The instrument you were thinking sounds like bagpipes is called a Synclavier It was an early digital synthesizer that could do a sort of sampling. The band described the settings they used for that sound as a "backward African bagpipe" sound.
This is their most famous song - but they've released 25 albums and are working on a new one currently. They are often labelled as post punk, new wave, but they actually have a lot in common with some of the psychedelic bands of the 60's and 70's. As a band (although they apparently never met) The Cure and The Church cross influenced each other over the years - with Steve Kilbey (the bass player) also using the Fender Bass VI sound, and the cure "potentially" borrowing the chord structure of under the milky way for Love Song. Robert Smith invited The Church to play at Cureation (which they did) - but he had to leave during their set due to a family emergency. One of the most amazing things about the Church is the guitar work - I suspect Radiohead was somewhat influenced by the ethereal use of sustainers and Ebows.
Thanks for reacting to this - My favourite band (my avatar is the cover of their 1983 album “Seance”. The reason that the song only got to number 22 is twofold- 1. The song was a slow burner in the charts here in Australia, it never made the top 20, but it stayed in the chart for months and months so sold a lot of copies over that time and stayed on high rotation on the commercial radio stations; and 2. The Church are mainly an albums band- the bigger part of their sales are albums rather than singles so the chart position for the single tends to underplay how popular it was at the time.
Oh love that you listened to this one. a classic of Australian Rock. Great composition and lyrics. Kilbey and the guys are subperb! The Church are still around and will release a new album this year (hopefully) - speaking of Australian bands... PLEASE react to The Go-Betweens - you will enjoy it :) cheers
The church are underrated. Great music that stands up pretty well all these years later. Their music I would describe as atmospheric... Metropolis and reptile are also good songs, but my favorite of theirs is an unguarded moment such a great song
Love The Church, and I do love this song, but one of their biggest hits was The Unguarded Moment, still one of my favourite songs ever. If you ever get a chance, give it a listen. Steve's voice is haunting. Great reaction Harri, thank you.
that's actually a weird story... it's not bagpipes as such - it's a sample of African bagpipes playing backwards and played through a Synclavier and mixed with Ebow guitar.
@@zoeherriot Funny you mention that. Not long after writing that comment, I watched an interview with the Church’s lead singer who’s name escapes me. He explained that when writing the song they were playing around with instruments to give the bridge a certain sound & they happened upon those African instruments that sound a lot like classic bagpipes. They create a unique sound that make unique song even more so.
The Church had a number of reasonably successful songs on the Australian charts .. This song and their first single "The Unguarded Moment" are the ones they are best known for .. Please check out the latter .. It's a fantastic song and really showcases Steve Kilbey's distinctive voice .. Go Aussies !!
I love Unguarded Moment, i play that song nearly daily on my play list, it's a great song & it's a song Harri should defs do next! Steve does have a distinctive voice but that's what 80's pub rock was all about, making a genre of our own. Singing like Aussie's was what the Aussie public wanted, something different, something of our own & unique. I know Aussie Crawl singer James Reyne was told to sing with the American accent coz they'll never make it in America with his Aussie voice, he pretty much told them to fuck off lol. I'm glad, we are too Americanised as it is, look at Acca Dacca. Yes Brian is a Pom but even he sang with an American accent & the world think they're American & are shocked when they find out they're from Australian
@@Tully_23_32 You definitely know your Aussie music, Nat 👍 .. There were so many great singers and bands that we locals know and love, but got hardly any recognition overseas .. Bands like Sports ( Steven Cummings was another singer with a distinctive voice ), Paul Kelly and the Dots / Coloured Girls / Messengers, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, etc .. The list is endless !
@@wayne_twentyfive I love my 80's music & our 70's & 80's pub rock genre. I wasn't old enough to see them perform live but that was my music, that was our music that we grew up with & that we were proud of. We understood what they were singing about but the rest of the world didn't & i loved that coz our music is uniquely Aussie! Today's music i don't listen to, I'm not into rap crap. I went about 20yrs ago to the Horden with a group of mates to see Cold Chisel reunion tour.... I cried the whole concert coz i actually couldn't believe i was watching Cold Chisel live! The band i grew up thru my parents, my mates, all boys, were singing & dancing & crying aswell. It was the best night of my life, I'll never forget it, hope ya well mate & no "covid" floating around ur area lol, Nat 😊
@@Tully_23_32 I love your patriotism, Nat .. Too many "woke" people seem to think it's great to put your own country down and attack it for whatever reason happens to be trendy at the time .. You are clearly proud of Australia, and I admire that. Like you, I managed to see Cold Chisel perform live ( at the 21st Century Hotel in Frankston, Melbourne ), and they were fantastic ! .. Saw a number of my favourite 70s and 80s Aussie bands at that venue .. Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, The Angels, and more. Yes, I'm healthy and well, and manging so far to avoid that damn Covid, which unfortunately is still floating around Melbourne, just like in Sydney ( where I assume you are from ) and everywhere else for that matter. Hope you are well too .. Thanks for the entertaining chat 👌 .. Wayne
That..and they are not blinded by the rest of the worlds lights. I never realized how bad our light pollution is until flying from Vegas back to Wash DC. This song led me once..to a once in a life time experience with a younger sister....a meteor sure was that night. Not on great relations now..but then..woke her up at 2 am....took a few lounge chairs out...and just stared at the stars,and as the meteors came down. Was playing this song, softly...and we just watched, focused and could see the whole milky way, , and watched meteors burn up. Probably closest ever was to my sister.
You are one of the very few best reactors of music and vids! So many pause the music every few seconds to comment and that is very annoying, at least to me. When those type of reviewers do that, I immediately quit viewing. Please keep up your method. p.s. I bought The Church CD years ago when I first heard this song.
The lead singer was propositioned after a show in Memphis Tennessee. And that was the catalyst for him doing this song. That's what the loveless fascination part is about. As for lower the curtain down on Memphis is about the ending of the show that night.
A word jumped into my hat rack listening to this recently that seemed to describe this beautiful song well - "atmospheric." So i looked it up to see... atmospheric - creating a distinctive mood, typically of romance, mystery, or nostalgia. Pretty accurate for this... this song really gives me a feel of being out on a recently chilly, breezy, autumn night. It's cool enough someone nearby has an early fire going that gives off that great hickory smell, mixing perfectly with the cool, crisp air, the half-moon casting just enough light on just the few nearby clouds moving steadily, to give them a beautiful, illuminated multi-toned quality. Being in the country, with no city lights for miles, the rest of the star-filled sky is spectacular! As my wife and I continue to make our way home through the countryside, our eyes meet, just then the wind catching her beautiful long, black hair dramatically...her and I, under the milky way...😁...well, something like that anyway... When a song can transport you to a beautiful atmosphere like that, you've got a winner! And my best try at describing the intense feel of it didn't even come close to doing it justice...
In the 80s this was only played on MTV on "120 minutes" in the middle of the night...it was considered edgy and alternative...but man did I love it..this meant to be listened to in your teenage bedroom in the dark...
Good reaction. Beautiful outro. The Church live with George Ellis Orchestra "Psychedelic Symphony" takes on their 80s songs from a much more seasoned, contemplative and mature perspective. What they do with their own music orchestrally is very impressive. Try "Myrrh" and "Tantalised" is epic. BTW, why does no one react to Nick Drake?
This is another one of those songs that I never get tired of listening to, no matter how many times its played. I have a very good friend from the Netherlands (though he is no longer with us) who was a fan of The Church. I believe they had a reasonable sized following in parts of mainland Europe including the Netherlands. I was never a hardcore fan, but I do remember seeing them live many years ago in a hotel on the northern beaches.
Beautiful Aussie band with beautiful songs. The song was written by the lead singer about his ex-girlfriend. Also alot of Aussie bands back in the 80's sang with an Aussie accent instead of an English or American accent. Icehouse, Hunters & Aussie Crawl sang with Aussie accents aswell Edit: sorry I thought lead singer wrote it but i knew it was about an ex-girlfriend
@@wayne_twentyfive Ta Wayne, i thought it was the lead singer, i didn't know he played bass aswell. I knew i read or watched it somewhere, so I'm not crazy....well maybe just abit crazy 🤣. Ta again mate, Cheers Nat! 😊
@@wayne_twentyfive You're such a gentleman Wayne for letting me know i was right! Ta so much again Wayne! I love my fellow Aussie's, if we don't have each other backing us up then who do we have? Cheers again mate, Nat ☺️
@@Tully_23_32 All good Nat 👍 .. You sound like a top notch person, so it makes me even happier that I was able to do something ( minor though it was ) to assist you .. Cheers, my Aussie friend !
There is a Celtic rock band called 'Seven Nations' that does a version of this song with live bagpipes... Either version reminds me of those starry night concerts at the Highland Games
This song takes me back; what a time musically in Oz and this one is so good. Something a lot of people living in the northern hemisphere who have never been to the southern hemisphere, likely wouldn't realise, is that the southern night sky is so much richer than in the north. The Milky Way, in particular, is full on in all it's spectacular glory. Australia is a dark continent at night, anywhere away from cities and their lights. This song always reminds me of the spectacular night sky above when travelling in a semi (lorry,truck) from Perth to Melbourne and the deep darkness of the Nullarbor in South Australia. Anyone who visits Oz should try and get far away from any towns or cities, just to look up, as ironically, one of the greatest sights in Australia, isn't in Australia. A great, under appreciated Australian band from the same time as this, you might want to check out, is Boom Crash Opera. The tracks 'The Best Thing' or 'Great Wall' would be good starters.
Nice! "Under the Milky Way" was a top forty hit in the US for The Church back in 1988. The bagpipe sound comes from running a electric guitar through a Synclavier and then playing the guitar with an EBow device. I bought the album this song is from back when. Perhaps the paradox between where the song charted as a single and the accolades it received can be explained as the difference between the waning reach of singles in the late eighties compared with the waxing reach of albums.
Hi Hari…..love your authenticity & human realness. Would love for you to give your ears a treat with Ship of Fools by World Party. Also, Fresh Air by Quicksilver Messenger Service….Lastly, White Bird by Its A Beautiful Day . Enjoy!!!! Or as we said back in the day, “dig it”.
Mate. Your are right. It is bagpipes playing. They got the idea from AC/DC (believe it or not) recording of "Long Way to the Top". The story is that the writer was making the choice to disconnect from Heroine. And more, there are place here where you can sit at night and just watch the Milky way pass over.
Ah! the soundtrack of my youth! We even used to dress like Kilby (paisley shirt and black jeans) Saw them live so many times. - Their song Reptile is a good one to check out next. They were just as big if not bigger in the UK than in Oz or US.
I looked it up - they used a device called an E-bow with an electric guitar. I have no idea how it works to make a bagpipe sound but anyway here is some information about it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow
@@skanderfish3641 Well supposedly that was recorded to a Synclavier - assuming the wikipedia entry is correct. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Milky_Way
@@skanderfish3641 Yeah, it's actually a blend of the Synclavier playing an African bagpipes sample mixed with Ebow guitar. There's quite a few layers to it.
Segments of it have also been in Prison Break, Scorpion, and the NFL has used it for outro/intro to commercial breaks, including a couple Super Bowls. It's a great song to create atmosphere in scenes.
This was and is my favorite style of 80s music. Really takes me back to a totally awesome time in my life.
Then you must check out (if you don't already know it): The Grapes Of Wrath - "All The Things I Wasn't"
Peter Murphy's Cuts you Up
Incredible and timeless beauty! What an iconic song!
This always take me back to the summer of '88. I've loving this song ever since and still listen to it regularly.
The instrument you were thinking sounds like bagpipes is called a Synclavier It was an early digital synthesizer that could do a sort of sampling. The band described the settings they used for that sound as a "backward African bagpipe" sound.
Harri this is one of my favorite songs of ALL time! So beautiful and atmospheric! 💙🖤💙🌌
This is their most famous song - but they've released 25 albums and are working on a new one currently. They are often labelled as post punk, new wave, but they actually have a lot in common with some of the psychedelic bands of the 60's and 70's. As a band (although they apparently never met) The Cure and The Church cross influenced each other over the years - with Steve Kilbey (the bass player) also using the Fender Bass VI sound, and the cure "potentially" borrowing the chord structure of under the milky way for Love Song. Robert Smith invited The Church to play at Cureation (which they did) - but he had to leave during their set due to a family emergency.
One of the most amazing things about the Church is the guitar work - I suspect Radiohead was somewhat influenced by the ethereal use of sustainers and Ebows.
Thank you, I love this song. it's a great driving song.
listen to METROPOLIS by them , that song is great
Thanks for reacting to this -
My favourite band (my avatar is the cover of their 1983 album “Seance”. The reason that the song only got to number 22 is twofold- 1. The song was a slow burner in the charts here in Australia, it never made the top 20, but it stayed in the chart for months and months so sold a lot of copies over that time and stayed on high rotation on the commercial radio stations; and 2. The Church are mainly an albums band- the bigger part of their sales are albums rather than singles so the chart position for the single tends to underplay how popular it was at the time.
I've always loved this song! So sublime.
Oh love that you listened to this one. a classic of Australian Rock. Great composition and lyrics. Kilbey and the guys are subperb! The Church are still around and will release a new album this year (hopefully) - speaking of Australian bands... PLEASE react to The Go-Betweens - you will enjoy it :) cheers
love this song. just really cool sounding
The church are underrated. Great music that stands up pretty well all these years later. Their music I would describe as atmospheric...
Metropolis and reptile are also good songs, but my favorite of theirs is an unguarded moment such a great song
Love this song, and it's pretty easy to play. A round of four similar chords, as I recall. Atmospheric.
Love The Church, and I do love this song, but one of their biggest hits was The Unguarded Moment, still one of my favourite songs ever. If you ever get a chance, give it a listen. Steve's voice is haunting. Great reaction Harri, thank you.
The Unguarded Moment is stellar!
Yes their best
Yes to The Unguarded Moment!
Ethereal. Beautiful. Thanks for reacting, Harri.
Another great Aussie band!
Bagpipes and 80’# New Wave music. Love it.
that's actually a weird story... it's not bagpipes as such - it's a sample of African bagpipes playing backwards and played through a Synclavier and mixed with Ebow guitar.
@@zoeherriot Funny you mention that. Not long after writing that comment, I watched an interview with the Church’s lead singer who’s name escapes me. He explained that when writing the song they were playing around with instruments to give the bridge a certain sound & they happened upon those African instruments that sound a lot like classic bagpipes. They create a unique sound that make unique song even more so.
The Church had a number of reasonably successful songs on the Australian charts .. This song and their first single "The Unguarded Moment" are the ones they are best known for .. Please check out the latter .. It's a fantastic song and really showcases Steve Kilbey's distinctive voice .. Go Aussies !!
I love Unguarded Moment, i play that song nearly daily on my play list, it's a great song & it's a song Harri should defs do next!
Steve does have a distinctive voice but that's what 80's pub rock was all about, making a genre of our own. Singing like Aussie's was what the Aussie public wanted, something different, something of our own & unique. I know Aussie Crawl singer James Reyne was told to sing with the American accent coz they'll never make it in America with his Aussie voice, he pretty much told them to fuck off lol. I'm glad, we are too Americanised as it is, look at Acca Dacca. Yes Brian is a Pom but even he sang with an American accent & the world think they're American & are shocked when they find out they're from Australian
@@Tully_23_32 You definitely know your Aussie music, Nat 👍 .. There were so many great singers and bands that we locals know and love, but got hardly any recognition overseas .. Bands like Sports ( Steven Cummings was another singer with a distinctive voice ), Paul Kelly and the Dots / Coloured Girls / Messengers, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, etc .. The list is endless !
@@wayne_twentyfive I love my 80's music & our 70's & 80's pub rock genre. I wasn't old enough to see them perform live but that was my music, that was our music that we grew up with & that we were proud of. We understood what they were singing about but the rest of the world didn't & i loved that coz our music is uniquely Aussie! Today's music i don't listen to, I'm not into rap crap.
I went about 20yrs ago to the Horden with a group of mates to see Cold Chisel reunion tour.... I cried the whole concert coz i actually couldn't believe i was watching Cold Chisel live! The band i grew up thru my parents, my mates, all boys, were singing & dancing & crying aswell. It was the best night of my life, I'll never forget it, hope ya well mate & no "covid" floating around ur area lol, Nat 😊
@@Tully_23_32 I love your patriotism, Nat .. Too many "woke" people seem to think it's great to put your own country down and attack it for whatever reason happens to be trendy at the time .. You are clearly proud of Australia, and I admire that.
Like you, I managed to see Cold Chisel perform live ( at the 21st Century Hotel in Frankston, Melbourne ), and they were fantastic ! .. Saw a number of my favourite 70s and 80s Aussie bands at that venue .. Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, The Angels, and more.
Yes, I'm healthy and well, and manging so far to avoid that damn Covid, which unfortunately is still floating around Melbourne, just like in Sydney ( where I assume you are from ) and everywhere else for that matter.
Hope you are well too .. Thanks for the entertaining chat 👌 .. Wayne
That..and they are not blinded by the rest of the worlds lights. I never realized how bad our light pollution is until flying from Vegas back to Wash DC.
This song led me once..to a once in a life time experience with a younger sister....a meteor sure was that night. Not on great relations now..but then..woke her up at 2 am....took a few lounge chairs out...and just stared at the stars,and as the meteors came down. Was playing this song, softly...and we just watched, focused and could see the whole milky way, , and watched meteors burn up.
Probably closest ever was to my sister.
As I heard this song here in Brazil... they were magical decades in music.
Quite possibly the best arrangement and mix of any song in the last 50 years! 💯💯💯
You are one of the very few best reactors of music and vids! So many pause the music every few seconds to comment and that is very annoying, at least to me. When those type of reviewers do that, I immediately quit viewing. Please keep up your method. p.s. I bought The Church CD years ago when I first heard this song.
This is a beautiful song and wish it would never end,
One of the best Australian groups of all time. Very moody and sometimes sardonic.
Damn right look up Constant In Opal and Shadow Cabinet from 1984 from their REMOTE LUXURY LP.
randomly searched to see if anyone has reacted to this - one of my favorites from this time - thanks!
Me too! Was hoping there would be many reactions to this timeless wonder of a song!
@@AudiophileTubes it probably will over time - it's probably not been reacted to buy others enough yet. But such a smooth song
The lead singer was propositioned after a show in Memphis Tennessee. And that was the catalyst for him doing this song. That's what the loveless fascination part is about. As for lower the curtain down on Memphis is about the ending of the show that night.
Reminds me of better times
A word jumped into my hat rack listening to this recently that seemed to describe this beautiful song well - "atmospheric." So i looked it up to see...
atmospheric - creating a distinctive mood, typically of romance, mystery, or nostalgia.
Pretty accurate for this... this song really gives me a feel of being out on a recently chilly, breezy, autumn night. It's cool enough someone nearby has an early fire going that gives off that great hickory smell, mixing perfectly with the cool, crisp air, the half-moon casting just enough light on just the few nearby clouds moving steadily, to give them a beautiful, illuminated multi-toned quality. Being in the country, with no city lights for miles, the rest of the star-filled sky is spectacular! As my wife and I continue to make our way home through the countryside, our eyes meet, just then the wind catching her beautiful long, black hair dramatically...her and I, under the milky way...😁...well, something like that anyway...
When a song can transport you to a beautiful atmosphere like that, you've got a winner! And my best try at describing the intense feel of it didn't even come close to doing it justice...
Stellar choice, Best Of It Movies!!! One of my all-time favorite songs! Top 10, at worst Top 15. Just wondrous. Great reaction, guvnor!
In the 80s this was only played on MTV on "120 minutes" in the middle of the night...it was considered edgy and alternative...but man did I love it..this meant to be listened to in your teenage bedroom in the dark...
Love the Church...so many great songs. " Unguarded Moment" next...
Very important band.
I was a huge fan before this song i still hear churchs music today
One of my all time favorite songs😊
This song brings back memories of the late 80's
Came up on recommended. Clicked because this might me my favorite album! The Church is awesome. Check out more from them! I suggest metropolis
Such a beautiful 😍 🎵!!💙🤍💙🤍
Good reaction. Beautiful outro. The Church live with George Ellis Orchestra "Psychedelic Symphony" takes on their 80s songs from a much more seasoned, contemplative and mature perspective. What they do with their own music orchestrally is very impressive. Try "Myrrh" and "Tantalised" is epic. BTW, why does no one react to Nick Drake?
Great band.
This is another one of those songs that I never get tired of listening to, no matter how many times its played. I have a very good friend from the Netherlands (though he is no longer with us) who was a fan of The Church. I believe they had a reasonable sized following in parts of mainland Europe including the Netherlands. I was never a hardcore fan, but I do remember seeing them live many years ago in a hotel on the northern beaches.
Beautiful Aussie band with beautiful songs.
The song was written by the lead singer about his ex-girlfriend. Also alot of Aussie bands back in the 80's sang with an Aussie accent instead of an English or American accent. Icehouse, Hunters & Aussie Crawl sang with Aussie accents aswell
Edit: sorry I thought lead singer wrote it but i knew it was about an ex-girlfriend
You were right .. It was written by the lead singer, Steve Kilbey, who was also the band's bass player .. Cheers, Wayne
@@wayne_twentyfive Ta Wayne, i thought it was the lead singer, i didn't know he played bass aswell. I knew i read or watched it somewhere, so I'm not crazy....well maybe just abit crazy 🤣. Ta again mate, Cheers Nat! 😊
@@Tully_23_32 My pleasure, Nat .. I couldn't let a fellow Aussie go on thinking they were wrong when they weren't ! 😁 .. Wayne
@@wayne_twentyfive You're such a gentleman Wayne for letting me know i was right! Ta so much again Wayne! I love my fellow Aussie's, if we don't have each other backing us up then who do we have? Cheers again mate, Nat ☺️
@@Tully_23_32 All good Nat 👍 .. You sound like a top notch person, so it makes me even happier that I was able to do something ( minor though it was ) to assist you .. Cheers, my Aussie friend !
There is a Celtic rock band called 'Seven Nations' that does a version of this song with live bagpipes... Either version reminds me of those starry night concerts at the Highland Games
one of my fav groups
This song takes me back; what a time musically in Oz and this one is so good. Something a lot of people living in the northern hemisphere who have never been to the southern hemisphere, likely wouldn't realise, is that the southern night sky is so much richer than in the north. The Milky Way, in particular, is full on in all it's spectacular glory. Australia is a dark continent at night, anywhere away from cities and their lights. This song always reminds me of the spectacular night sky above when travelling in a semi (lorry,truck) from Perth to Melbourne and the deep darkness of the Nullarbor in South Australia. Anyone who visits Oz should try and get far away from any towns or cities, just to look up, as ironically, one of the greatest sights in Australia, isn't in Australia.
A great, under appreciated Australian band from the same time as this, you might want to check out, is Boom Crash Opera. The tracks 'The Best Thing' or 'Great Wall' would be good starters.
Talk Talk Harri! You were up for it my friend.
Proper off the cuff reactions are few and far between. Big respect to you for doing it right, mate.
This was in the series miami vice and one of the best episodes, great song.
Wow never heard this before. Must have been over the milky way. This should have been huge.enjoying your vids. Thank you, must learn it on guitar.
I always thought this song sounded like a Depeche mode song.
Nice! "Under the Milky Way" was a top forty hit in the US for The Church back in 1988. The bagpipe sound comes from running a electric guitar through a Synclavier and then playing the guitar with an EBow device. I bought the album this song is from back when. Perhaps the paradox between where the song charted as a single and the accolades it received can be explained as the difference between the waning reach of singles in the late eighties compared with the waxing reach of albums.
Kudos to you for using the words, "waning", and, "waxing", in describing a song about celestial bodies of the sky. lol Very nice, indeed.
Great band, saw them at Corrimal NSW when we were all much younger 😄
Hi Hari…..love your authenticity & human realness. Would love for you to give your ears a treat with Ship of Fools by World Party. Also, Fresh Air by Quicksilver Messenger Service….Lastly, White Bird by Its A Beautiful Day . Enjoy!!!! Or as we said back in the day, “dig it”.
Mate. Your are right. It is bagpipes playing. They got the idea from AC/DC (believe it or not) recording of "Long Way to the Top". The story is that the writer was making the choice to disconnect from Heroine. And more, there are place here where you can sit at night and just watch the Milky way pass over.
Never heard this when it came out but 8-10 years ago by Band called Tearwave on an electronica channel.
There’s a version of this song on a great Aussie movie called The Dry. I recommend it if you like Australia 2:55
Great analysis…I live in Oz…it’s in the soundtrack of the new movie The Dry…set in OZ. Jim
Come to Australia brother, you will love it.
Ah! the soundtrack of my youth! We even used to dress like Kilby (paisley shirt and black jeans) Saw them live so many times. - Their song Reptile is a good one to check out next. They were just as big if not bigger in the UK than in Oz or US.
We had an alt cover band in college that did this song. I played the middle solo on a synthesizer with a modified bagpipe setting.
Such a good song
Great song from a great era. I thought for a long time those were bagpipes.
I thought so to - Its a sample of African bagpipes playing in reverse blended with a guitar played with Ebow.
Maate, you need to check out The Triffids and The Go Betweens...some real hidden gems.
This sounds like it might have inspired Oasis. I hear a lot of this song in "Wonderwall."
Great 80's track! Ya should do Duran Duran ''Notorious'', or any other!
Starfish is the greatest album ever
I looked it up - they used a device called an E-bow with an electric guitar. I have no idea how it works to make a bagpipe sound but anyway here is some information about it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow
They used a Synclavier to achieve the bagpipe sound.
@@skanderfish3641 Well supposedly that was recorded to a Synclavier - assuming the wikipedia entry is correct. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Milky_Way
@@skanderfish3641 Yeah, it's actually a blend of the Synclavier playing an African bagpipes sample mixed with Ebow guitar. There's quite a few layers to it.
This song has that 80’s Donnie Darko feel to it. Did it come from the movie? Nice pick!🌺✌️
It was on the soundtrack, but was recorded in the 80's.
It was also in the series miami vice.
Segments of it have also been in Prison Break, Scorpion, and the NFL has used it for outro/intro to commercial breaks, including a couple Super Bowls. It's a great song to create atmosphere in scenes.