100% Welsh, yes British, but oh so Welsh it sings perfectly like a summer breeze on a five bar gate overlooking Abergavenny on an August evening.......
I bet your mind was blown the first time you heard it? I'm 39 and I LOVE it, still have the original vinyl record, with all the artwork. I would have loved to take my mum to see the live show, she died last year, but I will take my daughter and pay homage
Even though I found out the truth about us living on a “plane” and not a spinning pear shape and ridiculous shit like NASA can’t go back to the moon because we destroyed the technology we once had in 1969. “A planet is a much smaller fragment of a much larger plane” you won’t find that on google. >o
@SilverLight42 @SilverLight42 This is the original musical version. Nobody was talking about HG Wells original which was not, by the way, a book. The first publication was a magazine serialisation in Pearson's magazine in the UK in 1897. The book then followed because the story was so popular. The US debut was also in a magazine (Cosmopolitan I believe). As for the 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast. That was a dramatic adaption which changed the time from 1897 to 1938, changing the story considerably. A lot of Wells purists are usually not fond of the 1938 adaptation. But, hey I won't argue about factual details......
@@denisehowes4785 yes it was'nt that bad not really I sat and watched it again recently so as to give lets say a second chance. despite critics reviews,
The album is a bleak, sombre drama about one man trying to survive, the other adaptations felt the need to include more action and spectacle, take the first appearance of the Heat Ray for example, in this the Journalist describes it as a swift and brutal massacre that would make your blood turn cold whereas on screen it's always a loud 10 minute spectacle with explosions and chases, Jeff Wayne War Of The Worlds doesn't try turn the story into an action movie.
@@kieranfo3739 I noticed that only really the Tom Cruise film even seems to try to stick with the idea that this is one man’s personal story, because the 1953 film felt the need add in a whole bunch of stuff conceding how the rest of the world reacted as well as having the main character brush soldiers with military generals and the like. Everything seems a whole lot more coordinated in that film whereas in the book, everything falls apart almost immediately.
I first heard this song when I was 14, it stuck in my memory and then I searched for it for so many years and only found it today, at the age of 57!!! I feel the emotions exactly as I did back then, unbeatable music 👌
Indeed, the inspiring and beloved Holy Spirit does not and will never know defeat - all He touches offers love, truth and meaning, even if in often-enigmatic ways.
People on December 2020: "Finally, this shitty year is over" Richard Burton Voice around the world: "No one would have believe, in the first decades of 21th Century..."
Because we live in the hellscape that is 2020, the alien invasion wouldn´t be introduced by Richard Burton´s amazing voice. We would have to settle for Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks to narrate our destruction
Maybe voices are just underrated? On this record as well as Burton there was Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, David Essex, Justin Heywood etc. All of them are just perfect. The whole project should just NOT work, and yet it does. Such were the days....
All five of us kids were scarred by this for life after dad brought it home in 1978 & played it at night when we were in bed! A truly terrifying masterpiece. I still dream about those tripods now - and I’m 50! 😱
Same here I'm 40 and my mother had the album when I was a child. I remember being terrified upon my 1st time hearing it but also being fascinated by it as well.
I wish they make a movie in that time period in time! It came fro war war 1 that time . And yes it would be scary. But not now a days.As it was, was a flop ... A big flop..
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C. Clarke edit: thanks for 300 likes :3
Maybe if those greedy gluttonous grand standing gung hu gun grabbers are defeated than it won't be so scarry !!! at. Least We could go down fight and. Take as many. Of them with us. As possible !; Death before dishonor. To hell with pasfism!!! Long live the second amendment !!!!
I must have been 6 or 7 years old in the early 1980's when my primary school teacher made us listen to this in class with our heads down and our eyes closed so that we were in darkness and able to concentrate and listen to it. I loved it. From that very first listen I loved it. But at the same time, at 6 or 7 years old, it freaked me the hell out. I remember I couldn't sleep with the bedroom door closed and the lights off for a year after! And now, forty years later, it's still one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.
We had a teacher back in 78, Mr Drury, who played us the entire war of the worlds from tape over a week. We all wrote the story in our own words in our exercise book. I was 9 and I pestered my mum and dad for this and eventually got it for my 10th birthday. And to this day it is my favourite and most listened to album I own.
I'm 29 and my Dad made me listen to this album when I was really young, I didn't sleep properly for weeks and was always looking out of the window looking for green smoke in the sky. Safe to say my Mum really wasnt happy at him as I missed school over this album haha. I adore it and it is still one of my favourite peices of music ever created. Timeless.
the answer to your question....because my friend people are now satisfied with mediocrity. Masterpieces like this will rarely be seen again. Just look at the tripe we now see on tv and in the cinema.
It was, my dad had it playing when I was a child. Now I'm painting a Fallout 4 and War of the Worlds mashup of the Sole survivor from Vault 111 facing the Martian Tripods during a Radstorm.
Been trying to track down this now for over 30 years, tonight it was played in an advert on TV and I yelled 'God! if only I knew what this song was called! I've only ever heard bits of it on radio, and they've never said who it was, or by, given a year, no clue, nothing!!!' - To which my partner replied, - 'Oh you mean War of the worlds? - The eve of the war?' - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? So here I am the first time since 30+ years ago. - Thank you darling!
The music industry has withered. Anyone who tried to do something this original now would be laughed out of the office as a lunatic. Equally something like Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. The music of today is all the more impoverished for it
Impoverished in terms of quality, on the one hand, but also soused with dark evil on the other... What sets the above apart, along with a few other musical works (especially from the UK) is DIVINITY. The beloved Holy Spirit inspires stunning music that means something ("Ordinary World", "Somewhere only we know", "The Way it is" and "Paradise" offer just a few further examples ... there are some more too). With the Darkness, you scratch the perhaps-alluring surface and find only lies (deception), chaos (deception) and true evil (destruction) beneath. Inivestigate what the Holy Spirit does and you find layer after layer of truth, love, mercy, wonder, connectivity, meaning, insight, kindness, glory and strength.
@@sidpheasant7585 i sincerely doubt that Duran Duran or Keane would say they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The human heart has the ability to create beauty by itself without any need for divine guidance
1:18 @@servicekid7453 They do not have to know about it, or even seek it, for it to be so. As Jesus told us, the Holt Spirit is enigmatic ( as well as wondrous and powerful) and He blows where He will. In my life I could also have chosen to play down, or not be grateful for, or fail to notice, the great kindnesses and mercies given me by Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But I did not do that... when I had the chance to stop being blind, I took it; and there is NOTHING on this Earth that can compare. I know that all that the Holy Spirit touches is beautiful; and I know that His signs encompass Scripture, nature; some culture and Rapture; so I wonder if there are any beautiful things that do NOT fit with that. Obviously, the rest of the world and worldly things are primarily in the hands of darkness, as 1 John 5:19 says, and while that CLEARLY applies to the world's organising systems as opposed to humankind, I do know that a very large number of people are basically mocking, sour, intolerant and hard-hearted ... and also deeply mired in the great superficial allure of sin. So where are the beautiful achievements among such people? Don't know...
I remember when I first heard , " The War of the Worlds", my husband came home and didn't get out of the car. I went out to check if everything was alright , he said grab the kids and listen to this. We sat in the car all five of us. I loved it , now my kids still listen , it really is brilliant .
i remember being very young when i first saw my parents record of war of the worlds, I remember the cover having the image of the fallen Martians being eaten by the birds, it will forever be in my mind
@@JakobBath i was born 77 and i was planted in front of a pioneer stack in 1982 with this.. if that guy says thank you dad for educating me 80's i dont think you should comment... bare in mind your probably not even born then😬
@@dj-jimmy-m no it was a complete miss on terminology, I agree with with him, I just thought he was reffereing to war of the worlds being published in the 80s
BellaDoesStuff listen to some other stuff from this album, will prob blow you away even more! I suggest to listen to it form start to finish and not touch the trash techno remixes
Air Force KId thank you for suggestions, I have listened to some other pieces from this album. They are incredible! And don’t you think Richard Burton’s voice fits so well for this!
This song has a huge significance to me- It was a warm summers day, the sun was shining through the tinted windows and I was on my way to school, my dad puts this song on over the radio and we all just sit there listening to it- I still quote it from time to time and we have a laugh over it, it feels like so long ago now. Love you Dad
My father loved Richard Burton and War of the Worlds.. Sadly he died in 2016 but the interest is in me and now my son Dylan is embracing the Worlds from the 1970s.. Richard Burton you make me proud to be Welsh.. Diolch 👍👍
@@damionord9142 Let's all go for independence and then form a "Celtic Alliance" with a reunified Ireland. And leave "little England" to its delusions of grandeur.
From the opening words of Richard Burton, through the shock of the initial assault, the short-lived euphoria of Thunderchild, the steady descent into despair and madness, the creepy vibe of the twist in the tale, the celebration when the fight is won and the bone-chilling epilogue, this is one musical that doesn't waste an inch. It brings the book to life brilliantly. I first heard this some 40 years ago and it still gives me goosebumps.
I was 9 years old when this came out, i'm nearly 52 that is in itself mind blowing! This is still sounding amazing. smoke a joint, close your eyes, listen to this and smile. They're here!
Same, back in the late seventies there was a TV show on Romanian TV called Drumiri Europene (European Roads) which used this theme song.... great times. Let me guess, a fan of DM?! Same, but mostly up their earlier stuff, don't care much for their new rock sound. :)
man this takes me back. It was 1978, I was home on leave (USAF) to San Antonio, Texas. I was driving to a store, listening to rock station 99.5 Kiss and they started playing this. Mesmerized by the score I drove around loop 410 for almost 2 hours listening to this tale unfold before my ears. I never did make it to the store.
My dad used to play this when I was a kid and told me about war of the worlds, Im now 31 and this is bringing back so much nostalgia. Thank you Dad for introducing me to such an amazing soundtrack as a kid. I will never forget it
Even as it is old, it is an incredible original that should be shown to future people so it is not forgotten. Even as I am 15, I discovered this song when I was 9, absolutely loved it and still love it to this day!
I clearly remember buying this Album when it came out in 1978 and sitting on the bus going home looking at the Art work and eagerly waiting to play it!
this is wonderful i was a young girl when this came out , my brother was given it for Christmas and we all sat and listened to it good memories now that there are just 2 out of the five children left its very comforting to listen once again to this masterpiece
@@willhoey1619 yes both brothers died in road accidents before they reached 30 it finished my parents who died broken hearted and my sister means the world to me thanks for replying x
So sorry for your family but the album War of the Worlds will be a source of inspiration for you and comfort for you and your sister as a lived experience.
my dad came home with this... what i can only call .... a master piece .....i was 9 years old..... it still to this day makes the hairs on my neck stand up......i am 50 now and it still makes me feel the same as it did way back then..... Richard Burton ................ the voice of a legend ....
Listening to this now, so many years since the first time, I'm amazed by how good it still is. Richard Burton and the brilliant music make it absolutely timeless.
A Masterpiece .... A beautiful piece of music and art ..to be treasured forever... we need to educate our children, grandchildren to this wonderful piece..and pass it down the generations ... Forever .... Pure Class
Reporting here for 2024. I found this diamond in the dirt while shopping for comics in San Luis Obispo California. Thank you Cheap Thrills for this classic album.
Brilliant music never to be bettered. Watch in a dark room with your eyes shut and the sound up high on earphones is the best way to listen .Haunting.Would love to see the live show.
Nothing can beat the the original, Absolutely Fantastic, Loved it, Gave me the absolute shivers listening to this as a nipper back in the day , I'm 51 now and still love this masterpiece to this very day 😄😄👽👽
Many many years before i married my future husband then took me to the Planetarium in Johannesburg South africa they put on a amazing show useing the stars and the music & story was this original recording with Richard Burton best show I've ever been to 😊❤
I understand that when the BBC first broadcast "The War of the Worlds", Orson Wells narrated it. On hearing the recording, several people called the police in panic.
One of the, best albums, ever, my younger brother, john, introduced me 2 this in the very early 80,s n ive loved it ever since, i lost my brother in 2018, r,i,p, bro, n then my hubby in aug 2024, r,i,p, babe, but this reminds me of all the good times, we had.......
I'm still quite young, but my family owns this album. Back when our player was still working, my parents played it constantly and told me and my siblings the story. I remember being totally creeped out, but this song in particular I loved.
Hi , great music lovers ! I'm from Romania , and I just wanna say that me and my older brother heard this album for the first time in the early 80's ! Now , after 40 years , I am still listening it with enormous pleasure , and each time with GOOSEBUMPS ! JUST FABULOUS !!!
I was just listening to this today while i was doing the dishes...twice in one day..how random was this?🎉✨🤪🌀🌹🎇💥❄️👾💫from New Zealand.x🥝September 2024.✨💯🌈💫
I am from Italy and i used to play the old videogame on my PC, i loved so much the OST... My dream now is to came to UK to see the beautiful musical of the great JEFF WAYNE!!!! AMAZING ART MASTERPIECE♥️
I was born 6 weeks before this album came out. My father bought it on release day. I was brought up on this amazing album: it's the first album I ever heard, it terrified and delighted me and remains my favourite of all time. I was also lucky enough to receive an original 1978 pressing or the album from my partner for my 45th birthday. Listening to Eve... on headphones for the first time blew me away as well. There's so much to the track I had previously missed.
it was mind blowing wasn't it? I was born in 75 but my grandfather set his hifi system up so I could walk in, throw the seinhesier headphones on and in an instant, I was transported to Jeff Wayne's fantastic world as soon as I closed my eyes.....
Back in time when i was at school we had to listen to this piece as a project to learn the englisch language. Before it began all kids were like; why?? but then it started and the class grew silent...Hypnotized by the music and naration. I am 53 now and still get hypnotized whenever i listen to the album.
@@foundationgamer9771 Hahaha well at that time our knowledge of the English language was still limited. But yes i still am hypnotized also by the "unscrewing" :P
@@johnvantilburg2122 That's amazing, after all those decades you must be beyond fluent! You who are so wise in the ways of language must know the truth, I humbly beseech you to reveal the truth. There has been much written, innumerable interpretations with even NASA refusing official comment, please enlighten us. Without any further ado, what does ULLA/oooooooooohhhhhhhlllaaaaaaaaaaaaa mean?
Justin Hayward's magical voice is magical too as he is singing on this too as well as the Forever Autumn classic Ballad from the show War of the Worlds Jeff Waynes musical adaption of H.G Wells famous novel. With Justin Hayward singing and starring with these famous afore mentioned songs written by Jeff Wayne. Richard Burton's vioce being the original narrator of the musical.
In a way, this inspired to write the most beautiful lyrics I could for my own collaborative autumn-themed song. My 'composing buddy' did the rest, and I thank Jeff and Justin for the idea and for setting the bar so high… ua-cam.com/video/xnBA0YKERe4/v-deo.html
@@nejiiuyn News Article: NASA Curiosity and Perseverance rovers observe strange green gas We have concluded this "War of the Worlds" gas may be a product of radiation from the Sun, a so called "Aurora Borealis" on Mars. But still, they come.
People are saying about how this scared them as kids but I heard this when I was in Primary school and I fell in love with it. The synthesizer parts that played everytime the heat ray was mentioned were what made this absolutely freakin crazy. It was out of control.
The complete works are a masterpiece and was well ahead of it's time when it was released back in the 70's, This track gets to the point and lets you indulge into the unknown and what's about to happen to mankind ..............Absolutely brilliant from start to finish and I'm coming up 70 years old.
1977: Justin Hayward had originally agreed to just do his featured song for the LP, "Forever Autumn", but dropped in again to sing this one and contribute a few guitar parts. Then he didn't hear about it for awhile, until he was advised "Autumn" had debuted on the US and British charts in mid-1978. "Forever Autumn" remains my defining song to this day.
I was 12 when i heard this in my dads car, My dad would lecture me on this masterpiece, I was to busy playing football manager on my PSP. I heard it 10 years later and the sound instantly took me back to my dads car and all the memories of the trip. Im now nearly 28 and the rest is history.
This album premiered on Halloween night on our biggest Rock station in 1978. I was 18, a college freshman. Richard Burton and co were the perfect voices..and no one could’ve done the music better than Justin Hayward and those he collaborated with. I love the album and the cd with the illustrated booklet. I’d love to see this artist animate the whole album for UA-cam..one of my top ten all-time favorite albums. Just a a total masterpiece.❤️🪐🌎
The most silkiest voice of a true British gentleman ever heard,
100% Welsh, yes British, but oh so Welsh it sings perfectly like a summer breeze on a five bar gate overlooking Abergavenny on an August evening.......
Skilerist"
@@iconsofcymru5327 English Translation = SKI INSTRUCTOR?
@dwhitehouse8995 Liam Neelson is Very Good, and Shirley Bassie, Tom Jones from "the valleys".
@@sjbr101 That's a person who has travelled down the heads of the Valley road once or twice...
74 years old and still obsessed with this music and with Richard Burton's voice. And it's autumn. What else do you need !!
I bet your mind was blown the first time you heard it? I'm 39 and I LOVE it, still have the original vinyl record, with all the artwork. I would have loved to take my mum to see the live show, she died last year, but I will take my daughter and pay homage
My teacher brought it in when I was in primary school, not long after it was released - blew my 11yo mind@@josephoneill2957
It's one of the best Musicals of all time... PERIOD!!!
Even though I found out the truth about us living on a “plane” and not a spinning pear shape and ridiculous shit like NASA can’t go back to the moon because we destroyed the technology we once had in 1969.
“A planet is a much smaller fragment of a much larger plane” you won’t find that on google.
>o
I'm 41 and remember hearing it at school . It will always be a classic .
The original and the best. No matter how many times this is re-cast, it will never ever be better than this.
True. There is no one who can match Richard Burton's silky yet deep voice. Plus it has David Essex, Justin Hayward & Phil Lynott.
@@soupdragonuk very well said
Yeh it is fantastic still gives me shivers
@SilverLight42 @SilverLight42 This is the original musical version. Nobody was talking about HG Wells original which was not, by the way, a book. The first publication was a magazine serialisation in Pearson's magazine in the UK in 1897. The book then followed because the story was so popular. The US debut was also in a magazine (Cosmopolitan I believe). As for the 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast. That was a dramatic adaption which changed the time from 1897 to 1938, changing the story considerably. A lot of Wells purists are usually not fond of the 1938 adaptation. But, hey I won't argue about factual details......
i prefer the new generations version tbh idk why
“No one would have believed...” the greatest speaking voice of all time - RIP Richard Burton 🏴
The only speaking voice that comes close to Mr Burtons today has got to be Morgan Freeman.
Richard Burton The Best actorever that deep rich voice is pure magic Awesome
@@neilwiliams4776 I would say Tony Jay, also sadly deceased :(.
LOVE LOVE THIS ALBUM, OMG RICHARD BURTON, THAT VOICE , FOREVER AUTUMN HAUNTING MEMORIES, SUBLIME
Richard Burton and the legendary Vicent Price those two voices were awesome. May both of them Rest Eternally In Peace.
THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE
...yet still they come!
Awwwh now, hold on a minute... What about, Snickers, Topic , Maltesers, Twix, Bounty......they all came from Mars 😁🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫
Never tell me the odds.
HE SAID!
@@hugorodgers3042 😂🤣😂🤣
Timeless Classic Album way way before Tom Cruise was even Known ,Sir Richard Burton
The film was good though
@@denisehowes4785 yes it was'nt that bad not really I sat and watched it again recently so as to give lets say a second chance. despite critics reviews,
Richard Burton! His incredible voice! I could listen to him all day!
Great album ,for m th eveof thwaris thebest
Bcst
"The chances of me ever getting bored of this amazing musical are a million to one, I say"
"And if we reach the end of the CD........we'll start all over AGAIN!"
With inflation its a Billion to 1 these days.
So you’re telling me there’s a chance…. I read ya!!!
Brilliant reply!!
👍👍👍
Sat in a dark room and listened to this for about a week non stop
I want to that 😊
It was a Halloween tradition for my father and I to listen to the full album after trick or treating.
it's THAT good 🙂
Timeless. Still love after all these years.
70 yrs old now and still obsessed with this masterpiece .
Happpy days and well on yah👍😉
60 yrs old here. I own this on vinyl, cassette and cd. And listen to it in it's entirety every Halloween.
That's awesome! I'm 16, my dad is basically projecting his music taste onto me. But hey, I'm not complaining!
Still a masterpeice
me too 70 this never gets tired
Richard Burton's voice. The intonation, the annunciating, the richness. His narration and Jeff Waynes score make this a tour de force
RB, the actor's actor!
That moment when the musical is the most faithful adaptation.
Ish.
I mean it is the most faithful adaptation but that's because no one else has even fucking TRIED to make a faithful adaptation, only ever shit.
I mean... no one else ever really tried too hard to be honest. Always modern day America... I guess the BBC tried... sort of.
Yeah but that's if the advertisements on the channel didn't cut it out at the height of it's sympathy
The album is a bleak, sombre drama about one man trying to survive, the other adaptations felt the need to include more action and spectacle, take the first appearance of the Heat Ray for example, in this the Journalist describes it as a swift and brutal massacre that would make your blood turn cold whereas on screen it's always a loud 10 minute spectacle with explosions and chases, Jeff Wayne War Of The Worlds doesn't try turn the story into an action movie.
@@kieranfo3739 I noticed that only really the Tom Cruise film even seems to try to stick with the idea that this is one man’s personal story, because the 1953 film felt the need add in a whole bunch of stuff conceding how the rest of the world reacted as well as having the main character brush soldiers with military generals and the like. Everything seems a whole lot more coordinated in that film whereas in the book, everything falls apart almost immediately.
I first heard this song when I was 14, it stuck in my memory and then I searched for it for so many years and only found it today, at the age of 57!!! I feel the emotions exactly as I did back then, unbeatable music 👌
Indeed, the inspiring and beloved Holy Spirit does not and will never know defeat - all He touches offers love, truth and meaning, even if in often-enigmatic ways.
I listened to this when it first came out when I was a teenager. Absolutely stunning piece of work.
Guess you also love Philip Glass and his “Powaqqatsi”?
People on December 2020:
"Finally, this shitty year is over"
Richard Burton Voice around the world:
"No one would have believe, in the first decades of 21th Century..."
Yeah ngl that would probably happen.
Bruh yess
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Because we live in the hellscape that is 2020, the alien invasion wouldn´t be introduced by Richard Burton´s amazing voice. We would have to settle for Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks to narrate our destruction
@@josemaria8177 As long as it's not Trump. He IS THE Alien!
Magical voice of Richard Burton always makes me thril. Even after all these years.
No-one could have done it better.
A friend was working at Advision Studios when they recorded this. Apparently, Burton had been on a bender and was three weeks late for the session!
@@Cchogan I was a statistician in one episode of the Wagner Tv series, watching Richard Burton from 2 meters. It was incredible.
Only one voice came close and that's when Lliam Neeson did this on 2012. They had it free on UA-cam not long ago, the whole stage performance
Maybe voices are just underrated? On this record as well as Burton there was Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, David Essex, Justin Heywood etc. All of them are just perfect. The whole project should just NOT work, and yet it does. Such were the days....
All five of us kids were scarred by this for life after dad brought it home in 1978 & played it at night when we were in bed! A truly terrifying masterpiece. I still dream about those tripods now - and I’m 50! 😱
It's like u told my story every Sunday night my father play it still classic
The original spaceships weren't tripods, though? They were boomerang shaped with a heat ray periscope on top
Same here I'm 40 and my mother had the album when I was a child. I remember being terrified upon my 1st time hearing it but also being fascinated by it as well.
You should watch The Invaders TV series.
I wish they make a movie in that time period in time! It came fro war war 1 that time . And yes it would be scary. But not now a days.As it was, was a flop ... A big flop..
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C. Clarke
edit: thanks for 300 likes :3
Maybe if those greedy gluttonous grand standing gung hu gun grabbers are defeated than it won't be so scarry !!!
at. Least
We could go down fight and. Take as many. Of them with us. As possible !; Death before dishonor. To hell with pasfism!!! Long live the second amendment !!!!
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@@danieljanecka9492 i thought it was zx and then followed by c and then back too a d and or an even an A .
Very profound
I must have been 6 or 7 years old in the early 1980's when my primary school teacher made us listen to this in class with our heads down and our eyes closed so that we were in darkness and able to concentrate and listen to it. I loved it. From that very first listen I loved it. But at the same time, at 6 or 7 years old, it freaked me the hell out. I remember I couldn't sleep with the bedroom door closed and the lights off for a year after! And now, forty years later, it's still one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.
We had a teacher back in 78, Mr Drury, who played us the entire war of the worlds from tape over a week. We all wrote the story in our own words in our exercise book. I was 9 and I pestered my mum and dad for this and eventually got it for my 10th birthday. And to this day it is my favourite and most listened to album I own.
Your school teacher had a hangover and needed some peace & quite for an hour or so....
That's a good teacher
@@JJ-di6tf I agree, she was. It scared the hell out of me for weeks but also....I fell in love with it
I'm 29 and my Dad made me listen to this album when I was really young, I didn't sleep properly for weeks and was always looking out of the window looking for green smoke in the sky. Safe to say my Mum really wasnt happy at him as I missed school over this album haha. I adore it and it is still one of my favourite peices of music ever created. Timeless.
I can’t believe people in this world haven’t heard this masterpiece of a song
Novelty album but maybe the best one ever. They don't usually sell well to public sensibilities. Oh well, what the hell do we know, anyway.
the answer to your question....because my friend people are now satisfied with mediocrity. Masterpieces like this will rarely be seen again. Just look at the tripe we now see on tv and in the cinema.
I’m a 1966 baby. Heard this many times in the 70 and 80 growing up. Amazing
It was, my dad had it playing when I was a child. Now I'm painting a Fallout 4 and War of the Worlds mashup of the Sole survivor from Vault 111 facing the Martian Tripods during a Radstorm.
@@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah Spot on and well said!
What a truly wonderful voice Richard Burton had.
The voice of a drinker and a smoker, still very good especially that they made him a mechanical head in the musical version.
@@azarth8805 - Still better than mine :-)
@@clivesparks6867 lol
Check out under Richard Burton reads Dylan Thomas..... Exceptional😎😎😎😎😎
H.G. Wells wrote the words, that`s what makes it more powerful.
Been trying to track down this now for over 30 years, tonight it was played in an advert on TV and I yelled 'God! if only I knew what this song was called! I've only ever heard bits of it on radio, and they've never said who it was, or by, given a year, no clue, nothing!!!' - To which my partner replied, - 'Oh you mean War of the worlds? - The eve of the war?' - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? So here I am the first time since 30+ years ago. - Thank you darling!
i think i know what advert you are talking about, were you talking about that virgin media advert?
you married a good'un :D
good to know men are useful after all (true, an assumption there, based on statistical probability)😀 He/she has good taste too...
Dude GET THE WHOLE ALBUM, IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The music industry has withered. Anyone who tried to do something this original now would be laughed out of the office as a lunatic. Equally something like Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. The music of today is all the more impoverished for it
Impoverished in terms of quality, on the one hand, but also soused with dark evil on the other...
What sets the above apart, along with a few other musical works (especially from the UK) is DIVINITY.
The beloved Holy Spirit inspires stunning music that means something ("Ordinary World", "Somewhere only we know", "The Way it is" and "Paradise" offer just a few further examples ... there are some more too).
With the Darkness, you scratch the perhaps-alluring surface and find only lies (deception), chaos (deception) and true evil (destruction) beneath.
Inivestigate what the Holy Spirit does and you find layer after layer of truth, love, mercy, wonder, connectivity, meaning, insight, kindness, glory and strength.
@@sidpheasant7585 i sincerely doubt that Duran Duran or Keane would say they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The human heart has the ability to create beauty by itself without any need for divine guidance
1:18 @@servicekid7453 They do not have to know about it, or even seek it, for it to be so. As Jesus told us, the Holt Spirit is enigmatic ( as well as wondrous and powerful) and He blows where He will. In my life I could also have chosen to play down, or not be grateful for, or fail to notice, the great kindnesses and mercies given me by Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But I did not do that... when I had the chance to stop being blind, I took it; and there is NOTHING on this Earth that can compare. I know that all that the Holy Spirit touches is beautiful; and I know that His signs encompass Scripture, nature; some culture and Rapture; so I wonder if there are any beautiful things that do NOT fit with that. Obviously, the rest of the world and worldly things are primarily in the hands of darkness, as 1 John 5:19 says, and while that CLEARLY applies to the world's organising systems as opposed to humankind, I do know that a very large number of people are basically mocking, sour, intolerant and hard-hearted ... and also deeply mired in the great superficial allure of sin. So where are the beautiful achievements among such people? Don't know...
This is exactly right. I can’t believe this ever got made but I thank God it was and we are all richer for it
Strangely enough, I have both on my iPod…I listened to this one today while working out.
I remember when I first heard , " The War of the Worlds", my husband came home and didn't get out of the car.
I went out to check if everything was alright , he said grab the kids and listen to this.
We sat in the car all five of us.
I loved it , now my kids still listen , it really is brilliant .
What an awesome memory to have
@@marbleblue5127 , thank you . Music takes you back to a memory .
Still is a masterpiece, even now, Richard Burton,s haunting voice, the great Justin Hayward singing as well and Chris Thompson.
H.G.Wells imagination together with the genius of Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton and Justin Hayward
Anyone else love the artwork as well,everything about this albums awesome
Luv the album still creeps me out driving Horsell Common look for the Death Ray
Man, these images burned themselves into my brain… 👽🥺🤪
Everything!
the original booklet in the vinyl album is tops !
i remember being very young when i first saw my parents record of war of the worlds, I remember the cover having the image of the fallen Martians being eaten by the birds, it will forever be in my mind
Still have this on vinyl as a 45 single from 1978. Richard Burton's voice remains utterly peerless. Must watch 'Where Eagles Dare' again.
you have a very precious thing
forget any thing that tells you to keep it close
ignore any one who says that mr microsoft detected a virus
Legends need you.😊
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy....Broadsword calling Danny Boy".....OUTSTANDING
Thank you dad for educating me on this, 80s baby!
78 to be precise.. but still 80s baby!
@@JakobBath lol im an 80's baby i meant
@@normanrussell7097 ahhh my bad mate 👍
@@JakobBath i was born 77 and i was planted in front of a pioneer stack in 1982 with this.. if that guy says thank you dad for educating me 80's i dont think you should comment... bare in mind your probably not even born then😬
@@dj-jimmy-m no it was a complete miss on terminology, I agree with with him, I just thought he was reffereing to war of the worlds being published in the 80s
This has to be the best ever piece of music I have ever heard.
BellaDoesStuff listen to some other stuff from this album, will prob blow you away even more! I suggest to listen to it form start to finish and not touch the trash techno remixes
Air Force KId thank you for suggestions, I have listened to some other pieces from this album. They are incredible! And don’t you think Richard Burton’s voice fits so well for this!
BellaDoesStuff No one will ever beat his voice, stuff of legends
Air Force KId omg ikrrrr
Absolutely MOST DEFINITELY
Possibly one of the greatest pieces of music in the history of mankind.
I wouldn’t go that far 😂😂😂
@@callum7081🤣😂
once in a life time composition
October 2023 and still listening to this classic album, amazing.
October 24❤
December 24
this album will still be amazing in 50, 100 years' time
This song has a huge significance to me-
It was a warm summers day, the sun was shining through the tinted windows and I was on my way to school, my dad puts this song on over the radio and we all just sit there listening to it- I still quote it from time to time and we have a laugh over it, it feels like so long ago now. Love you Dad
4:51 "at mignight on the 12th of august"...
I have been looking for this song for AGES and i found it today.. on the 12th of august 👽
My father loved Richard Burton and War of the Worlds.. Sadly he died in 2016 but the interest is in me and now my son Dylan is embracing the Worlds from the 1970s.. Richard Burton you make me proud to be Welsh.. Diolch 👍👍
@@damionord9142 Let's all go for independence and then form a "Celtic Alliance" with a reunified Ireland. And leave "little England" to its delusions of grandeur.
@@damionord9142 less than half of Scotland hears him actually.
@@klaxoncow crack on 😉🏴
@@klaxoncow Keep things as they are please.
From the opening words of Richard Burton, through the shock of the initial assault, the short-lived euphoria of Thunderchild, the steady descent into despair and madness, the creepy vibe of the twist in the tale, the celebration when the fight is won and the bone-chilling epilogue, this is one musical that doesn't waste an inch. It brings the book to life brilliantly. I first heard this some 40 years ago and it still gives me goosebumps.
Brilliantly summed up.
No one had a voice like Richard Burton. Bravo!
69 years old and I still really love this…seen the musical…and I remember buying the original album…on vinyl….
the album cover was incredible!
This makes you just want to listen to the whole album..
there is more?
@@DaveFishBowl A lot more, it's a two-record set, an hour and a half
I urge you to do so. An amazing piece of genius
I hope by now you have. Sheer genius on every level. And oh that voice. And oh that amazing music
I already want to watch the entire album and I’m only 1:02 in 😂
I was 9 years old when this came out, i'm nearly 52 that is in itself mind blowing! This is still sounding amazing. smoke a joint, close your eyes, listen to this and smile. They're here!
Same, back in the late seventies there was a TV show on Romanian TV called Drumiri Europene (European Roads) which used this theme song.... great times. Let me guess, a fan of DM?! Same, but mostly up their earlier stuff, don't care much for their new rock sound. :)
So agree! I was 17 odd when l took my records round to my two best friends-I’m nearly 58! A joint would be good!
My sentiments, exactly.
Peace out bro 🙏
I was freshly-married.
Blew. My. Minuscule. Mind.
man this takes me back. It was 1978, I was home on leave (USAF) to San Antonio, Texas. I was driving to a store, listening to rock station 99.5 Kiss and they started playing this. Mesmerized by the score I drove around loop 410 for almost 2 hours listening to this tale unfold before my ears. I never did make it to the store.
You mean, they played the entire musical?
@@AudieHolland yes they did.
KTFM had a cool medley of Eve of the War and Forever Autumn. Wish I still had the tape.
My dad used to play this when I was a kid and told me about war of the worlds, Im now 31 and this is bringing back so much nostalgia. Thank you Dad for introducing me to such an amazing soundtrack as a kid. I will never forget it
I'm 34. About ten years ago I was lucky enough to see the new generation at Wembley arena. It did not disappoint
Eindelijk gevonden de echte versie van 1978 geweldige nummer dit.
Even as it is old, it is an incredible original that should be shown to future people so it is not forgotten. Even as I am 15, I discovered this song when I was 9, absolutely loved it and still love it to this day!
Nearly 40, respect bro, one my friends had the whole war of the worlds cassette audio/audiobook... I need to copy from him
i'm 9 and i just discovered war of the worlds..
@@scoopidyschloop You're a kid of good taste
@@accountnamewithheld now i lost interest in it a second time
I clearly remember buying this Album when it came out in 1978 and sitting on the bus going home looking at the Art work and eagerly waiting to play it!
Me too - the insert with the pictures is magic!
Me too, a fabulous album. and on vinyl yee haa.
Burtons voice. Justin's voice enough said
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this is wonderful i was a young girl when this came out , my brother was given it for Christmas and we all sat and listened to it good memories now that there are just 2 out of the five children left its very comforting to listen once again to this masterpiece
so sad only 2 of you left.....all those memory's you have and this is one of them must be pretty special for you .......great post !
@@willhoey1619 yes both brothers died in road accidents before they reached 30 it finished my parents who died broken hearted and my sister means the world to me thanks for replying x
So sorry for your family but the album War of the Worlds will be a source of inspiration for you and comfort for you and your sister as a lived experience.
So sorry for your loss unfourtuntly I lost 4 members within 18 months all where close so o e introduced me to this Album Bless you John
So sorry to hear of your loss..
What a combination - the genius of Wayne and the masterly, hypnotic oratory of Burton.
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Richard. Burton. Has. A. Voice. Like. Fine. Wine. and. Chocolate.
my dad came home with this... what i can only call .... a master piece .....i was 9 years old..... it still to this day makes the hairs on my neck stand up......i am 50 now and it still makes me feel the same as it did way back then..... Richard Burton ................ the voice of a legend ....
Listening to this now, so many years since the first time, I'm amazed by how good it still is. Richard Burton and the brilliant music make it absolutely timeless.
Same. I haven't heard it since I was a kid in the early '80s
Still brilliant -44 years later…. and that magnificent voice of Richard Burton.
From the moment that you hear the voice of the great Richard Burton you're hooked - you have to play the whole masterpiece.
Still amazing. Hasn't lost any of its magic after all these years
A Masterpiece .... A beautiful piece of music and art ..to be treasured forever... we need to educate our children, grandchildren to this wonderful piece..and pass it down the generations ...
Forever .... Pure Class
Reporting here for 2024. I found this diamond in the dirt while shopping for comics in San Luis Obispo California. Thank you Cheap Thrills for this classic album.
One of the greatest albums of all time. First heard it in November 1978, & I’ve been hooked ever since.
This is a modern day classic, Sir Richard Burtons narration is unbeatable and the music is fantastic.
In music class in the late 1970’s, every lesson we just listened to this….walked away with a 1000 emotions…..I was 10 years old!
It's hard to believe it's just over 40 years since Burton's untimely death and his voice on this album is still so hauntingly spectacular.
Brilliant music never to be bettered. Watch in a dark room with your eyes shut and the sound up high on earphones is the best way to listen .Haunting.Would love to see the live show.
I saw it when it first toured, maybe 15 years ago?? It was brilliant.
Fighting back tears all the way through!
The voice of Richard Burton is just so amazing !
Only Richard Burton could pull this off
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Nothing can beat the the original, Absolutely Fantastic, Loved it, Gave me the absolute shivers listening to this as a nipper back in the day , I'm 51 now and still love this masterpiece to this very day 😄😄👽👽
I never moved when my dad put this on the record player and placed them massive headphones on my head back in 1983
I had the same experience, only two decades later.
Many many years before i married my future husband then took me to the Planetarium in Johannesburg South africa they put on a amazing show useing the stars and the music & story was this original recording with Richard Burton best show I've ever been to 😊❤
Justin Hayward voice as well as Richard Burton are unforgettable in this masterpiece ❤
Handed down through generations, thanks dad, ❤️.
I understand that when the BBC first broadcast "The War of the Worlds", Orson Wells narrated it. On hearing the recording, several people called the police in panic.
One of the, best albums, ever, my younger brother, john, introduced me 2 this in the very early 80,s n ive loved it ever since, i lost my brother in 2018, r,i,p, bro, n then my hubby in aug 2024, r,i,p, babe, but this reminds me of all the good times, we had.......
This track is a masterpiece.... Congratulations to the writers and the musicians. And Justin Hayward has a wonderful voice.....
Your welcome Jan enjoy yes its me Dj smidnightcaller xx shocked
@@Neil-se8mf l've bought the Lp in 1978. One of my 3 or 4 best musical memories....
One of the best Albums ever created 👌
I agree 100%, it's an absolute masterpiece!! 😀 😀 😀👌👌👌
The violins are so good.
Richard Burtons narration, and of course Justin Hayward"s voice
I agree 100% my neigbours love it aswell lol
Was out before I was born but i Own an original print vinyl now. My 5 year old is also a fan :)
..THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING CREATED AGAIN THAT IS SO GOOD . . .
My dad played this throughout my childhood and now at 29 I still obsess over it! My dad and I regularly listen to the full album together ❤
THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE 🗣🗣🗣
I'm still quite young, but my family owns this album. Back when our player was still working, my parents played it constantly and told me and my siblings the story. I remember being totally creeped out, but this song in particular I loved.
Hi , great music lovers ! I'm from Romania , and I just wanna say that me and my older brother heard this album for the first time in the early 80's ! Now , after 40 years , I am still listening it with enormous pleasure , and each time with GOOSEBUMPS ! JUST FABULOUS !!!
I was just listening to this today while i was doing the dishes...twice in one day..how random was this?🎉✨🤪🌀🌹🎇💥❄️👾💫from New Zealand.x🥝September 2024.✨💯🌈💫
I am from Italy and i used to play the old videogame on my PC, i loved so much the OST... My dream now is to came to UK to see the beautiful musical of the great JEFF WAYNE!!!! AMAZING ART MASTERPIECE♥️
I was born 6 weeks before this album came out. My father bought it on release day. I was brought up on this amazing album: it's the first album I ever heard, it terrified and delighted me and remains my favourite of all time. I was also lucky enough to receive an original 1978 pressing or the album from my partner for my 45th birthday.
Listening to Eve... on headphones for the first time blew me away as well. There's so much to the track I had previously missed.
it was mind blowing wasn't it? I was born in 75 but my grandfather set his hifi system up so I could walk in, throw the seinhesier headphones on and in an instant, I was transported to Jeff Wayne's fantastic world as soon as I closed my eyes.....
Back in time when i was at school we had to listen to this piece as a project to learn the englisch language. Before it began all kids were like; why?? but then it started and the class grew silent...Hypnotized by the music and naration. I am 53 now and still get hypnotized whenever i listen to the album.
Were you also hypnotised by the unscrewing of the cylinder? : ))))))
Bad joke sorry
@@foundationgamer9771 Hahaha well at that time our knowledge of the English language was still limited. But yes i still am hypnotized also by the "unscrewing" :P
@@johnvantilburg2122 I fixed the grammar
@@johnvantilburg2122 That's amazing, after all those decades you must be beyond fluent! You who are so wise in the ways of language must know the truth, I humbly beseech you to reveal the truth. There has been much written, innumerable interpretations with even NASA refusing official comment, please enlighten us.
Without any further ado, what does ULLA/oooooooooohhhhhhhlllaaaaaaaaaaaaa mean?
No one would believe......ahhhh the.memories of my childhood in the 90s.
Justin Hayward's magical voice is magical too as he is singing on this too as well as the Forever Autumn classic Ballad from the show War of the Worlds Jeff Waynes musical adaption of H.G Wells famous novel. With Justin Hayward singing and starring with these famous afore mentioned songs written by Jeff Wayne. Richard Burton's vioce being the original narrator of the musical.
Beautiful... simple, peace.
In a way, this inspired to write the most beautiful lyrics I could for my own collaborative autumn-themed song. My 'composing buddy' did the rest, and I thank Jeff and Justin for the idea and for setting the bar so high…
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My science teacher when i was at high school went to college with him ....he thought he was a great guy
What show are you referring to
this is an amazing masterpiece that I still listen to to this very day,im 57,even my 13 year old daughter loves it, timeless!
besr intro ever richard burton s voice fabulous
Somebody gave me the complete album on tape back in the nineties, still get the shivers listening to it
listened to this track whilst observing the real Mars through my Telescope a couple of years ago, absolutely amazing experience.
@David Still HAH! Got 'em!
I think my telescope’s broken, I just saw something green come out of Mars’ surface.
@ali kamal A million to one but still they come.
Many crashed alien crafts there.
@@nejiiuyn
News Article:
NASA Curiosity and Perseverance rovers observe strange green gas
We have concluded this "War of the Worlds" gas may be a product of radiation from the Sun, a so called "Aurora Borealis" on Mars.
But still, they come.
Richard Burton's voice. Just outstanding. Watch him in "Wild Geese". Beyond excellent.
Great film the Wild Geese
'Alan!'..
'Sandy'!!!
Another good film with him, Where Eagles Dare.
Check also "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf"...1966 masterpiece with Liz Taylor.....
@@jadefalconmk1 Clint Eastwood...
Makes my hairs stand up on the back of my neck everytime i hear this song and Justin Hayward(Moody Blues) sings it better than anyone!!!!
Justin has a voice heard only once in a generation. He is unique.
@@snowysnowyriver Yes and does it from the heart! :)
People are saying about how this scared them as kids but I heard this when I was in Primary school and I fell in love with it. The synthesizer parts that played everytime the heat ray was mentioned were what made this absolutely freakin crazy. It was out of control.
Thank you, I got this in 1979 as a Christmas present and we played it in a country pub, everyone went quiet
A combination of talents such as this is to be treasured forever.
My father showed me this on Vinyl back in the late 80s when I was just a kid. I am 40 now and still listen to it at least every year.
The complete works are a masterpiece and was well ahead of it's time when it was released back in the 70's, This track gets to the point and lets you indulge into the unknown and what's about to happen to mankind ..............Absolutely brilliant from start to finish and I'm coming up 70 years old.
1977: Justin Hayward had originally agreed to just do his featured song for the LP, "Forever Autumn", but dropped in again to sing this one and contribute a few guitar parts. Then he didn't hear about it for awhile, until he was advised "Autumn" had debuted on the US and British charts in mid-1978. "Forever Autumn" remains my defining song to this day.
I was 12 when i heard this in my dads car, My dad would lecture me on this masterpiece, I was to busy playing football manager on my PSP. I heard it 10 years later and the sound instantly took me back to my dads car and all the memories of the trip. Im now nearly 28 and the rest is history.
This album premiered on Halloween night on our biggest Rock station in 1978. I was 18, a college freshman. Richard Burton and co were the perfect voices..and no one could’ve done the music better than Justin Hayward and those he collaborated with. I love the album and the cd with the illustrated booklet. I’d love to see this artist animate the whole album for UA-cam..one of my top ten all-time favorite albums. Just a a total masterpiece.❤️🪐🌎
funny I also listened to it on my local rock station in 1978 in San Antonio, I was home on leave from USAF
This! This is my all time favorite record. Jeff Wayne is a genius.
I recently went to the war of the worlds experience and it was amazing and this song played so much there.
This music really touches your soul. What a masterpiece
One of THE BEST concept albums of ANY decade!! - FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!!!!!! 👏
The one and only one Richard Burton👍🏻