Definitely Brian singing. I love his voice. He may not be a "singer" but it doesn't matter. He sounds good. His voice is pleasing to my ears regardless of his range.
If no-one has recommended Eno's Another Green World yet, let me be the first. A great album from beginning to end, it merges his pop and ambient sides like nowhere else. Also features Phil Collins among other greats.
Another Green World is an almost PERFECT album - I’m a huge Bowie fan, but with all respect for the “Berlin trilogy” - Another Green World existed first.
And after that one, Before and After Science, Another Day on Earth, Taking Tiger Mountain... Eno's well-known for his production work and his ambient music, but he's a seriously underrated singer and songwriter.
With this you're right on the edge of discovering some amazing music! Eno and Cale have terrific solo albums throughout the 1970's. For Eno I recommend the songs 'Mother Whale Eyeless' 'The True Wheel' 'No One Receiving' and 'Backwater'. For Cale I recommend 'Mr. Wilson' 'Barracuda' 'I Keep a Close Watch' 'Fear Is a Man's Best Friend' and 'Ship of Fools'. Eno was also a member of the supergroup '801' who made the album 801 Live. 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and 'Rongwrong' are great.
If you love 801 Live, you'll also love Manzanera's Quiet Sun "Mainstream," especially the track Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil. Manzanera later combined this song with East of Echo from his Diamond Head album, and on 801:Live it became East of Asteroid.
Yes please continue on with this. I hope you remember that Cale was an original member of the Velvet Underground. Brian Eno's song 'St. Elmo's Fire' has my all-time #1 favorite guitar solo from Robert Fripp, the one that moves my heart.
Amazing video JP.I appreciate you for all the videos you do. You always make my day because of your positivity. Keep up the great work. If you are scrolling the comments, You Are Awesome. Have a great day everyone!
I've L-O-V-E-D this song since I picked up this album back in the day. Brian may claim to not be a singer but I love his voice on this, especially. You say warm sunset, JP - to me this has always been a warm blanket to get wrapped up in. I've used it many times over the years to bring myself out of a funk. Please consider drilling into this album more! Hope to see you explore Eno's solo work more, too - would love to see you tackle Taking Tiger Mountain someday. Great reaction and thanks for brightening my day with one of my favorite pick-me-up tunes!♥️👍🏼😃
So glad you reviewed this!! I think this is one of Eno’s all-time best songs. Just beautiful. I’m surprised it hasn’t been covered by other artists more often…
On this tune, the vocals are mainly Brian Eno. John Cale may provide a bit of background vocal, but his voice is so distinctive, and I don't hear it in the mix. The style of vocal (understated) by Brian Eno is used quite a bit on his Another Day on Earth album.
How did this album get past my radar? I've never heard of it, so I took a quick look at the Wikipedia entry and am intrigued by what it says, however brief it may be. I do have most of John's catalogue and a lot of Eno's, but this album has never entered my vision. This'll be the first music I've purchased in months. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Love this tune. It references VanGogh's Starry Night. I understand that the Cale/Eno working relationship is "troublesome" one, creative differences I suppose. Anyway, Cale may be worth a deep dive. Very diverse and eclectic... quite the unsung genius
Wow, I was just thinking about this the other day. This is a great song. All together a great album. BTW if you are on an Eno kick, try 801 Live. It's a live album from 1976 with Eno, Phil Manzanera, Simon Philips, Bill MacCormick and others. Specifically their version of the Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows." The Drumming by Philips will blow your mind. Cheers.
May I recommend John Cale's '74 album, Fear. Excellent intro to his work. Although you could also go back to the first 2 Velvet Underground albums, where he was an important part of the sound.
Been a Brian Eno fan from the beginning with Roxy Music, through his solo stuff, into his ambient genius ..... projects like this with John Cale only amplify his genius
Both Eno and Cale are underrated as singers. I always enjoy their singing as well as what they do experimentally in their music. Eno's early work is so enjoyable and delightful (his lyrics are so clever and funny!). I remember when this album came out I was so glad to hear Eno sing again, as most of his solo work was his ambient explorations (which are thoroughly amazing). I also felt this album was a subversion of pop music in general, which can be said of both Eno's and Cale's earlier works. I hope you do explore this album as it's quite enjoyable, and at some point react to Eno's earlier albums (if all you know of Eno is his ambient work, you'll be surprised at where he began in music). Being familiar with his earlier work will make you enjoy even more his later work, both as a solo artist and his work David Bowie and Talking Heads and his influence as a producer. His Another Green World is always at the top of my desert island albums (what can I say? I'm a fan!).
Eno's voice has always attracted me from Here Come The Warm Jets right up to Another Day On Earth. Love the yodelling too on Seven Deadly Finns single.
Very beautiful song. (They sound a lot alike!) The song exactly expresses the frustration of trying to record a scene that is constantly changing! Depicting the light.
Great choice JP. Eno on vocals here. Cale on keyboards and viola, according to the sleeve notes. The album is an interesting collaboration with each of them singing on individual songs and occasionally harmonising on others. My favourite Eno is Another Green World and my favourite John Cale is Fragments from a Rainy Season. They each have so many excellent recordings, Wrong Way Up is a great place to start.
In this song, it's almost all Eno singing, though the vocal duties are shared 50/50 throughout the album, with some lovely harmony work on some songs. "The night sky at Arles" is a reference to Vincent van Gogh, many of whose painting were done at Arles in France. Classically-trained Cale was a founding member of The Velvet Underground. is main instruments and piano and (unusually) viola. "Paris 1919" is his gentlest solo album but (IMO) his masterpiece, with wonderful songs like "Andalucia". This album isn't far behind - I love the way that two voices that shouldn't really work well together blend perfectly. Listen to the whole thing - you'll love it. The track "One Word" next?
Since John Cale is on this song, I feel the need to mention that you should really listen to more of the Velvet Underground. I know you didn’t really like “Sweet Jane,” but it’s definitely worth at least trying out “Sunday Morning,” “Heroin,” or “Venus in Furs.” Even if you don’t particularly like them, it’s still mind blowing to hear songs like that came out in 1967.
Regarding John Cale, he is Welsh and mostly famous for being one of the founding members of sixties New York underground band The Velvet Underground, along with Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and Maureen 'Mo' Tucker. He later become a record producer, famously working on Nico's first album as well as The Stooges first album. During the mid to late seventies he had a prolific recording career making a mark in the New York 1974-77 punk scene. Or what was considered punk before the British redefined it and sold it to the world, but that's a conversation for another time. I would definitely suggest you listen to some of his music. I would start with Helen Of Troy. I think it would challenge you in the right way. His version of Heartbreak Hotel is very interesting to say the least. Later you might want to check out recordings such as Leaving It Up To Me and Fear Is A Man's Best Friend.
Interestingly, a lot of people learned about this song from the beach soundtrack. A decent version by Sugar Ray. It fit perfectly into this movie. Strangely, that song isn't available on Spotify but this one is and that doesn't make me sad Oh, because I just love this song, it's on my funeral playlist. I know that sounds weird.
I have been a fan of Eno since his time with Roxy Music, and John Cale since Velvet Underground (yes I am that ancient!). This song... This song starts off with us strolling along a sparkling golden beach; with the sun glistening from the sand and the coconut palms waving in the cool, gentle breeze. Then the strings sweep in and carry us off into the Van Gough swirling night sky before placing us on a hill where we spread our arms wide and begin turning like Julie Andrews in "The Sound Of Music" while our hearts nearly burst from joy and we cry tears of happiness...sated... Or is that just me? peace - out.
Just for your information, it's Eno singing and not John Cale as others have stated before. Furthermore it's a viola, played by Cale. What on earth makes you assume that Cale just sings and Eno provides the instrumentation? Cale is a classically trained musician who started playing piano aged six and joined the Welsh Youth Orchestra aged fourteen, trained on more than twenty different instruments. He studied musicology at Goldsmiths College in London before moving to the US on a Leonard Bernstein scholarship. There he first learned under the guidance of avantgarde luminaries John Cage, La Monte Young and Yannis Xenakis before bumping into Lou Reed. The sound on the first two Velvets lp's was largely Cale's achievement, managing the arrangements and introducing classical and avantgarde elements such as the drone or those repetitive piano clusters you can hear on Waiting For The Man or on The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog (in combination with sleigh bells, both played by Cale himself and later copied by Eno on Roxy's Do The Strand) into rock music. Then he created the first proto-goth lp's, Nico's trilogy of The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End, by arranging them (plays all instruments apart from Nico's harmonium) and producing the latter two. Ah yes, he also produced the debuts by Iggy's Stooges, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers, all milestones on the way to punk and alternative music. I doubt there was anybody else that was as influential as John Cale in the early development of the punk sound. And last but not least, there is his huge solo catalogue, together with his incredible live performances, making him easily one, if not the most versatile musician this planet has ever seen. So your comparison to Jon & Vangelis simply sucks, Cale would never musically submit to anyone else, even if it's Brian Eno. Just ask Lou Reed and listen to Sister Ray (Reed on guitar and Cale on Vox Continental Organ): ua-cam.com/video/53F5nY68cBM/v-deo.html or watch this clip, them performing Hey Mr. Rain and tell me who's musically top dog and who only gets to play second fiddle: ua-cam.com/video/te48RiAE5gs/v-deo.html. Oh yes and I'm sure he plays the bass too.
It’s like there’s two Brian Enos, one, a king of environmental moods and sonic envelopment, two, a decent singer/ player of catchy rock tunes. I love his ambient stuff so much so that I rarely listen to him sing. Hearing this song is like a slap on the wrist, this is good too. I did enjoy it. Kind of African/ Island rhythm almost too sweet and happy but didn’t cross the line. I let my Led Zeppelin discography play through the day at work and had no complaints. Was wondering what the next album would be… since you don’t mind controversy, In Through The Out Door might be the two by four against the beehive ticket. Personally, I like it. Peace and hotdog Music
It's interesting that you say it feels like a "warm, sunset in some distant field." This song for me is forever tied to a memory of being in the Bahamas when I was in college, I remember the song was playing in my cassette walkman (haha!) at the end of the day at a beach, before going out to dinner with friends...just this feeling of warmth and contentment. But its funny, I remember reading a post once from someone saying this song for him would always be tied to a memory of skiing in Aspen! Maybe its the peaceful, contentment feeling it evokes...Contrast this with the cool, 'twilight,' mysterious feel of another of Eno's great tracks (with Cluster), "The Belldog"... I'm not thrilled about the drum sound, however. That's the one thing I wish would have been different, I would prefer a more organic and regular drum kit, not like a drum machine sound (which I agree makes it sound more dated)...
JP you NEED to do Manzanera Eno's 801 Live. Simply one of the greatest progressive rock albums of all time! TRUST ME! Tomorrow Never Knows and East of Asteroid ( do together ) Spectacular! P.S. The drumming by Simon Phillips is UNBELIEVABLE.
Brian Eno is all about feelings. Great interpretation. This song is so uplifting. Glad you found it. Back in the eighties I had a $75 a week album habit. I discovered so much great music by buying anything that had or even mentioned Brian Eno on it.
When the vox started it won me over! A lost lp- i had never heard of it. I seriously need to get to grips with this guy’s old group and his solo work. I refer of course to the welsh Cale man. Maybe we could travel in tandem? Diolch
Just in case no one else has mentioned it, this is Brian Eno singing. It's always been funny to me. Eno is an atheist who sings in a church choir where he lives. I think this adds to the perception of the "spiritual" nature of this song. I don't consider it spiritual. I consider it more awe-inspiring, kind of in the way Carl Sagan romanticized the science of astronomy, which Eno is also doing in this song.
The whole album this is from is very good; I bought it on a whim back when I started hearing some of Eno’s stuff. I’m not familiar at all with Cale’s work.
Looking for atmosphere and texture from Eno. Not rhythm. I didn’t love this album at first. But over the years started really loving it. Favorite song is Lay My Love.
Haven't heard this song before. I like it. It has a very bright sound. For some reason, it reminds me of the song To Binge from Gorillaz Plastic Beach album.
Okay I know I'm wrong, but this made me think of Talk Talk. It must be because I saw your reaction video to Renèe yesterday. This is not my thing, but if you like it then do the rest of the album. Every video can't be my favourite music, I'm not that important. 😉
I liked everything of the song, except for the drum sound. To metallic for me. U wanted opinion... By the way.... time for Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's land soon?
It's not bad but I can't say that I'm really a fan of Brian Eno's pop side. I prefer when he does instrumental ambient music so for me this track (and the album it comes from) is just something I'll listen to exceptionally, nothing more.
Pleasant but not very adventurous from either man, which is a little disappointing. I don't know how familiar you are with The Velvet Underground but your tastes elsewhere suggest that you might be brave enough to give 'Sister Ray' a trial. Meanwhile, I'd be happy to hear more from this album as it's new to me.
I might get some hate for this but I feel Suger Ray’s cover for The Beach soundtrack was more accomplished in conveying the beauty of this song, this original version seems to be dogged down by Eno and Cale’s egos. They could have gotten a young female singer to sing this and made an airy sunny trance influenced beat and melody. Instead the beat and melody sounds out of touch and stale, and their singing at the end doesn’t sound clear and melodic but cheaply produced. Please don’t kill me.
Can't say this has me running out to buy this album....or, frankly even thinking of it. Forgettable. Perhaps I should listen to Another Green World as suggested below.
Finally someone reacts to this song, and it doesn't get blocked (fingers crossed). Eno sings on this track.The entire album is worthwhile.
Definitely Brian singing. I love his voice. He may not be a "singer" but it doesn't matter. He sounds good. His voice is pleasing to my ears regardless of his range.
He is the "sound" of the backup vocals on the U2 albums he produced.
First time I hear him sing. For me he is a singer. His voice is almost as interesting as Brian Ferry's… very close.
What a beautiful vocal from Eno, one of his best. There is something about this song that almost makes me cry and I don’t know why….
Its because it is impossibly, impeccably beautiful :D
Before and after Science. 🙏🏻
A Great Album!
If no-one has recommended Eno's Another Green World yet, let me be the first. A great album from beginning to end, it merges his pop and ambient sides like nowhere else. Also features Phil Collins among other greats.
A few of us have recommended it multiple times 😩 Still waiting! Lol. I hope he does it. I really would love to see a reaction to it.
Another Green World is Eno's best album.
Another Green World is an almost PERFECT album - I’m a huge Bowie fan, but with all respect for the “Berlin trilogy” - Another Green World existed first.
one of my all time favorite Albums and artists, love me some Eno
And after that one, Before and After Science, Another Day on Earth, Taking Tiger Mountain... Eno's well-known for his production work and his ambient music, but he's a seriously underrated singer and songwriter.
Woah, I never thought this song would appear in a reaction video. I love the imagery it conjures, particularly the line "like the night sky at Arles."
Oh, you found this one too. I had opportunity to see John Cale live at Tavastia Club Helsinki Finland. Great, exceptional gig really.
Always one of my favorite songs of this album. That bass line against the violins.
With this you're right on the edge of discovering some amazing music! Eno and Cale have terrific solo albums throughout the 1970's. For Eno I recommend the songs 'Mother Whale Eyeless' 'The True Wheel' 'No One Receiving' and 'Backwater'. For Cale I recommend 'Mr. Wilson' 'Barracuda' 'I Keep a Close Watch' 'Fear Is a Man's Best Friend' and 'Ship of Fools'. Eno was also a member of the supergroup '801' who made the album 801 Live. 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and 'Rongwrong' are great.
For CALE - my go to is MUSIC FOR A NEW SOCIETY
If you love 801 Live, you'll also love Manzanera's Quiet Sun "Mainstream," especially the track Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil. Manzanera later combined this song with East of Echo from his Diamond Head album, and on 801:Live it became East of Asteroid.
I have the CD. Has some cool stuff. Been There Done That is pretty cool and John Cale has some good ones.
A truly perfect song. Would love to see John Cale's solo work covered on the channel.
Yes please continue on with this. I hope you remember that Cale was an original member of the Velvet Underground.
Brian Eno's song 'St. Elmo's Fire' has my all-time #1 favorite guitar solo from Robert Fripp, the one that moves my heart.
Like a fly in a jar. I love that solo as well. Yay Eno ! Yay Fripp !
Amazing video JP.I appreciate you for all the videos you do. You always make my day because of your positivity. Keep up the great work. If you are scrolling the comments, You Are Awesome. Have a great day everyone!
I bought this album when it first came out, and I played the hell out of it. I couldn't get enough of it.
I've L-O-V-E-D this song since I picked up this album back in the day. Brian may claim to not be a singer but I love his voice on this, especially. You say warm sunset, JP - to me this has always been a warm blanket to get wrapped up in. I've used it many times over the years to bring myself out of a funk. Please consider drilling into this album more! Hope to see you explore Eno's solo work more, too - would love to see you tackle Taking Tiger Mountain someday. Great reaction and thanks for brightening my day with one of my favorite pick-me-up tunes!♥️👍🏼😃
Love Eno's voice, especially on Here Come The Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain. Wrong Way Up is a great album too.
So glad you reviewed this!! I think this is one of Eno’s all-time best songs. Just beautiful. I’m surprised it hasn’t been covered by other artists more often…
This album is a masterpiece dude.
That is correct.
One of my all time favourite songs... Glorious!
On this tune, the vocals are mainly Brian Eno. John Cale may provide a bit of background vocal, but his voice is so distinctive, and I don't hear it in the mix. The style of vocal (understated) by Brian Eno is used quite a bit on his Another Day on Earth album.
How did this album get past my radar? I've never heard of it, so I took a quick look at the Wikipedia entry and am intrigued by what it says, however brief it may be.
I do have most of John's catalogue and a lot of Eno's, but this album has never entered my vision. This'll be the first music I've purchased in months. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Awesome! Hope you enjoy the whole album!
Love this tune. It references VanGogh's Starry Night. I understand that the Cale/Eno working relationship is "troublesome" one, creative differences I suppose. Anyway, Cale may be worth a deep dive. Very diverse and eclectic... quite the unsung genius
Wow, I was just thinking about this the other day. This is a great song. All together a great album. BTW if you are on an Eno kick, try 801 Live. It's a live album from 1976 with Eno, Phil Manzanera, Simon Philips, Bill MacCormick and others. Specifically their version of the Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows." The Drumming by Philips will blow your mind. Cheers.
I second the nomination of 801 Live. Such a great album. Manzanera and McCormick also appear the band Quiet Sun. Highly recommended.
I third the nomination of 801 Live.
801 live is awesome.
801 Live is still my favorite live album and certainly an all time, period.
Being a fan of both John Cale and Brian Eno I say by all means carry on with the Anglo-Welsh wizardry.
I have this album! lovely and heart warming Lp!
Just one of the most beautiful songs.
May I recommend John Cale's '74 album, Fear. Excellent intro to his work. Although you could also go back to the first 2 Velvet Underground albums, where he was an important part of the sound.
Spinning away is one of my favorites ever
Been a Brian Eno fan from the beginning with Roxy Music, through his solo stuff, into his ambient genius ..... projects like this with John Cale only amplify his genius
100 % agree
Both Eno and Cale are underrated as singers. I always enjoy their singing as well as what they do experimentally in their music. Eno's early work is so enjoyable and delightful (his lyrics are so clever and funny!). I remember when this album came out I was so glad to hear Eno sing again, as most of his solo work was his ambient explorations (which are thoroughly amazing). I also felt this album was a subversion of pop music in general, which can be said of both Eno's and Cale's earlier works. I hope you do explore this album as it's quite enjoyable, and at some point react to Eno's earlier albums (if all you know of Eno is his ambient work, you'll be surprised at where he began in music). Being familiar with his earlier work will make you enjoy even more his later work, both as a solo artist and his work David Bowie and Talking Heads and his influence as a producer. His Another Green World is always at the top of my desert island albums (what can I say? I'm a fan!).
Eno's voice has always attracted me from Here Come The Warm Jets right up to Another Day On Earth. Love the yodelling too on Seven Deadly Finns single.
This song never fails to both relax and inspire me. A contemplative mantra over a captivating ocean tide of rhythm.
Such a great song. great imagery.
Very beautiful song. (They sound a lot alike!) The song exactly expresses the frustration of trying to record a scene that is constantly changing! Depicting the light.
Great album, thanks for putting this up.
Great choice JP. Eno on vocals here. Cale on keyboards and viola, according to the sleeve notes. The album is an interesting collaboration with each of them singing on individual songs and occasionally harmonising on others. My favourite Eno is Another Green World and my favourite John Cale is Fragments from a Rainy Season. They each have so many excellent recordings, Wrong Way Up is a great place to start.
Such an uplifting track. John Cale was a founder member of the Velvet Underground. You should check out their first album..
This Lp is a wonderful joy to listen to. And John Cale is a must hear.
Fear is an all time top 10 for me!
@@lemming9984 Would have to say for me as well
In fact it´s not about a sunny day but the "Starry night" by Vincent van Gogh.
Love this song so much.
Beautiful track, the end takes you to a happy place……..really great song
In this song, it's almost all Eno singing, though the vocal duties are shared 50/50 throughout the album, with some lovely harmony work on some songs. "The night sky at Arles" is a reference to Vincent van Gogh, many of whose painting were done at Arles in France. Classically-trained Cale was a founding member of The Velvet Underground. is main instruments and piano and (unusually) viola. "Paris 1919" is his gentlest solo album but (IMO) his masterpiece, with wonderful songs like "Andalucia". This album isn't far behind - I love the way that two voices that shouldn't really work well together blend perfectly. Listen to the whole thing - you'll love it. The track "One Word" next?
Spirit lifting. Totally.
Since John Cale is on this song, I feel the need to mention that you should really listen to more of the Velvet Underground. I know you didn’t really like “Sweet Jane,” but it’s definitely worth at least trying out “Sunday Morning,” “Heroin,” or “Venus in Furs.” Even if you don’t particularly like them, it’s still mind blowing to hear songs like that came out in 1967.
Great review! Just to clarify, that is Eno doing most the lead vocals, to my ears. John is doing the background harmonies (which are nice).
Should try John Cale's LP - Honi Soit.
take a look at "Been there done that" on the same album
Regarding John Cale, he is Welsh and mostly famous for being one of the founding members of sixties New York underground band The Velvet Underground, along with Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and Maureen 'Mo' Tucker. He later become a record producer, famously working on Nico's first album as well as The Stooges first album. During the mid to late seventies he had a prolific recording career making a mark in the New York 1974-77 punk scene. Or what was considered punk before the British redefined it and sold it to the world, but that's a conversation for another time. I would definitely suggest you listen to some of his music. I would start with Helen Of Troy. I think it would challenge you in the right way. His version of Heartbreak Hotel is very interesting to say the least. Later you might want to check out recordings such as Leaving It Up To Me and Fear Is A Man's Best Friend.
Helen of Troy is a great album.
Interestingly, a lot of people learned about this song from the beach soundtrack. A decent version by Sugar Ray. It fit perfectly into this movie.
Strangely, that song isn't available on Spotify but this one is and that doesn't make me sad
Oh, because I just love this song, it's on my funeral playlist. I know that sounds weird.
Another fave of mine.
beautiful song
Got the Peter Gabriel drum sound from So. It sounds synthetic but organic, simultaneously.
That’s definitely Brian singing. John is much deeper
I have been a fan of Eno since his time with Roxy Music, and John Cale since Velvet Underground (yes I am that ancient!).
This song...
This song starts off with us strolling along a sparkling golden beach; with the sun glistening from the sand and the coconut palms waving in the cool, gentle breeze.
Then the strings sweep in and carry us off into the Van Gough swirling night sky before placing us on a hill where we spread our arms wide and begin turning like Julie Andrews in "The Sound Of Music" while our hearts nearly burst from joy and we cry tears of happiness...sated...
Or is that just me?
peace - out.
There was a lot of friction between Cale and Eno during the recording of this album, hence the knives pointing at each other on the cover.
You have a great music brain..
This track is as emotive as it gets.
Thanks Edwinastawski :)
Just for your information, it's Eno singing and not John Cale as others have stated before. Furthermore it's a viola, played by Cale. What on earth makes you assume that Cale just sings and Eno provides the instrumentation? Cale is a classically trained musician who started playing piano aged six and joined the Welsh Youth Orchestra aged fourteen, trained on more than twenty different instruments. He studied musicology at Goldsmiths College in London before moving to the US on a Leonard Bernstein scholarship. There he first learned under the guidance of avantgarde luminaries John Cage, La Monte Young and Yannis Xenakis before bumping into Lou Reed. The sound on the first two Velvets lp's was largely Cale's achievement, managing the arrangements and introducing classical and avantgarde elements such as the drone or those repetitive piano clusters you can hear on Waiting For The Man or on The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog (in combination with sleigh bells, both played by Cale himself and later copied by Eno on Roxy's Do The Strand) into rock music. Then he created the first proto-goth lp's, Nico's trilogy of The Marble Index, Desertshore and The End, by arranging them (plays all instruments apart from Nico's harmonium) and producing the latter two. Ah yes, he also produced the debuts by Iggy's Stooges, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers, all milestones on the way to punk and alternative music. I doubt there was anybody else that was as influential as John Cale in the early development of the punk sound.
And last but not least, there is his huge solo catalogue, together with his incredible live performances, making him easily one, if not the most versatile musician this planet has ever seen.
So your comparison to Jon & Vangelis simply sucks, Cale would never musically submit to anyone else, even if it's Brian Eno. Just ask Lou Reed and listen to Sister Ray (Reed on guitar and Cale on Vox Continental Organ): ua-cam.com/video/53F5nY68cBM/v-deo.html
or watch this clip, them performing Hey Mr. Rain and tell me who's musically top dog and who only gets to play second fiddle: ua-cam.com/video/te48RiAE5gs/v-deo.html.
Oh yes and I'm sure he plays the bass too.
Awesome album. Also from the album I would recommend "One Word" and the first track, "Lay My Love."
Dude: if you drift into Eno's hundred album catalogue (with collabs) you will think you have sailed into the friendly and surreal Bermuda Triangle.
It’s like there’s two Brian Enos, one, a king of environmental moods and sonic envelopment, two, a decent singer/ player of catchy rock tunes.
I love his ambient stuff so much so that I rarely listen to him sing. Hearing this song is like a slap on the wrist, this is good too. I did enjoy it. Kind of African/ Island rhythm almost too sweet and happy but didn’t cross the line.
I let my Led Zeppelin discography play through the day at work and had no complaints. Was wondering what the next album would be… since you don’t mind controversy, In Through The Out Door might be the two by four against the beehive ticket. Personally, I like it.
Peace and hotdog Music
Good walking music. I just did a lap on my break.
It's interesting that you say it feels like a "warm, sunset in some distant field." This song for me is forever tied to a memory of being in the Bahamas when I was in college, I remember the song was playing in my cassette walkman (haha!) at the end of the day at a beach, before going out to dinner with friends...just this feeling of warmth and contentment. But its funny, I remember reading a post once from someone saying this song for him would always be tied to a memory of skiing in Aspen! Maybe its the peaceful, contentment feeling it evokes...Contrast this with the cool, 'twilight,' mysterious feel of another of Eno's great tracks (with Cluster), "The Belldog"...
I'm not thrilled about the drum sound, however. That's the one thing I wish would have been different, I would prefer a more organic and regular drum kit, not like a drum machine sound (which I agree makes it sound more dated)...
in the violet sky -> draws a golden chain -> night sky at Arles etc..
I guess it is a homage to Van Gogh.
JP you NEED to do Manzanera Eno's 801 Live. Simply one of the greatest progressive rock albums of all time! TRUST ME! Tomorrow Never Knows and East of Asteroid ( do together ) Spectacular! P.S. The drumming by Simon Phillips is UNBELIEVABLE.
Please listen to more from this album! Thanks!
Brian Eno is all about feelings. Great interpretation. This song is so uplifting. Glad you found it. Back in the eighties I had a $75 a week album habit. I discovered so much great music by buying anything that had or even mentioned Brian Eno on it.
When the vox started it won me over! A lost lp- i had never heard of it.
I seriously need to get to grips with this guy’s old group and his solo work. I refer of course to the welsh Cale man. Maybe we could travel in tandem?
Diolch
ALL the vocals are Brian Eno. Multitracked. Many many Enos.
Just in case no one else has mentioned it, this is Brian Eno singing. It's always been funny to me. Eno is an atheist who sings in a church choir where he lives. I think this adds to the perception of the "spiritual" nature of this song. I don't consider it spiritual. I consider it more awe-inspiring, kind of in the way Carl Sagan romanticized the science of astronomy, which Eno is also doing in this song.
Solid Base.
random fact: Phil Collins was a session drummer on a Brian Eno album
The whole album this is from is very good; I bought it on a whim back when I started hearing some of Eno’s stuff. I’m not familiar at all with Cale’s work.
Cale's Fear and Paris 1919 are great!
@@lemming9984 - would you say that it is similar to the sound of this album? Still worth checking out, since it doesn't cost me anything I guess!
@@doplinger1 No,the other Cale stuff is not like the Wrong Way Up album. Less commercial, more rocky - not hard rock!
Ooohhh... do "One Word" also from this album!
I Love this song, I love this album. I highly recommend listening to the rest of the album. It's pure Eno.
Bollocks, the album is half Eno and half Cale and not purely Eno. Get your facts right.
John!
You should check out John cale's 2003 album Hobosapiens.
You should listen to eno’s here come the warm jets album
Great album
Looking for atmosphere and texture from Eno. Not rhythm. I didn’t love this album at first. But over the years started really loving it. Favorite song is Lay My Love.
Haven't heard this song before. I like it. It has a very bright sound. For some reason, it reminds me of the song To Binge from Gorillaz Plastic Beach album.
Good call on Plastic Beach!
Finally my favourite song.
some kind of change
Do LAY MY LOVE as the next track
Nicos produced a lot of punk stuff!
Okay I know I'm wrong, but this made me think of Talk Talk. It must be because I saw your reaction video to Renèe yesterday. This is not my thing, but if you like it then do the rest of the album. Every video can't be my favourite music, I'm not that important. 😉
I liked everything of the song, except for the drum sound. To metallic for me.
U wanted opinion...
By the way.... time for Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's land soon?
Nico
Bjork before Bjork?
oh dear, you really have no idea do you, ENO is Marmite, still i guess your monetized so all good...
It's not bad but I can't say that I'm really a fan of Brian Eno's pop side. I prefer when he does instrumental ambient music so for me this track (and the album it comes from) is just something I'll listen to exceptionally, nothing more.
Pleasant but not very adventurous from either man, which is a little disappointing. I don't know how familiar you are with The Velvet Underground but your tastes elsewhere suggest that you might be brave enough to give 'Sister Ray' a trial. Meanwhile, I'd be happy to hear more from this album as it's new to me.
I might get some hate for this but I feel Suger Ray’s cover for The Beach soundtrack was more accomplished in conveying the beauty of this song, this original version seems to be dogged down by Eno and Cale’s egos. They could have gotten a young female singer to sing this and made an airy sunny trance influenced beat and melody. Instead the beat and melody sounds out of touch and stale, and their singing at the end doesn’t sound clear and melodic but cheaply produced. Please don’t kill me.
I found this repetitive, generic, and rather banal. I think Eno's best work. generally, comes when he works solo.
Well John cale shame on u ! Being funny anarckick musically literate Welsh man from velvet underground Nicosia mate still cool
Can't say this has me running out to buy this album....or, frankly even thinking of it. Forgettable. Perhaps I should listen to Another Green World as suggested below.
This is the only good song on the album, the collaboration didn't work.
Glib Medley - In your opinion the collaboration didn't work. Your last two albums were shit so who cares.