This track was initially used in early prints of Blade Runner. (The Eno/Byrne album came out in '81, and BR was shooting in '81.) There are in fact bootlegs of the film with this song used. However, just prior to wide general release, Ridley Scott replaced this song with "Tales of the Future" by Vangelis/Roussos and another never-released Vangelis/Roussos track.
+Great Prog Tracks I believe you can still hear a snippet just before Deckard enters the club, it's not very long (about 20 secs), but you can still recognize the track. Too bad Scott took that track back from the movie...
This album's 2006 release expurgated this track because of its sample of Algerian Muslims chanting a section of the Qu'ran has offended the Muslim community. Funny, was there a protest over the original release The Human Voice in the World of Islam on Tangent Records TGS 131?
The track was taken out for most likely the same reason it was removed from the second release of the album - the Islamic Council of Great Britain was having a huge issue with the song using holy chanting. It was removed from the album in 1982, the same year Blade Runner was released
I just found this record in my dad’s collection and knew nothing about it other than the artists…when I flipped to side B and this started playing I pretty much my lost my mind. Fucking amazing
My brother bought me the cd for Christmas when we were kids because I was listening to a lot of Eno. Neither of us heard it. Both of us were awoken when we played it.
@@Aihiospace Youre out of your mind bro... The 80s was full of terrible politicians scandals and tragedies just like EVERY OTHER DECADE. Also most Muslim countries got incredibly mad at this song as soon as they found out about it as well as the Islamic Council of Great Britain. Obviously not every single person is going to be like that though
It has nothing to do with hip hop or "sampling" either, despite the earnest desire of many underinformed, if well-intentioned, journalists to force a connection. It's far more useful to see _My Life in the Bush of Ghosts_ in the context of Jon Hassell's work up to that time: Hassell was invited to participate on the project. "We were starting from the premise of what the Residents had done with _Eskimo_ , that idea of fake ethnic music." Hassell couldn't afford to travel from New York City to California to work with them. His reaction to the finished product says it all: "I was outraged. This was clearly a not-too-subtle appropriation of what I was doing over rock drum and bass. I thought it was a very unethical thing to do, and the fact that I was never credited--even for being an inspiration--is a testament to the testosterone in the room at that time." Source: Gross, Jason. "Jon Hassell." _Perfect Sound Forever_ . July 1997. www.furious.com/perfect/hassell.html
Agreed. I have both the vinyl, with this track, and CD issue, without it. Very different experience - in the original, there’s more of a thrilling/enigmatic/otherness sense… At 17 it truly blew my mind - l’d bought it after hearing and seeing ‘Once in a Lifetime’ (that truncated baseline…), and this album STILL blows me away. Love listening to the vinyl on our 1970 SERIOUSLY upgraded stereo system. Speakers sure look original, but inside they are the aural equivalent of a supercharged V8, and Quran is thunderous and mesmerising!
This is one of the tracks I used for years to develop my guitar and bass playing. It is an ecstatic experience when you fully go there. Aspiring musicians need tracks like this to smash their addiction to whatever genres they consider legit music, whether rock, classical, EDM, jazz or whatever.
Dated a crazy lady for 3 fun filled years, scooped this album on a cassette from her, complete whole album, so many fun nights since listening to it driving at breakneck speed in the middle of nowhere, loud as the stereo can play it. Love life. and this is not blasphemic, the universe is music
word on brother, i hope many of those nights contained within an area of love that you could fully access like two memories (and i'm not talking about self love, were in a different realm, that contain TWO! I'm certainly telling and advising you to access those memories!) May be this universe be filled with such desires and stun strapped pale mornings spent with your partner, as you gradually glance at her wispy hair in the early days light sun. three years
Out of tho loop. Did not know this was removed. In 1982 I would ride my bike 3 miles to school.My brother George would hear me and invite me in his room for a couple hits from his bong. I would listen with head phones this album. Good Times.
There will come a time (not long now) when Byrne & Eno will be asked to put this back onto all new editions of "My life in the bush of ghosts" - Sign of the the times. A great piece of music to listen to today - Eid Mubarak. Peace. Bearhug & love. Tx
Strangely enough I've never heard this track it wasn't on the CD I got in 1990,but I heard about it recently and I plan to listen to it soon, as I have picked some liberty caps and as soon as I'm peaking on my trip I'm going to listen to it ! This album amazed me 30 years ago and it still does ! A mystical experience, brilliant
Seems like they removed it later, from Wiki: Soon after the album was released, the Islamic Council of Great Britain objected to the use of samples of Qur'anic recital in the track "Qu'ran", considering it blasphemy. Byrne and Eno removed the track from later pressings.. I will never understand this kind of thinking (by the Islamic Council).
@@coreycox2345 Nope. But that's a good question. Once in a while I get asked if I'm referring to Satanism. Nope to that too. I originally opened this channel just for a small group of artist friends - to show off their art. But that was a long time ago. Things have changed. And now I'm basically a select circle of one. : /
Whatever the name of your channel, the important thing is that it made me so happy to hear this excellent piece by David Byrne and Robert Fripp👌 Composed at a time when the differences of religions, nationalities, colors,. .. counted little (or less in any case) It was rather an opportunity for news, sharing and enrichment 👨🏻🦱👩🏻🦰🧑🏾🦱👩🏽🦱👳🏽♂️ ...
This track - and the album from which it comes - MLitBoG - utterly, utterly blew my young mind when l first heard it. It thrilled and scared me. The track ‘Listening Wind - from Remain in Light is to me another vision - make that an audio vision :) - of this incredible landscape that Byrne and Eno envisaged. Stunning, seminal work.
I remember how creatively inspiring this record was when it was released (One of many favorites in 1982) That 1979-1983 era stands out as a pinnacle of music culture... The 'avant-garde scene' never recovered or reached equivalent magic in the airwaves after then. It's ironic how everything was going strong and interesting, but then followed by a bleak decline... 1979-83 had so many fantastic cool bands, artistic-depth and personalities, particularly the obscure material that never surfaced very much.. the degeneration after 1983 was clear. MTV became worse and worse...Everything in the 70s was building up to an idealistic improvement, then by 1985 the scene became a clone age.. less and less original cool music or intelligent characters in the underground that I could identify-with, or relate to, with a few exceptions, yet 1984 to present doesn't compare to 1979-1983
Yes, a very creative few years there. I wouldn't agree that "everything went downhill and never recovered", but some of the bands from those days never really fulfilled their early promise. - This album is one-of-a-kind, I heard it around that time, its montage of voices, spoken samples and urban sounds was groundbreaking...but the later use of samples in popular music didn't really follow down the paths opened up here, so it still remains a frozen moment in time and still manages to inspire.
This sounds like paranoiac nonsense. I won't elaborate much, because it is subjective, but music definitely did not degenerate after this period. The 90s were a golden age and to that I think you are not giving due credit.
The popularity and growth of hip-hop hijacked what was an incredibly promising direction. Many of us thought Fela Kuti and Bush of Ghosts, etc., signaled the dance music of the future.
I have a brother 10 years older who was a collector of gramophone records. I grew up listening to Lou Reed, JJ Cale, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, Greace Jones, CSNY, Van de Graaf Generator, Can, Brian Eno, Jimi Henrdix, Jethro Tull, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Bob Marley and many more other rock legends. When I was 12 years old, some songs seemed terrible, so I immediately switched the needle of the gramophone to the next composition. This is one of those jaw-dropping tracks.
You lucky guy! I’d moved to Australia, at 12, no older siblings etc. At 16, l was invited to a party (weekend😀) and everyone had brought along their older siblings’ vinyl - l will never forget the opening lines of Patti Smith’s Easter’, ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ by the Rolling Stones, For Tour Pleasure’ by Eno-era Roxy Music, Yes, and a host of other out-there music. I was hooked and never looked back!
I 'VE BUY THIS ALBUM IN 1983 , in italy , was for me a sound track of a special summer, just like each summer is and was, spiritual & sacer, all live under the hope of a special path,
If anyone can add subtitles on this awesome song, please do so!! Not sure why this song was considered offensive to Muslims. It's actually gotten me interested in Islam. I was raised in a Christian environment and loved history. Over the years, I've studied many religions (Taoism/Zen Buddhism, couple favorites) and philosophies. Too much to say for now. This particular song made me want to learn more.
The issue for the Muslim clergy was that the qura'anic recitation is edited for the rythm and melody of the song. Unfortunately this means that the words lose their meaning in Arabic (or so I'm told). The clergy (and others who believe that the almighty actually dictated the literal truth to some beardy dude (and that these words form part of that)). They think it's blasphemy to do any kind of cut and pastey stuff with the words god vouchsafed to the ancient beardies. I think that if you did something interesting with hiphop and rabbinical chanting, or combined some christian holy moleys in a cut and paste job which looked for rythm and and counterpoint melody...... I believe there would be trouble over that too, maybe even bloodshed. People get awful attached to their ancient beardies and the claims that they (or the people around them) made - especially after they were dead. These believers think that they own the only really real truth. It closes their minds. Its worth remembering that well into the 20th century the senior clergymen of Islam were still insisting that the world was flat and that the Catholic Church was in its 4th century of its war against science etc etc.
in Islam, liturgy must be recited without any form of musical accompaniment; the usage of that sample in the piece falsely implies that the people reciting liturgy are doing so in gross violation of the Koran
I understand why this was removed from re-issues of this record -- respect is always a good call, and I would expect nothing less from people as sophisticated and Byrne and Eno; and, I am glad I can still find it online! Thank you!
It was an absolutely cowardly move. Audio from actual religious rites from numerous other world faiths are prominently featured on this album, but I have my doubts that any protestations from Christians or Hindus would have resulted in this kind of censorship. In fact, I’m positive that it would not have.
@@blindlemon9, you know what? Byrne and Eno are highly successful geniuses, who changed popular music. And you are "Random Dude on the Internet." I'm going to go with the smart guys, ya know? Watch, and learn, dude. Get better at life, that way.
So another commenter disagrees with your somewhat sanctimonious observation and you insult him? - An insult is not an argument. You would do well to learn the difference. @@DailyBrusher
@@blindlemon9 You are right on point. The rights protected by the First Amendment are foundational and their legal protections were not won without substantial blood loss. Apparently there's a lot of very foolish, entirely unprincipled people with no knowledge of their own history, rooting for the enemies who hate them. I believe they call them "useful idiots".
charlie wheeler: a quote from Wikipedia: in an interview for Pitchfork Media about the 2006 reissue, Byrne said: “ Way back when the record first came out, in 1981, it might have been '82, we got a request from an Islamic organization in London, and they said, 'We consider this blasphemy that you put grooves to the chanting of the Holy Book.' And we thought, 'Okay, in deference to somebody's religion, we'll take it off.' You could probably argue for and against monkeying with something like that. But I think we were certainly feeling very cautious about this whole thing. We made a big effort to try and clear all the voices, and make sure everybody was okay with everything. Because we thought, 'We're going to get accused of all kinds of things, and so we want to cover our asses as best we can.' So I think in that sense we reacted maybe with more caution than we had to. But that's the way it was."
SuperStuey2 Fella, with the best will in the world; because you're obviously an enlightened reactionary kind if chap. I can't see that decision being in the hands of D.B. alone........ executives in the record business do seem to have had the last word every since commercial recording began..... But I agree that Quran really does sort of stand alone.......along with help me somebody and a couple of others......
Eno gives a little more detail about this - it wasn't so much use of the chanting as the cutting up of sentences so that it made no sense (in Arabic) that offended them. He talks about it with Dr Buckles on the Adam Buxton Podcast - well worth a listen. Coincidentally there was a track with the voice of Christian Fundamentalist that they were also prevented from using.
It does seem that an artist should stand by his choices unless they were made at random. If this was cut up to make no sense, it might not be worth fighting for. At least one other song on this album is beautifully sung by a Muslim. Translated, warns of a brewing storm and makes perfect sense. I might say the same thing if I were thinking about Charlie Hebdoe, though SuperStuey2. Sometimes artistic integrity is not the only factor to consider.
@malkooth not certain - well worth having a listen to the Adam Buxton podcast interview (there are two parts) with Eno, lots of tidbits. Easily findable on SoundCloud, acast or on his own website.
I don't necessarily think it's the greatest track Byrne and Eno ever recorded, but blasphemy is certainly not valid ground for restricting speech. It should have been included in the re-release. It's also unfortunate that Kathryn Kuhlman's estate objected to "In the Spirit World" on anything other than aesthetic grounds. The version on the _Ghosts_ bootleg wasn't up to the standard of the other tracks on _My Life in the Bush of Ghosts_, so it's probably a good thing that they threw away Kuhlman's voice and used someone else's, but it's unfortunate that decision was forced by people who bought into Kuhlman's theatrics.
@@schragemusik without the imaginary friend the words to the song wouldn't exist, so what is your point exactly? I am an atheist, but that's a really sub-par comment.
@@korosuke1788 the music was independent of the imaginary friend. The imaginary friend should have no control over that music. The fact that someone purporting to be writing for a sky fairy wrote the words, that should not be reason to stop us from hearing the music. Or the words. The myth is there. So should be the music.
The Qur'an literally meaning "the recitation" is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God. In the current debate in the Western world about self-censorship contra freedom of expression, and whether it is acceptable that musicians use samples from religious rituals, such as prayer or recital from the Qur’an, singer David Byrne and producer Brian Eno made up their minds already 25 years ago. When they received complaints from a Muslim organisation about a piece of music they had produced which featured samples of Qur’anic recital on their successful 1981-album ‘My Life in the Bush of Ghosts’, they quietly removed it from the re-releases !!! (wikied & freemuse 12 Oct, 2006)
Way back when the record first came out, in 1981, it might have been '82, we got a request from an Islamic organization in London, and they said, 'We consider this blasphemy that you put grooves to the chanting of the Holy Book.' And we thought, 'Okay, in deference to somebody's religion, we'll take it off.' - David Byrne in an interview with Pitchfork Media
What Muslims at the time were listening to this anyway? Did they have a media council pouring through everything that came out to find stuff to be offended by (cough cough, like evangelicals and Catholics did in America)? Or did someone just tattle to the Islamic leadership? It's all odd.
@@nickrophiliac7469 Eh, the Islamic Council of great Britain complained about it in 1982 and they removed it from subsequent pressings, it's not a recent thing
@@Studentofgosset I never suggested it WAS. I'm guessing that my recollections predate certain, more modern mores. Having said that, 1982 is a good few years before I got my own vinyl copy of 'My Life' (albeit the later 80s), so maybe certain sensibilities were not yet regarded with quite the same level of seriousness as they would be today, so original pressings continued..
It sucks when non-Muslims take the word of fundamentalists about what Islam is, and censor themselves about stuff that doesn't bother the rest of us at all. Haraam to set the Qur'an to music? Muslim musicians have been doing it for centuries.
Despite being a huge lifelong fan of this album this is the first time I've heard this track, oddly. Its a massive shame that they removed it from the album. I have a huge issue with artistic suppression, which this was a clear case of. But there you go, Eno & Byrne are always very genuine and respectful people, so its their call.
Luckily bought a Japanese pressing of this record back in its earliest pressings. It has this cut. Interesting how the source=sampling on this record has had a couple of historical developments... See, Hutchinson, Kate (11 August 2022). "'Better late than never': how Brian Eno and David Byrne finally laid a musical ghost to rest". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
It's not blasfemy. It's will to knowledge in an another culture. It's a bridge to another culture. George Gershwing was studying black music , gospels of the coulored americans to compose "Porgy and Bess" (and other operas). David and Brian were doing the same thing. They are not against nobody but the opposite. They were looking for friends "or brothers" of the same world.
If a bully tells you to shut up, then you sell out your principles, forget about the right to free expression and run away... Forget about the First Amendment!
If you were in college in 1981, and were listening to this with friends, you were on a $5 vacation. I heard a lot more subtle sounds and voices back then, on an lp, than now on DVD audio,...not to mention how the woodgrain kept moving across the wall, and everyone kept giggling.
Вы, Сергей, издеваетесь, что ли? Сто лет треку и Вас, разумеется, забыли спросить каково, потому как не уверены были, под столом Вы уже, или ещё на свет не появились...
+PleasePleaseMe ! не знаю как отвечать , ругать людей слабых вроде неприлично , учить поздно ! но пусть будет по вашему : причина уже есть , надеюсь следствие не заставит вас пасть на колени , хотя именно эта позиция была бы спасительна , ибо читают в правильном размере , и уж не одну сотню лет как минимум , и для заблудших овец того самого дома ! а вы видимо ждёте скандал , или как там у вас сие называют , кипишь ? ну так будет ( всё возвращается ) и именно под этот ритм !!! а пока встречайте то , на что сами напросились !!!
Thank you. I had to digitize it from the original cassette tape recently when I found I couldn't find the song because of a ridiculous Imam in London after it came out who was wrong in his claims anyway. We should never cave art or music simply to the beliefs of a few or all.
Simpler times when religions practised their religions in dignity and with peace and didn’t feel a need to dictate to artists about what they should and shouldn’t make songs about.
Blasphemy is good. It tests your religion. If your little prophet and book can't handle a song, a woman getting an education, or a cartoon...well just maybe your whole belief system is a house of cards. Combine this with a small penis (or a multitude of them) and there's a problem. And guess what? The real problem is NOT the music, the girls, the literacy.
@RED PILL PORTAL what is my system? try to define it, rather than just using signifying words. free market capitalism creates the oppression it claims to rid us of, because it leads inevitably to huge concentrations of wealth and liberty at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. This is why capitalists created the state in their own image: to save capitalism from its worst excesses. true free market capitalism, which thankfully has never and can never exist, leads to environmental degradation, extremely low wages, poor working conditions, and the attendant misery associated with those morbid symptoms. why does it do this? because free market capitalism is a darwinian struggle for the 'best' to survive by way of producing profits rather than losses. who are the 'best' in these circumstancs? are they technological innovators? occasionally. Far more often, they are the capitalists with no regard for the health of the planet or the worker. the capitalists who can compete by producing excess surplus value not through bringing benefits to the market, but by holding down wages, doing whatever they like with the environment, cutting corners with regard to safety, adulterating their products, and so on. capitalism in its pure form is the realm of hard work, homogeneity, and value over all and sundry. other forms of production are where beauty and life begin.
Believe it or not , this epic Qu’ran track was banned from re-released album version in 2008 and was replaced with “Very Very Hungry”, the B-side to the single release of “The Jezebel Spirit”, following complaints from the Islamic Council of Great Britain. The Council specifically objected to the song’s sampling of Algerian Muslims reciting the Qu'ran, decrying its use in the song as blasphemous (as not only was it chopped up and reorganized to the point of incoherency, but it was also set to a funk backing track, which went against traditional prohibition of distractions during holy recitations such as readings of the book).😂
@@AFaceintheCrowd01 I very much doubt that was the case, as "Regiment" (another track on this album) samples the same record of Arabian vocal music.
How silly that some random religious hacks in London denied this art. To love God is to love his creation...and the beauty his creation makes in his name. Yes, we may sing his praises, regardless of what men say. 👌🌟
Although I'm also basically very anti censorship it's worth noting that this track was actually first pulled for the 2nd edition in 1982, which doesn't quite fit, time-wise, with the 21st century = 'political correctness gone mad' narrative unfolding in some of the comments.
I first purchased this album back in 1988 and it has inspired me creatively, as a poet and personal tutor, in so many ways ever since. I've read a lot of the comments below and found them very interesting and edifying. I hope this interview with Brian Eno from 1980 sheds some light on such an innovative album: ruclips.net/video/teeSlBcO7-s/видео.html
as a pal used to say 'hold on an hour' this track was not on the album maybe its a savvy remix or an out-take notwithstanding great album best tracks were dunya yusin regiment and carrier..
The Islamic Council of Great Britain threatened them. So what else is new? There may be more to it than that. The wiki entry says Algerian muslims chanting the Koran. I think they were Sufis. I'm betting there's a sectarian thing involved as well.
+ConnieGo Loopy Eno & Byrne "blatantly pillaged" Jon Hassell, if you want more background on that listen to the interview he gave to Gilles Peterson last year....
I checked that interview, and Mr Hassell - as in another couple of interviews I've read - appears to be a rather grumpy in recent times. If you wish to believe his version of events that's fine, but it's rather incongruent with what we do know. I don't think Eno share that view - Mr Hassell finds himself holed up in a hotel rather than at Eno's residence (where he says he usually stays) having 'cleared the air' by writing to Eno and Byrne about his perceived lack of recognition - for an album he was not involved in! Indeed Hassell believes he had a profound world music influence on the two, largely based on the fact that he is older, and yet 1) Eno was a big fan of Fela Kuti long before 2) The rhythmical tone was similar to Byrnes Catherine Wheel / Talking Heads Remain in Light 3) THEY PRODUCED BEATS HASSELL DIDNT LIKE. Sneers at even, in the interview. OK, I get that Eno is quite opportunistic in the studio - some of the German artists he's worked with have alluded to feeling hard done by, but honestly I believe he's a good guy, driven by creative zeal and not avarice. It seems a mighty stretch for Hassell to claim ownership, of a record he is rather dismissive of and can't bear to listen to, even if he was an influence. It's saddened me slightly, listening to Jon Hassell interviews, because I absolutely adore his music, Aka Darbari Java will be permanently etched into my mind, and so many of his works are in my collection, he has a unique sound, mastery of control of his instrument using his personal technique - so it's a surprise to hear somebody so embittered, and even in concert performances, he's a bit edgy with his fellow musicians (admits this is another interview), even though graciously given space to express his talent. His website seems to glorify his track record. One suspects that he has perhaps not seen his persistent artist vision reflected financially, and that's unfortunate - I believe he has the recognition of a great many listeners and musicians alike. Maybe he has always been this way, I've only listened to a few interviews, but I hope he finds inner peace with these issues that seem to haunt him nearly 40 years later, and a good film score or two wouldn't go amiss.
Wow, you're not wrong!! ruclips.net/video/Vi76bxT7K6U/видео.html Curiously I was first turned on to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by a guy who went on to be a musician on the Bristol scene, on one of the popular labels there, and a drinking buddy of Massive Attack. Now I'm thinking about the timeline, as he probably knew Massive Attack prior to Karmacoma.. I'm starting to wonder if he introduced Massive Attack guys to MLITBOG, like he did me.. it wasn't exactly an obscure record, but you never know. If I see him again, I'll ask!
@@StormOneUK FFS, roll it in a bit as there's really no need to come over as the complete dweep. Welcome to the world of internecine relationships which aren't exactly unusual in the music business. Or were you expecting happy families or the likes?
@@StormOneUK So there you go some thirteen + years after the event and claiming ownership on the matter. Go and read the interviews given by all concerned at the time back in February 1981. I'm fairly certain that the Massive Attack guys would have been as aware of this album as the rest of the world also was. Or did you think this album was a 100 copy cult uber-secret or something? Tell me, where the fuck do jerks like you come from?
Artistic creation does not have boundaries and never should. It's only narrow minded people who try to surpress open mindedness. The earth is not flat, the sun doesn't rotate around the earth and religions are mythology
I love Mea Culpa, America is Waiting and most of the album, but this sounds like a b-side or demo track to me. Not lamenting that it was left out on most versions.
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Bought the album when it came out. I was 20. It still gets loads of play. This song is absolutely beautiful.
I just heard this album for the first time about 2 weeks. I found it on vinyl for 1$ yesterday. I'm 20. Amazing records transcend time and generations
Joe Horizon Me too, Joe. We must be about the same age. Lol.
Ditto except I was 16. My 23 yo son just bought the album - we're blasting in my girl cave.
Me too! I was 15-16 yrs old...use to get stoned a bang this thing
I guess I purchased the album in 1981, when I was 24 years-old.
This track was initially used in early prints of Blade Runner. (The Eno/Byrne album came out in '81, and BR was shooting in '81.) There are in fact bootlegs of the film with this song used. However, just prior to wide general release, Ridley Scott replaced this song with "Tales of the Future" by Vangelis/Roussos and another never-released Vangelis/Roussos track.
+Great Prog Tracks Wow, thanks for the tale, I love it!
+Great Prog Tracks I believe you can still hear a snippet just before Deckard enters the club, it's not very long (about 20 secs), but you can still recognize the track.
Too bad Scott took that track back from the movie...
This album's 2006 release expurgated this track because of its sample of Algerian Muslims chanting a section of the Qu'ran has offended the Muslim community. Funny, was there a protest over the original release The Human Voice in the World of Islam on Tangent Records TGS 131?
My guess could be a copyright issue is why he took it out
The track was taken out for most likely the same reason it was removed from the second release of the album - the Islamic Council of Great Britain was having a huge issue with the song using holy chanting. It was removed from the album in 1982, the same year Blade Runner was released
I just found this record in my dad’s collection and knew nothing about it other than the artists…when I flipped to side B and this started playing I pretty much my lost my mind. Fucking amazing
You learned the truth.
My brother bought me the cd for Christmas when we were kids because I was listening to a lot of Eno. Neither of us heard it. Both of us were awoken when we played it.
Believe it or not, I bought a cassette copy of this album in Saudi Arabia with this track on it !
You are a legend
Those were the days when the world was civilized, rational and intelligent (admittedly it was a blip in the human history but a blip nevertheless).
@@Aihiospace Youre out of your mind bro... The 80s was full of terrible politicians scandals and tragedies just like EVERY OTHER DECADE. Also most Muslim countries got incredibly mad at this song as soon as they found out about it as well as the Islamic Council of Great Britain. Obviously not every single person is going to be like that though
BRILLIANT !
Did you also make a pilgrimage to Mecca under the cover of darkness, like Sir Richard Burton?
have my original record still this album was years ahead of its time amazing
It's ahead of any time, though.
This has been my favorite album since it was released. I was 14. It set the standard for EDM.
I don't see the connection to EDM... but I agree it's amazing.. :)
Don’t blame Bush of Ghosts for that nonsense.
It has nothing to do with hip hop or "sampling" either, despite the earnest desire of many underinformed, if well-intentioned, journalists to force a connection.
It's far more useful to see _My Life in the Bush of Ghosts_ in the context of Jon Hassell's work up to that time: Hassell was invited to participate on the project. "We were starting from the premise of what the Residents had done with _Eskimo_ , that idea of fake ethnic music."
Hassell couldn't afford to travel from New York City to California to work with them. His reaction to the finished product says it all: "I was outraged. This was clearly a not-too-subtle appropriation of what I was doing over rock drum and bass. I thought it was a very unethical thing to do, and the fact that I was never credited--even for being an inspiration--is a testament to the testosterone in the room at that time."
Source: Gross, Jason. "Jon Hassell." _Perfect Sound Forever_ . July 1997. www.furious.com/perfect/hassell.html
EDM Every Day Music?
I have loved this track since I first heard it in 82. And it keeps getting better and better.....
The omission breaks up the original flow of the album, which grew more narcotic on side 2. Beautifully spectral.
what other tracks?
Agreed. I have both the vinyl, with this track, and CD issue, without it. Very different experience - in the original, there’s more of a thrilling/enigmatic/otherness sense… At 17 it truly blew my mind - l’d bought it after hearing and seeing ‘Once in a Lifetime’ (that truncated baseline…), and this album STILL blows me away. Love listening to the vinyl on our 1970 SERIOUSLY upgraded stereo system. Speakers sure look original, but inside they are the aural equivalent of a supercharged V8, and Quran is thunderous and mesmerising!
This is one of the tracks I used for years to develop my guitar and bass playing. It is an ecstatic experience when you fully go there. Aspiring musicians need tracks like this to smash their addiction to whatever genres they consider legit music, whether rock, classical, EDM, jazz or whatever.
Dated a crazy lady for 3 fun filled years, scooped this album on a cassette from her, complete whole album, so many fun nights since listening to it driving at breakneck speed in the middle of nowhere, loud as the stereo can play it. Love life. and this is not blasphemic, the universe is music
So you’re a douchebag hedonist thief, yay
"There is geometry in the humming of a string. There is music in the spacing of the spheres."
- Pythagoras,. ~5th cen. BC
word on brother, i hope many of those nights contained within an area of love that you could fully access like two memories (and i'm not talking about self love, were in a different realm, that contain TWO! I'm certainly telling and advising you to access those memories!) May be this universe be filled with such desires and stun strapped pale mornings spent with your partner, as you gradually glance at her wispy hair in the early days light sun. three years
Out of tho loop. Did not know this was removed.
In 1982 I would ride my bike 3 miles to school.My brother George would hear me and invite me in his room for a couple hits from his bong. I would listen with head phones this album. Good Times.
these guys knew what they were doing - whole album is brillo, pads
There will come a time (not long now) when Byrne & Eno will be asked to put this back onto all new editions of "My life in the bush of ghosts" - Sign of the the times.
A great piece of music to listen to today - Eid Mubarak. Peace. Bearhug & love. Tx
Strangely enough I've never heard this track it wasn't on the CD I got in 1990,but I heard about it recently and I plan to listen to it soon, as I have picked some liberty caps and as soon as I'm peaking on my trip I'm going to listen to it !
This album amazed me 30 years ago and it still does ! A mystical experience, brilliant
Seems like they removed it later, from Wiki: Soon after the album was released, the Islamic Council of Great Britain objected to the use of samples of Qur'anic recital in the track "Qu'ran", considering it blasphemy. Byrne and Eno removed the track from later pressings..
I will never understand this kind of thinking (by the Islamic Council).
@@caram6589 I agree whats wrong with people of other cultures enjoying their art !
Also amazing when not high 😅
@@caram6589 What about the cowardice of Eno and Byrne behaving like dhimmis?
@@humanhighway0 - those guys are highly successful geniuses - watch, and learn.
Ah! - The forbidden track.
Didn't make it on the recent re-issue!
The way the world is going is unfortunate, SelectCircle. Are you in a cult? I don't mean the music, but your handle.
@@coreycox2345 Nope. But that's a good question. Once in a while I get asked if I'm referring to Satanism. Nope to that too. I originally opened this channel just for a small group of artist friends - to show off their art. But that was a long time ago. Things have changed. And now I'm basically a select circle of one. : /
@@SelectCircle I wouldn't be so sure. You can't quantify art, and somehow I ended up here too. :)
Whatever the name of your channel, the important thing is that it made me so happy to hear this excellent piece by David Byrne and Robert Fripp👌 Composed at a time when the differences of religions, nationalities, colors,. .. counted little (or less in any case) It was rather an opportunity for news, sharing and enrichment 👨🏻🦱👩🏻🦰🧑🏾🦱👩🏽🦱👳🏽♂️ ...
@@gaetan7423 I love this, too. You must have lived in a different world from many people.
It has a mysterious desert type vibe to it, its like the approach to the space camp of the magi. Wafts me away.
This track - and the album from which it comes - MLitBoG - utterly, utterly blew my young mind when l first heard it. It thrilled and scared me. The track ‘Listening Wind - from Remain in Light is to me another vision - make that an audio vision :) - of this incredible landscape that Byrne and Eno envisaged. Stunning, seminal work.
So glad that I bought this on vinyl.
Me, too! bought it in the 80s. Have the CD too but without this track
Musical wizards!!! This music is from the other world, ahead of it's time and timeless...
I remember how creatively inspiring this record was when it was released (One of many favorites in 1982) That 1979-1983 era stands out as a pinnacle of music culture... The 'avant-garde scene' never recovered or reached equivalent magic in the airwaves after then. It's ironic how everything was going strong and interesting, but then followed by a bleak decline... 1979-83 had so many fantastic cool bands, artistic-depth and personalities, particularly the obscure material that never surfaced very much.. the degeneration after 1983 was clear. MTV became worse and worse...Everything in the 70s was building up to an idealistic improvement, then by 1985 the scene became a clone age.. less and less original cool music or intelligent characters in the underground that I could identify-with, or relate to, with a few exceptions, yet 1984 to present doesn't compare to 1979-1983
By then I was 20 I agree with you and well said ThX and GreetZ form Holland
YES!!! nicely put... that's what i've always thought 1978 -1982 - it all happened all at once.... then the waves broke back
Yes, a very creative few years there. I wouldn't agree that "everything went downhill and never recovered", but some of the bands from those days never really fulfilled their early promise. - This album is one-of-a-kind, I heard it around that time, its montage of voices, spoken samples and urban sounds was groundbreaking...but the later use of samples in popular music didn't really follow down the paths opened up here, so it still remains a frozen moment in time and still manages to inspire.
This sounds like paranoiac nonsense. I won't elaborate much, because it is subjective, but music definitely did not degenerate after this period. The 90s were a golden age and to that I think you are not giving due credit.
The popularity and growth of hip-hop hijacked what was an incredibly promising direction. Many of us thought Fela Kuti and Bush of Ghosts, etc., signaled the dance music of the future.
Beautiful in every aspect....
It's my youth ❤
I have a brother 10 years older who was a collector of gramophone records. I grew up listening to Lou Reed, JJ Cale, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, Greace Jones, CSNY, Van de Graaf Generator, Can, Brian Eno, Jimi Henrdix, Jethro Tull, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Bob Marley and many more other rock legends. When I was 12 years old, some songs seemed terrible, so I immediately switched the needle of the gramophone to the next composition. This is one of those jaw-dropping tracks.
You lucky guy! I’d moved to Australia, at 12, no older siblings etc. At 16, l was invited to a party (weekend😀) and everyone had brought along their older siblings’ vinyl - l will never forget the opening lines of Patti Smith’s Easter’, ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ by the Rolling Stones, For Tour Pleasure’ by Eno-era Roxy Music, Yes, and a host of other out-there music. I was hooked and never looked back!
40 ans après tjrs un plaisir 👌
I 'VE BUY THIS ALBUM IN 1983 , in italy , was for me a sound track of a special summer, just like each summer is and was, spiritual & sacer, all live under the hope of a special path,
This track has better groove and percussion than any other on the album IMO
Remember about "Regiment".
What abt the Eno-produced "Remain in Light" by Talking Heads?
@@smartalek180 not on this album ;)
If anyone can add subtitles on this awesome song, please do so!! Not sure why this song was considered offensive to Muslims. It's actually gotten me interested in Islam. I was raised in a Christian environment and loved history. Over the years, I've studied many religions (Taoism/Zen Buddhism, couple favorites) and philosophies. Too much to say for now. This particular song made me want to learn more.
The issue for the Muslim clergy was that the qura'anic recitation is edited for the rythm and melody of the song. Unfortunately this means that the words lose their meaning in Arabic (or so I'm told).
The clergy (and others who believe that the almighty actually dictated the literal truth to some beardy dude (and that these words form part of that)). They think it's blasphemy to do any kind of cut and pastey stuff with the words god vouchsafed to the ancient beardies.
I think that if you did something interesting with hiphop and rabbinical chanting, or combined some christian holy moleys in a cut and paste job which looked for rythm and and counterpoint melody......
I believe there would be trouble over that too, maybe even bloodshed.
People get awful attached to their ancient beardies and the claims that they (or the people around them) made - especially after they were dead.
These believers think that they own the only really real truth. It closes their minds.
Its worth remembering that well into the 20th century the senior clergymen of Islam were still insisting that the world was flat and that the Catholic Church was in its 4th century of its war against science etc etc.
in Islam, liturgy must be recited without any form of musical accompaniment; the usage of that sample in the piece falsely implies that the people reciting liturgy are doing so in gross violation of the Koran
@@lefthandedspanner Thanks for the info. The people singing could get fatwas over a misunderstanding. It's a wise choice to remove it.
Muslim ??! Wtf
I converted, in part by being inspired by this song...
I understand why this was removed from re-issues of this record -- respect is always a good call, and I would expect nothing less from people as sophisticated and Byrne and Eno; and, I am glad I can still find it online! Thank you!
It was an absolutely cowardly move. Audio from actual religious rites from numerous other world faiths are prominently featured on this album, but I have my doubts that any protestations from Christians or Hindus would have resulted in this kind of censorship. In fact, I’m positive that it would not have.
@@blindlemon9, you know what? Byrne and Eno are highly successful geniuses, who changed popular music. And you are "Random Dude on the Internet." I'm going to go with the smart guys, ya know? Watch, and learn, dude. Get better at life, that way.
So another commenter disagrees with your somewhat sanctimonious observation and you insult him? - An insult is not an argument. You would do well to learn the difference. @@DailyBrusher
@@blindlemon9 You are right on point. The rights protected by the First Amendment are foundational and their legal protections were not won without substantial blood loss. Apparently there's a lot of very foolish, entirely unprincipled people with no knowledge of their own history, rooting for the enemies who hate them. I believe they call them "useful idiots".
respect is always a good call - yes. But where is the disrespect?
charlie wheeler: a quote from Wikipedia:
in an interview for Pitchfork Media about the 2006 reissue, Byrne said:
“ Way back when the record first came out, in 1981, it might have been '82, we got a request from an Islamic organization in London, and they said, 'We consider this blasphemy that you put grooves to the chanting of the Holy Book.' And we thought, 'Okay, in deference to somebody's religion, we'll take it off.' You could probably argue for and against monkeying with something like that. But I think we were certainly feeling very cautious about this whole thing. We made a big effort to try and clear all the voices, and make sure everybody was okay with everything. Because we thought, 'We're going to get accused of all kinds of things, and so we want to cover our asses as best we can.' So I think in that sense we reacted maybe with more caution than we had to. But that's the way it was."
SuperStuey2
Fella, with the best will in the world; because you're obviously an enlightened reactionary kind if chap. I can't see that decision being in the hands of D.B. alone........ executives in the record business do seem to have had the last word every since commercial recording began.....
But I agree that Quran really does sort of stand alone.......along with help me somebody and a couple of others......
Eno gives a little more detail about this - it wasn't so much use of the chanting as the cutting up of sentences so that it made no sense (in Arabic) that offended them. He talks about it with Dr Buckles on the Adam Buxton Podcast - well worth a listen. Coincidentally there was a track with the voice of Christian Fundamentalist that they were also prevented from using.
It does seem that an artist should stand by his choices unless they were made at random. If this was cut up to make no sense, it might not be worth fighting for. At least one other song on this album is beautifully sung by a Muslim. Translated, warns of a brewing storm and makes perfect sense. I might say the same thing if I were thinking about Charlie Hebdoe, though SuperStuey2. Sometimes artistic integrity is not the only factor to consider.
When religion prohibits art is when they become Godless themselves?
@malkooth not certain - well worth having a listen to the Adam Buxton podcast interview (there are two parts) with Eno, lots of tidbits. Easily findable on SoundCloud, acast or on his own website.
It’s so sad that religious intolerance caused this to be pulled from the album. It is without doubt the best track Byrne & ENO ever recorded
Yes. We get to miss out because of what some guy thought his imaginary friend told him.
I don't necessarily think it's the greatest track Byrne and Eno ever recorded, but blasphemy is certainly not valid ground for restricting speech. It should have been included in the re-release.
It's also unfortunate that Kathryn Kuhlman's estate objected to "In the Spirit World" on anything other than aesthetic grounds. The version on the _Ghosts_ bootleg wasn't up to the standard of the other tracks on _My Life in the Bush of Ghosts_, so it's probably a good thing that they threw away Kuhlman's voice and used someone else's, but it's unfortunate that decision was forced by people who bought into Kuhlman's theatrics.
Regiment No.1
@@schragemusik without the imaginary friend the words to the song wouldn't exist, so what is your point exactly? I am an atheist, but that's a really sub-par comment.
@@korosuke1788 the music was independent of the imaginary friend. The imaginary friend should have no control over that music. The fact that someone purporting to be writing for a sky fairy wrote the words, that should not be reason to stop us from hearing the music. Or the words. The myth is there. So should be the music.
Crucial track, right here!!!
As the beginning of Side 2, it really is a crucial part of the album. It is the centerpiece of the entire record
Love from italy
Bought it when it came out. Still good stuff
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イーノ＆バーンは永遠の名盤
I wish they’d just stripped the vocals & added this track to the expanded 2006 reissue. It’s terrific.
Or, you know, just include it as part of the original album?
miles ahead
The Qur'an literally meaning "the recitation" is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God. In the current debate in the Western world about self-censorship contra freedom of expression, and whether it is acceptable that musicians use samples from religious rituals, such as prayer or recital from the Qur’an, singer David Byrne and producer Brian Eno made up their minds already 25 years ago. When they received complaints from a Muslim organisation about a piece of music they had produced which featured samples of Qur’anic recital on their successful 1981-album ‘My Life in the Bush of Ghosts’, they quietly removed it from the re-releases !!! (wikied & freemuse 12 Oct, 2006)
very annoying as qu'ran was always my favorite track from my life in the bush of ghosts.
miles ahead is actually the title of a record...
Joe - agree! I was same kind of age, still play it on LP.
Way back when the record first came out, in 1981, it might have been '82, we got a request from an Islamic organization in London, and they said, 'We consider this blasphemy that you put grooves to the chanting of the Holy Book.' And we thought, 'Okay, in deference to somebody's religion, we'll take it off.' - David Byrne in an interview with Pitchfork Media
What Muslims at the time were listening to this anyway? Did they have a media council pouring through everything that came out to find stuff to be offended by (cough cough, like evangelicals and Catholics did in America)? Or did someone just tattle to the Islamic leadership? It's all odd.
On magic mushroons when I first heard this album.......dont think Ive been right since
I have an original copy of the the album on vinyl because it includes this track!
Apparently we live in darker ages than the '80's...
More puritanical, for sure- and that's just the ultra-sensitive white teens & early-20-somethings..
@@nickrophiliac7469 Eh, the Islamic Council of great Britain complained about it in 1982 and they removed it from subsequent pressings, it's not a recent thing
@@Studentofgosset I never suggested it WAS. I'm guessing that my recollections predate certain, more modern mores. Having said that, 1982 is a good few years before I got my own vinyl copy of 'My Life' (albeit the later 80s), so maybe certain sensibilities were not yet regarded with quite the same level of seriousness as they would be today, so original pressings continued..
Why do people keep saying this like the controversy of this song started recently? it started as soon as it came out
It sucks when non-Muslims take the word of fundamentalists about what Islam is, and censor themselves about stuff that doesn't bother the rest of us at all. Haraam to set the Qur'an to music? Muslim musicians have been doing it for centuries.
superb!
Why would they replace this track? It's the bomb 💣
To keep Byrne and Eno from having a fatwa issued against them.
Thicc bass
Love all
Супер.спасибо
Despite being a huge lifelong fan of this album this is the first time I've heard this track, oddly. Its a massive shame that they removed it from the album. I have a huge issue with artistic suppression, which this was a clear case of. But there you go, Eno & Byrne are always very genuine and respectful people, so its their call.
No actually, They did it out of fear. A great shame and an artistic betrayal.
@@jamesmurphy1389 Yes, it was self-censorship at the hands of bullying censors.
I bought the album at 17 - with this track - it’s critically important to the flow - l have the Cd, but it lacks that flow with the exchanges track.
No, they couldn't get the release from the sample to include it.
@@gracedv I very much doubt that was the case, as "Regiment" (another track on this album) samples the same record of islamic vocal music.
Luckily bought a Japanese pressing of this record back in its earliest pressings. It has this cut. Interesting how the source=sampling on this record has had a couple of historical developments... See, Hutchinson, Kate (11 August 2022). "'Better late than never': how Brian Eno and David Byrne finally laid a musical ghost to rest". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
Mind blown
Can't believe they had to remove this fantastic track because of copyright issues :-(
Hard to describe.
It's not blasfemy. It's will to knowledge in an another culture. It's a bridge to another culture. George Gershwing was studying black music , gospels of the coulored americans to compose "Porgy and Bess" (and other operas). David and Brian were doing the same thing. They are not against nobody but the opposite. They were looking for friends "or brothers" of the same world.
Hmm
If a bully tells you to shut up, then you sell out your principles, forget about the right to free expression and run away... Forget about the First Amendment!
Laserwave (laserium concert music) from 1983. Shame the show is no more!
I can tell you , When i was listening to this album back then , I had some fungus for snacks....
I accidentally ate a few stamps over the weekend and put this beauty on to calm my spirit
Jake Drought some mickey’s
If you were in college in 1981, and were listening to this with friends, you were on a $5 vacation. I heard a lot more subtle sounds and voices back then, on an lp, than now on DVD audio,...not to mention how the woodgrain kept moving across the wall, and everyone kept giggling.
смело ! и красиво ! браво
Вы, Сергей, издеваетесь, что ли? Сто лет треку и Вас, разумеется, забыли спросить каково, потому как не уверены были, под столом Вы уже, или ещё на свет не появились...
+PleasePleaseMe ! не знаю как отвечать , ругать людей слабых вроде неприлично , учить поздно ! но пусть будет по вашему : причина уже есть , надеюсь следствие не заставит вас пасть на колени , хотя именно эта позиция была бы спасительна , ибо читают в правильном размере , и уж не одну сотню лет как минимум , и для заблудших овец того самого дома ! а вы видимо ждёте скандал , или как там у вас сие называют , кипишь ? ну так будет ( всё возвращается ) и именно под этот ритм !!! а пока встречайте то , на что сами напросились !!!
сергей серый
Прям не знаю, что и сказать... Я совсем не это и не про это. Я только возраст имел в виду, а Вы... Ну, да и Бог с ним...
Un**cking believable. The Voice of Allah...
Brian Eno is God
Thank you. I had to digitize it from the original cassette tape recently when I found I couldn't find the song because of a ridiculous Imam in London after it came out who was wrong in his claims anyway.
We should never cave art or music simply to the beliefs of a few or all.
Epic art cover
This was on the original LP.
Eno#Byrne,EPIC...i already write this,but why no't again....EPIC RECORD!!!
Someone needs to sample this ish
it needs more cowbell
What doesn't, funk toon?
@@coreycox2345 :-)
Ha! Nice one.
Simpler times when religions practised their religions in dignity and with peace and didn’t feel a need to dictate to artists about what they should and shouldn’t make songs about.
Need lyrics please...
thank you
Blasphemy is good. It tests your religion. If your little prophet and book can't handle a song, a woman getting an education, or a cartoon...well just maybe your whole belief system is a house of cards. Combine this with a small penis (or a multitude of them) and there's a problem. And guess what? The real problem is NOT the music, the girls, the literacy.
The problem is false, poisonous belief systems and the ignorance that perpetuates them, yes.
Religion is just a symptom of the oppressive capitalist system, religion itself is not the oppressor.
criticizing islam is not fascism, islam on the other hand is closer to fascism. seems like islam is also against critical thinking.
@RED PILL PORTAL what is my system? try to define it, rather than just using signifying words.
free market capitalism creates the oppression it claims to rid us of, because it leads inevitably to huge concentrations of wealth and liberty at one pole, and poverty and misery at the other. This is why capitalists created the state in their own image: to save capitalism from its worst excesses. true free market capitalism, which thankfully has never and can never exist, leads to environmental degradation, extremely low wages, poor working conditions, and the attendant misery associated with those morbid symptoms.
why does it do this? because free market capitalism is a darwinian struggle for the 'best' to survive by way of producing profits rather than losses. who are the 'best' in these circumstancs? are they technological innovators? occasionally. Far more often, they are the capitalists with no regard for the health of the planet or the worker. the capitalists who can compete by producing excess surplus value not through bringing benefits to the market, but by holding down wages, doing whatever they like with the environment, cutting corners with regard to safety, adulterating their products, and so on.
capitalism in its pure form is the realm of hard work, homogeneity, and value over all and sundry. other forms of production are where beauty and life begin.
Whats wrong with small penis.its hardenss that matters
The Streisand Effect in action.
Believe it or not , this epic Qu’ran track was banned from re-released album version in 2008 and was replaced with “Very Very Hungry”, the B-side to the single release of “The Jezebel Spirit”, following complaints from the Islamic Council of Great Britain. The Council specifically objected to the song’s sampling of Algerian Muslims reciting the Qu'ran, decrying its use in the song as blasphemous (as not only was it chopped up and reorganized to the point of incoherency, but it was also set to a funk backing track, which went against traditional prohibition of distractions during holy recitations such as readings of the book).😂
Blade runner
This track is awsome! I don't get why it's not even on recent reissues.
Because it was censored
A massive dearth of guts.
Copyright issues with the sample.
@@mariospiritofpfttt
@@AFaceintheCrowd01 I very much doubt that was the case, as "Regiment" (another track on this album) samples the same record of Arabian vocal music.
it was removed from the 1982 second print
Thank goodness I have the original. Always art over religious peccadilloes. By principle.
@@theancienteternaloaktree Thanks for the new word
How silly that some random religious hacks in London denied this art. To love God is to love his creation...and the beauty his creation makes in his name. Yes, we may sing his praises, regardless of what men say. 👌🌟
I am sure Adrian Belew played guitar on this album his guitar always blowed away my mind when i was a teenager
i checked my original issue LP and he, Adrian, is not in the on the record.
@@socalltd yes its true
Ric,so did I,747 music in khamis mushayt!
7 ans ! ? J'adore?
Although I'm also basically very anti censorship it's worth noting that this track was actually first pulled for the 2nd edition in 1982, which doesn't quite fit, time-wise, with the 21st century = 'political correctness gone mad' narrative unfolding in some of the comments.
This masterpiece ain’t on Spotify
so lame - dark ages times and stupid people everywhere
Shazam doesn't recognize it either
süperrrrrr
143 rue du désert (2019) de Hassen Ferhani
top tune
I first purchased this album back in 1988 and it has inspired me creatively, as a poet and personal tutor, in so many ways ever since. I've read a lot of the comments below and found them very interesting and edifying. I hope this interview with Brian Eno from 1980 sheds some light on such an innovative album:
ruclips.net/video/teeSlBcO7-s/видео.html
Wo ist die ursprüngliche Version - nur noch auf Vinyl?
Transcends religion
I'm afraid to comment because Islam is just such a peaceful religion... Still, I don't want to get blown up.
Im muslim i love this song.feel free to express ur opinion.
as a pal used to say 'hold on an hour' this track was not on the album
maybe its a savvy remix or an out-take
notwithstanding great album best tracks were dunya yusin regiment and carrier..
The Islamic Council of Great Britain threatened them. So what else is new?
There may be more to it than that. The wiki entry says Algerian muslims chanting the Koran. I think they were Sufis. I'm betting there's a sectarian thing involved as well.
pinz2022 Fundamentalist Muslims refer to this singing as chanting because they disapprove of singing.
@@gavinreid8351 So lets all acquiesce and stop singing because the bullies said so!
Why are people saying this is blasphemy?
Here from the Taffey Lewis bar
uauauauau israpalest
Much of the album "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" reminds me of Peter Gabriel's music. Anyone have the same feeling?
What you are actually hearing, is Eno. He worked with both a lot.
a backwards turner disc or tape, do IT sounds
Eurythmy (1989)
listen...what does it mean?...
Blatantly pillaged by Massive Attack for Karmacoma...
+ConnieGo Loopy Eno & Byrne "blatantly pillaged" Jon Hassell, if you want more background on that listen to the interview he gave to Gilles Peterson last year....
I checked that interview, and Mr Hassell - as in another couple of interviews I've read - appears to be a rather grumpy in recent times. If you wish to believe his version of events that's fine, but it's rather incongruent with what we do know. I don't think Eno share that view - Mr Hassell finds himself holed up in a hotel rather than at Eno's residence (where he says he usually stays) having 'cleared the air' by writing to Eno and Byrne about his perceived lack of recognition - for an album he was not involved in! Indeed Hassell believes he had a profound world music influence on the two, largely based on the fact that he is older, and yet 1) Eno was a big fan of Fela Kuti long before 2) The rhythmical tone was similar to Byrnes Catherine Wheel / Talking Heads Remain in Light 3) THEY PRODUCED BEATS HASSELL DIDNT LIKE. Sneers at even, in the interview. OK, I get that Eno is quite opportunistic in the studio - some of the German artists he's worked with have alluded to feeling hard done by, but honestly I believe he's a good guy, driven by creative zeal and not avarice. It seems a mighty stretch for Hassell to claim ownership, of a record he is rather dismissive of and can't bear to listen to, even if he was an influence. It's saddened me slightly, listening to Jon Hassell interviews, because I absolutely adore his music, Aka Darbari Java will be permanently etched into my mind, and so many of his works are in my collection, he has a unique sound, mastery of control of his instrument using his personal technique - so it's a surprise to hear somebody so embittered, and even in concert performances, he's a bit edgy with his fellow musicians (admits this is another interview), even though graciously given space to express his talent. His website seems to glorify his track record. One suspects that he has perhaps not seen his persistent artist vision reflected financially, and that's unfortunate - I believe he has the recognition of a great many listeners and musicians alike. Maybe he has always been this way, I've only listened to a few interviews, but I hope he finds inner peace with these issues that seem to haunt him nearly 40 years later, and a good film score or two wouldn't go amiss.
Wow, you're not wrong!! ruclips.net/video/Vi76bxT7K6U/видео.html
Curiously I was first turned on to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by a guy who went on to be a musician on the Bristol scene, on one of the popular labels there, and a drinking buddy of Massive Attack. Now I'm thinking about the timeline, as he probably knew Massive Attack prior to Karmacoma.. I'm starting to wonder if he introduced Massive Attack guys to MLITBOG, like he did me.. it wasn't exactly an obscure record, but you never know. If I see him again, I'll ask!
@@StormOneUK FFS, roll it in a bit as there's really no need to come over as the complete dweep. Welcome to the world of internecine relationships which aren't exactly unusual in the music business. Or were you expecting happy families or the likes?
@@StormOneUK So there you go some thirteen + years after the event and claiming ownership on the matter. Go and read the interviews given by all concerned at the time back in February 1981. I'm fairly certain that the Massive Attack guys would have been as aware of this album as the rest of the world also was. Or did you think this album was a 100 copy cult uber-secret or something? Tell me, where the fuck do jerks like you come from?
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Artistic creation does not have boundaries and never should. It's only narrow minded people who try to surpress open mindedness. The earth is not flat, the sun doesn't rotate around the earth and religions are mythology
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I love Mea Culpa, America is Waiting and most of the album, but this sounds like a b-side or demo track to me. Not lamenting that it was left out on most versions.
Original closer of this album .
Actually it was the sixth track (first track of the b-side), later was replaced for "Very very hungry"
You ever buy snakes from the Egyptian?
★★★★★