I am 33 years old today. When I was 23 I used to live in a different city where I lived 20 years of my life. I used to have a small old sedan, used to drive a lot, smoked, drunk at times with friends driving in the neighborhood and this song which I always played in loop purposely knowing the complete meaning of this song at that particular time which I wanted to freeze this song in that time. 10 years later I have switched 4 cities, having family and kids, i went back to the neighborhood in someone's car (sold my old piece 5 years back) and i played this song, you won't imagine the feeling of seeing that same old neighborhood, i could literally see myself standing and talking to my brothers and up in a smoke in another moment just like the video shows. My eyes were numb seeing that. Indeed time flies which you will never get it back so just embrace where you are now and go one step forward with that. If you look behind you will only see this beautiful song and those moments you ever spent.
MY GOD! How did I miss this? I've listened to tens of thousands of songs...several hundred artists.....So sad how the great gems are buried under the dung-heap of pop-culture. So difficult to sift through the rubble of music culture to find something truly special. I'm feeling ashamed, puzzled, saddened, and maybe just a little bit encouraged.....Finding Porcupine Tree brightens may day, and maybe my tomorrow.
+Scott Wilcox Me too. I hadn't given them any attention until a friend introduced me to them a couple weeks ago. And I've been a music freak my whole life. Not sure how this happened...
@@vaibhavsati538 they're simply Pink Floyd's modern version. Such a shame that they broke up... :( Anyway, i agree with you, technically ther're a lot better! The difference is that Pink Floyd are mainstream, instead PT were too underrated. I repeat: SUCH A SHAME...
I can't believe I've never heard this band. This is an INCREDIBLE song. This video just showed up in my RUclips feed and here I am. Now I'm going to go buy the album. Man...
Trust me if you like this you're about to enter a rabbit hole of fine music. Look up Steven Wilson too, PT' frontman, his solo stuff is just incredible.
Steven Wilson's music touches my soul in a way few other artists can. He's really tapped into something exceptional creatively. My dad and I really bonded on Steven's music, he was one of PT's biggest fans. He passed away last year, but hearing these songs makes me think of him, every time.
The show easily surpassed my huge expectations. At times, it bordered on a spiritual experience, something I've never even had a glimmer of at a concert before. A singularly amazing event.
Yeah, that sounds like Steven alright! I also felt the way you did when I went to one of his conerts. He knows how to put on a show I tell you, the attention to detail, the beautifully crafted songs~ I wish I could see him one more time.
Never attended a concert I considered a spiritual event, that is, until Steven Wilson's show Sunday in KC. If the best show I ever attended was a 10, and the best I could imagine a 20, that performance was a 50, from opening chord to last lick. Pure, undiluted perfection, from the audio, from all musicians, from the brilliant videos. Bravo, Steve and crew.
Steve and the whole band are great indeed. But if you like perfection, you should listen to Dream Theater as well. The albun "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" is a good starting point ;)
Incredible tune. Timeless. Yep, Floyd lies in there but in a more modern appeal. Gavin Harrison....incredible drummer. Deep, meaningful song. These guys hit the mark.
I discovered this in my original homeland England in late summer/Autmn 2009 as I tried to relocate from southern Canada and I timed it awfully the Recession hit, no jobs, -no go .Ahh the depression lol! Great song though!
Time sure does fly. 22, and I can already feel the future coming at me. Before I know it I will be in my 30's. Scary, yet natural stuff. Live your life care free when possible, don't have any regrets! Just do and feel everything you can before it's too late.
I'm 19. I just started college but a month ago. I'm excited for my future to come, but at the same time this song made me think about how much I've done and experienced already and makes me relatively sad that its all over. Time really does fly, and it kind of saddens me.
well I'm 24, I know it's not that old but I have a little girl she's 1 and a half. After we had her you really put in to perspective how much it really does fly. Watching her grow and learn so fast is ridiculous. Feels like yesterday that I was at the hospital waiting for her to be born :p
Ahh, but you have so much more to do and feel and experience still... Nothing ``it's all over``, trust me. So, drink life every chance you have, it's always ``over`` and it always starts anew and better as long as you are *there* to notice. (And yes, it's an universal truth, the older you get the more it accelerates, Time. But only if you let yourself trapped into a rut (-s) : ) Cheers from Greece...
Well for a start they're wearing clothes, it's not about sex or drugs and is played by a band that knows for sure what they're doing. So they don't stand a chance.
Frank Zappa told is a long time ago. Exactly why. Those people do not earn that fame, its manufactured. An you have to be for sale to get there. It's even a conspiracy theory...
Porcupine tree--what a band--saw them 5 times in the past 6 years class act, class band! This is what music is about--take em over aerosmith any day of the week or any minute. Great vocals, insturmentation. Brilliant band
I remember listening to this song when I was 17, when it first came out. Bought the record and everything. Me and my buddies listened to this song all the time as we tried to make our own little prog rock band, playing in my drummer's run down shack in the country side of Southern Italy. We never did much musically, but we had fun, met girls, fell in and out of love, got in fights. It was cool. I'm 27 now, moved far away from home in the cold north, moved in with my GF/childhood sweetheart, and got a purple belt in BJJ. When I listen to this song I remember who I used to be, and DAMN.. I barely recognize myself in the mirror. I'm gonna try to start a band again. Let's see how that goes :)
The fact that this only has a million views is just terrible. Honestly, this deserves more praise than pretty much any popular, contemporary song I can think of in the last 5 or 6 years, lyrically, musically, thematically, whatever else.
If you liked this, you should also check "Trains" from their In Absentia album and "Lazarus" from Deadwing. Fear Of A Blank Planet is also a great album, but it's a bit more darker than this.
That monotonous cadence is what gives Wilson the baseline to juxtapose the subsequent jangly guitar and rise in volume and intensity against. The way he uses contrast in songs is what makes him such a good and unique artist.
This was the song, many years ago, that first made Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree "click" in my head and my heart. I suddenly really HEARD his voice, I really FELT the meaning, I understood all of the pain. I have been continuously listening to Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, and all the other bands on that web of associated artists, for almost a decade now....... has it really been that long? TIIIIIIIIIME FLIES!!!
If you are not having an armchair, air-guitar moment at the epic moments of track... you know..... that uncontrollable,spontanious impulse thrash around 2:21 in, with your best 'rock god' teeth baring grimace and you strumming hand flailing like a errant windmill, you must be a rhythmicly deficient, turnip licking stump kicker of a human to not be moved by this. My sympathies to you and superb Kudos to Porcupine Tree. Well played Sir.
It's rare you find such genius in a song. Everything is composed just SPOT ON! drums have a perfect amount of "rollyness" to them, guitars strike the best chords, vocals compliment the song in so many ways, and the bass and synth just both tie everything together. Good job mates. I'm giving this a standing ovation.
Time does fly. Im 26 now and looking back at the last decade I lived... well not much remains. I feel Im exactly where I was when I was 16. I didn't evolve that much. I lived things, experienced lot of things but here I am, wishing to swap all those experiences for a good sincere laugh. That's all what I wish to keep from what should be the best decade of my life, the good laughs I had with friendds and family. The rest is just water under the bridge...
Kid...life will drive you mad if you let it. If we're honest, we would all turn the clock back and do it differently if we could. Unfortunately that can't be done...so learn from your f*** ups and keep looking and driving forward. There's more mistakes to come unfortunately, but they do get less as you go on (unless you truly are a f***ing idiot) because wisdom starts to creep in as you go on.
And now you are 32. I will be 65 in a couple of weeks. Some of us bloom later, as did I. If you like Porcupine Tree, you might like Giants of Colossus.
So long as all the original PT members are still alive, never give up hope of at least one reunion. I believe Steven and the gang are doing solo work and will come together for at least one tour and blow everyone away. If not, all the solo work is there and there's an entire 1989-2011 discography to go on for PT. It happens but progress is as such friend
I was born in 89 too, and for the past 8 years I have been to the darkest recesses of my mind and back again. I look like a 19 year old, but my mind is old and withered like that of an old man. Now more than ever do I see how fast time flies.
I was born in '67 The year of Sgt. Pepper And are you experienced Into a suburban heaven Yeah it should've been forever It all seems to make so much sense But after a while You realize time flies And the best thing that you can do Is take whatever comes to you 'Cause time flies She said luck is what you make it You just reach out and take it Now let's dance a while She said nothing ever happens If you don't make it happen And if you can't laugh and smile But after a while You realize time flies And the best thing that you can do Is take whatever comes to you 'Cause time flies And laughing in the summer showers That's still the way I see you now How does time break down With no marker, things slow down. A conference of the strange And your family is deranged I could tell you what I'm thinking While we sit here drinking But I'm not sure where to start You see there's something wrong here I'm sorry if I'm not clear Can you stop smoking your cigar But after a while You realize time flies And the best thing that you can do Is take whatever comes to you 'Cause time flies And the coat you wore to Alton Towers Is still the way I see you now
"The best thing that you can do is take whatever comes to you". Probably one of the most relatable lines you can say. There's a moment in our lives that we have so many plans and ideals, but the thing is, a lot of what you end up accomplishing later is determined by decisions on the fly.
Absolutely Amazing!!!! Try listening to this song when in need to relax.... take a walk down memory lane.... open your horizons to the tribulations that you have conquered... gearing up for the ones to follow... it gives you so much strength...
I have seen my friends admiring Pink Floyd a lot, and other rock (and several other genres of similar kind) bands. But none of them knows Porcupine Tree. WHY? HOW? and above all.. WHAT? All those beautiful admirers here, it feels good to know that there are humans on this planet who love this band. And Steven Wilson, I'll always be thankful to you and your team for giving me the music of my life.
It's just about what you discover and what you don't. It's all probabilistic,what hits your head.Can't say about the band,but this song is just wonderful.
There is no greater sense of worth to an artist to hear those words, or to read them. Maybe after you are done crying, come to my channel and find unadulterated joy.
Life really goes on. It really does. Slowly and gradually you’ll understand life. You must accept that everything is temporary, you’ll be here for a short time and gone in the blink of an eye.
my sister had this music video downloaded on her ipod touch in 2009, i must’ve watched it a hundred times. now i’ll b a senior in high school and hearing this song since then jus made me cry:,(
This is fantastic. Progressive music just about always incorporates the sounds and techniques of other bands. The mixing of all the different sounds together - with all its emotion, drama and contrast - is what makes prog music such a delight for the mind.
Their first album came out my birth year and I remember my dad blasting "In Absentia" when I was a young child. These guys are a large part of my brain's development. Thanks Pops!
Steven Wilson is such a boss. This was the first song I heard by Porcupine Tree. His solo career is just as great. Hand. Cannot. Erase. and the The Raven have become some of my favorite albums. Just the way he views music is cool.
Right now life's just a total mess. I just heared from my hospital that I've got a chronic disease in both of my kidneys and that it's propably going to kill me. There's nothing they can do. I really can't get along with other people from my age because my puberty came 4 years earlier (special thanks to medicines for my kidneys) No-one in my class really likes me and I don't like anyone from my class. My grades at school are getting worse and worse. But when I listen to this song, and to this band, I can forget everything and smile. Steven, you're a hero!
Hi fellow PT lover. After reading your post I realize my problems are small in comparison. Do not lose hope, it is not over until it's over. I can tell you have a very sensitive Spirit, as I do. The things with the classmates will pass with time, that's just how people can be at that age. I need you to understand something there is a God and he loves you very much and does not want to see you hopeless as this life is only momentary in the context of Eternity. You are braver than you think, please hang in there, things will improve. I don't care much for religion but a relationship with God is another matter altogether. Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he loves you and wants you to be with him forever. His gift is free but it is not cheap. He wrote you a love letter in blood on a wooden crossm two thousand years ago. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever would believe on him would not perish but have everlasting life". John 3:16. Pick up a Bible and read it will bring Comfort to you, I know this from my own experience and the lives of hundreds of others that I have seen transformed miraculously. Again I am not talking about religion, I am talking about a relationship with the true and living God who gave his own life so that we may live. Peace to you if you ever need to talk please feel free to message me. Sincerely, A Friend
The one that makes you think he didn't exists. Also isn't a true god. he makes you think God wants to make you suffer but isn't, its kind of a really long talk but i'll resume a lot. Satan is the reason why God permit the suffering in this world.
I went to see this band at Wolverhampton civic centre a few years aback as a treat for my 2 sons who were mad about them at the time. Good night and very memorable
This song really touches me for some reason. Never really got into Porcupine Tree but I am gradually getting sucked in! Going to try and arrange and perform this song for solo-8string bass/bass pedals/voice - wish me luck!
author of THE DEATH TAX sez: God, but what a gorgeous, soaring, haunting riff, so beautiful you don't want it to end! Enough to put tears in my eyes every time. And, at the end of the vid, the people disappear one by one... erased by time. Emotional dynamite!
I think PF would be honoured to have such talented musicians "rip off" one of their most iconic tracks. Fact is, the 2 songs compliment each other, and both showcase different, but undeniable genius.
I'm falling all over myself at how good PT is every time I listen to one of their songs. Some of the finest music ever written. I love it, but I am remiss that it's so good I have no words for it.
She said luck is all you make it... You just reach out and take it, now let's dance a while. She said nothing ever happens if you don't make it happen... And if you can't laugh then smile
Hahah, good one! I just checked. I was born in '89 when all these awesome albums came out: The year of Dr. Feelgood (Mötley Crüe), The Miracle (Queen), When Dream And Day Unite (Dream Theater), In Step (Stevie Ray Vaughan), Dangerous (Michael Jackson), and Symphonies of Sickness (Carcass)..That's a wide range :P
I was at a store and a clerk claimed I looked almost like Mr. Wilson, which prompted me to check this group out... and here I am. Right up my alley in musical taste : )
"spin on" something could easily be interpreted by another as "inspired by". imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they took the time to remake what they love with their own unique twist.
Ten years ago, it was fun and just heartwarming to listen to this song. Now, there's a bit of anxiety and a sense of regret when I hear it. It's scary to even imagine what it will feel like in another ten years.
Absolutely stunning... both the music and the video. Shades of Floyd and Genesis, yes, but you have to admit Steve Wilson has taken the genre into "today" and has a feel (and musical elements) all it's own!! .... amazing.
Time flies indeed , i remember about 2011 cricket world cup , it still feels like just few years back , i feel like being old even though I'm 19 , as we age the time flies even faster than ever
I was born in 66 and i can tell you life flies by. I remember watching twin towers get hit and it seems like 100 years ago. I only really got into PT when my boyfriend died at 60 3 yrs ago, seems like yesterday. Don't waste time, it goes so quickly you wouldn't believe, have a good life enjoy PT ❤️ Ps I'm old but I've just got into Placebo again, you might like them 👍
I wish someone had collared me at 12 years old--grabbed me by the neck and hissed, "PAY ATTENTION TO THIS." Knowing how I was, he or she would need to repeat this procedure often during my adolescence, and plenty during my twenties, then again in my thirties. There is nothing in our lives--often not even death--that can prepare us for the serious business and absolute necessity of paying attention to our own lives, of squeezing every minute out of it, and gracing it with as much of our presence as possible. If you won't believe your mother, believe me--I'm nearing 60--it's not the long lost years that torment. It's wondering where the hell you were while they flew by.
+Lynne Perkins I'm turning 21 soon and I just realized that I haven't paid attention to the last 3 years of my life. It's scary how fast things fly by when you don't take time to think about your own life and who you are.
+Lynne Perkins I say this to my children all the time. Yesterday they were so small and now they are teens...where did the time go. Make the most of the opportunities you have because before you know it.....
One of my all time favorite songs. I just feel like this is one of those rare songs that finally made me change and let go of everything and just let my heart take me to where I need to be. Fuck a day job, fuck not doing what I feel is right. I'm just riding the wave now.
![Porcupine Tree - Bonnie the Cat [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TJxP0AkTa2s/mqdefault.jpg)
I am 33 years old today. When I was 23 I used to live in a different city where I lived 20 years of my life. I used to have a small old sedan, used to drive a lot, smoked, drunk at times with friends driving in the neighborhood and this song which I always played in loop purposely knowing the complete meaning of this song at that particular time which I wanted to freeze this song in that time.
10 years later I have switched 4 cities, having family and kids, i went back to the neighborhood in someone's car (sold my old piece 5 years back) and i played this song, you won't imagine the feeling of seeing that same old neighborhood, i could literally see myself standing and talking to my brothers and up in a smoke in another moment just like the video shows. My eyes were numb seeing that.
Indeed time flies which you will never get it back so just embrace where you are now and go one step forward with that. If you look behind you will only see this beautiful song and those moments you ever spent.
Just wait youngun'. Nost-algia, our pain.
I personally was born in '67 and this song is just simply wonderful. Trust me youngsters, time does indeed fly...
That it does...........
BigElectricBull1981 time goes by way to fast... except when you are trying to learn the guitar. Then it stands still.
I’m 27 now and I feel it myself brother. We are eternal though remember that.
Consider yourself fortunate. You didn't have to see the Vietnam War on TV news every night.
@@motnosniv Aye, Brexit, Trump now, whilst Yemen is happening etc.
This has to be one of the most underrated songs of all time
THis and arriving somewhere are his two best from the earlier period.
@@johnnicholson8345 Do you mean Wilson's Porcupine Tree period, right? Because 'Time Flies' is off of the last PT album.
@@manuelper Yeah, I blur the two together as Steve was the main writing force behind PT.
Exactly it's absolutely brilliant and one can clearly hear the Pink Floyd 'Animal' influence with of course an entirely different message!
In fact it´s underrated by the band itself because they don´t played it live in the last tour.
MY GOD! How did I miss this? I've listened to tens of thousands of songs...several hundred artists.....So sad how the great gems are buried under the dung-heap of pop-culture. So difficult to sift through the rubble of music culture to find something truly special. I'm feeling ashamed, puzzled, saddened, and maybe just a little bit encouraged.....Finding Porcupine Tree brightens may day, and maybe my tomorrow.
+Scott Wilcox Me too. I hadn't given them any attention until a friend introduced me to them a couple weeks ago. And I've been a music freak my whole life. Not sure how this happened...
+Scott Wilcox You ought to listen to Steven Wilson's (Porcupine Tree's Lead Vocalist) solo projects too if you haven't yet!
listen raven who couldn't sing. Backfield, Storm corrosion
*The Raven That Refused To Sing. #fixedthatforyou ;)
+Hemant Sharma wew
"But after a while you realize time flies. And the best thing that you can do is to take whatever comes to you".
Breaks me. Every time.
+Rodrigo Santos Rodrigues (Tank) Mmm. It's an OK song. Not loving it though. How bout yourself? :D
I believe drugs further our evolution
crazy like a tiger that adds nothing to the original comment, are you high?
sei como
Rodrigo Santos me too
Porcupine Tree is one of the best bands for me.
Yes it is good, but did you ever had be listened Pink Floyd?
@@xantia96ful porcupine tree is better.
@@vaibhavsati538 they're simply Pink Floyd's modern version. Such a shame that they broke up... :(
Anyway, i agree with you, technically ther're a lot better! The difference is that Pink Floyd are mainstream, instead PT were too underrated.
I repeat: SUCH A SHAME...
@@vaibhavsati538 I Agree, so much better
PT and Tool are my favorite and will be favorite forever.
and then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you've missed the starting gun..
Finally someone that understands me!
This song is the theme of Time, with a melody similar to Dogs.
*Epicccc Solo*
and no one told you when to run
I can't believe I've never heard this band. This is an INCREDIBLE song. This video just showed up in my RUclips feed and here I am. Now I'm going to go buy the album. Man...
Trust me if you like this you're about to enter a rabbit hole of fine music. Look up Steven Wilson too, PT' frontman, his solo stuff is just incredible.
Steven Wilson's music touches my soul in a way few other artists can. He's really tapped into something exceptional creatively. My dad and I really bonded on Steven's music, he was one of PT's biggest fans. He passed away last year, but hearing these songs makes me think of him, every time.
My condolences. I know exactly how you feel. My father passed away late last year. He wasn't a rock or metal fan, but appreciated good music.
Holy Pink Floyd, what a deep, beautiful song! Another winner from a way under appreciated band.
🙂Dogs
@@TheRover70 Pure...like a continuation. Perfect!
Seeing SW tonight for the first time. Can't remember the last time I was this stoked for a concert, and I'm 59!
I'm 20 and have seen lots of good bands. Wilson is outterplanetary :v
The show easily surpassed my huge expectations. At times, it bordered on a spiritual experience, something I've never even had a glimmer of at a concert before. A singularly amazing event.
Yeah, that sounds like Steven alright! I also felt the way you did when I went to one of his conerts. He knows how to put on a show I tell you, the attention to detail, the beautifully crafted songs~ I wish I could see him one more time.
Kudos to you, Sir! :) I saw him live for the first time a month back, in Pune, India! What an experience.
Yes. Same experience when I watched him live in India, Mumbai some years ago. Everything was perfect ! The crowd was also totally in sync !
this song is something that helps me to keep going, keep fighting, also living... It's light itself.
Never attended a concert I considered a spiritual event, that is, until Steven Wilson's show Sunday in KC. If the best show I ever attended was a 10, and the best I could imagine a 20, that performance was a 50, from opening chord to last lick. Pure, undiluted perfection, from the audio, from all musicians, from the brilliant videos. Bravo, Steve and crew.
Hey, my three friends and I were at the show. November 13th at the Folly Theater. We were in the 11th row!
Then you didn't have to put up with AS MANY imbeciles going in, and out, then back in, then back out repeatedly during the show!
Steve and the whole band are great indeed. But if you like perfection, you should listen to Dream Theater as well. The albun "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" is a good starting point ;)
Incredible tune. Timeless. Yep, Floyd lies in there but in a more modern appeal. Gavin Harrison....incredible drummer. Deep, meaningful song. These guys hit the mark.
I discovered this in my original homeland England in late summer/Autmn 2009 as I tried to relocate from southern Canada and I timed it awfully the Recession hit, no jobs, -no go .Ahh the depression lol! Great song though!
Time sure does fly. 22, and I can already feel the future coming at me. Before I know it I will be in my 30's. Scary, yet natural stuff. Live your life care free when possible, don't have any regrets! Just do and feel everything you can before it's too late.
Yeahhh buddy
Oh you sweet summer child 😊
I'm 19. I just started college but a month ago. I'm excited for my future to come, but at the same time this song made me think about how much I've done and experienced already and makes me relatively sad that its all over. Time really does fly, and it kind of saddens me.
Trust me it just keeps flying faster as you get older, it's actually crazy.
J Tobin Yea, I already think its crazy haha. I have mixed feelings about it really.
well I'm 24, I know it's not that old but I have a little girl she's 1 and a half. After we had her you really put in to perspective how much it really does fly. Watching her grow and learn so fast is ridiculous. Feels like yesterday that I was at the hospital waiting for her to be born :p
Ahh, but you have so much more to do and feel and experience still... Nothing ``it's all over``, trust me. So, drink life every chance you have, it's always ``over`` and it always starts anew and better as long as you are *there* to notice. (And yes, it's an universal truth, the older you get the more it accelerates, Time. But only if you let yourself trapped into a rut (-s) : ) Cheers from Greece...
Paximadk True words sir
One of the best songs ever written on this planet.
Why can't we have this kind of music in the charts :(
Because we have protected stupid people for a long time, at the expense of those of us who are not.
The rest of the world couldn't handle this . Their minds would melt.
Well for a start they're wearing clothes, it's not about sex or drugs and is played by a band that knows for sure what they're doing. So they don't stand a chance.
Frank Zappa told is a long time ago. Exactly why. Those people do not earn that fame, its manufactured. An you have to be for sale to get there. It's even a conspiracy theory...
@@gerbulonthebold1918 I think they need to...
Porcupine tree--what a band--saw them 5 times in the past 6 years class act, class band! This is what music is about--take em over aerosmith any day of the week or any minute. Great vocals, insturmentation. Brilliant band
I remember listening to this song when I was 17, when it first came out. Bought the record and everything. Me and my buddies listened to this song all the time as we tried to make our own little prog rock band, playing in my drummer's run down shack in the country side of Southern Italy. We never did much musically, but we had fun, met girls, fell in and out of love, got in fights. It was cool. I'm 27 now, moved far away from home in the cold north, moved in with my GF/childhood sweetheart, and got a purple belt in BJJ. When I listen to this song I remember who I used to be, and DAMN.. I barely recognize myself in the mirror. I'm gonna try to start a band again. Let's see how that goes :)
As I watch this vid, I can't help but mourn my lost youth, all the while impressed by its power to make me feel.
The fact that this only has a million views is just terrible.
Honestly, this deserves more praise than pretty much any popular, contemporary song I can think of in the last 5 or 6 years, lyrically, musically, thematically, whatever else.
If you liked this, you should also check "Trains" from their In Absentia album and "Lazarus" from Deadwing.
Fear Of A Blank Planet is also a great album, but it's a bit more darker than this.
Kinda awesome to check the comments and see you here Dez!
vinesauce great minds think alike! :D
***** fools seldom differ
Pfff, I was just about wandering in your channel and now I see you here. So glad to see awesome people enjoy awesome music :)
If you like this, make sure to listen to the 11 minute album version, it's a masterpiece
I actually think this version is better
where can you find that version on yt? (i can't afford to keep buying Vinyls and stuff)
@@jasonbing5255 ruclips.net/video/_NnO5e-K5Q8/видео.html
This ^
A song that is giving me a nice feeling and a smile. Brilliant master piece. PT is one of my favorite.
I was born in '99, the year of Scenes from a Memory and Still Life.
Jan Lukasik Jan. I was born in 62. Hell yes Time Flies
I'm just glad young people are still listening to those albums
Good year for music
There's Britney Spears as well then
I'm 99 too. Scenes is my DT favourit
Amazing how great and Gilmour-esque the guitar sounds once it breaks out of its monotonous cadence---enough to resurrect the song!
That monotonous cadence is what gives Wilson the baseline to juxtapose the subsequent jangly guitar and rise in volume and intensity against. The way he uses contrast in songs is what makes him such a good and unique artist.
The best band that so many people never heard of! Their loss...
This songs easily features in my top song list (Rock/ Soothing/ Peace)...can play this on repeat mode forever times.
This was the song, many years ago, that first made Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree "click" in my head and my heart. I suddenly really HEARD his voice, I really FELT the meaning, I understood all of the pain. I have been continuously listening to Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, and all the other bands on that web of associated artists, for almost a decade now....... has it really been that long?
TIIIIIIIIIME FLIES!!!
This song makes me cry Everytime, so much acceptance of how things truly are.
If you are not having an armchair, air-guitar moment at the epic moments of track... you know..... that uncontrollable,spontanious impulse thrash around 2:21 in, with your best 'rock god' teeth baring grimace and you strumming hand flailing like a errant windmill, you must be a rhythmicly deficient, turnip licking stump kicker of a human to not be moved by this. My sympathies to you and superb Kudos to Porcupine Tree. Well played Sir.
Descubrí este grupo hace poco y es lo mejor que le ha podido pasar a mis oídos y a mi mente.
It's rare you find such genius in a song. Everything is composed just SPOT ON! drums have a perfect amount of "rollyness" to them, guitars strike the best chords, vocals compliment the song in so many ways, and the bass and synth just both tie everything together. Good job mates.
I'm giving this a standing ovation.
I do this sort of thing every day, without the help of other musicians. It's hard living with all these people inside my head, though...
Time does fly. Im 26 now and looking back at the last decade I lived... well not much remains. I feel Im exactly where I was when I was 16. I didn't evolve that much. I lived things, experienced lot of things but here I am, wishing to swap all those experiences for a good sincere laugh. That's all what I wish to keep from what should be the best decade of my life, the good laughs I had with friendds and family. The rest is just water under the bridge...
pooritech : i feel you . .
Kid...life will drive you mad if you let it. If we're honest, we would all turn the clock back and do it differently if we could. Unfortunately that can't be done...so learn from your f*** ups and keep looking and driving forward. There's more mistakes to come unfortunately, but they do get less as you go on (unless you truly are a f***ing idiot) because wisdom starts to creep in as you go on.
And now you are 32. I will be 65 in a couple of weeks. Some of us bloom later, as did I. If you like Porcupine Tree, you might like Giants of Colossus.
I started listening to Porcupine Tree whenever I was high, and their sound took me somewhere I had never been before.
Can't believe this band is no more :( I never got to see them live.
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Go to around 19:00, band is gone.
:(
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Anyways we still have Steven Wilson
So long as all the original PT members are still alive, never give up hope of at least one reunion. I believe Steven and the gang are doing solo work and will come together for at least one tour and blow everyone away. If not, all the solo work is there and there's an entire 1989-2011 discography to go on for PT. It happens but progress is as such friend
SpikeTheSpiker I saw them four times.....all in Philadelphia.
I was born in 89. This song shows me how I'll be viewing my life in a few years. Paroxysm of many emotions. Beautiful!
I was born in 89 too, and for the past 8 years I have been to the darkest recesses of my mind and back again. I look like a 19 year old, but my mind is old and withered like that of an old man. Now more than ever do I see how fast time flies.
Missioneer Darkest recesses? Well, haven't we all?
I was born in '67
The year of Sgt. Pepper
And are you experienced
Into a suburban heaven
Yeah it should've been forever
It all seems to make so much sense
But after a while
You realize time flies
And the best thing that you can do
Is take whatever comes to you
'Cause time flies
She said luck is what you make it
You just reach out and take it
Now let's dance a while
She said nothing ever happens
If you don't make it happen
And if you can't laugh and smile
But after a while
You realize time flies
And the best thing that you can do
Is take whatever comes to you
'Cause time flies
And laughing in the summer showers
That's still the way I see you now
How does time break down
With no marker, things slow down.
A conference of the strange
And your family is deranged
I could tell you what I'm thinking
While we sit here drinking
But I'm not sure where to start
You see there's something wrong here
I'm sorry if I'm not clear
Can you stop smoking your cigar
But after a while
You realize time flies
And the best thing that you can do
Is take whatever comes to you
'Cause time flies
And the coat you wore to Alton Towers
Is still the way I see you now
Santos khadka, Thanx 4 lyrics
"The best thing that you can do is take whatever comes to you".
Probably one of the most relatable lines you can say. There's a moment in our lives that we have so many plans and ideals, but the thing is, a lot of what you end up accomplishing later is determined by decisions on the fly.
God, thank you to my ex for being obsessed with this band. now i am too. Love him for that
Absolutely Amazing!!!! Try listening to this song when in need to relax.... take a walk down memory lane.... open your horizons to the tribulations that you have conquered... gearing up for the ones to follow... it gives you so much strength...
I have seen my friends admiring Pink Floyd a lot, and other rock (and several other genres of similar kind) bands. But none of them knows Porcupine Tree. WHY? HOW? and above all.. WHAT? All those beautiful admirers here, it feels good to know that there are humans on this planet who love this band. And Steven Wilson, I'll always be thankful to you and your team for giving me the music of my life.
It's just about what you discover and what you don't. It's all probabilistic,what hits your head.Can't say about the band,but this song is just wonderful.
My good friend introduced me to Porcupine Tree a few weeks ago. Saw a live show DVD of them this weekend... Simply awesome! New favorite band!
Makes me want to f*cking cry each time I listen to it. Wonderful in several senses.
There is no greater sense of worth to an artist to hear those words, or to read them. Maybe after you are done crying, come to my channel and find unadulterated joy.
Life really goes on. It really does. Slowly and gradually you’ll understand life. You must accept that everything is temporary, you’ll be here for a short time and gone in the blink of an eye.
Gavins playing is superb on this, as usual. Great feel.
I love Gavin, what an amazing drummer
my sister had this music video downloaded on her ipod touch in 2009, i must’ve watched it a hundred times. now i’ll b a senior in high school and hearing this song since then jus made me cry:,(
A real modern genius, Steven Wilson, following the great ones, Pink Floyd.
This short version is not enough to apreciate the magnificence of this song ...
Bandas como esta son un regalo para nuestras vidas.
Can’t stop playing this song - just brilliant
I was born in '93
the year of Up the Downstair
and In Utero.
Had to do it.
This is fantastic. Progressive music just about always incorporates the sounds and techniques of other bands. The mixing of all the different sounds together - with all its emotion, drama and contrast - is what makes prog music such a delight for the mind.
So much nostalgia in this song....
Before I knew it, 17 years has passed since I saw Procupine Tree at NEARFest 2001... and I love Steven Wilson's solo music even more.
Wow, nostalgic feelings, seems I spend my whole life watching this video but I took just 5 min.
I'm just wondering where the other 6 minutes of the song went.
+Michael Edwards It's the 'single' version, I think.
I'm glad that the studio Steven Wilson is with now doesn't cut out parts of the song for the video.
Their first album came out my birth year and I remember my dad blasting "In Absentia" when I was a young child. These guys are a large part of my brain's development. Thanks Pops!
Definitely has a "Dogs" feel
chippchipp1 shure, it's almost a citation...even in the lyrics
chippchipp1 Yes, the inspiration is apparent.
+chippchipp1 2:19 feels like the ending of "Sheep"
+chippchipp1 I was thinking the same.
+chippchipp1 just wanted to write same line, they're great i mean same story as if i am listening to pink floyd, i can listen same song for 10 years!
Steven Wilson is such a boss. This was the first song I heard by Porcupine Tree. His solo career is just as great. Hand. Cannot. Erase. and the The Raven have become some of my favorite albums. Just the way he views music is cool.
Right now life's just a total mess. I just heared from my hospital that I've got a chronic disease in both of my kidneys and that it's propably going to kill me. There's nothing they can do. I really can't get along with other people from my age because my puberty came 4 years earlier (special thanks to medicines for my kidneys) No-one in my class really likes me and I don't like anyone from my class. My grades at school are getting worse and worse. But when I listen to this song, and to this band, I can forget everything and smile. Steven, you're a hero!
Stay strong, brother!
Hope you're still fine dude. All the best for you, you'll come out of it stronger than ever
Hi fellow PT lover. After reading your post I realize my problems are small in comparison. Do not lose hope, it is not over until it's over. I can tell you have a very sensitive Spirit, as I do. The things with the classmates will pass with time, that's just how people can be at that age. I need you to understand something there is a God and he loves you very much and does not want to see you hopeless as this life is only momentary in the context of Eternity. You are braver than you think, please hang in there, things will improve. I don't care much for religion but a relationship with God is another matter altogether. Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he loves you and wants you to be with him forever. His gift is free but it is not cheap. He wrote you a love letter in blood on a wooden crossm two thousand years ago. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever would believe on him would not perish but have everlasting life". John 3:16. Pick up a Bible and read it will bring Comfort to you, I know this from my own experience and the lives of hundreds of others that I have seen transformed miraculously. Again I am not talking about religion, I am talking about a relationship with the true and living God who gave his own life so that we may live. Peace to you if you ever need to talk please feel free to message me.
Sincerely,
A Friend
The one that makes you think he didn't exists. Also isn't a true god. he makes you think God wants to make you suffer but isn't, its kind of a really long talk but i'll resume a lot. Satan is the reason why God permit the suffering in this world.
not necessarily, God is a God of choice, and if what the Word says is true, than God gives us a choice of life or death
I went to see this band at Wolverhampton civic centre a few years aback as a treat for my 2 sons who were mad about them at the time. Good night and very memorable
This song really touches me for some reason. Never really got into Porcupine Tree but I am gradually getting sucked in! Going to try and arrange and perform this song for solo-8string bass/bass pedals/voice - wish me luck!
First 45 seconds 1 accord. Definetly high quality music, bring a breath of fresh air to rock music.
+EveningAsylum its not the same accord. first change at 0:08
its just the highest note that stays the same
I was born in '79
the year of The Wall
and Unknown Pleasures.
author of THE DEATH TAX sez: God, but what a gorgeous, soaring, haunting riff, so beautiful you don't want it to end! Enough to put tears in my eyes every time. And, at the end of the vid, the people disappear one by one... erased by time. Emotional dynamite!
I think PF would be honoured to have such talented musicians "rip off" one of their most iconic tracks. Fact is, the 2 songs compliment each other, and both showcase different, but undeniable genius.
Discovered Porcupine Tree on Radio Paradise. I don't know how did not know of this band. Great Music!
amor eterno por esta cancion❤
I'm falling all over myself at how good PT is every time I listen to one of their songs. Some of the finest music ever written. I love it, but I am remiss that it's so good I have no words for it.
She said luck is all you make it... You just reach out and take it, now let's dance a while. She said nothing ever happens if you don't make it happen... And if you can't laugh then smile
Another beautiful song performed by a great band, they keep amazing me with there music!!!!!
I was born in '89
The year of Disintegration
The Autumn Of Nations
And after a while,
I realized the same thing, time flies.
Then you need to check out Arriving Somewhere but not Here.
Profound
M.S. >>> AN INTERESTING LYRIC REMAKE .THATS WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN 1989 . HISTORY MADE PLAIN.
Every now and then I come to listen to this.. and every time i feel a different way
Masterpiece !
My favorite Band.
I was born in '88
the year of and justice for all...
I was born at the year of the Black Album and Freddy Mercury's death.
nice!
Me too
Hahah, good one! I just checked. I was born in '89 when all these awesome albums came out: The year of Dr. Feelgood (Mötley Crüe), The Miracle (Queen), When Dream And Day Unite (Dream Theater), In Step (Stevie Ray Vaughan), Dangerous (Michael Jackson), and Symphonies of Sickness (Carcass)..That's a wide range :P
I was born in 02', the year of In Abstentia
I was at a store and a clerk claimed I looked almost like Mr. Wilson, which prompted me to check this group out... and here I am. Right up my alley in musical taste : )
Exelente tema
Can't believe how long it's been since this came out. Time certainly does fly
so is this song about flies that travel time?
+Morgan Aubin shit this could be a Rush song
That is what I've always thought hahahaha
Morgan Aubin bahahahaa
Now I'm gonna spend the night thinking about it!! 😂
A typical mosquito remark.
Born in 62, played and loved prog/art rock, and I just discovered these guys yesterday?!🤔
I like this spin on 'Dogs'.
👍
"spin on" something could easily be interpreted by another as "inspired by". imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they took the time to remake what they love with their own unique twist.
Ten years ago, it was fun and just heartwarming to listen to this song. Now, there's a bit of anxiety and a sense of regret when I hear it. It's scary to even imagine what it will feel like in another ten years.
Time flies..
Magnifique composition du super musicien Steven Wilson ! Avec Gavin Harrison drums !
I was born in '97
The year of Ok Computer
and South Park
Aditya Singh - ... yes... 🙄 ... radiohead ...
An excellent year to be born
@@GeorgeMatthewMusic really? I don't feel that way onestly 😅
@@TheSecondNature for me its 93... the year of pablo honey 😂
@@GeorgeMatthewMusic lol
I almost share myself in tears with this beautiful song
you´ve got to be crazy.... gotta have a real need......
You gotta sleep on your toes and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick up the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinkiiiiiiiiiiiing.
Tin-Tin Castro after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile
Absolutely stunning... both the music and the video. Shades of Floyd and Genesis, yes, but you have to admit Steve Wilson has taken the genre into "today" and has a feel (and musical elements) all it's own!! .... amazing.
The best thing that you can do is take whatever comes to you....
+Lucas Weissenborn Porcupine Tree! Time flies!
42 likes. I'll let that be :D
Time flies indeed , i remember about 2011 cricket world cup , it still feels like just few years back , i feel like being old even though I'm 19 , as we age the time flies even faster than ever
I was born in 66 and i can tell you life flies by. I remember watching twin towers get hit and it seems like 100 years ago. I only really got into PT when my boyfriend died at 60 3 yrs ago, seems like yesterday. Don't waste time, it goes so quickly you wouldn't believe, have a good life enjoy PT ❤️
Ps I'm old but I've just got into Placebo again, you might like them 👍
"Can you stop smoking your cigar?" - a direct homage to the PF song "Have a Cigar"
Wouaw there's cigar in common so it's a homage yeah that makes sense.
No
@@xflr-6659 lol I read that comment too and was like whaaaa?
@@xflr-6659 Pink Floyd invented cigars
This song makes me tear up. Beautiful song and video.
I wish someone had collared me at 12 years old--grabbed me by the neck and hissed, "PAY ATTENTION TO THIS." Knowing how I was, he or she would need to repeat this procedure often during my adolescence, and plenty during my twenties, then again in my thirties. There is nothing in our lives--often not even death--that can prepare us for the serious business and absolute necessity of paying attention to our own lives, of squeezing every minute out of it, and gracing it with as much of our presence as possible. If you won't believe your mother, believe me--I'm nearing 60--it's not the long lost years that torment. It's wondering where the hell you were while they flew by.
that was a beautiful story! its a one way road that's the toughest fact to accept at first..
+Lynne Perkins I'm turning 21 soon and I just realized that I haven't paid attention to the last 3 years of my life. It's scary how fast things fly by when you don't take time to think about your own life and who you are.
+Lynne Perkins I say this to my children all the time. Yesterday they were so small and now they are teens...where did the time go. Make the most of the opportunities you have because before you know it.....
+Cyan3205 Figure it out now or your 20's and 30's will fly right the fuck by you.
Deezildennis scary stuff. I'm so confused about how to go about all this
Britain is so lucky to have these guys
This is fucking amazing
One of my all time favorite songs. I just feel like this is one of those rare songs that finally made me change and let go of everything and just let my heart take me to where I need to be. Fuck a day job, fuck not doing what I feel is right. I'm just riding the wave now.
I can't believe people are arguing while listening to this.
Now that's what I called - Psychedelic Rock!! The audio version is even lengthier..Awesome!!