avenue” (1984), “Vulture Culture” (1985), “Stereotomy” (1986) and “Gaudi” (1987).
Then Parsons and Woolfson called it a day, but Parsons had ambitions to perform the amazing music live. Now to the great delight of his fans, for the first time on a live video and audio recording, THE ALAN PARSONS SYMPHONIC PROJECT combines the talents of his amazing band with the lush sound of a 70-piece symphony orchestra, creating a very special show with unmatched quality. Together, they revitalize hits such as “Eye In The Sky“, “Don’t Answer Me“ and “Sirius“.
The lineup consists of Alan Parsons on acoustic guitar, keys, and vocals, P.J. Olsson (lead vocals), Alastair Greene (guitar, vocals), Guy Erez (bass, vocals), Danny Thompson (drums, vocals), Tom Brooks (keyboards, vocals) und Todd Cooper (saxophone, guitar, percussion, vocals). Alejandro Posada conducts the Medellin Philharmonic Orchestra
Track List
1. I Robot // 2. Damned If I Do // 3. Don’t Answer Me // 4. Breakdown // 5. The Raven // 6. Time // 7. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You // 8. La Sagrada Familia // 9. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) // 10. Snake Eyes // 11. The Ace Of Swords // 12. Nothing Left To Lose // 13. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two) // 14. What Goes Up // 15. Luciferama // 16.Silence And I // 17. Prime Time // 18. Sirius // 19. Eye In The Sky // 20. Old And Wise // 21. Games People Play
How Breakdown didn’t go to #1 is beyond me. Such a great song. Such an underrated band.
My personal favorite songs by Alan Parsons Project. Nothing short of genius.
I saw this singer (Todd Cooper) perform Breakdown with Alan in 2018, Cleveland. Love the song, but prefer Steve Murphy's version from about 15 years earlier...ua-cam.com/video/V4cq4YVq4g4/v-deo.html
This is phenomenal. Timeless. I grew up with this music and it still touches my existence. Pyramid. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Eye in the Sky. I ROBOT. Turn of a Friendly Card, and all the others. Classic, well crafted, engineered to perfection. All the singers and players. Lenny, Ian, ERIC, every one of you were and are the best. This art will live forever. Many thanks for all the many memories. Peace.
Ditto.... Don't forget Dark Side of the Moon Bruh.
This song touches another of my favorites: Edgar Allan Poe.
What an incredible concert! Such depth, such energy from every musician, the chorus and orchestra adding such musical power, and Alan Parsons as the grand master….what a delight!
The choir, horns, strings, instruments and vocals. This is what music should be.
Holy Crap, that blew me away seeing it live finally.
I really love when classic rock songs add symphonic music and in this case this song was made with a symphony or at least that is the way it sounds on the record.
Exceptionally brilliant musicians, all of them. They can sing and they can play variety of instruments…
I am FLOORED at how good this is…
Yeàh baby
Very good performance Alan! You are a wonderful composer, a solid musician and have a great eye for talent. Thank you for soothing the savage beast in all of us with your work.
One of best bands of 80's still love it like was 18 years old again
Me too. Amazing
It's unbelievably beautiful 😍❤️
i love how pj runs around. he cant contain himself.
He's just so cute 😍
Rock and roll
Thank you, Mr. Eric Woolfson.
Love the choir.
Alan can sure hold a note....Awesome performance...
Parsons is not the singer.
Alan parsons is the bigger guy playing guitar between the drums and keyboards
@@johnsamples2200 I meant at the end of The Raven...He did a good job holding that note...
Absolutes
Absolutely
953 pm I absolutely love alan parsons every tune it reaches deep thank you
The Raven , es del album que saco en 1976 y que llevo por nombre" TALES OF MISTERY AND IMAGINATION" Dedicado este album al gran genio del terror EDGAR ALAN POE, caray su vida fue una serie de desgracia tras desgracia, pero al fin y al cabo otro gran genio.. Saludos desde MEXICO...
Best seat in my house, enjoying the hell out of it!
probably one of the most brilliant songs by APP. Love it all - well performed
Cool that he’s using the readings of Poe that Orson Welles did and offered them to Parsons back in the day. Although the readings came too late for the original recordings, they were included in the cassette remaster that was issued in the 80s. The Deluxe edition presents both versions.
I had never heard this version. I love it!
That was fantastic 👏
2:36 FREEDOM! FREEDOM! WE WILL NOT OBEY!
Web Gaining You a robot?
@@danielg335 actually we are all robots
Eso es lo que cantan los coristas de la sinfónica, gracias por poner que dicen ahí, es genial
Prog rock at its best.
Esto es lo mas avanzado que se puede escuchar!!!!!! Rock Progresivo.... sin palabras
Wow !!!!! Love theseguys 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I love this song - so great!
When that choir kicks in!
Whew! Goosebumps! 💙
Potente e commovente. Totale.
Alan Parsons... Please... Please come to Columbia South Carolina.... Or someplace near..I'm getting older and I Still haven't seen you Live yet !!😰🙏🙏❤️
I so wanted to hear Dr Tarr and Professor Fether!! I was in the stilts the night our pirate FM radio played that song. I have been a believer ever since that night..!!
Yeah, always a fave of mine
Soberbio temazo! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕Muchas gracias..
Alan Parsons esteve envolvido na produção de vários álbuns, incluindo Beatles: Abbey Road (1969) e Let It Be (1970), Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). Gênio!
From being a introcol part of Dark Side Moon to the Raven . Thank You Allen Parsons and your Project.
¡Hola!
Me gusta el grupo todos cantan y bonitas voces. Y lo mas importante que tocan todo los instrunmentos musicales. Hermoso. Hasta tienen coro.
Gracias 🙏🌹💎👍🤗
The best ever!
This... literally blew me away. 40 year + bucket list. Going to see APP live show in a few months. Can't wait.
El batería es una maravilla verle tocar es un lujo que pasada DA gusto ,
Sensacional grandioso!!
Love adding E. Poe, so beautiful!
Man that was awesome. I was hoping Lenny Zakatek would be doing vocals, but it was still awesome.
Just awesome!!!!
Epic!
Badass song man. When I was a teenager I loved it for the freedom freedom we will not obey sentiment. The funny thing is he's talking about a robot such as in Isaac Asimov's iRobot.
Man .............Super Awesome live band ......
Love this turn around ❤
Great music from
A great band.
É um sonho toda essa trilha sonora. Uma música emocionante, iluminada. Que Deus abençoe sempre.
0:00 Breakdown 4:04 The Raven 5:25 best part of The Raven
Maravilloso!!
Freedom freedom! We will not obey! My new anthem for 2022!❤
Like it or lump it!
That sounds amazing!
Qué recital!!!! Alan Parsons Project y Pink Floyd son mis bandas favoritas de todos los tiempos. Saludos desde Salta, Argentina!!
Alan Parson - отец Битлов! Браво!
Awesome
Increíble
When I was 20, on guard duty on the DMZ in Korea (1984), I put this on my Walkman to pass the midnight hours away. I got so freaked out. I ripped of my headphones, and thought the NK's were everywhere. It took me 30 minutes and my Platoon Sergeant to calm me down.
I'm speechless
Fantastic 😍😊
Reminds me a bit of Carl Orff/ Carmina Barana orchestration.
Alan Parson was the producer and creator of Pink Floyd, until Dark Side of The Moon
Danke
2022 classic lives on
The l.v. from the hollies,excellencio
i am sooo glad to be fifties born. music like this is part of my "being"....eternally grateful...🩵🦋🐋
It is awesome!! Hidden gem of rock music!
Q demais😱
Forgotten and now remembered
Bravi fantastici
Hell yeah ALAN, fuck yeah good crew
Brillant
Cooper, you're great!
Who's the drummer here?.
He's on fire!
Love that energy.
Danny Thompson. Good one he is.
Pero que bonito ,un lujo para el oído, suena perfecto , pero que buenos son si no este conjunto de voces coro orquesta música, no podría hacerse simplemente maravilloso
❤️👍
Alan Parsons had to go to the Hospital for a Back issue that I heard about today, God Speed & my Prayers are with you, family, friends, etc.
Majetuoso!
I grew in the 80s to my dad playing the I Robot album.
Loved this from I ROBOT!
❤❤ Hello…Good morning my friend🎉
♥️
Un colombiano progre, presente!
Tour de force!!!
Schönen Dank
Cuando vino a León Guanajuato Alan Parson proyect solo llegaron cinco de la agrupación lo dejo para que vean que no estoy mintiendo gracias de todos modos no deja de gustarme su música Patricia Rivera de León Guanajuato, México
I remember when this came out I couldn't believe it didn't chart
💓🌹
WOW!
The singer on the studio album (1977) is Allan Clarke, originally from The Hollies. Right after their 1971 album "Distant Light", Clarke left the band to pursue a solo career. The Hollies' biggest hit "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (with Clarke on lead vocals and lead guitar) hadn't quite hit the mainstream when he left the band. It was an international hit. Clarke rejoined The Hollies in 1973.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I wonder about the logistics and cost of getting this many people and equipment to location.😳
I've seen a few "symphonic" rock concerts. Learning from the financial disaster of ELP, they don't take the orchestra with them. They find a competent local orchestra, haggle the price and sign a contract (at least 1 practice session + night of event contract). They send charts, backing tracks, cues and stuff in advance to the conductor and usually just trust the conductor will get it together. Now... the catering bill is a different story.
How about the just go to venues where symphonies are available?
Help to enlightenment
The previous drummer, Steve Murphy I think was his name, did an amazing job singing, especially on Breakdown. Nothing wrong with this lineup, but that drummer was a fabulous singer and an amazing drummer. I wonder where he is and who he is playing with?
Yes, drummer Steve Murphy did an outstanding job on “Breakdown” in a live concert in Madrid around 2004. Maybe even better than the original. I own the DVD.
Lmao....indeed he is a ball of energy
Vinikající
What happened to the original guy who sang this on the recording? I mean this guy is ok..
LEONARD WHITING did the original, superb ... ( Romeo of " Romeo and Juliet ") much better , I agree. Go list to the original no comparison. ua-cam.com/video/YAE1XTvKLXA/v-deo.html
Yes it was Leonard Whiting. He'd been a child actor and singer. Played the Artful Dodger in "Oliver" on the West End. A beautifully nuanced vocal on The Raven. And for sure, the original version is much better but only on vinyl, nothing live that I can find. This is the long version ua-cam.com/video/EuGXpFQLHu8/v-deo.html
He is John Clark singer with the Hollies
Steve Murphy
Joe Montagna
Missing in the best lineup of APP
Oh I dunno, Lenny Zakatek was pretty damn awesome too. Unless you're just referring to live performances.
I guess it's hard to find a vocalist(s) with the dynamic passion and range of APP's original vocalists of yore. All these vocalists Alan has hired in the last decade or so have been good, but certainly not 'standouts'. This kind of perfectionist music demands the very best in order to do justice to the songs! I'm really surprised that Alan Parsons would 'settle' for 'good' when his music demands 'superb/the best'!
not every band can be so lucky to have Adam Lambert, love him or hate him (why)...best vocalist in the world suggest someone else, come on, ..try...stuck? He is one in a million appreciate his techie, his dedication and who else would have taken on this road with Queen? Thank you Adam I am 78 em.. female,do not care if you are Arthur or Martha, but would love to have you hold me like your mike stand!
@@pamelapickett4004 Again, guys like Lambert are good vocalists, but a FAR cry from the original greater ones whose shoes they are trying to fill. It's like a Porsche with 3 top notch wheels/tires, and the 4th being a bicycle rim/tire! Queen's choice, however, is a lot better than Alan Parson's choice in replacement vocalists. That said, it's still great to be able to see/hear some of the great, timeless bands of yore still performing live!
Thank god PUNK came
When was this recorded?
2013
Guitarist looks like Warren Haines' Lil bro'
Chi ascolta questo grido di libertà oggi 25 ottobre 2023?
I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way
Any time it happened, I'd get over it
With a little help from all my best friends
Anybody else could see what's wrong with me
But they walk away and just pretend
When I breakdown
I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread
No one can understand a word that I say
When I breakdown just a little and lose my head
Nothing I try to do can work the same way
Where are all the friends who used to talk to me?
All they ever told me was good news
People that I've never seen are kind to me
Is it any wonder I'm confused?
When I breakdown
When I breakdown
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom, we will not obey)
(Freedom, freedom, take the wall away)
Where are all my friends?
I'm so confused
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom)
Take the wall away
(Freedom, freedom)
Will somebody help me?
The Raven
The clock struck midnight
And through my sleeping
I heard a tapping at my door
I looked but nothing lay in the darkness
And so I turned inside once more
To my amazement
There stood a raven
Whose shadow hung above my door
Then through the darkness
It spoke that one word
That I shall hear forever more
Nevermore
Thus quoth the raven, nevermore
And still the raven remains in my room
No matter how much I implore
No words can soothe him
No prayer remove him
And I must hear for evermore
Quoth the raven, nevermore
Thus quoth the raven
Nevermore
A little disappointing because the symphonic aspect is not as obvious as it is in symphonic version of, say, Metallica and Pink Floyd that I've heard, but still good.
I was a fan of Edgar Allen Poe practically from birth. When I heard an album was being done with songs that were exclusive taken from Poe stories, I was almost first in line to buy it. From that day I was hooked on Alan Parsons.
Stone Cold?