The best bit about this, is how the journalist points out how little the artillery man has actually done, to which artillery man replies "it's doing the thinking and the working that tires a man out" - amen to that LOL
When he says "not poems and rubbish" is he implying that poems ARE or are not rubbish LOL - easiest downfall of civilization, not having poems anymore.
I love how the song really drags the audience into the Artillerymans fantasies with how optimistic it sounds. It perfecty captures how the protagonist must have felt.
I find it hilarious that this guy gets a whole 12 minute ballad dedicated to his dream and it just ends with the protagonist calling the guy crazy and leaving
@@Gadfly333 i do hope you're not referring to the borderline schizophrenic belief that within living history a massive flood of mud wiped out an entire civilization and the only evidence is that there are tall buildings built in the 1900s in a few places
This could have been added, to the Tom Cruise WOTW movie, they find a deranged man who has his own old Martian craft! One day, whoosh, and "them running and dying".
I've honestly seen this song as the closest thing to a villain song in the musical. The villain not being The Artilleryman, but rather the madness thats beginning to overcome in light of the Martian invasion. Like its just tempting you to disassociate from the horrifying reality and enter this realm of naivety and senseless optimism. There's something almost something sinister in the way he says "I'm not trying to tell you what to be Oh no, oh no, not me But if mankind is to survive The people left alive-" its like an invitation into that world of comforting fantasy and away from the terror of the heat ray, the red weed, and the black smoke.
honestly its the best "plan" out there, which is maybe why its so compelling. Live underground where the martians cant build their machines, where the range of the heatrays could be reduced by curving tunnels. where they wont see any activity on the surface. and then in a centuries time, maybe the technological gap would have closed. besides, a city like london has miles of tunnels in the underground and utility. of course, the madness angle is that humanity is able to put aside its differences and create a mirror world... but who hasnt started a new civilization with optimism of human spirit? the only thing that really sells this as insanity is that the man just isnt putting in the effort. hes chipping away at dirt in his spare time, while mostly just getting drunk or playing cards. the right people could probably do it right, the artilleryman isnt that guy.
@@Robb1977 it is made excessively clear by the book that the martians can be killed in direct combat and their actual chances are very minimal against the entire collective of humanity. the point of the artilleryman's character is that he is deeply pessimistic about humanity's chances against the martians due to trauma and believes the only way of winning the (very winnable) fight is to start an entire new civilization from scratch. also he was obviously a fascist
As a 12-year-old back in the 1970s, I remember listened to the whole album non-stop with headphones on and was transfixed helped along with all the album diagrams.
Anyone who claims to not get completely carried away by the optimism and build up from 3:35 onwards is a liar. Even when you know it's all a fake dream the hope just gets me every single time.
I mean, apparently in the old WOTW strategy games from the 90's, after a martian victory, a segment plays, and it is revealed that the Artilleryman did end up rebuilding the world.
During the final two lines ("But maybe from the madness, something beautiful will grow...?) I imagine The Artilleryman standing centre-stage with a spotlight on him, and as he sings those two lines, the spotlight shrinks...and gradually fades away to darkness.
@@lisamcrad5799 haha yeah in the Massacre of Mankind they had him completely sell out his humanity for a slight niche of power in the Martians new world.
In the game, if you play as the martians and win, during the credits, 36 year after the humans have been defeated, one scout is hunting some "uncontained" humans, after vaporizing some of them, it follows the rest of them into a orange-lit tunnel were it describes a place like the one in the video, bigger than he can see, he asks itself "HOW did they miss this much?" And abruptly ends his transmission log with the martian-chilling phrase "Oh my, they've seen to have re-armed themselves" followed by an explosion. So, not only did the artillery man manage to go ahead with his delirious idea, HE WON.
yes, such as the fact the Martians had the right idea of wiping humanity out in 1898 when could. Today, modern Earth militaries would crush the Martians.
@@garethrobinson4389 The Martians didn't even have flying machines when they landed. Today the modern military would have knocked their walking machines out with jets
ARE YOU LOT FOR REAL??? GHOSTS ON MARS... THE MARTIANS. THIS PLANET COULD HAVE LOST CORE MASS AND BE MOTHER TO MARS... A MOON.... WHICH MUSK WANTS TO TERRAFORM A MOON!?!? A GIANT RED RUSTY MOON... WHICH WILL REACT BADLY TO WATER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION!!!!! MY RESEARCH IS SOLID!!!! AMERICA AND CO HAVE BEEN CREATING ALL THINGS FLYING SORCERY FOR ABSOLUTE AGES. THOSE DISCO BALL STARS TWINKLING AWAY ARE SATELLITES... ARMED WITH LASERS AND ALL THINGS DIRECT ENERGY WEAPONS. H.G. WELLS WAS A VISIONARY... HE PREDICTED STUFF. HIS EPITAPH IS SOMETHING LIKE: "I TOLD YOU SO. YOU *DAMNED* FOOLS" HIS DAMNED WAS IN ITALICS AND HE SAID IT WAS INTENTIONAL. GET A GRIP
I’m 28 now when I was a small child my nan and grandad showed me this album. Til this day it’s still one of the best piece of works I’ve ever heard and this was out before I was alive!! Every sound makes the story seem so real it’s like reading a book you can imagine you own story with the narrations it’s beautiful. Anyone still listening to this you have my love 😝😘
I’ve just been to see the concert live last night in Glasgow . It’s truly phenomenal, the real Martian blowing flames, the pyrotechnics the beautiful sound of the orchestra and the black smoke band and of course Jeff Wayne and Justin Hayward himself at 75 was an absolute privilege. It’s a must see , it took my breath away , I smiled, I cried , my heart rejoiced at the new song that’s been added called Life begins again. Such a story to be told to our next generation
@@nigellaird8655 definitely was and still is such a good song but now I’m older the whole album is so good! When it reaches the end I just want to start over again 😁
The art is definitely good but given their height and scale against the trains, I would not be the one changing one of those light bulbs when they blow.
The novel was written in Victorian England, which is literally where steampunk derives its style from. But yeah, this does seem like an early predecessor to the aesthetic.
@@wezzuh2482 arguably War of the Worlds itself IS the OG steampunk work of art. The walking machines have boilers and belch smoke. The crab dozers are also steampunk as heck!
@@patreekotime4578 I would disagree. Steampunk is characterized by its retro-futurism. WoW was simply science fiction from the victorian era. The aesthetic strikes us as steampunk, but would not have struck its contemporary audiences as such.
my Dad had the album , even though it scared me ... it was magnificent ...and i appreciate the talented musicians that made this an amazing piece of history , absolutely superb !
Take a look around you at the world we've come to know Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show? But maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow... In a brave new world!
"Not poems & rubbish .... We'll play each other at cricket .."!! Is there any more Anglo-centric sport/activity? Cricket .. "Lovely cricket" .. As a Yorkshire man I bow my head today
My favourite section is that pulsing beat starting about 8:10, I always imagine its the triumphant and industrious heartbeat of the brave new world! The power of dreams. Such an incredible piece of music. Such a pity the artilleryman is bonkers...
They're all crazy. Ogilvy was crazy for dismissing the flare. The narrator was crazy for staying at his home near the site of the Martian landing. The parson was just... straight up fucking crazy. The Artilleryman is crazy for thinking up this hair brained scheme and then trying to make it happen on his own.
@@moritamikamikara3879 he did make it, in the videogame version; when you play the martian campaign and win, you get an audio log of a martian scout wandering into a tunnel following stray humans only to be met by an underground city larger than it can even see, finishing the log with "Oh my, they seem to have re-armed themselves" and an explosion.
I think the very end of the song, where he sings the refrain "Something beautiful will grow," and the eerie silence of the next song follows, that's what nails the horror of the delusion home I think.
I do wish Jeff would bring the show back to the UK. We went to see it years ago IT NEVER DIES JEFF! We met him after the show. This show could run FOREVER...............IVE GOT A PLAN...............those three opening power chords still send shivvers down the spine after all these years - THAT is the mark of a SUPERB composer!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@@davidpotts1778 I have to agree his voice makes the naration IMO. I just wish he had recorded the entire book as an audio book. I would buy that in a heartbeat. being such a good actor even his pauses are just spot on.
I've always felt the opening notes have quite a sinister sound to them. Which I think implies the Artillery man isn't just being optimistic, but has gone mad. Finding comfort in the idea of an impossible world.
@@neil73" Its doing the working and the thinking that wears a fellow out" "Morlock Charter" (1) Schools in Prison ? Feel free to add your own, lets see where this go's? Cricket Cucumber Sandwiches & Tea Obviously.
Don’t know why I love this music, never heard anything like it in my life, l love Richard Burton voice, most ppl today don’t have a voice like that anymore, also this is supposed to be 1898 1899, for some reason I love this time period from suits, weaponry, the American West, Franklin Roosevelt and the Spanish American War, the American uniform, even the font on the top left of screen is accurate of the timeline, I’m going to listen to this on Red Dead
This was so good to listen to after such a serious story. Every song is great but none of them are happy until this one and it's so uplifting! This entire thing is extremely well done and the best thing I randomly discovered when I was a kid.
My parents showed me this album when I was about 13, it’s still a firm favourite/emotional scar and I don’t think any aspect of the story hits as hard as the artilleryman. Nathaniel is batshit from the first moment we meet him but the artilleryman is just a conscript driven mad by loneliness. He’s the only hint in the story that the survivors might have as much to fear from each other as the invaders.
And at 2:10 just noticed as the picture pans up, on the right hand side, a 2nd artillery piece. I have been looking at this picture on and off for years, and only just saw this today. Great quality picture.
What I really like is the beat at 4:03 You know where else it plays? Epilogue. Epilogue sounds like people slowly crawling out from their hideouts to live a peaceful life again. Brave New World sounds like people learnt the martian technology, advanced it and began using it in their daily life. ...Except they happen in reverse order, and Brave New World happens inside Artilleryman's head. I really love Jeff Wayne's musical for that, you can find a lot of memorable leitmotivs.
Bought the concept album when it first came out! Treated myself to the 25th anniversary double cd, definitely shows my age! Recently watched the stage show on sky arts with Marti Pello. Wasn't sure if it was something which would transfer to stage, but the way they did it made you suspend disbelief. Sci- fi on stage! Well done it was a brilliant performance. The war machines towering over you!
When I was 6 years old, me and my family went to Butlins and we listen to this Musical the whole way and I fell in love it from beginning to End. My Dad listened to it in the 70s and he's the one who got me into it and when the musical returned in the modern era me and my dad went to see. Hands down the greatest Musical ever created and the greatest adaptation of The War of the Worlds. This is my favorite of the songs, just pure brilliance.
I was 5 years old when I first heard this entire cd original not the remastered version and I remember feeling the same feeling I get today as I did then both excitement and happiness with glimpses of hope and passion in his commitments and I thought to my self what an absolutely wonderful composure of musical melodies and words and since then I will never forget that moment in the kitchen with mom and dad and my family. That's why this album is my all time favourite and will always be from the Red weed to the passion in thunder child. If you haven't listened to the entire album please do as I guarantee you will fall in love with it just like me in that moment.
I bought the album when I was 9 from a record store next to our bookshop. Greatest album in music history. This song has had such an incredible influence on my bands and productions that I am eternally grateful to everyone who has played a part in it. Thanx you
I got this album (on cassette and LP) back in the early 80's and I used to play it all the time. One of the greatest pieces of its time. and so terrifying for those who listened to the original radio broadcast during the dark days of humanity
@mick clarke .......same as mate , all my children and grandchildren know this album. I feel i need to pass off some of "our music" for future reference
@@tonyjude4185 my kids ( 35, 28, 27) all love the 80's music. I made sure they knew what "real" music was like. Where lyrics were the song not just 3 or 4 words. meanings to the songs and always stirred something in us when we heard it
War of The Worlds PC game ending credits “Cleansing scout 412 transmitting status report. Time 12:72 Day 15 Earth Year 36. When patrolling for unconfined humans I noticed several disappearing into an old human tunnel entrance. I proceeded to investigate.” The fighting machine strode through the tunnels firing its heat ray at the escaping humans. “8 humans destroyed several more have escaped further down the tunnel, proceeding.” As it continued to chase a distant glow suddenly appeared further down the tunnel. “I’m noticing a glow permeating from the tunnel. A strong orange light.” Upon reaching the source the machine halted and the pilots marveled in awe at the sight before them. “There is a huge cavern here as long as… I cannot see the other end. Human structures fill the floor, dwellings, factories, construction plants, and transportation lines cross the roof like a web. There is provision for thousands of humans here. How could we miss so many? They have built a whole city down here.” Amidst the stunning yet worrying sight before them, the Martians failed to realize what the humans suddenly brought before them as a response to their intrusion. “My, they have also rearmed themselves.” BOOM!!! TRANSMISSION LOST
9:58 is when this turns absolutely hilarious. After he goes off the cliff in a delusional rant….boom…..here’s reality followed by music that almost makes you sympathize for the Artilleryman.
There are great songs on this album, but they form part of a story, and the album should be listened to from beginning to end to understand the story. The songs then fit in.
Based and Artillerypilled
After that, what is there to say?
Based
I like how the artillery man talked about playing cricket before actual defense against the Martians
Well, we are British lol
The best bit about this, is how the journalist points out how little the artillery man has actually done, to which artillery man replies "it's doing the thinking and the working that tires a man out" - amen to that LOL
When he says "not poems and rubbish" is he implying that poems ARE or are not rubbish LOL - easiest downfall of civilization, not having poems anymore.
Something wrong if you cannot play cricket in a dystopia LOL, I expect cricket available at all times, even if we were being bombed like during WW1.
@@mtjoy747 not just cricket, but Rugby too. Proper game that
I’m ready for the brave new world now please
The older I get, the more confidently I can say, this song is just incredible.
Well said.
The Super Audio CD 5-channel version is just extraordinary. Along with Dark Side Of The Moon, I purchased a (cheap now) system just to hear it.
It's the best one in the album lmo
This is the best of the best
touché to that my friend
Every time I say to someone "I've got a plan" I hear the opening notes of this in my head.
I often say "underground!" In that half whisper when I get the opportunity
@@l3dz3bra66 Sweet and clean now after the rain!!! lol x
yes
It’s the Tory mantra this general election.I wonder if it will work out for them ?
I love how the song really drags the audience into the Artillerymans fantasies with how optimistic it sounds. It perfecty captures how the protagonist must have felt.
And how disappointed he feels when he sees the little progress he's actually made
I love how many of the commenters have missed this- the theme and point of the song - in their analysis. Well put.
I find it hilarious that this guy gets a whole 12 minute ballad dedicated to his dream and it just ends with the protagonist calling the guy crazy and leaving
@@milliondollarmistake same.
Funnily enough in the ending of the RTS game... His idea, his plan, his Dream, actually WORKED!
Honestly I'd happily join him in his plan even if the martians were almost dead anyway. Seems like a really uplifting friend
I think they DID enact this plan... mudflood anyone? ;)
@@Gadfly333 i do hope you're not referring to the borderline schizophrenic belief that within living history a massive flood of mud wiped out an entire civilization and the only evidence is that there are tall buildings built in the 1900s in a few places
@@Gadfly333huh?
legend says that the artilleryman keeps digging
Listened to that song just before this one, had to check to make sure my RUclips hadn't glitched
This could have been added, to the Tom Cruise WOTW movie, they find a deranged man who has his own old Martian craft! One day, whoosh, and "them running and dying".
@@mtjoy747 Don't even talk about the Tom cruise film
It never happened.
@@moritamikamikara3879 😄😆😅🤣😂😄😆😅🤣😂😄😆🤣🤣😂
@@moritamikamikara3879 is better than 2021 MINISERIES XD. But this musical is something th want to see in cinema :(
The illustration vs the ten yard long tunnel
ax when discord?
Am want a discord
This is the musical version of counting your chickens before they hatch
Counting your chickens before you find any eggs
I've honestly seen this song as the closest thing to a villain song in the musical. The villain not being The Artilleryman, but rather the madness thats beginning to overcome in light of the Martian invasion. Like its just tempting you to disassociate from the horrifying reality and enter this realm of naivety and senseless optimism. There's something almost something sinister in the way he says
"I'm not trying to tell you what to be
Oh no, oh no, not me
But if mankind is to survive
The people left alive-"
its like an invitation into that world of comforting fantasy and away from the terror of the heat ray, the red weed, and the black smoke.
honestly its the best "plan" out there, which is maybe why its so compelling. Live underground where the martians cant build their machines, where the range of the heatrays could be reduced by curving tunnels. where they wont see any activity on the surface. and then in a centuries time, maybe the technological gap would have closed.
besides, a city like london has miles of tunnels in the underground and utility. of course, the madness angle is that humanity is able to put aside its differences and create a mirror world... but who hasnt started a new civilization with optimism of human spirit? the only thing that really sells this as insanity is that the man just isnt putting in the effort. hes chipping away at dirt in his spare time, while mostly just getting drunk or playing cards. the right people could probably do it right, the artilleryman isnt that guy.
@@Robb1977 it is made excessively clear by the book that the martians can be killed in direct combat and their actual chances are very minimal against the entire collective of humanity. the point of the artilleryman's character is that he is deeply pessimistic about humanity's chances against the martians due to trauma and believes the only way of winning the (very winnable) fight is to start an entire new civilization from scratch. also he was obviously a fascist
Yup, totally a villain song. Delusion, desperation, and a charismatic leader type trying to suck others into his madness.
A descent into fanatical madness courtesy of David Essex. Brilliantly chilling.
@@tinkletink1403 Guess they had no choice with Martians on the surface killing people - it's a fiction, ya know
Really?
Osama Bin Laden dream.
As a 12-year-old back in the 1970s, I remember listened to the whole album non-stop with headphones on and was transfixed helped along with all the album diagrams.
I have the same memories, late at night, in bed with headphones on and letting the magic of this album unravel itself.
@JJ Graham Yes🤣
I only got this in the 90s on tape. Where to find the album diagrams?
I listened over and over again about the same time, brilliant, I never listened to anything like that, never again
Yep
Anyone who claims to not get completely carried away by the optimism and build up from 3:35 onwards is a liar. Even when you know it's all a fake dream the hope just gets me every single time.
'and then wallop!' gets me every single time!
I mean, apparently in the old WOTW strategy games from the 90's, after a martian victory, a segment plays, and it is revealed that the Artilleryman did end up rebuilding the world.
MAN ON TOP AGAIN!!!
6:08 - That YES!
Oh! Such ludicrous optimism - but it's the British way!
During the final two lines ("But maybe from the madness, something beautiful will grow...?) I imagine The Artilleryman standing centre-stage with a spotlight on him, and as he sings those two lines, the spotlight shrinks...and gradually fades away to darkness.
The Artilleryman is actually a really relatable character, this is 100% how I'd react if I was in an apocalypse.
Low-key hope it's cannon that the Artillery Man survives.
@@lisamcrad5799 mecha anime time, fuck yeah.
@@lisamcrad5799 haha yeah in the Massacre of Mankind they had him completely sell out his humanity for a slight niche of power in the Martians new world.
In the game, if you play as the martians and win, during the credits, 36 year after the humans have been defeated, one scout is hunting some "uncontained" humans, after vaporizing some of them, it follows the rest of them into a orange-lit tunnel were it describes a place like the one in the video, bigger than he can see, he asks itself "HOW did they miss this much?" And abruptly ends his transmission log with the martian-chilling phrase "Oh my, they've seen to have re-armed themselves" followed by an explosion.
So, not only did the artillery man manage to go ahead with his delirious idea, HE WON.
@@velenvskaelhas I thought he did it to protect himself and his family
@@RIPM201 No matter which side wins, the end credits for both campaigns strongly imply that the War is far from over.
The mark of a true classic... be it music, film, or art..., is when it becomes *MORE* relevant as time marches on.
yes, such as the fact the Martians had the right idea of wiping humanity out in 1898 when could. Today, modern Earth militaries would crush the Martians.
@@citycrusher9308 😂 it’s pretty much been proven that everything we have is useless compared to what they have and can do.
@@garethrobinson4389 The Martians didn't even have flying machines when they landed. Today the modern military would have knocked their walking machines out with jets
ARE YOU LOT FOR REAL???
GHOSTS ON MARS... THE MARTIANS.
THIS PLANET COULD HAVE LOST CORE MASS AND BE MOTHER TO MARS... A MOON.... WHICH MUSK WANTS TO TERRAFORM A MOON!?!?
A GIANT RED RUSTY MOON... WHICH WILL REACT BADLY TO WATER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION!!!!!
MY RESEARCH IS SOLID!!!!
AMERICA AND CO HAVE BEEN CREATING ALL THINGS FLYING SORCERY FOR ABSOLUTE AGES.
THOSE DISCO BALL STARS TWINKLING AWAY ARE SATELLITES... ARMED WITH LASERS AND ALL THINGS DIRECT ENERGY WEAPONS.
H.G. WELLS WAS A VISIONARY... HE PREDICTED STUFF.
HIS EPITAPH IS SOMETHING LIKE:
"I TOLD YOU SO. YOU *DAMNED* FOOLS"
HIS DAMNED WAS IN ITALICS AND HE SAID IT WAS INTENTIONAL.
GET A GRIP
When l listen to this I still enjoy and wonder what if we were attack. What would every one do. Run for your life and hide till they are gone.
I’m 28 now when I was a small child my nan and grandad showed me this album. Til this day it’s still one of the best piece of works I’ve ever heard and this was out before I was alive!! Every sound makes the story seem so real it’s like reading a book you can imagine you own story with the narrations it’s beautiful. Anyone still listening to this you have my love 😝😘
Desert island disc for me. Been listening to it since it came out and got it as an 8 year old boy for my birthday
Yup, well said BB93! I was eleven mebbe twelve when this came out : Exciting/Scary/Weird/Sad/Exhilarating - a masterpiece, "Forever Autumn", yeah?
I’ve just been to see the concert live last night in Glasgow . It’s truly phenomenal, the real Martian blowing flames, the pyrotechnics the beautiful sound of the orchestra and the black smoke band and of course Jeff Wayne and Justin Hayward himself at 75 was an absolute privilege. It’s a must see , it took my breath away , I smiled, I cried , my heart rejoiced at the new song that’s been added called Life begins again. Such a story to be told to our next generation
@@nigellaird8655 definitely was and still is such a good song but now I’m older the whole album is so good! When it reaches the end I just want to start over again 😁
@@catherinepayton4772 wish I could see it sounds so good! Seen some videos on RUclips everyone needs to hear this album
Very steampunk for it's time, fantastic artwork
Did the missing parts of the bridges never bother you?
The art is definitely good but given their height and scale against the trains, I would not be the one changing one of those light bulbs when they blow.
The novel was written in Victorian England, which is literally where steampunk derives its style from. But yeah, this does seem like an early predecessor to the aesthetic.
@@wezzuh2482 arguably War of the Worlds itself IS the OG steampunk work of art. The walking machines have boilers and belch smoke. The crab dozers are also steampunk as heck!
@@patreekotime4578 I would disagree. Steampunk is characterized by its retro-futurism. WoW was simply science fiction from the victorian era. The aesthetic strikes us as steampunk, but would not have struck its contemporary audiences as such.
Kids, this is what we call madness, he seems to have descended into it quite nicely.
my Dad had the album , even though it scared me ... it was magnificent ...and i appreciate the talented musicians that made this an amazing piece of history , absolutely superb !
All of the casting choices are spot on.
My Dad had this album too! He has given it to me now. Amazing piece of work ⭐
Take a look around you at the world we've come to know
Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show?
But maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow...
In a brave new world!
Just so long as this "Brave New World" is nothing like Aldous Huxleys early 20th century vision?? 😳
@@lauramacgillefhinnein5106 I mean, it really ain't "too bad."
"Not poems & rubbish .... We'll play each other at cricket .."!! Is there any more Anglo-centric sport/activity? Cricket .. "Lovely cricket" .. As a Yorkshire man I bow my head today
I'm 64 & still listening to it.
My favourite section is that pulsing beat starting about 8:10, I always imagine its the triumphant and industrious heartbeat of the brave new world! The power of dreams. Such an incredible piece of music. Such a pity the artilleryman is bonkers...
Parson Nathaniel was the crazy one. The Artillery Man was the most sane person in the room at this point.
That Ogilvie didn't do too well either. Big green flash on mars, never seen that before, DEFINITELY NOT ALIENS. DEFINITALY - I KNOW. Mars just farted.
They're all crazy. Ogilvy was crazy for dismissing the flare. The narrator was crazy for staying at his home near the site of the Martian landing. The parson was just... straight up fucking crazy. The Artilleryman is crazy for thinking up this hair brained scheme and then trying to make it happen on his own.
Beth was alright I suppose. Just doing what she could in crazy circumstances.
@@moritamikamikara3879 he did make it, in the videogame version; when you play the martian campaign and win, you get an audio log of a martian scout wandering into a tunnel following stray humans only to be met by an underground city larger than it can even see, finishing the log with "Oh my, they seem to have re-armed themselves" and an explosion.
2022 theme song
Someone gets it lmao...
Ditto for 2023 too 😢
Me to
Covid?
It may not sounds as heaven, but at least it isn't hell....
i love the way d essex sings" all over again" ,to match the vibe of the death ray,using his voice like a hope/love ray...
He's a genius casting choice for this. You can hear the break with reality in his voice!
Trury great
This song is fucking amazing! The whole album is! What a masterpiece ❤️
Vanessa you hit the nail on the head there!
You do know this is an Orson Welles novel an amazing writer
@@brettyoung8691 H.G. Wells not Orson Welles.
@@JF-Sebastian yes sorry moment of madness
I didn't like remake called new generation World of the Worlds they did in 2010s. You can't replace Burton or Essex from original classic.
I think the very end of the song, where he sings the refrain "Something beautiful will grow," and the eerie silence of the next song follows, that's what nails the horror of the delusion home I think.
For me this song is absolutely beautiful, it makes me think that we can get up from the falls and as men, we can rise back over again.
You're crazy. *leaves*
Growing up in the 70's I thought David Essex was so cool...and him appearing on this album was the very pinnacle in my opinion...❤
I do wish Jeff would bring the show back to the UK. We went to see it years ago IT NEVER DIES JEFF! We met him after the show. This show could run FOREVER...............IVE GOT A PLAN...............those three opening power chords still send shivvers down the spine after all these years - THAT is the mark of a SUPERB composer!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
it's coming to Glasgow, the Ovo arena, next year (April 2025) I already have my ticket!
Awesome 👍@@joannagodfrey5111
My dad showed this album to me when I was just 5. And now, over a decade later, this song is still my favourite of the bunch.
Nice to see our collective culture being passed to new generations! You (and your dad) have great taste!
Richard Burton voice amazing togheter with this song.
His voice is brilliant 👏
@@davidpotts1778 I have to agree his voice makes the naration IMO. I just wish he had recorded the entire book as an audio book. I would buy that in a heartbeat. being such a good actor even his pauses are just spot on.
The painting seems like a fun place to live, ngl
Started by two random dudes digging in the dirt, too.
I've always felt the opening notes have quite a sinister sound to them. Which I think implies the Artillery man isn't just being optimistic, but has gone mad. Finding comfort in the idea of an impossible world.
MY favourite line has to be "MAN ON TOP AGAIN!"
So THIS is the inspiration for the blind folk
The Artillery man should have been written into The Time Machine as the Prime Morlock.
Yes
You sir are a genius!
Walks like a Morlock talks like an Elio, Walks like an Elio Talks like a Morlock.
Sounds like an Alan Moore League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, What if.
Scarlet Traces.
Prisons before schools
@@neil73" Its doing the working and the thinking that wears a fellow out"
"Morlock Charter"
(1) Schools in Prison
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Feel free to add your own, lets see where this go's?
Cricket Cucumber Sandwiches & Tea Obviously.
This needs to be number one for Christmas 2020
Bought it for my dad,he's never heard it
Hell yes, was here to say something similar...
Came here to say that
@@rienparhan7346 Went to see Roger do the Wall at the 02
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"Maybe one day we'll capture a fighting machine eh?" - and accidentally torch ourselves!
that painting is truly beautiful
I can imagine being turned into an actual movie
I’ve always thought that making this album into a stop motion animation would be really nice
Try a city called ember
5:48 This small part is simply too good
"What's so bad about living underground?" Vitamin D deficiency from lack of sunlight.
Anon B true lmfao
That's what the lights are for
We have pills for that.
The real issue is turning into morlocks.
Science can handle that. Science !!!
@Vegan Pete Yes there is....
Don’t know why I love this music, never heard anything like it in my life, l love Richard Burton voice, most ppl today don’t have a voice like that anymore, also this is supposed to be 1898 1899, for some reason I love this time period from suits, weaponry, the American West, Franklin Roosevelt and the Spanish American War, the American uniform, even the font on the top left of screen is accurate of the timeline, I’m going to listen to this on Red Dead
This was so good to listen to after such a serious story. Every song is great but none of them are happy until this one and it's so uplifting! This entire thing is extremely well done and the best thing I randomly discovered when I was a kid.
A superb picture painted by Geoff Taylor.
I just wanted to point out how absolutely beautiful this art piece is. It really does feel like those Victorian-era “future city” concepts.
My parents showed me this album when I was about 13, it’s still a firm favourite/emotional scar and I don’t think any aspect of the story hits as hard as the artilleryman. Nathaniel is batshit from the first moment we meet him but the artilleryman is just a conscript driven mad by loneliness. He’s the only hint in the story that the survivors might have as much to fear from each other as the invaders.
Always wanted to dive into this pic. Fascinated with it as a lad.
Ive never seen such a high quality picture of this picture. Just noticed the red coats on the street on the right side.
And at 2:10 just noticed as the picture pans up, on the right hand side, a 2nd artillery piece. I have been looking at this picture on and off for years, and only just saw this today. Great quality picture.
@@steveroyes3153 the water running off the water wheel and the little clock face on the left. It's truly beautiful
The drum riff at 7:55 . One comment said it sounded like a dog sniffing around for scraps. I think sounds more like the chugging of a train engine.
This is what STEREO was made for :)
What I really like is the beat at 4:03
You know where else it plays? Epilogue.
Epilogue sounds like people slowly crawling out from their hideouts to live a peaceful life again.
Brave New World sounds like people learnt the martian technology, advanced it and began using it in their daily life.
...Except they happen in reverse order, and Brave New World happens inside Artilleryman's head.
I really love Jeff Wayne's musical for that, you can find a lot of memorable leitmotivs.
Bought the concept album when it first came out! Treated myself to the 25th anniversary double cd, definitely shows my age! Recently watched the stage show on sky arts with Marti Pello. Wasn't sure if it was something which would transfer to stage, but the way they did it made you suspend disbelief. Sci- fi on stage! Well done it was a brilliant performance. The war machines towering over you!
When I was 6 years old, me and my family went to Butlins and we listen to this Musical the whole way and I fell in love it from beginning to End. My Dad listened to it in the 70s and he's the one who got me into it and when the musical returned in the modern era me and my dad went to see. Hands down the greatest Musical ever created and the greatest adaptation of The War of the Worlds. This is my favorite of the songs, just pure brilliance.
David Essex is just brilliant
I was 5 years old when I first heard this entire cd original not the remastered version and I remember feeling the same feeling I get today as I did then both excitement and happiness with glimpses of hope and passion in his commitments and I thought to my self what an absolutely wonderful composure of musical melodies and words and since then I will never forget that moment in the kitchen with mom and dad and my family. That's why this album is my all time favourite and will always be from the Red weed to the passion in thunder child. If you haven't listened to the entire album please do as I guarantee you will fall in love with it just like me in that moment.
I like this plan. I seriously, *LOVE,* this plan.
Sweet and clean now, after the rain!
Undertale lore
We'll start all over agaaaiyn!
The guitar and the pure power in the vocals mwa it is chefs kiss perfectly done
David Essex is brilliant here.
Goosebumps at 3:35 when the bass drum hits on every beat after "Listen"
On a paper a musical version of the war of the worlds seems silly but, somehow, they did it & it was truly amazing :)
Yes it was
This is a brilliant work and the whole rock opera as a whole! Jeff Wayne other, thank you so much for making this amazing! Hello from Russia!
Good heavens! The artilleryman!
I bought the album when I was 9 from a record store next to our bookshop.
Greatest album in music history.
This song has had such an incredible influence on my bands and productions that I am eternally grateful to everyone who has played a part in it.
Thanx you
Well start all over AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNÑNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!
I had this song on an LP and you know what as soon as it started I still remember the words! I was like fifteen or sixteen back then. Love it!
I discovered it in 1980. Still an absolute favourite.
this song is a masterpiece already, but it's even added to with the diss at 10:02
Ultimate hype man.
Man on top again...
That's Boris again.
We need this rn
Especially during this dreaded Coronavirus Pandemic!
Whenever I need motivation I listen to this
3:06 to 4:02 is an absolute masterpiece
I never figured out why they needed "Prisons" in a brave new world.
I thought the same. Banks and schools too lol
Give him a break he was delusional
Clearly for the people who insist on teaching poems and rubbish.
Like a Brexiter is.
I got this album (on cassette and LP) back in the early 80's and I used to play it all the time. One of the greatest pieces of its time. and so terrifying for those who listened to the original radio broadcast during the dark days of humanity
Yeah live it set a horrific scene for those in england that were present at the time :o
@mick clarke .......same as mate , all my children and grandchildren know this album. I feel i need to pass off some of "our music" for future reference
@@tonyjude4185 my kids ( 35, 28, 27) all love the 80's music. I made sure they knew what "real" music was like. Where lyrics were the song not just 3 or 4 words. meanings to the songs and always stirred something in us when we heard it
“It’s not been great up here, in my opinion.” Well... I liked the Vitamin D from the Sun... and the Oxygen was nice.
First listened age 12. Every word of this song is an incredible analogy for my life now.
War of The Worlds PC game ending credits
“Cleansing scout 412 transmitting status report. Time 12:72 Day 15 Earth Year 36. When patrolling for unconfined humans I noticed several disappearing into an old human tunnel entrance. I proceeded to investigate.”
The fighting machine strode through the tunnels firing its heat ray at the escaping humans.
“8 humans destroyed several more have escaped further down the tunnel, proceeding.”
As it continued to chase a distant glow suddenly appeared further down the tunnel.
“I’m noticing a glow permeating from the tunnel. A strong orange light.”
Upon reaching the source the machine halted and the pilots marveled in awe at the sight before them.
“There is a huge cavern here as long as… I cannot see the other end. Human structures fill the floor, dwellings, factories, construction plants, and transportation lines cross the roof like a web. There is provision for thousands of humans here. How could we miss so many? They have built a whole city down here.”
Amidst the stunning yet worrying sight before them, the Martians failed to realize what the humans suddenly brought before them as a response to their intrusion.
“My, they have also rearmed themselves.”
BOOM!!!
TRANSMISSION LOST
9:58 is when this turns absolutely hilarious. After he goes off the cliff in a delusional rant….boom…..here’s reality followed by music that almost makes you sympathize for the Artilleryman.
There are great songs on this album, but they form part of a story, and the album should be listened to from beginning to end to understand the story. The songs then fit in.
Most underrated song in the whole damn album lmo
Nothing can stop men like us
to be honest i imagone this song as a moment of peace expecly at the end
Just saw an amateur stage production of WotW album - was brilliant 🎉
"not poems and rubbish" Good Lord!
It was so true wonderful album
"I'm not trying to tell ya what to be" - yes you are!
'The Great Reset'.
Everyone was playing Fallout, while Artilleryman was getting ready to play XCOM.
As the Artilleryman, David Essex really punishes his vocal cords by screaming several high E flats on the "Brave New World" number!
This plays along with the lightbulb hovering above your head
Such a great tune .
I absolutely love this
Absolutely amazing and the drawings are also fantastic!!
6:28 think this is the best part
This is single handedly the funniest song on the musical
Brave New world!