Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @kirs1064
    @kirs1064 6 місяців тому +1068

    Age 17 in 1991 I was totally captured by the video and the sound. About to leave foster care as soon as I turned 18 to go it alone as a young adult into the unknown big wide world to live independently. Every lonely but strong purposeful stride Shara took as she walked those streets to the bitter sweet happy sad sound was symbolic of me at that time. It moved me back then and still moves me when I hear it today age 50. Still navigating through the streets of life. But then again, aren't we all.

    • @alanlawlor3134
      @alanlawlor3134 6 місяців тому +20

      Amen to that!!

    • @donnasyms7873
      @donnasyms7873 6 місяців тому +30

      I rilly, rilly hope that things turned out well for you.
      You seem to have some grace and dignity for someone who went through the foster-"care" system.

    • @krzysztofjaskula3740
      @krzysztofjaskula3740 6 місяців тому +14

      How beautiful this is! Let God be with you!

    • @Michael-nw9ww
      @Michael-nw9ww 5 місяців тому +2

      I miss ya Kris haha

    • @mjwkiwi
      @mjwkiwi 5 місяців тому +16

      in 2024 as in 1991. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

  • @p3run
    @p3run 10 місяців тому +1272

    MTV, no mobile phones, no internet, only passion, joy and love for music. Oh, how I miss the 90s... greetings to everyone from Poland, wherever you are, my thoughts are with you, thanks to this masterpiece created by Massive Attack. God bless You all.

  • @paulspradbery9732
    @paulspradbery9732 2 роки тому +1514

    One of the many reasons why this is a classic is that no other song has ever sounded remotely like it: the strings, the beat, the lyrics, the scratching and weird percussion sounds, but, most of all, Shara Nelson's unique vocals.
    For me, it brings back memories of things that never happened.

    • @stephenmcginley6705
      @stephenmcginley6705 2 роки тому +29

      Well said

    • @MrFijilove
      @MrFijilove 2 роки тому +36

      Also, it has no bass.

    • @kennystaub2645
      @kennystaub2645 2 роки тому +8

      Zoro 7 destiny

    • @lp.shakur
      @lp.shakur 2 роки тому +31

      this is the absolute perfect description of that song
      I was born 92, heard this song thru my childhood and it always felt so familiar, so warm
      I cannot even describe it

    • @braidb7639
      @braidb7639 2 роки тому +23

      That last sentence! 👌🏾

  • @AlBeeston
    @AlBeeston 7 місяців тому +209

    April 2024, and this will always be one of THE Classic tracks of All Time 😊😊

  • @conchubharcinnfhaolaidh3341
    @conchubharcinnfhaolaidh3341 2 роки тому +2392

    My children cannot believe these songs like this are at least 30 years old. They sound timeless.

    • @paulolima7689
      @paulolima7689 2 роки тому +9

      👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

    • @kyachdistent1301
      @kyachdistent1301 2 роки тому +37

      Unlike most of the crap that was out in the 90s with it.

    • @mariyalambova5149
      @mariyalambova5149 2 роки тому +1

      @@kyachdistent1301 ча]+

    • @ingobund8793
      @ingobund8793 Рік тому +20

      Timeless and still fresh !!! And also classique! Much better than the comparison betw. the 50s to the 80s or betw. the 60s to the 90s of course.
      But what scares me more... THAT IT IS at least 30 yrs ago now, when i just turned to a young adult. Where did time go? But glad for THAT experience...
      You just have to replace the old 80s cars with new ones with the PC...it could easily be a NEW song😆!!!

    • @serenityjoe86
      @serenityjoe86 Рік тому +24

      @@kyachdistent1301 Absolute nonsense

  • @moneyforthemonarch
    @moneyforthemonarch 8 років тому +6205

    In my humble opinion, the most beautiful piece of popular music in the last 30 years. It somehow manages to be cold, warm, mechanic and human at the same time. The brilliance of this song is that it combined the tradition of soul music with what was then an amazingly forward-looking style of music without sounding like a gimmick or a cliché. The beat, the samples, the scratching, the strings, Shara Nelson's voice, that heartbreaking vocal and the production... Everything here is about subtlety, balance and everything fitting together at the right time. And it's truly heartbreaking that Shara Nelson didn't have the career she deserved when you know she co-wrote this masterpiece.

    • @teregrinpook3835
      @teregrinpook3835 8 років тому +86

      Tl;dr: "I really like this song. It's my favourite."

    • @mathisbrossier
      @mathisbrossier 8 років тому +62

      you're perfectly right

    • @Alostwanderer88
      @Alostwanderer88 8 років тому +24

      it was my father yea. sometimes he rambles =/ right now though my ear is free as he is out returning video tapes

    • @mortisxx5712
      @mortisxx5712 8 років тому +34

      Groundbreaking and fantastic, agreed. The most beautiful since 1986 , hmmm that needs a discussion. I'll throw in Seal's debut album and 'Walking Wounded' for a start.

    • @aleykhoga5388
      @aleykhoga5388 8 років тому +107

      "Like a soul without a mind in a body without a heart I'm missing every part"

  • @calebmalkavian
    @calebmalkavian 2 місяці тому +77

    A woman crossing the streets of a neighborhood, any given day. Around her, the world continues its course, people continue in the monotony of their lives, while she does not stop walking, as if this would ease her pain.
    This is a work of art, timeless

  • @GaryMetcalfe-xv4qr
    @GaryMetcalfe-xv4qr 6 місяців тому +285

    One of the most atmospheric haunting songs ever produced , Shara Nelson's voice is fantastic

    • @martyboy-d2u
      @martyboy-d2u 5 місяців тому +4

      Amen 🙏

    • @yamabushi170
      @yamabushi170 3 місяці тому +3

      100%

    • @amaadmunir6478
      @amaadmunir6478 2 місяці тому +2

      Took me probably 20 years to find this

    • @abrilr.v3227
      @abrilr.v3227 Місяць тому

      Everything is!!!!

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose 28 днів тому

      Agree! The feel is very much like an opera aria - she's a gospel/soul singer but she has the soaring power and emotional depth in her voice that someone like Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming or Anna Netrebko can gather into the song, and the orchestra helps lift her to that "farewell" climax around two minutes in. 🎵🎶🙏

  • @HYTTFilms
    @HYTTFilms 3 роки тому +1749

    RIP Dan Kneece. The Steadicam operator for this music video. Dan explaining how he shot this: "This shot was done in the early 90's, long before Segways, with an Arri III, a 3 to 1 Cooke lens (heavy), a 400ft mag, I made it through 6 takes before I was totally exhausted and could do no more.." A legend, a light-hearted and compassionate man has left us forever.

    • @RogueBoyScout
      @RogueBoyScout 3 роки тому +29

      This filmclip always will remind me of my only holiday in the USA.
      To be fair, I was a kid. From a naive Aussie family in '98. Now that I realise some of the areas we went to because, why not?. Didn't even have Travellors insurance. Really hope it was some Crips who "found" my Duty Free Winfield Blues.
      LA and Mexico. Had a blast, us crazy Aussies. And everyone was chill in the US and Mexico. NO ONE gave us hustle.
      Drank Jungle Juice with my brother in Tijuana.... And the worm turned us both....
      Stay Safe.

    • @marcstrusa
      @marcstrusa 3 роки тому +46

      Thanks for sharing and lifting someone else up. Such an ethereal, moving song. It is really cool hearing about your friend behind the scenes.

    • @user-vu9ys5wm7d
      @user-vu9ys5wm7d 3 роки тому +28

      Thanks for this info! Brings some more depth to the feeling of it after reading that. Such an iconic piece of film he made.

    • @marcstrusa
      @marcstrusa 3 роки тому +8

      @@user-vu9ys5wm7d very well said. Thanks. Have a great day.

    • @aphex14
      @aphex14 3 роки тому +20

      Hadn't realized his Passing until now... One of my favourite cinematic Videos that I still want to walk that route that He created in '92...R.I.P.

  • @diegorincon1330
    @diegorincon1330 8 місяців тому +88

    Man, the song, the sound, the vibration, the melody... Sad, but makes me alive

  • @richarddutchholland4780
    @richarddutchholland4780 2 роки тому +1001

    As a 21 year old this was simply mind blowing, now 52 it’s still my all time favourite song and possibly one of the greatest tunes of all time, it’s timeless. “Welcome to the greatest era of music my friends”

    • @carolparker7668
      @carolparker7668 2 роки тому +41

      Mate, I had to have a little sit down when I realised I'd bought this is 1991...

    • @leefswgoh7558
      @leefswgoh7558 2 роки тому +5

      You're 51 and your online handle is Mike Hunt? nice

    • @leefswgoh7558
      @leefswgoh7558 2 роки тому +4

      @@richarddutchholland4780 Nothing funny about Michael Hunt. Mike Hunt however sounds like "my c-word". Arguably also not funny, but a 52 (sorry, the 51 was a typo) year old man having that childisch of a nickname is hilarious to me.

    • @lenkapenka6976
      @lenkapenka6976 2 роки тому

      well said !!!!

    • @stefant-punkt672
      @stefant-punkt672 2 роки тому +11

      Im 52, too, bro. Know it since it came out like you.
      Both of us have been somewhere in this world in the early 90s, listening to it. And now we met here, listening again. Isnt that crazy?

  • @srogers4097
    @srogers4097 5 місяців тому +394

    What a privilege to have been 20 when this was out, no internet, no mobiles no social media just music like this as the soundtrack to growing up in realtime without a screen in your face

    • @cheng9260
      @cheng9260 5 місяців тому +6

      This piece is made for THE MOMENT

    • @DjEliasL
      @DjEliasL 5 місяців тому +5

      Yeah me too 20 yrs old in 1991

    • @arthurenzo3075
      @arthurenzo3075 5 місяців тому +10

      I´m from ´66 and you are so right man. It was a great time without this disgusting superficiality .

    • @arthurenzo3075
      @arthurenzo3075 5 місяців тому +8

      You are absolutely right. We are privileged to have been born in the 60s to 70s. The superficiality of our time permeates all levels. Terrible.

    • @MartyMart134
      @MartyMart134 5 місяців тому +5

      50 something here, I agree it was cool back then, but I'm 100% sure the kids are alright today, we just don't understand it, why hate on them? I don't, I'm just glad I experienced youth , its their turn in the sun, let's not degenerate other generations, we are gen X, we don't diss on old or young, we are just 'are'

  • @lisasummers145
    @lisasummers145 3 роки тому +1100

    This song is a monument in the history of music.

    • @acealexander9070
      @acealexander9070 3 роки тому +3

      Yes!!

    • @ITSFULLOFSTARS1
      @ITSFULLOFSTARS1 3 роки тому +14

      I went to College right down the street form the video shoot.. Otis Parsons School Of Design, Los Angeles. Good Times!

    • @clintrock
      @clintrock 3 роки тому +2

      well that's just an opinion....that happens to be 100% true!!!

    • @slapittywapitty8173
      @slapittywapitty8173 3 роки тому +2

      Yup. 'Lightning-in-a-bottle.'

    • @drey8
      @drey8 3 роки тому +2

      Radio 1 used to do a top 100 voted hits of all time on a bank holiday Monday (might still do, I'm too old to listen or care) and one year this was number 1, quite out of the blue. Felt like the planets had aligned or something, this beat songs like Bohemian Rhapsody.

  • @achenarmyst2156
    @achenarmyst2156 Рік тому +268

    The strings, the bells, the light, the walking, the people in her orbit. MASSIVE!

    • @stoicsavage509
      @stoicsavage509 Рік тому +7

      ATTACK ❤

    • @Penguin_of_Death
      @Penguin_of_Death Рік тому +17

      And those people in her orbit include the three members of Massive Attack - Robert Del Naja, Andrew Vowles and Grant Marshall
      0:43 Grant Marshall appears in a burgundy bomber jacket, looking in a shop window. As Shara Nelson passes he turns to follow her with a young child in blue denim, turning left down the side street in the background at 2:18, just as Robert Del Naja appears in a long green coat, standing by the telephone. As Shara passes the shop door RDN turns to follow her, then at 3:17 Andrew Vowles appears in a long dark coat, pushing a trolley, with both remaining in the background until the camera pans forward at 4:12

    • @buffalosowljah
      @buffalosowljah Рік тому

      the WHOLE lot with a hard coore system belting out this chooon you sure can feel it belieeve!! {{{ __MASSSIIIIVE ATTTACK ACKKK ACKK-)))

    • @ASMRyouVEGANyet
      @ASMRyouVEGANyet 9 місяців тому

      It's like Natalie merchant in Carnival.

    • @salamandraeest6785
      @salamandraeest6785 3 місяці тому

      I was at school with Grantly (as he was then) Marshall. Its my literal only claim to fame and I’m gonna milk it!!

  • @herkimerblue3772
    @herkimerblue3772 Рік тому +813

    One of the greatest songs ever. It's now decades old, but still timeless. A masterpiece.

    • @sallyjoan
      @sallyjoan Рік тому +3

      masterpiece? Hahahahahaha

    • @D33J3nk1
      @D33J3nk1 Рік тому +16

      Yeah u read right.a masterpeice.unless of course your deaf

    • @hawk2million
      @hawk2million Рік тому +10

      Absolutely. A true classic.

    • @sallyjoan
      @sallyjoan Рік тому

      i wouldn't go that far but it's pretty good.@@hawk2million

    • @sallyjoan
      @sallyjoan Рік тому

      this a masterpiece? hilarious..@@D33J3nk1

  • @markbroady9056
    @markbroady9056 Місяць тому +26

    60 years, 3 kids, so many memories, this is one.

    • @philiplevins6702
      @philiplevins6702 24 дні тому

      57 brother...so many memories...know exactly where and when I was first time I heard this...game changer ...such a choon ...peace brother ☘☘

  • @katleonard2649
    @katleonard2649 7 років тому +2278

    This was the entrance music for my grandmas funeral yesterday, she was 86 and this was one of her all time favourites as well as one of mine❤️ RIP X

    • @erflingnot
      @erflingnot 7 років тому +71

      real tears she must have been wonderful sorry for your loss
      j

    • @martinsteel6451
      @martinsteel6451 7 років тому +97

      Kat Leonard one of your grandma's favorites? high 5 to her!!

    • @bendawes1648
      @bendawes1648 7 років тому +21

      Love 2 Gran Xx

    • @timbuchanan79
      @timbuchanan79 7 років тому +20

      Chilled grandma 🖒and ur self

    • @r.pmcmurphy5121
      @r.pmcmurphy5121 7 років тому +49

      Wow! Isn't it great when your elders love the tunes you do! Must've been a powerful moment, words fail me but the music says so much .....X

  • @robertjohnson1602
    @robertjohnson1602 Рік тому +813

    Unfinished Sympathy has the distinction of being a handful of songs that never age. Brilliantly original and forever memorable. Excellence on another level from Massive Attack.

    • @unfinishedsympathy245
      @unfinishedsympathy245 Рік тому +8

      Thank you very much 😊

    • @reasonableguy9090
      @reasonableguy9090 11 місяців тому +6

      This song has heart, soul, but most of all Integrity.

    • @irenilles2323
      @irenilles2323 8 місяців тому

      ❤ Appena l'ha trasmesso la Radio Capital , che si fa sentire dei brani degli anni 60,/70 /80 /90 tra anche questo brano.
      Bellissima melodia , con la voce unica .

    • @mel7132
      @mel7132 2 місяці тому

      Spiritual gentle power melancholic truthful

  • @sistazz9905
    @sistazz9905 2 роки тому +3724

    It’s 2024 and this is still one of the greatest songs ever

    • @wajdiraach9874
      @wajdiraach9874 2 роки тому +26

      Indeed

    • @alsine6961
      @alsine6961 2 роки тому +32

      💯 Bristol vibes everlasting !

    • @andymac4965
      @andymac4965 2 роки тому +27

      Especially with all the complelety unnecessary conflict going on in the world.

    • @andymac4965
      @andymac4965 2 роки тому +14

      Just a magic sound .. a pominon.

    • @elih9700
      @elih9700 2 роки тому +2

      Grrrrrr, tis true. x Kinky Afro tho.

  • @MarioMoreira-y3x
    @MarioMoreira-y3x 8 місяців тому +17

    A MASTER PIECE. AWESOME. TIMELESS.

  • @sanderwissink5330
    @sanderwissink5330 Рік тому +116

    Cant believe this from 91!...32 years old now. Especially for electronic music from that era, its remarkable that it hasnt aged at all!

  • @gms77777
    @gms77777 4 роки тому +4554

    Its 2020 and this is still one of the coolest tracks ever produced

    • @oskars_l
      @oskars_l 4 роки тому +52

      it is 2020 and massive attack will be same in 1999 2014 2020 does not matter. Must be new old classic :D

    • @gms77777
      @gms77777 4 роки тому +15

      @@oskars_l agreed

    • @zinonkalas482
      @zinonkalas482 4 роки тому +7

      watch her name? do you know?

    • @lesleyhubble2976
      @lesleyhubble2976 4 роки тому +16

      gms77777 And the coolest video

    • @hrperformance
      @hrperformance 4 роки тому +8

      100%

  • @pumpkinpepsi
    @pumpkinpepsi Рік тому +526

    My God this still gives me chills.

  • @Camille_Anderson
    @Camille_Anderson 10 місяців тому +57

    The magic of the internet has given youngsters the chance to appreciate the magnificent music us oldies loved, too. 💯🙏🙏👏 The horrors of the world can be escaped and we can come together for 4 minutes of bliss. 💚🙏

  • @Jasonr2803
    @Jasonr2803 Рік тому +304

    One of the best songs ever created. Still sounds amazing today, as it did in 1991.

    • @KingstonTheArtist
      @KingstonTheArtist Рік тому +3

      It put me on to trip hop recently I’m a fan now I’m so happy

    • @smartgenes1
      @smartgenes1 Рік тому +1

      @@KingstonTheArtist Trip hop didn't exist when this was made. But check out A Monk and Canatella.

  • @pikvlieg
    @pikvlieg 3 роки тому +629

    Its not a song,
    it’s a memory, a feeling, a trip down memory lane. And it’s all good. Everything fits..
    I will always love this song, will always play this song, on very possible occasion. Because it should be played. Always. Period

    • @Agnieszka122
      @Agnieszka122 3 роки тому +11

      What a beautiful way to describe this masterpiece .

    • @MrBougeman
      @MrBougeman 3 роки тому +1

      i understand exactly what you mean. Such a great song and symphony ! Listen Sky and sand from Paul Kalbrenner, maybe you know this song. It is not the same tempo at all, but kind of same feelings for me.

    • @veronicamai331
      @veronicamai331 3 роки тому +6

      Very well said my friend.

    • @green_wire
      @green_wire 3 роки тому +5

      Beautiful. Well said

    • @sojiogungbesan5547
      @sojiogungbesan5547 3 роки тому +2

      💯

  • @coolhand1964
    @coolhand1964 Рік тому +110

    I have found this to be the most peaceful song ever, not the saddest. It releases withheld emotions, especially live, but puts you at peace with yourself, and the demons you're dealing with from within.

    • @jansniezynski7348
      @jansniezynski7348 Рік тому +9

      It kind of makes you feel enough just as you are while listening to

    • @Teow_of_Meow
      @Teow_of_Meow Рік тому +7

      Totally. She’s neutral with her processed pain.

    • @perrynnlynch1883
      @perrynnlynch1883 2 місяці тому

      Well said. Great comment.

  • @DjEliasL
    @DjEliasL 5 місяців тому +44

    The music of my generation.. 1990-91 as I remember. That was a great time with lots of positive energy also in music.. Gosh I loved those times ..

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK 3 дні тому +1

      The song has an incredible way of capturing the listener's feelings.

  • @GamerPhilosophy
    @GamerPhilosophy Рік тому +235

    My brain has never left 90's dimension, every time I hear timeless classics from the 90's I am transported back in time/home. 💞👌😊👍

  • @marquitalorianne8438
    @marquitalorianne8438 4 роки тому +655

    One of the greatest songs of all time.
    I'm crying. So fitting. Timeless.
    This song created an entirely new genre of music.

    • @marcoaceto7357
      @marcoaceto7357 4 роки тому +22

      The part where she sing "how can we have a day whitout a night" remind me of this period which unfortunately represents the night but which sooner or later will pass and then become day again

    • @MC-lv9ij
      @MC-lv9ij 4 роки тому +3

      Than listen to philladelphia by bruce springstin

    • @jennyfarside6832
      @jennyfarside6832 4 роки тому +1

      Watch 'CoronaComa' by 'Sly Toe Hand' I think it may interest you.

    • @philbolchx
      @philbolchx 4 роки тому

      excellent jimmy!!!

    • @philbolchx
      @philbolchx 4 роки тому +1

      sax so fabulous sonng!!!

  • @harpiyon
    @harpiyon 2 роки тому +282

    Wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever is your problem or your pain: May this song show you the path & guide you to the light.

  • @DanielKeane-v6s
    @DanielKeane-v6s 8 місяців тому +45

    I never comment on nothing but there's times when you gotta speak up. One of the best tunes of that era makes you feel like there's more to music than we know 😊

    • @october1820
      @october1820 8 місяців тому +1

      The 90's were truly taking music into its limits, Massive Attack and Trip-Hop in general was a great example to this with the birth of the Bristol sound. Just a real hype to get into a new century overall, As to cite a comment i once read on an Aphex Twin song.

    • @cmitchell5593
      @cmitchell5593 8 місяців тому +1

      Its somethn magical

    • @rob3197
      @rob3197 7 місяців тому

      @@october1820 I was out in Bristol in the late 90s....great times and the music that was coming out of there....another level....Portishead etc etc

    • @UndergroundHouseAndTechno
      @UndergroundHouseAndTechno 5 місяців тому +1

      When it resonates, it resonates.

  • @TM-fg8ze
    @TM-fg8ze 3 роки тому +4719

    It's 2021 and this is still one of the greatest songs ever

    • @marceibel1131
      @marceibel1131 3 роки тому +27

      Right.

    • @mr.lumbergh7273
      @mr.lumbergh7273 3 роки тому +44

      And the video too, that single cut with all those perspective changes...
      Great stuff.

    • @mar15115
      @mar15115 3 роки тому +10

      Yes

    • @pdeddy
      @pdeddy 3 роки тому +17

      100%

    • @cb4023
      @cb4023 3 роки тому +15

      Always will be!

  • @jameshartley95
    @jameshartley95 8 років тому +305

    It's like wine, It gets better and better as time passes by.

    • @Rondo2ooo
      @Rondo2ooo 8 років тому +13

      Especially when most of tje new wines taste like shit.

    • @JayLeePoe
      @JayLeePoe 8 років тому

      like a circle jerk, if you will

    • @jamuga60
      @jamuga60 8 років тому +3

      Yeah it does. It really does.

    • @jameshartley95
      @jameshartley95 7 років тому

      haha

  • @danm.bagley5030
    @danm.bagley5030 4 роки тому +721

    Love this sing, I'm 72 years old, good music knows no limits.

    • @vasilisbouskoutas8486
      @vasilisbouskoutas8486 4 роки тому +23

      Im 60 and i agree.for ever.

    • @drstrangelove2771
      @drstrangelove2771 4 роки тому +27

      I am 69 and Dan we are lucky that we lived through some of the most beautiful music ever. This track is a great example.

    • @BorlockShaman
      @BorlockShaman 4 роки тому +16

      I wish you the longest live to enjoy as much music as you can

    • @drstrangelove2771
      @drstrangelove2771 4 роки тому +9

      @@BorlockShaman Thanks Dado very kind thought and I hope you do as well !!

    • @camiloazula
      @camiloazula 4 роки тому +7

      Im 40 and love it too

  • @tenebos3378
    @tenebos3378 2 місяці тому +20

    Not only one of the greatest songs of all time. Also has one of the greatest videos of all time.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose 28 днів тому +2

      Filmed in southern Los Angeles, and without a single cut

  • @gribboo4629
    @gribboo4629 Рік тому +188

    This was my mums favourite song, I can still hear whacking the speakers to full and singing her beautiful little heart out! Sadly lost her at the young. Age of 52

    • @bohochick77
      @bohochick77 Рік тому +5

      😥so sad for your loss

    • @deathblowropes
      @deathblowropes Рік тому +5

      She had great taste. Condolences, friend

    • @lolotaeja3911
      @lolotaeja3911 Рік тому +2

      You have my heart for your loss. Keep your head up.

    • @louisecrane5798
      @louisecrane5798 Рік тому +2

      sorry for your loss x

    • @AishaHussain-e9y
      @AishaHussain-e9y Рік тому +2

      Your mum has got her speakers louder in heaven still playing this song RIP to your beautiful mum so sad I'm sorry you lost her so young ❤😢

  • @adamjackson637
    @adamjackson637 5 місяців тому +53

    Quite possibly the greatest piece of music in the last 100 years.

  • @gavinkalaher7314
    @gavinkalaher7314 2 роки тому +538

    This track very cleverly captures such soaring, vulnerable heights of emotion due to the string's key in F major, which was a favourite amongst classical composers, such as Bach. A very intelligent production, which will never lose it's timeless appeal due to its diverse influences that span hip hop, soul, classical and electronica. It really touches deep into the soul of all who behold its achingly-beautiful majesty. A modern masterpiece.

    • @TimeTraveller010
      @TimeTraveller010 2 роки тому +2

      Mahler Karajan, you know it?

    • @1.1sidvicious97
      @1.1sidvicious97 2 роки тому

      Óh Man...

    • @thehappypimp
      @thehappypimp 2 роки тому +10

      Wow... way off the mark... this is ostensibly in minor.... d minor.... not even close to G major... also: nothing indicates that JSBach liked or used G major more than any other key... as for other classical composers..... Beethoven certainly favoured Eb major, this is well known and documented. Mozart used D major a lot, G major is coming in at 6th place....

    • @fatfreefarmer4023
      @fatfreefarmer4023 2 роки тому +3

      @@thehappypimp Correct, Just plinked it out. Dminor. You can jam a dminor 6th chord with it. Didn't know that's what it was till I looked it up. Overated work too IMHO. Give me Wayne County any day ua-cam.com/video/LJYnSMk9seE/v-deo.html

    • @mikeadams7904
      @mikeadams7904 2 роки тому +3

      Do you like huey Lewis and the news ?

  • @TheRyanos
    @TheRyanos 10 місяців тому +101

    One of the best songs ever made. It's so unique, there's nothing like it! Big fan of Massive Attack.

    • @akheem7515
      @akheem7515 9 місяців тому +2

      Ain’t that the truth!😁❤❤❤

    • @SanguineMalcontent
      @SanguineMalcontent 9 місяців тому +1

      Reminds me of Moby TBH.

    • @TheRyanos
      @TheRyanos 9 місяців тому

      I get where you're coming from@@SanguineMalcontent

  • @blablupp5669
    @blablupp5669 8 років тому +240

    One of my all time favourites, it never gets outdated to me.

    • @Brickkzz
      @Brickkzz 8 років тому +7

      I think it's because of strings. They give it that orchestral feel! Also one of my favourites!

    • @bingsinatra5283
      @bingsinatra5283 7 років тому

      Ezra Rubenstein Yup, Will Malone's finest moment.

    • @heavysmoker
      @heavysmoker 7 років тому +8

      Epic tunes, for everyone to taste and feel. Can you still?

    • @stefanomugnaini9229
      @stefanomugnaini9229 7 років тому +3

      heavysmoker yees

    • @sergiorodrigues5297
      @sergiorodrigues5297 7 років тому +3

      muito bom

  • @luappmek
    @luappmek Рік тому +160

    This song is a masterpiece, period. Already more than 30 years old and still so powerful, this is unbelievable. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, no matter where I am or what I do. Thank you Massive Attack 🙏

    • @cbrrr600
      @cbrrr600 Рік тому +2

      😍

    • @Rose-yz3nj
      @Rose-yz3nj Рік тому +2

      VERY SAMEEE🙌🔥

    • @jefflilyea4669
      @jefflilyea4669 10 місяців тому

      Makes me cry

    • @NathanMitton
      @NathanMitton 9 місяців тому +1

      Just quietly, where the hell did those more than 30 years ago?
      This is one of those that takes me back to that time. This is a recurring theme with my comments, but I’d give anything to be back there

    • @katylowey3782
      @katylowey3782 9 місяців тому

      Oh hell yeah! So so good!

  • @monikalm7087
    @monikalm7087 9 років тому +47

    It's so amazing how this song describes longing for closeness to the other person at the very beginning of the relationship.

  • @Adelaide-audits.
    @Adelaide-audits. 3 місяці тому +8

    August 24, feels lost... that old feeling. Nothing is new anymore, in a world of tech... there's no soul left 💔
    Thank God for the memories 🙏 🙌 ❤️

  • @marnieseven5440
    @marnieseven5440 Рік тому +133

    Unfinished Sympathy" is a song by the English trip hop group Massive Attack. It was released on 11 February 1991 under the temporary group name Massive.[1] The song was written by the three band members Robert "3D" Del Naja, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, the song's vocalist Shara Nelson and the group's co-producer Jonathan "Jonny Dollar" Sharp. It was released on 11 February 1991 as the second single from the band's first album, Blue Lines (1991), on the band's Wild Bunch label distributed by Circa Records.[2] The name "Massive" was used to avoid a radio ban, as the track's release coincided with the Gulf War. Produced by Massive Attack and Dollar, the song incorporates various musical elements into its arrangement, including vocal and percussion samples, drum programming and string orchestration by the arranger Wil Malone

    • @marnieseven5440
      @marnieseven5440 Рік тому

      @@Expara80 I dont have the bulb of knowledge, thanks for the information, I just wanted to let people here too to know the history of this song, being bad doesn't offer anything, I'm not an idiot

  • @tallyattwater
    @tallyattwater 8 років тому +93

    This song helped me through rough times in 1991. I would walk down the the street with my walkman on and this blasting. It freaking blew my mind.....you have to feel this song. It's ironic how 25 years later I'm back listening to it for different reasons...

  • @jeremyalexandercox
    @jeremyalexandercox 2 роки тому +173

    I'm 45 yrs old , I was raving/ partying since the tender age of 15 with my older brother and I can honestly say this has to be the finest song I've ever listened to

    • @aliciasmith479
      @aliciasmith479 2 роки тому +4

      Same age, same experience. I remember hunting down the dj to find out who it was. It's such a haunting, beautiful song.

    • @trivacker
      @trivacker 2 роки тому +5

      I'm 45 too and also partying in the 90s with this song. And then, The Matrix came out.. Massive Attack, Rob Dougan.. those songs got the same/special vibes.

    • @jamesdixon2338
      @jamesdixon2338 2 роки тому +5

      Dude! Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Daft Punk...the mid 90s was it. Even when you were a nerdy Midwest boy, haha!

    • @bikerdave1274
      @bikerdave1274 Рік тому +3

      Music For ALL SOULS YEAHHH!!!!

    • @ishtarbabylon4869
      @ishtarbabylon4869 Рік тому +3

      Same ♥️

  • @UndergroundHouseAndTechno
    @UndergroundHouseAndTechno 5 місяців тому +30

    A unique sonic poem. Wrote hard by normality. Captured exquisitely. This is life.

  • @GamerPhilosophy
    @GamerPhilosophy Рік тому +364

    If you're still listening to this masterpiece, you have a good taste in music. 💞👌😊👍

    • @smurftarget
      @smurftarget Рік тому +3

      😂

    • @damienmatrozis7992
      @damienmatrozis7992 Рік тому +3

      My fav t-shirt from maybe 1997. Martin place. Red eye records.

    • @zoozleparadoxon4376
      @zoozleparadoxon4376 Рік тому +3

      I love it😊

    • @cjf614
      @cjf614 Рік тому +2

      Listening to it right now at 3.15 am. Never get tired of listening to this. Every time is as good as the first time I heard it.

    • @ozzymorrison8628
      @ozzymorrison8628 Рік тому +2

      Thanks

  • @aversivespider
    @aversivespider 4 роки тому +468

    This is one of those rare tracks that everyone loves, no matter their taste in music

    • @cezzary222
      @cezzary222 4 роки тому +6

      You're right. I'm from Poland, Europe. Firtst time I heard her long time ago and she's still in my head. What a master peace :) And I mean like 15 yers ago!!

    • @edwardsilverock9433
      @edwardsilverock9433 4 роки тому +1

      Totally

    • @jambammz9908
      @jambammz9908 4 роки тому +1

      @@cezzary222 it's older than that bro

    • @job9650
      @job9650 4 роки тому +4

      @@jambammz9908 theyre talking about when THEY fist heard it lol

    • @milsub59
      @milsub59 4 роки тому

      8k dislikes ?

  • @marcus11x
    @marcus11x 2 роки тому +177

    Such a beautiful woman with such an amazing voice. One of the greatest songs ever.

    • @rogink
      @rogink 2 роки тому +5

      @Daniel C It all went Pete Tong?

    • @manoz6194
      @manoz6194 2 роки тому +1

      @@rogink nice one

    • @coco4273
      @coco4273 2 роки тому +1

      @Daniel C damn

    • @rentoz
      @rentoz 2 роки тому +1

      @Daniel C Tragic

    • @choughed3072
      @choughed3072 2 роки тому +1

      @@rogink I've not heard that bit of rhyming slang in a long time lol.

  • @carlosfandango2419
    @carlosfandango2419 6 місяців тому +54

    This is peak MTV. One of the greatest music videos ever created, containing one of the standout tracks of the 90's.

    • @swingtipper
      @swingtipper 3 місяці тому

      so right !!

    • @treetop1985
      @treetop1985 3 місяці тому

      This song is timeless. MTV not so much.

  • @barrycook7189
    @barrycook7189 5 років тому +515

    I bet she never had any idea she was creating an absolute anthem when making this, just beautiful

    • @leewright3410
      @leewright3410 5 років тому +3

      Exactly

    • @phineasgage8252
      @phineasgage8252 5 років тому +21

      Her performance is amazing, but it was Massive Attack that created the song

    • @bingsinatra5283
      @bingsinatra5283 5 років тому +6

      Will Malone's skyscraping string arrangement is equally important.

    • @shokk40
      @shokk40 5 років тому +12

      @@phineasgage8252 and she wrote the lyrics so your points kinda moot

    • @davidbasnett2193
      @davidbasnett2193 4 роки тому +3

      Master-piece! 30years old now

  • @jmp01a24
    @jmp01a24 Рік тому +114

    One take, the whole video. Every Massive Attack video has very high level of sophistication, skill and triggers emotions.

    • @lauriesearle4765
      @lauriesearle4765 Рік тому +3

      I loved being a silly 20 year old interviewing them when I understood we would all find them amazing. i'm still little but I'm glad we know this together!!!

  • @peterevans7761
    @peterevans7761 4 роки тому +279

    A mate of mine recorded this for me when it came out,I wasn't aware of much at the time I was at one my many lowest moments,reading The Idiot by Dostoyevsky.Drunk and off my face most of the time living in a 1 bedsit dump,in Battersea,a nutter close to the edge.This was ,and still is in my opinion one of the most beautiful,sad,and moving songs I've been lucky to hear.I'm now almost 63 very rarely off my face.But still am moved and eternally grateful to have grown up in a world where artists like these guys exist..It doesn't put food on your plate but music when it's this special feeds the soul,and man the soul really needs to be full !

    • @hunnypotbuzz
      @hunnypotbuzz 4 роки тому +18

      Brutally honest and a sad recollection of your low point in life. But you got thru it; you stepped away from the edge and started caring for yourself again. You’re 63 years young with so much more of your life to live. Turn this song up loud. Sending you love x

    • @dipikaprasad1475
      @dipikaprasad1475 4 роки тому +10

      Omg why am reading idiot by Dostoevsky listening to this and read your comment!!!

    • @theun-knownmusician5468
      @theun-knownmusician5468 4 роки тому +4

      Peter Evans I’m glad you’re ok now and love this song!

    • @susieq1964lovespy
      @susieq1964lovespy 4 роки тому +2

      Music saves us - such a fabulous piece.

    • @rogerwilco4736
      @rogerwilco4736 4 роки тому +1

      @Biscuits Brown Pete the wacko

  • @perrysolomon6020
    @perrysolomon6020 10 місяців тому +27

    I'm obsessed with this song.

  • @Cyrille1536
    @Cyrille1536 6 місяців тому +306

    One of the greatest song ever

  • @thetwitterlectual9528
    @thetwitterlectual9528 3 роки тому +190

    Let’s take a moment to appreciate just how good the production in this song is.

    • @Cransridge2288
      @Cransridge2288 3 роки тому +12

      I've been appreciating it since 1991. Quite literally thirty years 🙇🏻‍♂️ Without doubt the best track I have ever heard. I want this played at my funeral. Peace out my brothers and sisters, much love.

    • @sadieharris4635
      @sadieharris4635 3 роки тому +7

      Real music with real words and real sounds. What's that!!

  • @waltersobchak926
    @waltersobchak926 7 років тому +316

    give it another twenty years and this will still sound as good as ever, a timeless classic

    • @FungusMossGnosis
      @FungusMossGnosis 6 років тому +4

      That statement is definitely not over the line. Mark it 10/10!

    • @mantistoboggan5171
      @mantistoboggan5171 6 років тому

      take a one direction song and try saying that statement........ mainstream modern music is so fucking tragic....

    • @stevencotton7516
      @stevencotton7516 6 років тому

      some of us won't live that long

    • @d3rnoobspi3ss21
      @d3rnoobspi3ss21 6 років тому

      but this song will live for ever

  • @richardlambeth9513
    @richardlambeth9513 Місяць тому +12

    Has to be one of the greatest songs of all time

  • @JuiKuen
    @JuiKuen 3 роки тому +245

    Pure classic. The atmosphere, the feel of this song. Those times can never be replicated...

    • @wendys7679
      @wendys7679 3 роки тому +6

      I miss myself how i enjoyed the music and life and was happy

    • @tonyengland6872
      @tonyengland6872 3 роки тому +1

      So right mate

    • @samevans865
      @samevans865 3 роки тому +4

      Damn I miss the 90's

    • @LiLTailormade
      @LiLTailormade 2 роки тому +2

      Man you hit it right in the head. I was 6 yrs old when this came out and all the music The came out of the early 90s mostly sounded like this and I remember every bit of it because my father used to play music like this all the time , Enya, Sade, New Age music in general. Man i miss the 90s so so much. Such a vibrant time.

    • @teddybess54
      @teddybess54 2 роки тому

      You are so true ...

  • @BernikeCoetzee
    @BernikeCoetzee 2 роки тому +103

    31 YEARS after this track was released...and it still gives me goosies all over!

  • @benlong4277
    @benlong4277 8 років тому +35

    One of the best British songs I've ever heard, it's actually freakish just how well it's put together

    • @DuskAndHerEmbrace13
      @DuskAndHerEmbrace13 8 років тому +11

      Thanks for the song Ben

    • @benlong4277
      @benlong4277 7 років тому

      SelfReferencingName
      I don't understand? What do you mean😂

    • @benlong4277
      @benlong4277 7 років тому

      SelfReferencingName
      Sorry I meant to put heard

    • @benlong4277
      @benlong4277 7 років тому

      SelfReferencingName
      I didn't mean to put that😂😂

  • @clement6574
    @clement6574 28 днів тому +5

    The uk especially England has given us so many incredible songs from so many bands. Greetings from a french who used to live for a decade in London

  • @cchh1
    @cchh1 9 років тому +243

    My dad played this all the time when I was a kid! Saturdays were clean up days and my dad just blasted music all day. Lots of Enya, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Sade, Jimi Hendrix, Al Green, the list is long and eclectic.

    • @stephrem5307
      @stephrem5307 9 років тому +29

      Sounds like your dad had an awesome taste in various types of music!!

    • @shelly_2219
      @shelly_2219 9 років тому +6

      sounds like we've got the same dad

    • @cchh1
      @cchh1 9 років тому

      Michalina Kupczak Hello long lost sister

    • @thetrollchickencarrot2677
      @thetrollchickencarrot2677 9 років тому +1

      +CHEL only respond to the woman, fuck you .

    • @cchh1
      @cchh1 9 років тому +1

      the troll chickencarrot FALSE. I only respond to people with the last name Kupczak and chickencarrot, jokes on you.

  • @roze1207
    @roze1207 4 роки тому +274

    Going through the darkest times on the globe, yet this song brings happiness. Just an iconic tune!

    • @jennyfarside6832
      @jennyfarside6832 4 роки тому

      Watch 'CoronaComa' by 'Sly Toe Hand' I think it may be of interest to you.

    • @mortisxx5712
      @mortisxx5712 4 роки тому +1

      Iconic is the word. Peace

    • @Liveackto
      @Liveackto 4 роки тому

      @Roz true indeed my friend. Truly uplifting in the times we are all living in currently. 🙏🏾

    • @marleyite
      @marleyite 4 роки тому

      Yes this man made CON-undrum.

    • @achenarmyst2156
      @achenarmyst2156 Рік тому

      We may have opened our globe‘s book but it‘s an unfinished sympathy tainted with all sorts of maltreatment 💔

  • @bazil83
    @bazil83 4 роки тому +1252

    I’m 900 years old, and this is the greatest song of all time.

    • @dbay7466
      @dbay7466 4 роки тому +32

      Well done on reaching yr 900th, what's your secret??

    • @JohnSmith-uk3oh
      @JohnSmith-uk3oh 4 роки тому +16

      Cant disagree, I mean, this is Gods theme tune

    • @RickyVilla31
      @RickyVilla31 4 роки тому +12

      I just turned 220. I doubt the youth of today will ever make anything like this unless Highlander learns to mix.

    • @celticfrost3250
      @celticfrost3250 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂👍🍻

    • @Vorkus01
      @Vorkus01 4 роки тому +1

      @@celticfrost3250 hey, hello Ace!

  • @craigsimons817
    @craigsimons817 3 місяці тому +5

    Such brooding menace underscored by Shara’s pain ridden vocals, this track digs deep into my soul and leaves me wanting to be a better person.

  • @davidford8445
    @davidford8445 2 роки тому +87

    Once in a generation a song is produced and written an absolute masterpiece

  • @jeffbyrne6785
    @jeffbyrne6785 Рік тому +48

    Still for me the Greatest British song of all time.Magnificent

  • @crippledbrainwave
    @crippledbrainwave 5 місяців тому +41

    21 years old today,what a timeless classic. Can’t believe I’m probably going to look back at this comment at 50. So proud of how far I’ve came

    • @djavery24
      @djavery24 5 місяців тому +6

      I was 21 when this song came out and I'm now 54. There was NOTHING like it when it came out, and it hit just like it does now.... a special groove that can't be duplicated.

    • @kirs1064
      @kirs1064 5 місяців тому +2

      Times are different today. I wouldn't want to be starting out again with all the challenges out there. I hope you can live a good, happy, healthy life.

  • @rossleau5674
    @rossleau5674 9 місяців тому +14

    Some how it just transports me to how I felt and lived back in 1992, nostalgic vibes and wish I could be transported back to those times and stay there.❤

  • @antonydicesare4632
    @antonydicesare4632 3 роки тому +1566

    November 2021, and this still sounds out of this world, absolute tune

    • @bronkoboyb8316
      @bronkoboyb8316 3 роки тому +10

      Ja man

    • @stepenn2196
      @stepenn2196 3 роки тому +7

      Agreed

    • @freedomariseagain5814
      @freedomariseagain5814 3 роки тому +18

      Absolutely with u. A Masterpiece full of energy to over help u stay strong I. This times. Peace ND U ity we need... Live without freedom is a body without heart.....

    • @oreliendaniel1886
      @oreliendaniel1886 3 роки тому +8

      I always listen to it 🙌

    • @lukesbeans
      @lukesbeans 3 роки тому +21

      This song will never age. Fact!

  • @adamburton6718
    @adamburton6718 8 років тому +34

    This song will always remind me of my brother Jason Ash who passed away yesterday aged 46.. GBNF! Nuff love bruv!

  • @marsfuture
    @marsfuture 7 років тому +118

    still as raw, pure, heartfelt, talented, beautiful, musical and human as ever. boy do i miss the days when bands were just trying to make the most beautiful music they could, not trying to please their target audiences or produce what they assumed people wanted to hear or what was in fashion back then. probably fair enough that this generation of 90s artists were the last ones to really make serious money in sales from their records. they were unique artists with vision and mission.

    • @geiloesarda2176
      @geiloesarda2176 7 років тому +6

      marsfuture I totally agree ^_^

    • @aysheaforshaw8523
      @aysheaforshaw8523 7 років тому +5

      marsfuture I was 16 in 1991 and 90s were the best music/clubbing days of my life..ppl just wanted to be together and party enjoy being young pity youth today wernt the same✌

    • @radonnaransom162
      @radonnaransom162 7 років тому +2

      marsfuture Idk, some were great, some were not .

    • @artsyteach
      @artsyteach 6 років тому +2

      Ayshea Forshaw I was too! I couldn't agree more. I think it's more amazing that here we all are NOW In 2018, in our 40s lol, gathering at the UA-cam comment section, to voice our love and appreciation for such raw talent snd sheer genius. Massive attack is something that can't be explained. I saw them in concert in 2007 and I have never felt luckier. They are a musical phenomenon. One of a kind for sure.

    • @DeeperThanMyThoughts
      @DeeperThanMyThoughts 6 років тому +1

      You couldn't have expressed that better, so true, so true!

  • @radioheadas
    @radioheadas 2 місяці тому +5

    THE WALK OF THE CENTURY TAKES WITH HER THE BEST SONG OF THE DECADE AND NOT ONLY

  • @pennybunny
    @pennybunny 11 місяців тому +36

    1990 baby!
    Had this on single cassette in my Walkman.
    Timeless classic 🎶✨️

  • @marccarter1350
    @marccarter1350 4 роки тому +126

    Hailing from Bristol UK, when I was a lad, back in the 1980s, we used to watch our local Hip Hop group The Wild Bunch perform live at tons of gigs most summers. That group went on to become Massive attack! Even after all that fame, they still played some small local festivals/clubs. There all sound guys!

    • @briandunn2807
      @briandunn2807 4 роки тому +2

      I am trying to track down a chap challed charlie used to play sax with them in the early days.

    • @doctorphibez
      @doctorphibez 4 роки тому +3

      Yes Wild Bunch were wicked. We rapped with them at Tim Westwood's Rap Convention at the Wag Club in Soho back in the day. Cookie Crew were also on the bill.

    • @mitch2620
      @mitch2620 4 роки тому +7

      West Country boys done well! :-) Incredible bunch. Can't forget Tricky too.

    • @pavloslionmma7619
      @pavloslionmma7619 4 роки тому

      is that video from england or america ? it looks like america

    • @marccarter1350
      @marccarter1350 4 роки тому +1

      @@pavloslionmma7619 State side for sure

  • @shiveringisles3509
    @shiveringisles3509 6 років тому +376

    "Unfinished Sympathy began as a fugitive melody floating around in Shara Nelson’s sub-conscious during the sessions for Blue Lines. When co-producer Jonny Dollar(Sharp) accidentally heard her humming the melody to herself, he urged her to sing it to him and loving the melody so much he hastily arranged a late-night jam in the studio - just a keyboard and drum machine with singer Shara Nelson extemporising her melody she had come up with on the day to music. Other Massive Attack members then began adding their own contributions to the song, with Mushroom’s DJ skills perhaps most notably adding that extra something to the song with his scratching and sampling qualities.
    The billowly string arrangement, which was the final part of the puzzle was the brainchild of Jonny Dollar, who first laid down synthesized strings, then brought in a 40-piece string section to dupe the part, conducted by string arranger Will Malone in none other than the famous Abbey Road Studios in London."

    • @jakubmarszaek8330
      @jakubmarszaek8330 6 років тому +24

      Yeah. They didn't had enought money, so sold car to pay for recording studio and all strings

    • @frankalfar
      @frankalfar 6 років тому +5

      😎 story

    • @ernestogasulla7763
      @ernestogasulla7763 5 років тому

      What a waste... 40 strings to play long chords only... if the story is true (cause it could have easily been done with digital strings)

    • @AlBorland3877
      @AlBorland3877 5 років тому +22

      @@ernestogasulla7763 It's all about the atmosphere created, not the skill it takes.

    • @nickycurtis6378
      @nickycurtis6378 5 років тому +6

      This is my favourite song, so I hope that story is true, because like the chorus, like a soul without a mind, in a body without a heart... Like Shara without MA.

  • @jaclaird2651
    @jaclaird2651 2 місяці тому +6

    I remember stopping dead in my tracks when I heard this for the first time. After it finished I realised I had moved an inch. It was and still is completely mesmerising and it now is a tune at a pivotal point in my life. This is what music is all about. Whatever genre you enjoy, it's sacred.

  • @simonerecaldin278
    @simonerecaldin278 Рік тому +206

    I love this song since I’ve heard it the first time. I was 16 and now that I’m bearly 50 it gives me the same vibes. Unique, brilliant, I could listening every day ❤

    • @ThePaulaon1
      @ThePaulaon1 Рік тому +5

      I'm with you 🙂❤️

    • @bobmathews9072
      @bobmathews9072 Рік тому

      Another British dance music masterpiece , we had so many of them in the 90’s it was almost impossible to keep up . Fun fact - they were forced to change their name from “Massive Attack” around the time of the first gulf war , because “the powers that be” felt it “too aggressive” - cheeky cuntz !! Yet here they still are

    • @DaPhlyymamee
      @DaPhlyymamee Рік тому

      Yes! I bought the CD when it first came out! 🙌🏿

    • @samum5856
      @samum5856 Рік тому

      Same!

    • @hsifnoilliram6379
      @hsifnoilliram6379 Рік тому

      I'm 1975

  • @antoniog76
    @antoniog76 4 роки тому +91

    I can't believe it is almost 30 years that I listen to this song and every single time I still get the goosebumps....

  • @isabeligbar
    @isabeligbar 7 років тому +225

    I was born in 1987. I was like 5 years old when I watched the Video for the first time... One of the most beautiful memories of my childhood. And I still think this is epic :)

    • @wellies70
      @wellies70 7 років тому

      izabela Igbar I

    • @postrock3374
      @postrock3374 7 років тому +1

      wellies70 Fuck off

    • @wellies70
      @wellies70 7 років тому +1

      Hahahah I must have accidentally done that reply 6 days ago...sorry

    • @MyGaz82
      @MyGaz82 7 років тому +3

      Dave Weston - Is either from Essex or wasn't born in the 80's cause like I'd never say that like.....

    • @dan_the_trainspotter8253
      @dan_the_trainspotter8253 7 років тому

      izabela Igbar what a fucking lie

  • @Leah-h7q
    @Leah-h7q 9 днів тому +1

    This song gets me through some tough mornings and anxiety attacks don't know what it is so powerful

  • @stephanhalls7525
    @stephanhalls7525 6 років тому +74

    A super high quality track that has stood the test of time and still sounds as fresh today as it it it did when I first heard it back in '91.
    "Like a soul without a mind,
    In a body without a heart,
    I'm missing every part"

  • @kamilam.9941
    @kamilam.9941 Рік тому +81

    When I was a teenager watching MTV I've always skipped this song...I guess you have to grow up to some tunes...now I love it❤

  • @maxximum1389
    @maxximum1389 5 років тому +569

    I'm starting to think this is the finest song ever written

    • @gms77777
      @gms77777 5 років тому +5

      Def in the conversation ❤

    • @jaimhaas5170
      @jaimhaas5170 5 років тому +3

      You are in good company.

    • @JohnSmith-tj6vz
      @JohnSmith-tj6vz 5 років тому +2

      Gotta be one of if it isn't number one

    • @kevjdm1986
      @kevjdm1986 5 років тому +2

      This or streets of Philadelphia

    • @JohnSmith-tj6vz
      @JohnSmith-tj6vz 5 років тому +1

      @@kevjdm1986 thats one of also 👌

  • @IzzyDizzy1997
    @IzzyDizzy1997 2 місяці тому +3

    Blue Lines remains a timeless classic. It will always be my favorite album of theirs!

  • @frankmonaghan5749
    @frankmonaghan5749 Рік тому +75

    They don't make them like this anymore, absolute genius

  • @henriqueramos3197
    @henriqueramos3197 2 роки тому +105

    "Unfinished Sympathy"
    [Verse 1: Shara Nelson]
    I know that I've imagined love before
    And how it could be with you
    [Chorus: Shara Nelson]
    Really hurt me, baby, really cut me, baby
    How can you have a day without a night?
    You're the book that I have opened
    And now I've got to know much more
    [Verse 2: Shara Nelson]
    The curiousness of your potential kiss
    Has got my mind and body aching
    [Chorus: Shara Nelson]
    Really hurt me, baby, really cut me, baby
    How can you have a day without a night?
    You're the book that I have opened
    And now I've got to know much more
    [Verse 3: Shara Nelson]
    Like a soul without a mind
    In a body without a heart
    I'm missing every part
    Like a soul without a mind
    In a body without a heart
    I'm missing every part
    Like a soul without a mind
    In a body without a heart
    I'm missing every part
    Like a soul without a mind
    In a body without a heart
    I'm missing every part
    [Outro: ?]
    I don't know where this one came from
    I don't know where this one came from
    I don't know where this, I don't know where this
    I don't know where this, I don't know where this
    I don't know where this one came from
    Written By Grantley “Daddy G” Marshall, Shara Nelson, Jonathan Sharp, Andrew “Mushroom” Vowles & Robert “3D” del Naja
    Album BLUE LINES (1991)

    • @svratimalo
      @svratimalo 2 роки тому +8

      Thank you for this perfect masterpiece text

  • @benoitcornet8547
    @benoitcornet8547 3 роки тому +39

    This video has so much built in.. Everybody is caring or carrying something. Some are carrying a disability, heavy stuff, a message paper, a cart or just anger. Some are caring for others, like the kissing couple, the man & kid, the friends at the nail salon... and the singer walks through those opposites, without a pause and with an incredible command of her own voice. How could we see this being less than a masterpiece of subliminal messages... Just for that, this video can't ever be forgotten...

    • @tamarafox7386
      @tamarafox7386 2 роки тому

      Amen. Everyone is carrying around so much. I love this song.
      thank you~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • @EZZYTHEDJ
    @EZZYTHEDJ 2 місяці тому +4

    Man…still gives me goosebumps when I hear this. Soundtrack to one of the worst and also greatest periods of my life!! I remember dancing so joyfully with precious friends gone too soon.
    When I die, I hope I come back as a song. Music lives forever.

    • @suezel85
      @suezel85 Місяць тому

      That was beautifully said 🥹🥹♥️♥️

  • @lesleymollan6615
    @lesleymollan6615 7 років тому +209

    pure escapism with this song. close your eyes and move with it.

    • @rosevaleblue
      @rosevaleblue 7 років тому +5

      Totally takes you to a different place IMO What a track.

    • @drania76
      @drania76 7 років тому +1

      True. Funny, how dramatic tempo at the end was popular in the 1990s.

    • @inadequatesubject8103
      @inadequatesubject8103 7 років тому

      I just could not convey that message to myself

    • @christianbrasier9242
      @christianbrasier9242 7 років тому

      Lesley Mollan I did, walked straight into the wardrobe

  • @fabiozerbinati6161
    @fabiozerbinati6161 4 роки тому +151

    A Masterpiece that is still here with us in 2020 and i hope it will be here for decades in the future. The best love song ever in my opinion. Stunning.

  • @Lutzilla_
    @Lutzilla_ 4 роки тому +58

    THIS Ladies and Gentleman..is a true Masterpiece...THANK YOU Massive Attack

  • @cpoutch
    @cpoutch 2 місяці тому +5

    This is in my top 5 songs of all time. Masterpiece

  • @MattyJames
    @MattyJames 8 років тому +84

    still loving this is in 2016................... Bristols finest for sure

  • @TheHideChild
    @TheHideChild 6 років тому +512

    In answer to previous comments about the 90s seeming more real, it's because we didn't have the internet. We couldn't sit down, click on UA-cam and watch stuff like this any time we wanted - we had to make the most of it while it was fresh and new, because pretty soon something else would come along, and the only way to carry on listening to a fantastic song like this was to buy a hard copy of an album on cassette or C.D. I'd forgotten about that sense of newness we used to love until I watched the T.F.I Friday revival with Chris Evans a few years ago: television was exactly the same - you had to grab it while it was going, or you'd miss so many unique moments forever...

    • @semjon91
      @semjon91 5 років тому +22

      It was better back in the days without the smartphones and so on...

    • @Nemi086
      @Nemi086 5 років тому +17

      @@semjon91 That's probably why i still don't own a smartphone but a good old flip phone, i'm still stuck in the 90's, and i'm happy with it ! ^^

    • @gmain1977
      @gmain1977 5 років тому +3

      @@Nemi086 i am in a cafe watching this Video on my smarrphone

    • @jaimhaas5170
      @jaimhaas5170 5 років тому +1

      @@semjon91 way way better

    • @jaimhaas5170
      @jaimhaas5170 5 років тому +1

      @@Nemi086 high five man! You and me both.

  • @neil222222
    @neil222222 8 років тому +46

    Shivers down my spine. Every time. Never fails. The only track I know affects me like that. Incredible.

  • @owaindavies7115
    @owaindavies7115 10 місяців тому +23

    Simply one of the best tunes ever released. There's something so soulful about it and wbatever the string instrument is (violin?) Just builds and adds an urgency to the song. If you could identify exactly what makes this timeless and bottle it you would be a billionaire. Just beautiful.