Age 17 in 1991 I was totally captured by the video and the sound. About to leave foster care as soon as I turned 18 to go it alone as a young adult into the unknown big wide world to live independently. Every lonely but strong purposeful stride Shara took as she walked those streets to the bitter sweet happy sad sound was symbolic of me at that time. It moved me back then and still moves me when I hear it today age 50. Still navigating through the streets of life. But then again, aren't we all.
I rilly, rilly hope that things turned out well for you. You seem to have some grace and dignity for someone who went through the foster-"care" system.
MTV, no mobile phones, no internet, only passion, joy and love for music. Oh, how I miss the 90s... greetings to everyone from Poland, wherever you are, my thoughts are with you, thanks to this masterpiece created by Massive Attack. God bless You all.
Timeless and still fresh !!! And also classique! Much better than the comparison betw. the 50s to the 80s or betw. the 60s to the 90s of course. But what scares me more... THAT IT IS at least 30 yrs ago now, when i just turned to a young adult. Where did time go? But glad for THAT experience... You just have to replace the old 80s cars with new ones with the PC...it could easily be a NEW song😆!!!
Agree! The feel is very much like an opera aria - she's a gospel/soul singer but she has the soaring power and emotional depth in her voice that someone like Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming or Anna Netrebko can gather into the song, and the orchestra helps lift her to that "farewell" climax around two minutes in. 🎵🎶🙏
Unfinished Sympathy has the distinction of being a handful of songs that never age. Brilliantly original and forever memorable. Excellence on another level from Massive Attack.
❤ Appena l'ha trasmesso la Radio Capital , che si fa sentire dei brani degli anni 60,/70 /80 /90 tra anche questo brano. Bellissima melodia , con la voce unica .
One of the many reasons why this is a classic is that no other song has ever sounded remotely like it: the strings, the beat, the lyrics, the scratching and weird percussion sounds, but, most of all, Shara Nelson's unique vocals. For me, it brings back memories of things that never happened.
this is the absolute perfect description of that song I was born 92, heard this song thru my childhood and it always felt so familiar, so warm I cannot even describe it
A woman crossing the streets of a neighborhood, any given day. Around her, the world continues its course, people continue in the monotony of their lives, while she does not stop walking, as if this would ease her pain. This is a work of art, timeless
And those people in her orbit include the three members of Massive Attack - Robert Del Naja, Andrew Vowles and Grant Marshall 0:43 Grant Marshall appears in a burgundy bomber jacket, looking in a shop window. As Shara Nelson passes he turns to follow her with a young child in blue denim, turning left down the side street in the background at 2:18, just as Robert Del Naja appears in a long green coat, standing by the telephone. As Shara passes the shop door RDN turns to follow her, then at 3:17 Andrew Vowles appears in a long dark coat, pushing a trolley, with both remaining in the background until the camera pans forward at 4:12
Radio 1 used to do a top 100 voted hits of all time on a bank holiday Monday (might still do, I'm too old to listen or care) and one year this was number 1, quite out of the blue. Felt like the planets had aligned or something, this beat songs like Bohemian Rhapsody.
What a privilege to have been 20 when this was out, no internet, no mobiles no social media just music like this as the soundtrack to growing up in realtime without a screen in your face
50 something here, I agree it was cool back then, but I'm 100% sure the kids are alright today, we just don't understand it, why hate on them? I don't, I'm just glad I experienced youth , its their turn in the sun, let's not degenerate other generations, we are gen X, we don't diss on old or young, we are just 'are'
As a 21 year old this was simply mind blowing, now 52 it’s still my all time favourite song and possibly one of the greatest tunes of all time, it’s timeless. “Welcome to the greatest era of music my friends”
@@richarddutchholland4780 Nothing funny about Michael Hunt. Mike Hunt however sounds like "my c-word". Arguably also not funny, but a 52 (sorry, the 51 was a typo) year old man having that childisch of a nickname is hilarious to me.
Im 52, too, bro. Know it since it came out like you. Both of us have been somewhere in this world in the early 90s, listening to it. And now we met here, listening again. Isnt that crazy?
I have found this to be the most peaceful song ever, not the saddest. It releases withheld emotions, especially live, but puts you at peace with yourself, and the demons you're dealing with from within.
In my humble opinion, the most beautiful piece of popular music in the last 30 years. It somehow manages to be cold, warm, mechanic and human at the same time. The brilliance of this song is that it combined the tradition of soul music with what was then an amazingly forward-looking style of music without sounding like a gimmick or a cliché. The beat, the samples, the scratching, the strings, Shara Nelson's voice, that heartbreaking vocal and the production... Everything here is about subtlety, balance and everything fitting together at the right time. And it's truly heartbreaking that Shara Nelson didn't have the career she deserved when you know she co-wrote this masterpiece.
Groundbreaking and fantastic, agreed. The most beautiful since 1986 , hmmm that needs a discussion. I'll throw in Seal's debut album and 'Walking Wounded' for a start.
The part where she sing "how can we have a day whitout a night" remind me of this period which unfortunately represents the night but which sooner or later will pass and then become day again
How beautiful music can be/ was. I swear I cant express my feelings. I discovered this gem yesterday, 11th dec. 2024, age 32, almost 33, born 1992, a kid of the 90s and I almost can taste those times through this track. I am 6-7 again, everythings alright, nice times, grandpa is still there, fathers healthy…
I loved being a silly 20 year old interviewing them when I understood we would all find them amazing. i'm still little but I'm glad we know this together!!!
The magic of the internet has given youngsters the chance to appreciate the magnificent music us oldies loved, too. 💯🙏🙏👏 The horrors of the world can be escaped and we can come together for 4 minutes of bliss. 💚🙏
still as raw, pure, heartfelt, talented, beautiful, musical and human as ever. boy do i miss the days when bands were just trying to make the most beautiful music they could, not trying to please their target audiences or produce what they assumed people wanted to hear or what was in fashion back then. probably fair enough that this generation of 90s artists were the last ones to really make serious money in sales from their records. they were unique artists with vision and mission.
marsfuture I was 16 in 1991 and 90s were the best music/clubbing days of my life..ppl just wanted to be together and party enjoy being young pity youth today wernt the same✌
Ayshea Forshaw I was too! I couldn't agree more. I think it's more amazing that here we all are NOW In 2018, in our 40s lol, gathering at the RUclips comment section, to voice our love and appreciation for such raw talent snd sheer genius. Massive attack is something that can't be explained. I saw them in concert in 2007 and I have never felt luckier. They are a musical phenomenon. One of a kind for sure.
I've been appreciating it since 1991. Quite literally thirty years 🙇🏻♂️ Without doubt the best track I have ever heard. I want this played at my funeral. Peace out my brothers and sisters, much love.
This song is a masterpiece, period. Already more than 30 years old and still so powerful, this is unbelievable. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, no matter where I am or what I do. Thank you Massive Attack 🙏
Just quietly, where the hell did those more than 30 years ago? This is one of those that takes me back to that time. This is a recurring theme with my comments, but I’d give anything to be back there
Its not a song, it’s a memory, a feeling, a trip down memory lane. And it’s all good. Everything fits.. I will always love this song, will always play this song, on very possible occasion. Because it should be played. Always. Period
i understand exactly what you mean. Such a great song and symphony ! Listen Sky and sand from Paul Kalbrenner, maybe you know this song. It is not the same tempo at all, but kind of same feelings for me.
This video has so much built in.. Everybody is caring or carrying something. Some are carrying a disability, heavy stuff, a message paper, a cart or just anger. Some are caring for others, like the kissing couple, the man & kid, the friends at the nail salon... and the singer walks through those opposites, without a pause and with an incredible command of her own voice. How could we see this being less than a masterpiece of subliminal messages... Just for that, this video can't ever be forgotten...
The subtle intensity of this song is like no other. Absolutely mana to the ears, I'm melting! Her walk is so majestic, her voice is timeless, the instrumentals heavenly.
Couldn't say it any better! Feelings of nostalgia and melancholy are taking possession of my stomach and soul every time i see the evening sun reflecting on her face..
I never comment on nothing but there's times when you gotta speak up. One of the best tunes of that era makes you feel like there's more to music than we know 😊
The 90's were truly taking music into its limits, Massive Attack and Trip-Hop in general was a great example to this with the birth of the Bristol sound. Just a real hype to get into a new century overall, As to cite a comment i once read on an Aphex Twin song.
This was my mums favourite song, I can still hear whacking the speakers to full and singing her beautiful little heart out! Sadly lost her at the young. Age of 52
The jewel in Massive Attack's crown - their defining moment, Unfinished Sympathy defines the feeling of how consuming, crazy, and irresistible love can be. Contends as the best song in the past 30 years it's that good.
RIP Dan Kneece. The Steadicam operator for this music video. Dan explaining how he shot this: "This shot was done in the early 90's, long before Segways, with an Arri III, a 3 to 1 Cooke lens (heavy), a 400ft mag, I made it through 6 takes before I was totally exhausted and could do no more.." A legend, a light-hearted and compassionate man has left us forever.
This filmclip always will remind me of my only holiday in the USA. To be fair, I was a kid. From a naive Aussie family in '98. Now that I realise some of the areas we went to because, why not?. Didn't even have Travellors insurance. Really hope it was some Crips who "found" my Duty Free Winfield Blues. LA and Mexico. Had a blast, us crazy Aussies. And everyone was chill in the US and Mexico. NO ONE gave us hustle. Drank Jungle Juice with my brother in Tijuana.... And the worm turned us both.... Stay Safe.
I was 21 when this song came out and I'm now 54. There was NOTHING like it when it came out, and it hit just like it does now.... a special groove that can't be duplicated.
Times are different today. I wouldn't want to be starting out again with all the challenges out there. I hope you can live a good, happy, healthy life.
Man you hit it right in the head. I was 6 yrs old when this came out and all the music The came out of the early 90s mostly sounded like this and I remember every bit of it because my father used to play music like this all the time , Enya, Sade, New Age music in general. Man i miss the 90s so so much. Such a vibrant time.
You're right. I'm from Poland, Europe. Firtst time I heard her long time ago and she's still in my head. What a master peace :) And I mean like 15 yers ago!!
A mate of mine recorded this for me when it came out,I wasn't aware of much at the time I was at one my many lowest moments,reading The Idiot by Dostoyevsky.Drunk and off my face most of the time living in a 1 bedsit dump,in Battersea,a nutter close to the edge.This was ,and still is in my opinion one of the most beautiful,sad,and moving songs I've been lucky to hear.I'm now almost 63 very rarely off my face.But still am moved and eternally grateful to have grown up in a world where artists like these guys exist..It doesn't put food on your plate but music when it's this special feeds the soul,and man the soul really needs to be full !
Brutally honest and a sad recollection of your low point in life. But you got thru it; you stepped away from the edge and started caring for yourself again. You’re 63 years young with so much more of your life to live. Turn this song up loud. Sending you love x
This track very cleverly captures such soaring, vulnerable heights of emotion due to the string's key in F major, which was a favourite amongst classical composers, such as Bach. A very intelligent production, which will never lose it's timeless appeal due to its diverse influences that span hip hop, soul, classical and electronica. It really touches deep into the soul of all who behold its achingly-beautiful majesty. A modern masterpiece.
Wow... way off the mark... this is ostensibly in minor.... d minor.... not even close to G major... also: nothing indicates that JSBach liked or used G major more than any other key... as for other classical composers..... Beethoven certainly favoured Eb major, this is well known and documented. Mozart used D major a lot, G major is coming in at 6th place....
@@thehappypimp Correct, Just plinked it out. Dminor. You can jam a dminor 6th chord with it. Didn't know that's what it was till I looked it up. Overated work too IMHO. Give me Wayne County any day ruclips.net/video/LJYnSMk9seE/видео.html
Hailing from Bristol UK, when I was a lad, back in the 1980s, we used to watch our local Hip Hop group The Wild Bunch perform live at tons of gigs most summers. That group went on to become Massive attack! Even after all that fame, they still played some small local festivals/clubs. There all sound guys!
Yes Wild Bunch were wicked. We rapped with them at Tim Westwood's Rap Convention at the Wag Club in Soho back in the day. Cookie Crew were also on the bill.
I'm 45 yrs old , I was raving/ partying since the tender age of 15 with my older brother and I can honestly say this has to be the finest song I've ever listened to
I'm 45 too and also partying in the 90s with this song. And then, The Matrix came out.. Massive Attack, Rob Dougan.. those songs got the same/special vibes.
To me this song is quite profound. This is like expecting other people to be kind and selfless like i am, but they always fall short of my expectations. Then i crawl back into my shell and lament
A Masterpiece that is still here with us in 2020 and i hope it will be here for decades in the future. The best love song ever in my opinion. Stunning.
Absolutely with u. A Masterpiece full of energy to over help u stay strong I. This times. Peace ND U ity we need... Live without freedom is a body without heart.....
It's a wonderful classic! I'm 19 and it's one of my favorite songs of all time for a few years now since I've discovered it. It's such a great track, it's still fresh and still will be when I'll be older. It's beautiful how it's able to connect so many people from many backgrounds, so many generations....
They were massively famous in Ireland (if you'll forgive the pun) when I was a kid. Their song Teardrop was remixed to be the main theme for the TV show House M.D., and Angel was another famous tune of theirs
I was born in 1987. I was like 5 years old when I watched the Video for the first time... One of the most beautiful memories of my childhood. And I still think this is epic :)
Everything about this song is so incredibly timeless. The beat, the words, the simplicity yet the sheer effect of the video, the voice, and the uniqueness of it that really hits home when a person hears this tune for the first time with sheer astonishment that the songs is as old as it is. Pure genius.
This song helped me through rough times in 1991. I would walk down the the street with my walkman on and this blasting. It freaking blew my mind.....you have to feel this song. It's ironic how 25 years later I'm back listening to it for different reasons...
This is one of them songs that just makes you look to the sky and thank that we have music. It's a song that 'Takes you to a place'. Incredible piece of music!
Man…still gives me goosebumps when I hear this. Soundtrack to one of the worst and also greatest periods of my life!! I remember dancing so joyfully with precious friends gone too soon. When I die, I hope I come back as a song. Music lives forever.
Age 17 in 1991 I was totally captured by the video and the sound. About to leave foster care as soon as I turned 18 to go it alone as a young adult into the unknown big wide world to live independently. Every lonely but strong purposeful stride Shara took as she walked those streets to the bitter sweet happy sad sound was symbolic of me at that time. It moved me back then and still moves me when I hear it today age 50. Still navigating through the streets of life. But then again, aren't we all.
Amen to that!!
I rilly, rilly hope that things turned out well for you.
You seem to have some grace and dignity for someone who went through the foster-"care" system.
How beautiful this is! Let God be with you!
I miss ya Kris haha
in 2024 as in 1991. The more things change, the more they stay the same...
MTV, no mobile phones, no internet, only passion, joy and love for music. Oh, how I miss the 90s... greetings to everyone from Poland, wherever you are, my thoughts are with you, thanks to this masterpiece created by Massive Attack. God bless You all.
Rowniez pozdrawiam😊😊
100% agree (from Denmark) 🤘🏼
Love this song
Pzdr. 😎
Pozdrawiam z Wielkopolski 😊
My children cannot believe these songs like this are at least 30 years old. They sound timeless.
👨👩👧👦
Unlike most of the crap that was out in the 90s with it.
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Timeless and still fresh !!! And also classique! Much better than the comparison betw. the 50s to the 80s or betw. the 60s to the 90s of course.
But what scares me more... THAT IT IS at least 30 yrs ago now, when i just turned to a young adult. Where did time go? But glad for THAT experience...
You just have to replace the old 80s cars with new ones with the PC...it could easily be a NEW song😆!!!
@@kyachdistent1301 Absolute nonsense
One of the most atmospheric haunting songs ever produced , Shara Nelson's voice is fantastic
Amen 🙏
100%
Took me probably 20 years to find this
Everything is!!!!
Agree! The feel is very much like an opera aria - she's a gospel/soul singer but she has the soaring power and emotional depth in her voice that someone like Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming or Anna Netrebko can gather into the song, and the orchestra helps lift her to that "farewell" climax around two minutes in. 🎵🎶🙏
Unfinished Sympathy has the distinction of being a handful of songs that never age. Brilliantly original and forever memorable. Excellence on another level from Massive Attack.
Thank you very much 😊
This song has heart, soul, but most of all Integrity.
❤ Appena l'ha trasmesso la Radio Capital , che si fa sentire dei brani degli anni 60,/70 /80 /90 tra anche questo brano.
Bellissima melodia , con la voce unica .
Spiritual gentle power melancholic truthful
One of the many reasons why this is a classic is that no other song has ever sounded remotely like it: the strings, the beat, the lyrics, the scratching and weird percussion sounds, but, most of all, Shara Nelson's unique vocals.
For me, it brings back memories of things that never happened.
Well said
Also, it has no bass.
Zoro 7 destiny
this is the absolute perfect description of that song
I was born 92, heard this song thru my childhood and it always felt so familiar, so warm
I cannot even describe it
That last sentence! 👌🏾
Man, the song, the sound, the vibration, the melody... Sad, but makes me alive
Same
A woman crossing the streets of a neighborhood, any given day. Around her, the world continues its course, people continue in the monotony of their lives, while she does not stop walking, as if this would ease her pain.
This is a work of art, timeless
@@calebmalkavian agee
One of the greatest songs ever. It's now decades old, but still timeless. A masterpiece.
masterpiece? Hahahahahaha
Yeah u read right.a masterpeice.unless of course your deaf
Absolutely. A true classic.
i wouldn't go that far but it's pretty good.@@hawk2million
this a masterpiece? hilarious..@@D33J3nk1
The strings, the bells, the light, the walking, the people in her orbit. MASSIVE!
ATTACK ❤
And those people in her orbit include the three members of Massive Attack - Robert Del Naja, Andrew Vowles and Grant Marshall
0:43 Grant Marshall appears in a burgundy bomber jacket, looking in a shop window. As Shara Nelson passes he turns to follow her with a young child in blue denim, turning left down the side street in the background at 2:18, just as Robert Del Naja appears in a long green coat, standing by the telephone. As Shara passes the shop door RDN turns to follow her, then at 3:17 Andrew Vowles appears in a long dark coat, pushing a trolley, with both remaining in the background until the camera pans forward at 4:12
the WHOLE lot with a hard coore system belting out this chooon you sure can feel it belieeve!! {{{ __MASSSIIIIVE ATTTACK ACKKK ACKK-)))
It's like Natalie merchant in Carnival.
I was at school with Grantly (as he was then) Marshall. Its my literal only claim to fame and I’m gonna milk it!!
This song is a monument in the history of music.
Yes!!
I went to College right down the street form the video shoot.. Otis Parsons School Of Design, Los Angeles. Good Times!
well that's just an opinion....that happens to be 100% true!!!
Yup. 'Lightning-in-a-bottle.'
Radio 1 used to do a top 100 voted hits of all time on a bank holiday Monday (might still do, I'm too old to listen or care) and one year this was number 1, quite out of the blue. Felt like the planets had aligned or something, this beat songs like Bohemian Rhapsody.
What a privilege to have been 20 when this was out, no internet, no mobiles no social media just music like this as the soundtrack to growing up in realtime without a screen in your face
This piece is made for THE MOMENT
Yeah me too 20 yrs old in 1991
I´m from ´66 and you are so right man. It was a great time without this disgusting superficiality .
You are absolutely right. We are privileged to have been born in the 60s to 70s. The superficiality of our time permeates all levels. Terrible.
50 something here, I agree it was cool back then, but I'm 100% sure the kids are alright today, we just don't understand it, why hate on them? I don't, I'm just glad I experienced youth , its their turn in the sun, let's not degenerate other generations, we are gen X, we don't diss on old or young, we are just 'are'
As a 21 year old this was simply mind blowing, now 52 it’s still my all time favourite song and possibly one of the greatest tunes of all time, it’s timeless. “Welcome to the greatest era of music my friends”
Mate, I had to have a little sit down when I realised I'd bought this is 1991...
You're 51 and your online handle is Mike Hunt? nice
@@richarddutchholland4780 Nothing funny about Michael Hunt. Mike Hunt however sounds like "my c-word". Arguably also not funny, but a 52 (sorry, the 51 was a typo) year old man having that childisch of a nickname is hilarious to me.
well said !!!!
Im 52, too, bro. Know it since it came out like you.
Both of us have been somewhere in this world in the early 90s, listening to it. And now we met here, listening again. Isnt that crazy?
I have found this to be the most peaceful song ever, not the saddest. It releases withheld emotions, especially live, but puts you at peace with yourself, and the demons you're dealing with from within.
It kind of makes you feel enough just as you are while listening to
Totally. She’s neutral with her processed pain.
Well said. Great comment.
In my humble opinion, the most beautiful piece of popular music in the last 30 years. It somehow manages to be cold, warm, mechanic and human at the same time. The brilliance of this song is that it combined the tradition of soul music with what was then an amazingly forward-looking style of music without sounding like a gimmick or a cliché. The beat, the samples, the scratching, the strings, Shara Nelson's voice, that heartbreaking vocal and the production... Everything here is about subtlety, balance and everything fitting together at the right time. And it's truly heartbreaking that Shara Nelson didn't have the career she deserved when you know she co-wrote this masterpiece.
Tl;dr: "I really like this song. It's my favourite."
you're perfectly right
it was my father yea. sometimes he rambles =/ right now though my ear is free as he is out returning video tapes
Groundbreaking and fantastic, agreed. The most beautiful since 1986 , hmmm that needs a discussion. I'll throw in Seal's debut album and 'Walking Wounded' for a start.
"Like a soul without a mind in a body without a heart I'm missing every part"
60 years, 3 kids, so many memories, this is one.
57 brother...so many memories...know exactly where and when I was first time I heard this...game changer ...such a choon ...peace brother ☘☘
One of the greatest songs of all time.
I'm crying. So fitting. Timeless.
This song created an entirely new genre of music.
The part where she sing "how can we have a day whitout a night" remind me of this period which unfortunately represents the night but which sooner or later will pass and then become day again
Than listen to philladelphia by bruce springstin
Watch 'CoronaComa' by 'Sly Toe Hand' I think it may interest you.
excellent jimmy!!!
sax so fabulous sonng!!!
Love this sing, I'm 72 years old, good music knows no limits.
Im 60 and i agree.for ever.
I am 69 and Dan we are lucky that we lived through some of the most beautiful music ever. This track is a great example.
I wish you the longest live to enjoy as much music as you can
@@BorlockShaman Thanks Dado very kind thought and I hope you do as well !!
Im 40 and love it too
It’s 2024 and this is still one of the greatest songs ever
Indeed
💯 Bristol vibes everlasting !
Especially with all the complelety unnecessary conflict going on in the world.
Just a magic sound .. a pominon.
Grrrrrr, tis true. x Kinky Afro tho.
Whoever did the arrangement for the strings section did an amazing job. purely a masterpiece
My God this still gives me chills.
Yes🥶🥶🥶
Indeed 👣❤️⚕️❄️🌊🔉
Me too 😢
Total goosebumps!
It's Massive Attack what do you expect?
Wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever is your problem or your pain: May this song show you the path & guide you to the light.
So beautiful your coment
True
Merveilleusement bien dit!
Depends on where the light leads you.
Gracias amigo
This was the entrance music for my grandmas funeral yesterday, she was 86 and this was one of her all time favourites as well as one of mine❤️ RIP X
real tears she must have been wonderful sorry for your loss
j
Kat Leonard one of your grandma's favorites? high 5 to her!!
Love 2 Gran Xx
Chilled grandma 🖒and ur self
Wow! Isn't it great when your elders love the tunes you do! Must've been a powerful moment, words fail me but the music says so much .....X
A MASTER PIECE. AWESOME. TIMELESS.
True
Cant believe this from 91!...32 years old now. Especially for electronic music from that era, its remarkable that it hasnt aged at all!
It's like wine, It gets better and better as time passes by.
Especially when most of tje new wines taste like shit.
like a circle jerk, if you will
Yeah it does. It really does.
haha
Sounds like Cognac but I guess it’s the same difference
One of the best songs ever made. It's so unique, there's nothing like it! Big fan of Massive Attack.
Ain’t that the truth!😁❤❤❤
Reminds me of Moby TBH.
I get where you're coming from@@SanguineMalcontent
How beautiful music can be/ was. I swear I cant express my feelings. I discovered this gem yesterday, 11th dec. 2024, age 32, almost 33, born 1992, a kid of the 90s and I almost can taste those times through this track. I am 6-7 again, everythings alright, nice times, grandpa is still there, fathers healthy…
I first heard this tune in the late 80s year 90s as a kid and it stuck with me all those years. They don’t make them like this no more
Once in a generation a song is produced and written an absolute masterpiece
One take, the whole video. Every Massive Attack video has very high level of sophistication, skill and triggers emotions.
I loved being a silly 20 year old interviewing them when I understood we would all find them amazing. i'm still little but I'm glad we know this together!!!
My brain has never left 90's dimension, every time I hear timeless classics from the 90's I am transported back in time/home. 💞👌😊👍
Same cuz, same...
Same,me too
Bro i thought i was the only one who felt this
GREAT, SCOTT!!
@loolove it laugh I have been ntil
Quite possibly the greatest piece of music in the last 100 years.
Yes 🙌 💯
The magic of the internet has given youngsters the chance to appreciate the magnificent music us oldies loved, too. 💯🙏🙏👏 The horrors of the world can be escaped and we can come together for 4 minutes of bliss. 💚🙏
still as raw, pure, heartfelt, talented, beautiful, musical and human as ever. boy do i miss the days when bands were just trying to make the most beautiful music they could, not trying to please their target audiences or produce what they assumed people wanted to hear or what was in fashion back then. probably fair enough that this generation of 90s artists were the last ones to really make serious money in sales from their records. they were unique artists with vision and mission.
marsfuture I totally agree ^_^
marsfuture I was 16 in 1991 and 90s were the best music/clubbing days of my life..ppl just wanted to be together and party enjoy being young pity youth today wernt the same✌
marsfuture Idk, some were great, some were not .
Ayshea Forshaw I was too! I couldn't agree more. I think it's more amazing that here we all are NOW In 2018, in our 40s lol, gathering at the RUclips comment section, to voice our love and appreciation for such raw talent snd sheer genius. Massive attack is something that can't be explained. I saw them in concert in 2007 and I have never felt luckier. They are a musical phenomenon. One of a kind for sure.
You couldn't have expressed that better, so true, so true!
1990 baby!
Had this on single cassette in my Walkman.
Timeless classic 🎶✨️
Me, just sending it to my daughter, who is 20. I’m 47 and this still gets me. It’s a work of art! Brilliant piece of music.❤
Let’s take a moment to appreciate just how good the production in this song is.
I've been appreciating it since 1991. Quite literally thirty years 🙇🏻♂️ Without doubt the best track I have ever heard. I want this played at my funeral. Peace out my brothers and sisters, much love.
Real music with real words and real sounds. What's that!!
Its 2020 and this is still one of the coolest tracks ever produced
it is 2020 and massive attack will be same in 1999 2014 2020 does not matter. Must be new old classic :D
@@oskars_l agreed
watch her name? do you know?
gms77777 And the coolest video
100%
This song is a masterpiece, period. Already more than 30 years old and still so powerful, this is unbelievable. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, no matter where I am or what I do. Thank you Massive Attack 🙏
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VERY SAMEEE🙌🔥
Makes me cry
Just quietly, where the hell did those more than 30 years ago?
This is one of those that takes me back to that time. This is a recurring theme with my comments, but I’d give anything to be back there
Oh hell yeah! So so good!
I love the over sampling ....layers and layers of overlap riffs....absolute magic...what a classic
THIS Ladies and Gentleman..is a true Masterpiece...THANK YOU Massive Attack
Its not a song,
it’s a memory, a feeling, a trip down memory lane. And it’s all good. Everything fits..
I will always love this song, will always play this song, on very possible occasion. Because it should be played. Always. Period
What a beautiful way to describe this masterpiece .
i understand exactly what you mean. Such a great song and symphony ! Listen Sky and sand from Paul Kalbrenner, maybe you know this song. It is not the same tempo at all, but kind of same feelings for me.
Very well said my friend.
Beautiful. Well said
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This video has so much built in.. Everybody is caring or carrying something. Some are carrying a disability, heavy stuff, a message paper, a cart or just anger. Some are caring for others, like the kissing couple, the man & kid, the friends at the nail salon... and the singer walks through those opposites, without a pause and with an incredible command of her own voice. How could we see this being less than a masterpiece of subliminal messages... Just for that, this video can't ever be forgotten...
Amen. Everyone is carrying around so much. I love this song.
thank you~~~~~~~~~~~~
The music of my generation.. 1990-91 as I remember. That was a great time with lots of positive energy also in music.. Gosh I loved those times ..
The song has an incredible way of capturing the listener's feelings.
It's so amazing how this song describes longing for closeness to the other person at the very beginning of the relationship.
exactly!
Spot on!
The subtle intensity of this song is like no other. Absolutely mana to the ears, I'm melting! Her walk is so majestic, her voice is timeless, the instrumentals heavenly.
Don't forget the lyrics.
This reminds me of Pet Shop Boys work at the time. Very deep, melodic, intense.
Couldn't say it any better! Feelings of nostalgia and melancholy are taking possession of my stomach and soul every time i see the evening sun reflecting on her face..
I never comment on nothing but there's times when you gotta speak up. One of the best tunes of that era makes you feel like there's more to music than we know 😊
The 90's were truly taking music into its limits, Massive Attack and Trip-Hop in general was a great example to this with the birth of the Bristol sound. Just a real hype to get into a new century overall, As to cite a comment i once read on an Aphex Twin song.
Its somethn magical
@@october1820 I was out in Bristol in the late 90s....great times and the music that was coming out of there....another level....Portishead etc etc
When it resonates, it resonates.
April 2024, and this will always be one of THE Classic tracks of All Time 😊😊
Film Clip is Bulk❤
It's 2021 and this is still one of the greatest songs ever
Right.
And the video too, that single cut with all those perspective changes...
Great stuff.
Yes
100%
Always will be!
This was my mums favourite song, I can still hear whacking the speakers to full and singing her beautiful little heart out! Sadly lost her at the young. Age of 52
😥so sad for your loss
She had great taste. Condolences, friend
You have my heart for your loss. Keep your head up.
sorry for your loss x
Your mum has got her speakers louder in heaven still playing this song RIP to your beautiful mum so sad I'm sorry you lost her so young ❤😢
The jewel in Massive Attack's crown - their defining moment, Unfinished Sympathy defines the feeling of how consuming, crazy, and irresistible love can be. Contends as the best song in the past 30 years it's that good.
Not only one of the greatest songs of all time. Also has one of the greatest videos of all time.
Filmed in southern Los Angeles, and without a single cut
RIP Dan Kneece. The Steadicam operator for this music video. Dan explaining how he shot this: "This shot was done in the early 90's, long before Segways, with an Arri III, a 3 to 1 Cooke lens (heavy), a 400ft mag, I made it through 6 takes before I was totally exhausted and could do no more.." A legend, a light-hearted and compassionate man has left us forever.
This filmclip always will remind me of my only holiday in the USA.
To be fair, I was a kid. From a naive Aussie family in '98. Now that I realise some of the areas we went to because, why not?. Didn't even have Travellors insurance. Really hope it was some Crips who "found" my Duty Free Winfield Blues.
LA and Mexico. Had a blast, us crazy Aussies. And everyone was chill in the US and Mexico. NO ONE gave us hustle.
Drank Jungle Juice with my brother in Tijuana.... And the worm turned us both....
Stay Safe.
Thanks for sharing and lifting someone else up. Such an ethereal, moving song. It is really cool hearing about your friend behind the scenes.
Thanks for this info! Brings some more depth to the feeling of it after reading that. Such an iconic piece of film he made.
@@user-vu9ys5wm7d very well said. Thanks. Have a great day.
Hadn't realized his Passing until now... One of my favourite cinematic Videos that I still want to walk that route that He created in '92...R.I.P.
Going through the darkest times on the globe, yet this song brings happiness. Just an iconic tune!
Watch 'CoronaComa' by 'Sly Toe Hand' I think it may be of interest to you.
Iconic is the word. Peace
@Roz true indeed my friend. Truly uplifting in the times we are all living in currently. 🙏🏾
Yes this man made CON-undrum.
We may have opened our globe‘s book but it‘s an unfinished sympathy tainted with all sorts of maltreatment 💔
Powerful. Makes me cry every time. Shara is so unaware of everything going on around her, she is so wrapped up in the guy.
21 years old today,what a timeless classic. Can’t believe I’m probably going to look back at this comment at 50. So proud of how far I’ve came
I was 21 when this song came out and I'm now 54. There was NOTHING like it when it came out, and it hit just like it does now.... a special groove that can't be duplicated.
Times are different today. I wouldn't want to be starting out again with all the challenges out there. I hope you can live a good, happy, healthy life.
Pure classic. The atmosphere, the feel of this song. Those times can never be replicated...
I miss myself how i enjoyed the music and life and was happy
So right mate
Damn I miss the 90's
Man you hit it right in the head. I was 6 yrs old when this came out and all the music The came out of the early 90s mostly sounded like this and I remember every bit of it because my father used to play music like this all the time , Enya, Sade, New Age music in general. Man i miss the 90s so so much. Such a vibrant time.
You are so true ...
give it another twenty years and this will still sound as good as ever, a timeless classic
That statement is definitely not over the line. Mark it 10/10!
take a one direction song and try saying that statement........ mainstream modern music is so fucking tragic....
some of us won't live that long
but this song will live for ever
One of the best songs ever created. Still sounds amazing today, as it did in 1991.
It put me on to trip hop recently I’m a fan now I’m so happy
@@KingstonTheArtist Trip hop didn't exist when this was made. But check out A Monk and Canatella.
One of the greatest song ever
The movie sliver bought me here, sliver 1992
correct
And greatest video too..
Along with their other song Teardrop ❤
Duh
Such a beautiful woman with such an amazing voice. One of the greatest songs ever.
@Daniel C It all went Pete Tong?
@@rogink nice one
@Daniel C damn
@Daniel C Tragic
@@rogink I've not heard that bit of rhyming slang in a long time lol.
This is one of those rare tracks that everyone loves, no matter their taste in music
You're right. I'm from Poland, Europe. Firtst time I heard her long time ago and she's still in my head. What a master peace :) And I mean like 15 yers ago!!
Totally
@@cezzary222 it's older than that bro
@@jambammz9908 theyre talking about when THEY fist heard it lol
8k dislikes ?
A mate of mine recorded this for me when it came out,I wasn't aware of much at the time I was at one my many lowest moments,reading The Idiot by Dostoyevsky.Drunk and off my face most of the time living in a 1 bedsit dump,in Battersea,a nutter close to the edge.This was ,and still is in my opinion one of the most beautiful,sad,and moving songs I've been lucky to hear.I'm now almost 63 very rarely off my face.But still am moved and eternally grateful to have grown up in a world where artists like these guys exist..It doesn't put food on your plate but music when it's this special feeds the soul,and man the soul really needs to be full !
Brutally honest and a sad recollection of your low point in life. But you got thru it; you stepped away from the edge and started caring for yourself again. You’re 63 years young with so much more of your life to live. Turn this song up loud. Sending you love x
Omg why am reading idiot by Dostoevsky listening to this and read your comment!!!
Peter Evans I’m glad you’re ok now and love this song!
Music saves us - such a fabulous piece.
@Biscuits Brown Pete the wacko
A unique sonic poem. Wrote hard by normality. Captured exquisitely. This is life.
This track very cleverly captures such soaring, vulnerable heights of emotion due to the string's key in F major, which was a favourite amongst classical composers, such as Bach. A very intelligent production, which will never lose it's timeless appeal due to its diverse influences that span hip hop, soul, classical and electronica. It really touches deep into the soul of all who behold its achingly-beautiful majesty. A modern masterpiece.
Mahler Karajan, you know it?
Óh Man...
Wow... way off the mark... this is ostensibly in minor.... d minor.... not even close to G major... also: nothing indicates that JSBach liked or used G major more than any other key... as for other classical composers..... Beethoven certainly favoured Eb major, this is well known and documented. Mozart used D major a lot, G major is coming in at 6th place....
@@thehappypimp Correct, Just plinked it out. Dminor. You can jam a dminor 6th chord with it. Didn't know that's what it was till I looked it up. Overated work too IMHO. Give me Wayne County any day ruclips.net/video/LJYnSMk9seE/видео.html
Do you like huey Lewis and the news ?
Hailing from Bristol UK, when I was a lad, back in the 1980s, we used to watch our local Hip Hop group The Wild Bunch perform live at tons of gigs most summers. That group went on to become Massive attack! Even after all that fame, they still played some small local festivals/clubs. There all sound guys!
I am trying to track down a chap challed charlie used to play sax with them in the early days.
Yes Wild Bunch were wicked. We rapped with them at Tim Westwood's Rap Convention at the Wag Club in Soho back in the day. Cookie Crew were also on the bill.
West Country boys done well! :-) Incredible bunch. Can't forget Tricky too.
is that video from england or america ? it looks like america
@@pavloslionmma7619 State side for sure
I'm 45 yrs old , I was raving/ partying since the tender age of 15 with my older brother and I can honestly say this has to be the finest song I've ever listened to
Same age, same experience. I remember hunting down the dj to find out who it was. It's such a haunting, beautiful song.
I'm 45 too and also partying in the 90s with this song. And then, The Matrix came out.. Massive Attack, Rob Dougan.. those songs got the same/special vibes.
Dude! Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Daft Punk...the mid 90s was it. Even when you were a nerdy Midwest boy, haha!
Music For ALL SOULS YEAHHH!!!!
Same ♥️
The uk especially England has given us so many incredible songs from so many bands. Greetings from a french who used to live for a decade in London
When I was a teenager watching MTV I've always skipped this song...I guess you have to grow up to some tunes...now I love it❤
I saw this comment and I thought I wrote it.
I did exactly the same thing.
Never skip that
I’m 900 years old, and this is the greatest song of all time.
Well done on reaching yr 900th, what's your secret??
Cant disagree, I mean, this is Gods theme tune
I just turned 220. I doubt the youth of today will ever make anything like this unless Highlander learns to mix.
😂😂👍🍻
@@celticfrost3250 hey, hello Ace!
I bet she never had any idea she was creating an absolute anthem when making this, just beautiful
Exactly
Her performance is amazing, but it was Massive Attack that created the song
Will Malone's skyscraping string arrangement is equally important.
@@phineasgage8252 and she wrote the lyrics so your points kinda moot
Master-piece! 30years old now
To me this song is quite profound. This is like expecting other people to be kind and selfless like i am, but they always fall short of my expectations. Then i crawl back into my shell and lament
@@anthonycliftonjones2564 behave you are somebody
A Masterpiece that is still here with us in 2020 and i hope it will be here for decades in the future. The best love song ever in my opinion. Stunning.
Yes totally agree!!😍💜🎼
Banger
unrequited love more like
Yah man
inarrivabile melodia
They don't make them like this anymore, absolute genius
November 2021, and this still sounds out of this world, absolute tune
Ja man
Agreed
Absolutely with u. A Masterpiece full of energy to over help u stay strong I. This times. Peace ND U ity we need... Live without freedom is a body without heart.....
I always listen to it 🙌
This song will never age. Fact!
THIS song - with a vocalist not only vocally competent but also with a good actor's sense of performance, would have been the greatest I'd ever heard
I can't believe it is almost 30 years that I listen to this song and every single time I still get the goosebumps....
Same
This is peak MTV. One of the greatest music videos ever created, containing one of the standout tracks of the 90's.
so right !!
This song is timeless. MTV not so much.
This song kills me. It’s nostalgia, depression and beautiful all in one. Still gives me goose bumps. Blue lines was one of the first LPs I bought.
It's the honest flavor of life: Bittersweet. Bitter & Sweet.
The sweet never is as sweet without the sour
One of the best albums ever!
nail on the head there man,nice comment👍goosebumps aint it
Saudade !!
Wounderful text and straight filming Video without a cut. Who is listen to that kind of Music in 2024?
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I am 61 years old + a few months ............... and this my favourite track of all time.
It's a wonderful classic! I'm 19 and it's one of my favorite songs of all time for a few years now since I've discovered it. It's such a great track, it's still fresh and still will be when I'll be older. It's beautiful how it's able to connect so many people from many backgrounds, so many generations....
I'm even older and it just stays with me. Love it!
Pete Robbins I’m 59 it never loses it punch, love it. It’s our era
Your the best.xx
40 years old ... pure luv this song!!!!
31 YEARS after this track was released...and it still gives me goosies all over!
This is not only a beautiful song, but what definitely adds to the song is the fact that this clip is taken in a single shot. 👌🏼 masterpiece!
I hope these artists know their masterpiece will shine on long after their mortal chassis fade. Love and respect.
Massive Attack never got their dues. This is sublime.
They did where I'm from.... Which is Bristol, England.
They were massively famous in Ireland (if you'll forgive the pun) when I was a kid. Their song Teardrop was remixed to be the main theme for the TV show House M.D., and Angel was another famous tune of theirs
@@Ixaglet when were you a kid?
@@paulduffy4585 born '89
@@Ixaglet ok. I missed the 90s and 00s. Born 71, left around 90.
There is more talent that went into this production than the entire life of some modern day recording artists.
Made on a few bits of 90s hardware, but with a lot of soul.
I was born in 1987. I was like 5 years old when I watched the Video for the first time... One of the most beautiful memories of my childhood. And I still think this is epic :)
izabela Igbar I
Hahahah I must have accidentally done that reply 6 days ago...sorry
Dave Weston - Is either from Essex or wasn't born in the 80's cause like I'd never say that like.....
izabela Igbar what a fucking lie
Many feel the same
Everything about this song is so incredibly timeless. The beat, the words, the simplicity yet the sheer effect of the video, the voice, and the uniqueness of it that really hits home when a person hears this tune for the first time with sheer astonishment that the songs is as old as it is. Pure genius.
This song helped me through rough times in 1991. I would walk down the the street with my walkman on and this blasting. It freaking blew my mind.....you have to feel this song. It's ironic how 25 years later I'm back listening to it for different reasons...
❤same
Now 31 years old. Time flies. It's still and will always be timeless
Real life captured in a single tune. I hear you.
This is one of them songs that just makes you look to the sky and thank that we have music. It's a song that 'Takes you to a place'. Incredible piece of music!
yes, and that place doesn't have to be a "physical place". There is just "that place."
One of my all time favourites, it never gets outdated to me.
I think it's because of strings. They give it that orchestral feel! Also one of my favourites!
Ezra Rubenstein Yup, Will Malone's finest moment.
Epic tunes, for everyone to taste and feel. Can you still?
heavysmoker yees
muito bom
Man…still gives me goosebumps when I hear this. Soundtrack to one of the worst and also greatest periods of my life!! I remember dancing so joyfully with precious friends gone too soon.
When I die, I hope I come back as a song. Music lives forever.
That was beautifully said 🥹🥹♥️♥️
Moody, emotional, soulful, uplifting, but most of all absolutely completely and utterly TIMELESS!! 👌
That groove. Once you get on it, it's in your soul.
One of the best British songs I've ever heard, it's actually freakish just how well it's put together
Thanks for the song Ben
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If I’m walking downtown on a nice day, there’s an 80 percent chance I’m putting this song on
If you're still listening to this masterpiece, you have a good taste in music. 💞👌😊👍
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My fav t-shirt from maybe 1997. Martin place. Red eye records.
I love it😊
Listening to it right now at 3.15 am. Never get tired of listening to this. Every time is as good as the first time I heard it.
Thanks
Still absolutely beautiful after all these years. A true classic and with such a wonderful video to go with it.
Spot on!, video is so atmospheric goes perfectly with the record
28 years old and it sounds so current and fresh as it ever did. Beautiful, amazing and timeless masterpiece.
yep, plus the fact this song is the birth of trip hop. the song is no less than legendary
AAron Thom try being 38 😥 Still an absolute banger!.. and the violins... and the video... outstanding!
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The production behind this track is seriously amazing. Its like a wall of memories come flooding over me everytime this play.