So, a lot of comments about JMAC. My wife's 50th is coming near, and what's a better gift to see them live as they are our favorite band. So in 3 weeks, we leave the states on a journey to Germany to see them live! Can't fucking wait!
I used to listen to this song for hours at a time. I was addicted to it I now realise. My family thought it made me depressed but actually it was the opposite, it brought my trauma to the surface so I could make an attempt to deal with it. I did, not perfectly as I was 13 and I didn't really know how to but without this song I, and this is absolutely true, would certainly have been dead by now. I read in an interview that when they started they said they wanted to change the world but soon realised that wasn't possible. Well you're wrong guys, you changed my world. And I'm sure my story is one of thousands like this. Thank you Jim and William. The legacy you have left on this world is immeasurable.
Thanks for sharing your history with the JAMC... I feel the same man. If i ever heard mine, or any other kid listening to this, I'd feel happy, and also a little worried. But i would defo know they had great taste in music. No other band, I think, hits this spot.
Yes, this is absolutely relatable. It changed my life when I discovered JAMC, which wasn’t that long ago (I’m 12 now). Whenever things get really rough - which happens - listening to this band is the only thing that can make me feel any better. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without them. I also, um…listen to this song 24/7. The Jesus and Mary Chain are my favourite band of all time and I couldn’t be more grateful for them.
i'm 18, on the brink of 19, and i think that the jesus and mary chain is the greatest band in the entire world, the lyrics and tone of each song is the most heart hitting music i have ever heard. it really strikes a chord in my soul,i couldn't imagine my life without them. without JAMC, id have committed suicide.
What a time in British music this was - The Jesus & Mary Chain,The Smiths,New Order/Joy Division,The Fall,The Stone Roses,Wedding Present,The La's,Prefab Sprout,Billy Bragg,The Cure,Orange Juice,James,Inspiral Carpets and so on...
Man, this band absolutely rocks. This is my teenage soundtrack. Now it's 2016 and I feel the same thing in my heart when I listen to this. Jesus and Mary Chain rulez. To the 1 billion plays! Thanks for sharing this.
Saw these guys live in Vienna in 89. No intro. Straight to playing for about 1.5 hours. No break. And no parting words. They came, they played and off they went. So true of JAMC
I'm going to the darklands To talk in rhyme With my chaotic soul As sure as life means nothing And all things end in nothing And heaven I think is too close to hell I want to move I want to go Oh, I want to go 🖤
I used to have all the 45s that came out with this LP and had two copies of it. It's easily their best work. April Skies and this are their best tracks that aren't "Taste the Floor".
I'm 52 and thankfully I didn't grow up in the 80's. I've stayed the same ever since. At heart. The DMs. The Wayfarers. The biker jackets. The ozone layer-killing hairspray. The LPs & MCs. Bagfulls of them. You didn't need to text your friends. They where right there with you. Out in the Oslo night. By the river. With a beer in one hand. A ghetto blaster in the other. Under the april skies. This band means something spescial to me.
But you are a teenager in the 80s, or am I wrong? If you where born in 1968/69, then you wheren't an adult in the 80s. What was so bad about the 80s/90s? Growing up was much better than today...
hearing this song at night with pouring rain outside makes me really nostalgic about the days when I grew up wondering why I am here on earth and where this is all going, it's a painful question and as I age I gradually stop asking it because I know most people don't care. As painful as it is, I am glad I am asking myself this question again right now.
Sounds of my youth, saw them play in my hometown of Dublin Ireland back in the 80s, living in the US now , this sounds as fresh today as back then..those guitar riffs ...❤️
I am only 21 and I love JAMC. For me, along with Spacemen 3, Galaxie 500, Sonic Youth they were the best bands of the 80"s. I wish I grew up in the 80"s.
In 1985 I was 16 yo. The UK produced dozens of great bands back then. It was amazing. Sadly enough, South America was too far from Britain and very few bands had the chance to come all this way down to play around here. The market was so immense that I remember there were two British weekly publications (yes, two journals totally dedicated to music), The Melody Maker and the New Musical Express. They were so expensive here. In Britain, the price was just 70p or something like this. Here, the price was like 15 US dollars.
Yesterday I took half a pill of m with a friend and we started listening to this song. We talked for a long time about the things we wanted to do, about our passions. Simply incredible. This song also can motivate you.
It's weird. I didn't grow up with this song and it still reminds me a lot of how things used to be, back when I was younger. I guess there's a fair nostalgic tinge to it.
Some songs sum up a certain emotion and feeling. This is perfection to me. It sums up how depression and anxiety make you feel. The urge to follow the dsrklands is unbelievable but if you're lucky, you cling to a branch of the lighter side
Thanks to this song and this video I found my soulmate in 2021! Incredible...now we will hopefully watch them together live at the Darklands tour. My favorite band since Psycho Candy and they still cause wonderful things...
I'm going to the darklands To talk in rhyme With my chaotic soul As sure as life means nothing And all things end in nothing And heaven I think Is too close to hell I want to move I want to go I want to go Oh something won't let me Go to the place Where the darklands are And I awake from dreams To a scary world of screams And heaven I think Is too close to hell I want to move I want to go I want to go Take me to the dark Oh god I get down on my knees And I feel like I could die By the river of disease And I feel that I'm dying And I'm dying I'm down on my knees Oh I'm down I want to go I want to stay I want to stay
i remember in high school 1988 or 1989 I saw them in Dallas and a local group that we heard had sucked was opening up for them so we skipped the first act and went just for the jesus and marychain. A few years later when looking at the ticket the opening band was nine inch nails before they were really a name!!! I can always fall back on some jesus and marychain
Im one years old and I love this song! The other babies at my nursery all love artists like bently bear and tommy turtle but not me! Im such an individual for people my age! Give me thumbs up!!
I got into this band by pure chance, I was more into The Cult, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Midge Ure and a returned Toyah at the time then my brother asked me to get "PsychoCandy" for Christmas 1985 so I listened to it in Our Price music shop in Weston Super Mare (where we all lived at the time) and bought two copies, one on tape for me as I'd just bought a walkman, By 1994 I had five tapes of The Jesus And Mary Chain including ""Stoned and Dethroned" on which "Never Saw It Coming" and "She" were my favourite tracks then "Girlfriend and "You've Been A Friend". In January 1995 I moved away from Weston to Bury St Edmunds and one of the first singles I bought in Suffolk was "I Hate Rock N Roll" while I was visiting Sudbury in June that year. "Amputation" sounds similar to "I Hate Rock N Roll" in the way it starts up, I wrote a song to it last year condemning my mother, it was called "Abomination".
bobby gillespie talked about the riots at their early shows then he said, Then people started liking them and still like them. I remember when Darklands came out I like and couldn't wait to hear. It sounded so rich and sexy.
I think I am bloody bollocking mad! Just blued best part of a ton to get tickets to see JAMC in Oxford in april. I live in Scotland! And last time I saw them was in Reading when I was on the guest list.
Em minha humilde opinião é o melhor álbum da banda escocesa, mas, quanto a ser a melhor música, a dúvida é mais cruel. Não esqueçamos que Head On tem versões cover tanto da Legião Urbana como do Pixies...
Back in the mid 80's I recall a couple of old school pals telling me they met these guys up the town (Glasgow city centre is locally known as 'The Town) and they said these Reid guys were creating this music using feedback. My old pals were hanging with them & had tape recorded some of their stuff then started doing the same with feedback themselves - practising out of a lock up (house garage). There was some demo callex Psycho Candy or somethng which was just a noise in tape & I thought they had lost the plot. Personally I thought it was just a screeching noise & tuneless. However a few years later I hear this song and learn that the band they were hanging with had now got a record deal & had dropped the feedback from some of their songs & they sounded great. This one - Darklands - was for me their best.
Now go back and listen to Psycho Candy and you will hear, beneath all the noise, are the same pop sensibilities that are the core of all JaMC. Somewhere underneath every JaMC assault on your senses is a surf tune or Motown rift grooving along blissfully.
So, a lot of comments about JMAC. My wife's 50th is coming near, and what's a better gift to see them live as they are our favorite band. So in 3 weeks, we leave the states on a journey to Germany to see them live! Can't fucking wait!
That's really cool. Hope you both have a great time.
jealous
How was it?
@jrussell5243 it was awesome! They played a lot of older songs, which sounded just as they did years ago.
I used to listen to this song for hours at a time. I was addicted to it I now realise. My family thought it made me depressed but actually it was the opposite, it brought my trauma to the surface so I could make an attempt to deal with it. I did, not perfectly as I was 13 and I didn't really know how to but without this song I, and this is absolutely true, would certainly have been dead by now.
I read in an interview that when they started they said they wanted to change the world but soon realised that wasn't possible.
Well you're wrong guys, you changed my world. And I'm sure my story is one of thousands like this.
Thank you Jim and William. The legacy you have left on this world is immeasurable.
I hope that you have continued your healing. You have great taste in music, and we all think you are awesome!
Thanks for sharing your history with the JAMC...
I feel the same man.
If i ever heard mine, or any other kid listening to this, I'd feel happy, and also a little worried.
But i would defo know they had great taste in music.
No other band, I think, hits this spot.
Kosovo 80s 😅⁰l.
Yes, this is absolutely relatable. It changed my life when I discovered JAMC, which wasn’t that long ago (I’m 12 now). Whenever things get really rough - which happens - listening to this band is the only thing that can make me feel any better. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without them.
I also, um…listen to this song 24/7. The Jesus and Mary Chain are my favourite band of all time and I couldn’t be more grateful for them.
Fukin ur sister
April Skies, Darklands, Sometimes Always, Just Like Honey, Head On and so many more. These chaps have got really soulful songs. Love them.
happy when it rains, the hardest walk, always sad, never understand, some candy talking and taste of cindy (acoustic version)
I love how the song is sung by William Reid (the guitarist) and the guitar is played by Jim Reid (the singer) I just love it.
William played guitars on this.
One of the best bands of all time.
this band means a lot to me. it’s helped me grow more connected with my dad. this was his favorite band when he was younger. i love it too now.
niice
Wow. That's awesome.
For me, this was my first gig.
16 and some solid, a couple of beers in Aberdeen.
One of my best memories.
Black sheep unlimited
I hope my daughter would say the same when she grows up
That’s beautiful!
April skies & Darklands two of my favourites. Great band.
You have great taste...have you tried sometimes always?
Have you tried Reverence, Wish I Could, Sugar Ray?
I like the whole Darklands album. One of my top 5 favourite albums all time. Apart from that I just like one or two tracks of theirs though.
So many great songs
Cherry Came Too and About You ??
could not agree more. the reid brothers got me through and today, in 2024 & @ age 67, they continue to propel me forward. love you guys forever.
I GO TO THE DARKLANDS: HOW UNSETTLING❤
i'm 18, on the brink of 19, and i think that the jesus and mary chain is the greatest band in the entire world, the lyrics and tone of each song is the most heart hitting music i have ever heard. it really strikes a chord in my soul,i couldn't imagine my life without them. without JAMC, id have committed suicide.
ten years later, hope you're doing better now ♡
@@samgirls doing much better now Thank you! Makes me cringe to see the things I've written in the past
@@HighOnFire19 glad to hear it! perhaps after another ten years someone else will reply to this comment and we will both cringe once more
You are so right! 🖤
How are you now?
What a time in British music this was - The Jesus & Mary Chain,The Smiths,New Order/Joy Division,The Fall,The Stone Roses,Wedding Present,The La's,Prefab Sprout,Billy Bragg,The Cure,Orange Juice,James,Inspiral Carpets and so on...
TOTALLY agree!
Where are Radiohead?
Thank you for not over looking James. 😊
This was the golden age of music.
Right !! it was a great era of inventions, I don't know really if I'm talking about something great for the eternity or just myself and my generation
Whole album changed my life
I still remember the first time i heard this song in 88, first of this masterpiece.
They are gods for me.
If you weren't lying on a floor in the dark listening to Jesus and Mary Chain in 1987, then what the hell were you doing?
Why, lying on a bed and kissing my first teenage love, of course.
being born
not being born
drinking and driving cause it's so much fun. knock it back, have another one. drinking and driving is so much fun.
12 years more until i born.
Man, this band absolutely rocks. This is my teenage soundtrack. Now it's 2016 and I feel the same thing in my heart when I listen to this. Jesus and Mary Chain rulez. To the 1 billion plays! Thanks for sharing this.
Hi. Marry me today!
That's so funny!! Teenage years! I promed JAMC as a promoter in my 20s
Now 2020
I'm agree 100%!
Their best song IMO. Some of the best lyrics ever on a pop song.
Saw these guys live in Vienna in 89. No intro. Straight to playing for about 1.5 hours. No break. And no parting words. They came, they played and off they went. So true of JAMC
I am just some dumb American goth kid and I actually managed to not have heard of this band until I watched Totally Fucked Up. Crazy. So glad I did.
This Is so beatiful, i am crying
This whole album blows my head off in the best way possible. I wish it was a person so I could hug it and never let it go.
im in my early 20's, i'm so proud that i like listening to Jesus and Mary Chains!
I'm going to the darklands
To talk in rhyme
With my chaotic soul
As sure as life means nothing
And all things end in nothing
And heaven I think is too close to hell
I want to move
I want to go
Oh, I want to go 🖤
I used to have all the 45s that came out with this LP and had two copies of it. It's easily their best work. April Skies and this are their best tracks that aren't "Taste the Floor".
this melody goes deep and strikes you right when you feel like dreaming. jesus and mary chain is for sure my favourite band ever, and always will be
Jim Reid's backing vocal in this song is awesome, the best voice from the 80s without any doubt.
It’s William singing all of it
@@bumbog4071but jim reid was backing vocal you can hear closely
@@dimashadiwardaniall vocal on this is William.
@@bumbog4071sounds like a Jim to me on some backup. Have a source that it is only William?
@@thebiblemachine source is William. He says it’s layers of his voice.
Walking around listening to Darklands on tape in the Walkman back in 80s - Reid brothers - Thank you for the music.
I'm 52 and thankfully I didn't grow up in the 80's. I've stayed the same ever since. At heart. The DMs. The Wayfarers. The biker jackets. The ozone layer-killing hairspray. The LPs & MCs. Bagfulls of them. You didn't need to text your friends. They where right there with you. Out in the Oslo night. By the river. With a beer in one hand. A ghetto blaster in the other. Under the april skies. This band means something spescial to me.
Sorry to mention it, but A-ha was a huge hit here in Brazil as well back then, although I was never desperately keen on the band.
But you are a teenager in the 80s, or am I wrong? If you where born in 1968/69, then you wheren't an adult in the 80s. What was so bad about the 80s/90s? Growing up was much better than today...
@@MultiSUPERLATIVOfor me, AHA was never a good band! Just one or twi songs, but they where to adapted for me. Just aha..
@@MultiSUPERLATIVOfor me, AHA was never a good band! Just one or twi songs, but they where to adapted for me. Just aha..
@@Carmen-in5ke You missed what he said, dear friend.
hearing this song at night with pouring rain outside makes me really nostalgic about the days when I grew up wondering why I am here on earth and where this is all going, it's a painful question and as I age I gradually stop asking it because I know most people don't care. As painful as it is, I am glad I am asking myself this question again right now.
This is a masterpiece
One of my favorite bands of all time.
I'm 20 and I'm loving this band, their songs are just amazing I can't help but repeat every songs from them
Sounds of my youth, saw them play in my hometown of Dublin Ireland back in the 80s, living in the US now , this sounds as fresh today as back then..those guitar riffs ...❤️
At the top hat?
The verses have so much despair, despite being comprised entirely of major chords. Amazing
Love this band. The juxtaposition of William singing a rather tame song (for them) and Jim breaking guitars is awesome.
This band could NEVER comprehend how many teenagers they did AND Do still save,they got me to being 50yrs old,them AND morrissey,and i Thank Rhem
I made it to 60!!!
this song precisely describes my teenage emotions
lawl same
get out of here
w that shit
what makes it difference being an adult. pls be honest.
I love this band so much.......my high-school self in the 80s wants to say thank you!
Some things never fade
I love this so much, I just want this song at my funeral.
I am only 21 and I love JAMC. For me, along with Spacemen 3, Galaxie 500, Sonic Youth they were the best bands of the 80"s. I wish I grew up in the 80"s.
In 1985 I was 16 yo. The UK produced dozens of great bands back then. It was amazing. Sadly enough, South America was too far from Britain and very few bands had the chance to come all this way down to play around here. The market was so immense that I remember there were two British weekly publications (yes, two journals totally dedicated to music), The Melody Maker and the New Musical Express. They were so expensive here. In Britain, the price was just 70p or something like this. Here, the price was like 15 US dollars.
i'm 25 and i believe in the jesus and mary chain
I'm 16 and I believe in the JAMC chain.
I'm 2 and I believe in Jesus and Mary Chain too. To-too to-too too.
Don't you think I'm early?
skying90 Just gimme a sec to try to detect the funny in that comment.
I'm not funny yet, I'm only 2 ;)
skying90 Genius, genius my man.
Yesterday I took half a pill of m with a friend and we started listening to this song. We talked for a long time about the things we wanted to do, about our passions. Simply incredible. This song also can motivate you.
they still rock,saw them in Glasgow last year they brought the house down,very bluesy and a hint of nostalgia,im down on my knees dododododu
It's weird. I didn't grow up with this song and it still reminds me a lot of how things used to be, back when I was younger. I guess there's a fair nostalgic tinge to it.
Some songs sum up a certain emotion and feeling. This is perfection to me. It sums up how depression and anxiety make you feel. The urge to follow the dsrklands is unbelievable but if you're lucky, you cling to a branch of the lighter side
this is a great, introspective song.
How come people are always so proud that they listen to music that isn't from their generation? It's a universal language!
I love this song...
Makes me think of Bowie's Heroes beginning, tempo, bass & guitars riffs
All of their music is so sincere and that's why I love the JAMC.
Thanks to this song and this video I found my soulmate in 2021! Incredible...now we will hopefully watch them together live at the Darklands tour. My favorite band since Psycho Candy and they still cause wonderful things...
I want to know this story! How did you meet
I'm going to the darklands
To talk in rhyme
With my chaotic soul
As sure as life means nothing
And all things end in nothing
And heaven I think
Is too close to hell
I want to move I want to go
I want to go
Oh something won't let me
Go to the place
Where the darklands are
And I awake from dreams
To a scary world of screams
And heaven I think
Is too close to hell
I want to move I want to go
I want to go
Take me to the dark
Oh god I get down on my knees
And I feel like I could die
By the river of disease
And I feel that I'm dying
And I'm dying
I'm down on my knees
Oh I'm down
I want to go I want to stay
I want to stay
Alexios Komnenos thanx
Thanks for this
From lowlands to darklands. J and MC are the best of Scottish. God bless the Reid brothers
COvid 19
Thanks 🙏
Great Song. It so much influenced my adolescence. I would not be the same without this album,.
Hiper Clássico!!!!!!!!Uma das minhas favoritas dos anos 80!!!!!
i remember in high school 1988 or 1989 I saw them in Dallas and a local group that we heard had sucked was opening up for them so we skipped the first act and went just for the jesus and marychain. A few years later when looking at the ticket the opening band was nine inch nails before they were really a name!!! I can always fall back on some jesus and marychain
"Heaven, I think, is too close to hell."
What a paradox.
i have no words, i'm spell bounded, this is beautiful
Im one years old and I love this song! The other babies at my nursery all love artists like bently bear and tommy turtle but not me! Im such an individual for people my age! Give me thumbs up!!
the gentle melody and classic pop of this second album was surprising after the thunder of psychocandy.
Brilliant song, brilliant album.
I got into this band by pure chance, I was more into The Cult, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Midge Ure and a returned Toyah at the time then my brother asked me to get "PsychoCandy" for Christmas 1985 so I listened to it in Our Price music shop in Weston Super Mare (where we all lived at the time) and bought two copies, one on tape for me as I'd just bought a walkman, By 1994 I had five tapes of The Jesus And Mary Chain including ""Stoned and Dethroned" on which "Never Saw It Coming" and "She" were my favourite tracks then "Girlfriend and "You've Been A Friend". In January 1995 I moved away from Weston to Bury St Edmunds and one of the first singles I bought in Suffolk was "I Hate Rock N Roll" while I was visiting Sudbury in June that year. "Amputation" sounds similar to "I Hate Rock N Roll" in the way it starts up, I wrote a song to it last year condemning my mother, it was called "Abomination".
Quite simply.......GENIUS!what a timeless band!! :)
bobby gillespie talked about the riots at their early shows then he said,
Then people started liking them and still like them. I remember when Darklands came out I like and couldn't wait to hear. It sounded so rich and sexy.
The greatest song of all time 🍀
Coolest guitar tone and hair style in rock and roll ever. Long live the Mary Chain
The first album I bought on CD. This and Daydream Nation.
PROFESSIONAL
Darklands, na minha opinião, foi o melhor álbum do TJAMC.
i really miss my high school days, really love this, can't stop playing it over and over
THE MOST IMPORTANT SONG FOR ME
GODS of the 80's...they make me ache..in my soul
"Esse som é uma viagem,no sentido literal da palavra...Anos 80,que insistem em me acompanhar,aonde quer que eu vá!"
Salve
WOW I never knew William sang this one. He’s damn good ✊
This is still beautiful.
Awesome, ''I wanna move, I wanna go' that always gets me big time..
From the best album EVER!!!!
I miss them. Thank god for back catalogues.
13 RW is the reason why I get to listen to this! Cool vibe!
I Remember getting blown away by this song when I first heard it on the radio back in 1987 awesome memories ❤️!
I love the dreamy feel to this song. This is probably my favourite jamc song and definitely my favourite album of theirs! :]
The whole album 's got that dreamy feeling! Great album!
That is the essence of shoegazing. Hear My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, etc.
@BrionF they missed the times, perhaps a gig or two... but you NEVER miss the music
IT LIVES ON FOREVA
I think I am bloody bollocking mad! Just blued best part of a ton to get tickets to see JAMC in Oxford in april. I live in Scotland! And last time I saw them was in Reading when I was on the guest list.
Their best album.
Darklands é minha música preferida entre as do The Jesus and Mary Chain
Em minha humilde opinião é o melhor álbum da banda escocesa, mas, quanto a ser a melhor música, a dúvida é mais cruel. Não esqueçamos que Head On tem versões cover tanto da Legião Urbana como do Pixies...
Listening in 18/05/2021.
So stunning
still sounds good today and brings back some brilliant memories
They really went for understated on their follow up to Psychocandy. This track reminds me of Bowie's Heroes.
2:38 Take me to the dark
Oh God I get down on my knees 2:38
Uma das músicas mais lindas de todos os tempos. Afinal, estou falando do JESUS ! Aí é chover no molhado !
Loved this song when I bought the album, the guitar riff on this song is f......g awesome
this song is so special, even with this quiet rhythm ,you still want to blow up everything...sui generis.
One of the few things that got me through the 80s
Back in the mid 80's I recall a couple of old school pals telling me they met these guys up the town (Glasgow city centre is locally known as 'The Town) and they said these Reid guys were creating this music using feedback. My old pals were hanging with them & had tape recorded some of their stuff then started doing the same with feedback themselves - practising out of a lock up (house garage). There was some demo callex Psycho Candy or somethng which was just a noise in tape & I thought they had lost the plot. Personally I thought it was just a screeching noise & tuneless. However a few years later I hear this song and learn that the band they were hanging with had now got a record deal & had dropped the feedback from some of their songs & they sounded great.
This one - Darklands - was for me their best.
Now go back and listen to Psycho Candy and you will hear, beneath all the noise, are the same pop sensibilities that are the core of all JaMC. Somewhere underneath every JaMC assault on your senses is a surf tune or Motown rift grooving along blissfully.
For me too Darklands is their best one! But what a cool story..
These songs bring back the best of memories.
Thanks Yall
adoro este tema con toda mi alma!!!
Absolutely brilliant band
Es una chulada de canción hecha por ésta estupenda banda _The Jesus And Mary Chain_
Damn this is my new favorite song! Those lyrics are heart breaking
Best thing I ever did was travel 3 days to see this tour
This is just divine in its pure simplicity