I've loved it since I heard it for the first time in late 1992, and yet it was only last November when I finally discovered the name of the artist and the song!!!!! 27 years of not knowing, but wanting to find it. :( There's still some songs I remember which I fear I'll go to my grave, never finding again. :(
I think she has one of the best voices I've ever heard - and never I realised what the song was actually about, just got lost in the melody and energy of the song
Time went by to fast, I get sad thinking about it. We didn’t have a care in the world in the 90’s. Hearing songs like this gives me butterflies in my stomach .
This masterpiece takes me back to being 12 years old. Watching this on top of the pops, and listening to my dad playing this on repeat. Im 43 now, what memories x
I´ve been listening to it almost non stop for the last few days, when I finally managged to find it, since I was too young when it was released, but it was in my head...I´m totally obsessed, Can´t stop listening to it. It´s not even funny anymore.
My wife bought this song for me when we first met, we also had our first dance together at our wedding to this song. We now have three children and are still together after all these years. So why do i feel like i want to cry listening to this song when it has such wonderfull memories attached to it ? this song has a rare quality, a beauty that makes you want to weep. I'd like to dedicate this song to my wife, Heidi I still love you. :)
You want to cry because the emotive way the song resonates with you. It has given you so many fond memories that you get overwhelming thoughts of happiness they aren't tears of sad but tears of joy man the best kind of emotion any human can have. Also if you get goosebumps when listening to it that also means you have a heightened response to music 🎶 not a bad thing in wmy book enjoy this song as much as possible, I certainly do buddy ☺
Such a great song would have no chance at being successful if released now. Poetic and meaningful lyrics are extremely rare in today's successful songs.
I was an angry metal head when this came out but for some reason this song blew me away and connected with me the first time I heard it and I still love it almost 30 years later
This was the #1 song in the States in March 1993. Released in the UK late 1992. It hit #1 while Alabama, my home state and most of the eastern US was snowed in for a week from the Winter Storm Of The Century. I never tired from hearing it over and over and over again from the friendly confines of my room. More pipe organ please and that beautiful voice from Bradford, Yorkshire UK.
Totally agree music had more meaning and musicians etc were more into being an artist, rather than pumping out commercial lifeless garbage with no creative thought behind it whatsoever. Possibly a reflection of today's generation I hate to say
The song gives me goosebumps it is a work of art❤ beautiful her voice is stunning I will never tire of this song... the keyboards are fantastic every bit of this song is just perfection!
@@atadone 💯 I was 20 when this song was first released (1992), & it was my favorite song. Our local radio stations _never_ play it & over the years, I had completely forgotten about this masterpiece.....until last Sunday during a re-air of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 countdown from 1992 that our local radio station airs every Sunday. Needless to say, I've been binge-listening to this song all week, lol. 😊🌷
+TheBlackwolf30 Hahahaha!!! Me too!!! I heard this song at a disco in 1994 and I've been searching for it for 3 years. Today, I found it by chance!!! You don't know how happy Iam!!!
+surfer855 I'm in a similar boat, though I've maybe only been looking for a year. This song plays at my work and it's definitely one of the better songs there. I totally thought it was solo Stevie Nicks haha. Such a great hammond solo
According to Tasmin, it’s about mankind’s abandonment of space exploration after the moon landings. www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/24/tasmin-archer-how-we-made-sleeping-satellite-space-no-1
True. Each time I hear, I have tears in my eyes. The message shall never be forgotten. It shall never lost it's value and that's why it's insanely precious
I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite Did we fly to the moon too soon? Did we squander the chance? In the rush of the race The reason we chase is lost in romance And still we try To justify the waste For a taste of man’s greatest adventure I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite Have we got what it takes to advance? Have we peaked too soon? If the world is so great Then why does it scream under a blue moon? We wonder why If the earths sacrificed For the price of its greatest treasure I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite And when we shoot for the stars What a giant step Have we got what it takes To carry the weight of this concept? Or pass it by Like a shot in the dark Miss the mark with a sense of adventure I blame you sleeping satellite I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died With the eagles’ flights I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry Don’t blame this sleeping satellite Don’t blame this sleeping satellite
@@MikhailKondratyev1966 Верно пишите👍. Тогда по всем углам звучала группа Кар-мэн и Комбинация, со своей колбаской и вишнёвой 9-кой. А мы детьми, весело играли в 12 палочек, чижика, лапту, а вечерами содрогали кварталы пугачами и поджигами🤣.
@@MikhailKondratyev1966 в первые услышал данную композицию на Яндекс-музыке и забрал себе в коллекцию плейлиста "Trip Hop". Когда услыш, подумал Ооо, достойная мелодия на группу Morcheeba похожа (с мурлыкающим голоском солистки Скай Эдвардс), те же Sky and Ross, как же я ошибался, когда узнал дату создания 1992 год😳😱😉 - мощь. А голоса даже похожи.
@@VladimirMedovyjпохожи, она была в ротации в России в 96-97 каждый день я слышал ее по радио, потом услышал в саунде сериала Строго на юг по первому каналу, Морчибу услышил в 2002, самый пик популярности тогда ее был, в России по крайней мере!
+AcademicAlgeria Sadly, Black entertainers from countries outside the USA are not treated very well, in my opinion. 'R&B' radio has a rather narrowly defined playlist with token songs by a Marley, now and then, but no real presence of Black singers from without the 'R&B' format. Tashmin Archer is just a beautiful singer with beautiful music, but not Black American. White UK acts are given much more. Not Caribbean, African, or cultural Black music (in English) from elsewhere.
"Sleeping Satellite" is the debut single by British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer, released as the first single from the album, Great Expectations in September 1992. The song was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
I remember when this song came out. It affects me the same way today as it did back then, very haunting and beautiful at the same time. Her voice is so beautiful and the song touches a place in my soul and don't really understand why. Love this song.
I´ve been searching for this song for years, I didn´t remember the name, the artist or even the lyrics...now I´m obsessed, cant´s stop listening to it.
Bet u heard it on the radio 30 yrs ago, a few times maybe...then poof not again for 30 yrs, but it never was far from your mind....lovely chasing a memory.
@@bigtexmacgonigle444 from Mongolia,I heard this music in 1993 only several times,then no for 30 years,try to find it many times,but today I found it and I am happy.
Wow, absolute masterpiece. I haven't heard this song in 30 years. There are many emotions after so long What a shame there aren't more songs like this one. She has a very pretty voice
You're extremely ignorant if you think music is not like that today anymore. Not to mention lazy and incompetent to find good music. There's more NEW good music today than ever in history. Don't base it by the mainstream trash you hear on the radio.
Gilmore Thanks . I almost don't replay to comments like that . some people don't like when you give respect and praise something good . The best music days are gone :(
I love reading all the comments where people remembered a specific moment in time when they hear this song again. Its a shame that words cant convey some of your most precious memories and the way you felt in that moment. Only you get it. Music truly is awesome!
I saw her at Wolverhampton Civic hall think she was the support act for Jeff Healey band, she sang this at the end of her set they put a smoke machine on which engulfed the stage in a cloud of smoke we could hear but not see them playing they kept going till the end lol a great band.
I heard it first time when I was a kid...5-6 years old. I met a dog..i wanted to adopt him,but my mother didn't let me..This song was on a radio when I cried for the dog...I named him Moon...And Gosh, I still remember his blue eyes.When I hear the song,I'm like :" I hope Moon had the best life".
О да! Когда-то в далеком детстве услышал эту песню на одном из локальных кабельных тв и она запала в душу. Клип запомнился лучше. Прошло 30 лет, я забыл мотив, но все же смог найти ее
Yea, I work in a supermarket and this song has been playing for months now! I'm sure I heard it back in the day, it wasn't a pop song on my radar back then. Glad I found it!
@@chriso5662 yes, me too!! I also heard it today at my local shops and googled "I blame you for the moonlit sky" on my phone. Dunno how many years it has been since I last heard it.
I liked this track at the time and bought the album which actually wasn't bad. Haven't listened to it in decades. Checking it out now and really I'm quite blown away by the perfection of her voice. Gorgeous tone, great control, very nice range, that little bit of growl/rasp that she throws in when she chooses. Really underrated singer, criminally so.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EARWORM FOR THE LAST 2 HOURS. I couldn't think of the lyrics, just the melody of the main chorus line, that was it!! I rang my mum and dad and hummed it down the phone to them, then they got it stuck in their heads until Dad finally remembered what it was! What a journey, and totally worth it - this song is fantastic
Same Thing۔ I was talking to my teenage daughter yesterday about what songs I liked from early 90s۔ I could remember only that it had something to do with space۔ After searching and searching، I finally found it۔ I was 22 when it came out۔ Still sounds fresh۔ Thanks youtube for refreshing my memory۔
I remember seeing it on MTV way back when and really liking it. Ever since I would think about it every 5 years or so, occasionally hearing it play in some random place the the mall or grocery store. Being able to see it here makes me realize how good it really is.
Exceptional song, stumbled back on it in 2020, haven't heard it since the 90s. Holds up amazingly well, far superior than the "Grammy winners" of recent years.
This song has it all. Great build-up, great vocals, the organ is fantastic, the acoustic guitar, the Hendrixian embellishments and then the woho ho ho vocals can't be heard loud enough.
Wow 2023 and this song came up on LA’s KROQ - ROQ of the ‘80s stream on Apple radio! WOWOWOW! I never knew Tasmin Archer was a Sister?! What an amazing voice! Where did this song go for 31 years?! So many memories, I had just returned to SoCal from my 5-year army deployment in West Germany. Now I have to track her down if she still plays at small venues or anything? God bless all you guys and gals that listen to this song getting too high too fast, have we got what it takes?! Peace & Love 🙏🏽🙏🏼💙🕊️🌻✨
On Twitter this week Tasmin has said a new album is coming, thank God this Woman’s incredible voice will be heard again for the first time since 2006 Sleeping Satellite is a Timeless Classic ♥️😋
This song is definitely #1 under-rated of the '90's, as well as 'Joey' by Concrete Blonde, and 'Did He Do it to You' by Tami Show & (the late) Ephraim Lewis' 'Drowining in Your Eyes' (damn, you HAVE to at least listen to that one). Those are my '90's under-rated songs...
Well, that's because you're fed shit. Only idiots listen to music through radio, because anyone with half a brain knows that you won't hear good music on radio, all they play is mainstream garbage. Try looking a little deeper into modern GOOD music, you might have your mind blown by how good it is.
Big up to all the 90’s kids out there born in the early 80’s ( me being one of them ) this tune is an absolute gem. So dreamy and spacy, it’s a real beauty of a track 💞🪐
When I was about 13 years old-not long after the song first came out in 1992-and in secondary school I seem to remember the school system in the UK joined up with the BBC to promote a whole series of courses promoting the works of Shakespeare to school pupils. There was much publicity about it at the time on the BBC, and now every time I hear this song I close my eyes and I can think back to my teenage years. In my mind I can STILL see my secondary school classrooms and corridors, the pupils in their uniforms, and the art posters depicting Shakespeare plays in the school library.
"Have we lost what it takes to advance, have we peaked to soon? If the world is so green, they why does it scream under a blue moon"? What a lyric, that only seems to get more and more relevant with each passing year.
In an extremely poor musical era (after the 80s) this really stood out for me as it was one of those rarities that has always given me a shiver when I heard it - the girl's got such a lovely voice - this was one of the highlights of the decade!
Boy I remember this song being number 1 here in the UK for 3 weeks in October 1992. A classic example of brilliant Folk/Rock and superb songwriting, lyrics and amazing vocals by the vastly underrated Tasmin Archer... One of all time favourite songs..
This song has a special place in my heart. I took delivery of my brand new Mazda 323 saloon and decided to take my car for a long drive from the showroom. as soon as I switched on the FM radio this was the first song I got to hear in the year 1993. Yes time does fly. Life will be short and there is so much to do.
+Mohd Khan I used to play this track while going home along the country road. Beautiful to listen to when there was a clear night sky with a full moon hanging low above the hills.
That would have been beautiful mate but then I realised you were talking about a car!!! Really not driving a baby home for the first time or something emotional a car! Check yourself bro!!!
Je suis né en 1991. Cette chanson sublime me ramène à la nostalgie de mon enfance à la fin des années 90, dans un petit coin de France bien loin de Paris, ou la vie y était bien plus simple, le monde moins pourrit et les gens bien plus réels qu’ils le sont aujourd’hui...
I heard this song in airplane on headphones in the mid 90s. Up above the clouds when the sun rose. And after that a song from enigma played. It was magic. Nice memories.
Wow!! Absolutely love that description I looovvveee flying and always have a playlist, I'm going to add this song to it and play it on my next trip. Shalom
Such a unique beautiful voice it comes on where i work and it reminds me of my ex husband when i lived in Florida, Honey you have some awesome pipes.................You are blessed with that voice, never heard anything quite like it.
ricardo nagy Yep, they sure do. Musical trends today tend to cater to the super dumb or ignorant. Music education is almost dead in some school systems, so it's no surprise what passes for "good music" is totally brain dead. I'm not picking on just stuff catering to kids or young people. It's happening in many fields of music. If you've ever listened to Tasmin's lyrics, you'd know she deals with some heavy subjects. The songs don't sound anything like anyone else I can think of. These artists should be making money hand over fist, but get ignored easily. Instead we're flooded with Taylor Swift fluff and New "Cuntry" tunes about their stupid trucks, God, hot girlfriend, or A-murr-ri-cah. Ugh.
as a 47 yr old uni student, I had three years of learning about the younger students music and blowing thier minds with my music collection and knowledge, ah happy days
Tricky Donavan Hmm... not so sure what you mean by "average". I wouldn't say Tasmin's music was ground-breaking in terms of musical development, but lyrically, it's still above par with most artists, I think. I don't know a lot about her life, but I remember reading somewhere that she wasn't gaining too much traction in the music business and left it behind. If someone can fill in the details or correct me on that, I'd appreciate it. All I know is that her sound, lyrics and musical integrity captured my attention fully. I'm am totally turned off by female singers that do all that vocal gynastics while spouting lyrics about lost love or getting laid. I like my porn in videos, and not that much in song. Any society that rewards people like Mylie Cyrus and many others to the status of superstars is in my estimation, a lost one.
This used to play on the car radio on long trips when I was a young child in 1993, I always loved it, then it just vanished from popular radio, and I never heard it again. I could never remember enough of it to find it over the years, until yesterday im in my local supermarket, and it comes on, I scrambled to grab my phone and search for the lyrics, as I didn't have signal to install shazam!!
I was 12 when this song was released and I loved it. I bought it on cassette, created a light show with torches and string in my playroom, turned off the main lights and then the magic happened! Interesting how it appealed at such a young age. I've recently rediscovered the song and it still gives my head goosebumps. It's definitely stood the test of time. As folks are saying here, so underrated... but those in the know, know 😉
Captivating and haunting vocals by Archer. With its ambiguity, and not being a clearly defined song of lost love, it still resonates so deeply emotionally and strikes chords at the soul level. Phenomenal.
So glad to b reunited w this gem while watching Red Rose. How I 4got about it is beyond me bc it's perfection and lovely and always relevant in some way to someone.
LYRICS I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite Did we fly to the moon too soon? Did we squander the chance? In the rush of the race The reason we chase is lost in romance And still we try To justify the waste For a taste of man's greatest adventure I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite Have we lost what it takes to advance? Have we peak too soon? If the world is so green Then why does it scream under a blue moon? We wonder why If the Earth's sacrificed For the price of its greatest treasure I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite And when we shoot for the stars What a giant step Have we got what it takes To carry the weight of this concept? Or pass it by Like a shot in the dark Miss the mark with a sense of adventure I blame you for the moonlit sky And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight I blame you for the moonlit nights When I wonder why Are the seas still dry? Don't blame this sleeping satellite
I must have listened to this song hundreds of times. It never stops giving me chills either. It's just everything about this song that's perfect. Her voice, the audio mxing, the vocal effects/layering, the guitar rhythm track, the cool organ solo, you name it. When I play it at home, I crank it and play along on guitar. Such beautiful chord structure..ah... Ms. Archer... you're voice goes straight to my heart... :-)
StarlightShadowDancer Music (whether instrumental or not) is a reflection of the culture it was produced in and sold to. Therefore, the emphasis now is on overt, and over-the-top audio production, with lyrics that appeal to the current crop of kids. In and of itself, love and/or sex has been a constant theme throughout history. What distinguishes the sexually oriented lyrics today is the degree of explicit lyrics, most of it is devoid of human emotion (and/or "love"). What this generally amounts to is something akin to "mating season", where young people are drenched in unbridled libido. What is also "new" is that there's been a significant increase in the amount of females who wish to express their new found sexual freedom. This is a world of sex without consequences. The only human connection to another person comes from their genitalia. I'm am not against sexually explicit lyrics, per se. But, the manner in which this is done now really isn't "art" or very well executed, IMO. It doesn't take a genius to write a rhyme that states: "Me so horny... give it to me... I gotta have it now... hump, hump, my lovely lady lumps...give me that meat/pussy, etc, etc.". The same goes for the "money topic". What is typically stated is that money is everything, without it, you have no power, no hoes, no bitches, and that you're not a player... This is just another warped set of values that kids apparently think is something to live up to, I guess. Now, again, that's not to say a band can't talk about wealth in some fashion. It is all a matter on how it's done and whether they have anything new to bring to the subject. It's up to parents and kids to figure out what any of it means, whether something is life-affirming or just hell bent on hedonistic self-gratification. If you have had the opportunity to listen to Tamin's albums, you'll discover some of her topics are rather "heavy" (i.e., serious) and even downright depressing. But that's what makes a real artist an artist. Someone willing to take you on a musical journey that can touch you deeply on many different levels. It's difficult to market a woman like this because there is no easy way to pigeon-hole her music. All I know is that I feel lucky to live in a world where I can hear her music whenever I want to feed my mind as well as my heart.
Great comment! Totally get where you are coming from and believe you to be correct! Take for example "Wrecking Ball" it's actually a very well written song and great melody, London Grammar do a studio version and it's beautiful. My point is did we have to have Miley in knickers and bra swinging on a fucking wrecking ball? Plus the fact she has an ass of an 8yr old boy! lol I worry about how sexed up the youth of today are, I have seen every part of Rhianna and don't wish to see anymore, I mean, the mystery of what nudity and sex once was has been stripped back and left bare (pardon the pun). It's probably very true that suits in offices target their audience for the artist they produce and ultimately they are driven on the basis of MAKING MONEY, unfortunately it's the world we live in nowadys.
Oh my god. every couple of years im finding myself with this song in some checkpoint in life driving my car with tears with all the thoughts about what have been done. this song is screaming the grateful out of me. ❤
This song has been one that gut punches you in the feels every single time I hear it over the decades. It’s a real masterpiece of melody and lyrics. The message of hope and sadness after achieving so much and then letting it fade away. Let’s hope we resume our greatest adventure.
"Let's hope we resume our greatest adventure" These words hit me like the ghost of an extinct species. I returned to this most exquisite song - one of the most powerful ones I have ever heard - and I understand so much now. Humanity has tried, but failed. We won't survive what is coming. This is why this song is astonishingly beautiful and now, deeply bittersweet to me. Perhaps it's the perfect song to induce collective grief in humanity, which we all need to go through soon, to truly evolve as a species.
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I'll never understand why this song is practically forgotten by most people, when is such a rare pearl in so many ways.
i agree with u
Unless you make loads of albums its a hard find.
Me to
I don't forget it. I bought the CD and it reminds me of school days and being a teenager. Fab times.
Contradictions...
Pursuing the illusion
Asylum airwaves
I am crying... I was looking for the song since my childhood.... maybe 28 years.. now I am free of searching.. haunting...
I know well that feeling l know
I've loved it since I heard it for the first time in late 1992, and yet it was only last November when I finally discovered the name of the artist and the song!!!!! 27 years of not knowing, but wanting to find it. :( There's still some songs I remember which I fear I'll go to my grave, never finding again. :(
@@STEJTHEGREATEST 😰 neither me
Me too buddy finally found it
Me too...finally
I'm commenting so whenever someone likes it, I can come back and listen to this masterpiece again.❤
Have another listen 👍
Ascoltalo un'altra volta-Listen to it another time.😊
Yes but sounds seems like... washed and normalized. There is no life in it. I have the other version so I can compare.
Enjoy 😊
You have a new like so come back and have another listen.
Anybody listening in August 2024!!
Yes, I am listening it
Yes...now
Dave’s Archives brought me here. Great song!
Nope. It's June now. 😀
I'm 🎧
She deserved to be so much more than a one hit wonder with her fantastic voice.
I think she has one of the best voices I've ever heard - and never I realised what the song was actually about, just got lost in the melody and energy of the song
She should have gotten some more decent songs then.
your joking...what ca waste of talent
@@richardbradley2335hush
@@bronwyndaly5727I felt the same way, lost in this great song without understanding what it was about
1993. Driving up the Dublin mountains at night, this came on the radio. Magic.
I get you. I always listened to this when I drove through the Western US desert, Arizona, Utah, at night on my own. It is absolutely magic.
@@rosenrot201 sounds good I will remember this once im going to the us.
Take me to that moment ✨🖤
i can imagine that , it must be stunning
It is a magic song.
Memories from 1992, dude 31 years later not even possible. Even more meaningful now.
90's... i can't explain how much i love you
Time went by to fast, I get sad thinking about it. We didn’t have a care in the world in the 90’s. Hearing songs like this gives me butterflies in my stomach .
Or miss you either...🥲
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YEAH!!
I loved the 90’s so much. They were truly the best times of my life, and sometimes I’d give almost anything to go back.
This masterpiece takes me back to being 12 years old. Watching this on top of the pops, and listening to my dad playing this on repeat. Im 43 now, what memories x
I'll never stop loving you plain Jane xxxxx
Feels like yesterday. The Word brought me here and id be in your age group.
This song will never age its timeless, a masterpiece for sure.
Of course it is timeless, especially now with the new mission to the moon . Artemis mission which will bring astronauts to the moon in. 2025.
Sheer purity
Is it a soundtrack for some movie?
@@CatRocker666 should be
2023 😊
This is a classic song. One of the most underrated songs of I've ever heard. She should be very proud.
It reached No.1 for 2 weeks so don't think it was underrated
I´ve been listening to it almost non stop for the last few days, when I finally managged to find it, since I was too young when it was released, but it was in my head...I´m totally obsessed, Can´t stop listening to it. It´s not even funny anymore.
great have you herd the Kim wild version
@@ozloon2000 nope
there is always the "underrated" comment, never fail
I love that so many people have fond memories of this song. We all share a connection. Hope the rest of our lives a meaningful ❤
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Heard this in the grocery store yesterday and had to search for it. What a blast from the past - Tasmin has an amazing voice!
This is a perfect song and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.
Agreed
I agree
Beats the crap out of today's music which is absolute rubbish.
Despite it being written by 2 white blokes in the 1980s, it is still a perfect song I agree
@@bentothepowerofn4100 I don't understand what you're trying to say can you please elaborate I'm very interested
My wife bought this song for me when we first met, we also had our first dance together at our wedding to this song. We now have three children and are still together after all these years. So why do i feel like i want to cry listening to this song when it has such wonderfull memories attached to it ? this song has a rare quality, a beauty that makes you want to weep. I'd like to dedicate this song to my wife, Heidi I still love you. :)
I love this comment. And I love this song.
That's so sweet
You sound like a wonderful husband. After all those years. Awesome!
Great post mate
You want to cry because the emotive way the song resonates with you. It has given you so many fond memories that you get overwhelming thoughts of happiness they aren't tears of sad but tears of joy man the best kind of emotion any human can have. Also if you get goosebumps when listening to it that also means you have a heightened response to music 🎶 not a bad thing in wmy book enjoy this song as much as possible, I certainly do buddy ☺
Such a great song would have no chance at being successful if released now. Poetic and meaningful lyrics are extremely rare in today's successful songs.
I second that. It’s unfortunate what music has become.
@@SDS-ee9js yes indeed.
I don’t even classify that ‘noise’ as music. A reflection of humanity.
Try Jason Isbell for lyrics
Today's songs are not a "hit" unless the word sex and profanities are in them.
I was just thinking the opposite; that it would probably do well today. It's all about perspective.
2024 am still listening to it❤
Oh yes,several versions on the tube, including an acoustic version,which is mind blowing 😊
Heard this one beforee, and now on my current job, she is on our radio playlist, I lovee itt
I love rock music , but i cant stop listening to this amazing song .64 yrs old , loved it then love it now .
And u are tellung this… why?
Just curious - anyone else getting a bit emotional hearing this song? It always does it to me! 🙏❤
A bit? Brings me to tears just about every time. 😭
@@andrewkent650 i cant stop playing it gives me goosebumps its words and tasmins voice
My first crush
Me.
@@patriciaserrato2712 yeah! I try to sing along but my voice always gets the wobbles 😭 I love it though!
I was an angry metal head when this came out but for some reason this song blew me away and connected with me the first time I heard it and I still love it almost 30 years later
Dude. Me too. Nothing but metal until a group of gypsies came to our school and fell in love with other music.
Check out Karnivool's cover of this song.
You're welcome.
Listen to Karnivool's version! Do it now 😉
@@dianasendt9509 It's pretty sick, isn't it?
Same
This gets me every time.
What a voice, what a brilliant song and lyrics.
This was the #1 song in the States in March 1993. Released in the UK late 1992. It hit #1 while Alabama, my home state and most of the eastern US was snowed in for a week from the Winter Storm Of The Century. I never tired from hearing it over and over and over again from the friendly confines of my room. More pipe organ please and that beautiful voice from Bradford, Yorkshire UK.
I remember when this song came out. I was watching Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place and other shows .
I remember that storm and this song. Also from alabama here
Honestly, im happy to have lived the 80's and the 90's...
Me2 😊
Me too
Batphink Reynolds exactly
And now you're dead... inside...
So do I
One of the greatest songs of the 90s, in my humble opinion. Amazing lyrics and melody.
Same as baker street by Jerry Rafferty.I'd say around '97-'98,music went into the bottom of a used porta-toilet
@@toddepperson7849 You know, this song kind of does remind me of Jerry Rafferty's Baker Street. Thanks for that reference.
@@grannyoldr any time.
90s music was the best music ever for me! Lyrics, melodies, music, hooks. Great times.
Totally agree music had more meaning and musicians etc were more into being an artist, rather than pumping out commercial lifeless garbage with no creative thought behind it whatsoever. Possibly a reflection of today's generation I hate to say
This is a beautiful song from a beautiful artist.
The song gives me goosebumps it is a work of art❤ beautiful her voice is stunning I will never tire of this song... the keyboards are fantastic every bit of this song is just perfection!
It really does! I listened to this when child and then forgotten. It took time to find this gem again 😊
@@atadone 💯 I was 20 when this song was first released (1992), & it was my favorite song. Our local radio stations _never_ play it & over the years, I had completely forgotten about this masterpiece.....until last Sunday during a re-air of Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 countdown from 1992 that our local radio station airs every Sunday. Needless to say, I've been binge-listening to this song all week, lol. 😊🌷
I have been searching for this song for 23 years. Haunted me for years.
+TheBlackwolf30 Hahahaha!!! Me too!!! I heard this song at a disco in 1994 and I've been searching for it for 3 years. Today, I found it by chance!!! You don't know how happy Iam!!!
+surfer855 I'm in a similar boat, though I've maybe only been looking for a year. This song plays at my work and it's definitely one of the better songs there. I totally thought it was solo Stevie Nicks haha. Such a great hammond solo
TheBlackwolf30 me too!!!
Than amazing feeling when you find a song you've been searching for years. YT is wonderful for that.
You really had baaaad luck. I found this song inmediatly in 1993. Better luck next time. "Salouts" from Chile.
When you actually pay attention to the lyrics you realise, this is actually one of the greatest songs ever written.
According to Tasmin, it’s about mankind’s abandonment of space exploration after the moon landings.
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/24/tasmin-archer-how-we-made-sleeping-satellite-space-no-1
More relevant today than ever.
Definitely
Definitely agree. Great melody, Rhythm, Lyrics and music instrumental accompaniment. Inspirational and Heart felt!
True. Each time I hear, I have tears in my eyes. The message shall never be forgotten. It shall never lost it's value and that's why it's insanely precious
Beautiful keyboards... beautiful tune! So underrated.
Thats why i am listening to this song .
Stunning video too
Listen this in 2023 and still WOW! A masterpiece in music history! Just fantastique!
Still sounds incredible 29 years later. Great production. Haunting. Mesmerising.
Agreed haah
As of 2023, 30 years now
@@rommelartavia 31 years as of 2023. It came out in September 1992
@@jonahjones1702 not yet so, 4 months to september, you never have your birthday on jan 1st, do you? you have it the very day
As a 60-year-old, I'm used to the pipes. perfect song.
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died
With the eagles’ flights
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry
Don’t blame this sleeping satellite
Did we fly to the moon too soon?
Did we squander the chance?
In the rush of the race
The reason we chase is lost in romance
And still we try
To justify the waste
For a taste of man’s greatest adventure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died
With the eagles’ flights
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry
Don’t blame this sleeping satellite
Have we got what it takes to advance?
Have we peaked too soon?
If the world is so great
Then why does it scream under a blue moon?
We wonder why
If the earths sacrificed
For the price of its greatest treasure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died
With the eagles’ flights
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry
Don’t blame this sleeping satellite
And when we shoot for the stars
What a giant step
Have we got what it takes
To carry the weight of this concept?
Or pass it by
Like a shot in the dark
Miss the mark with a sense of adventure
I blame you sleeping satellite
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died
With the eagles’ flights
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry
Don’t blame this sleeping satellite
Don’t blame this sleeping satellite
Thx
🌸 thank you 😊
10/10
Espectacular me encanta
It’s not Have we got what it takes to advance? it’s Have we LOST what it takes to advance?
Где я был 32 года?🙀😱 Что услышал эту песню только в этом году😃😃😃👍 - она на столько актуальная❤️❤️❤️
В переменах! Одно государство (СССР) завершало, другое (РФ) - начиналось!
@@MikhailKondratyev1966 Верно пишите👍. Тогда по всем углам звучала группа Кар-мэн и Комбинация, со своей колбаской и вишнёвой 9-кой. А мы детьми, весело играли в 12 палочек, чижика, лапту, а вечерами содрогали кварталы пугачами и поджигами🤣.
@@MikhailKondratyev1966 в первые услышал данную композицию на Яндекс-музыке и забрал себе в коллекцию плейлиста "Trip Hop". Когда услыш, подумал Ооо, достойная мелодия на группу Morcheeba похожа (с мурлыкающим голоском солистки Скай Эдвардс), те же Sky and Ross, как же я ошибался, когда узнал дату создания 1992 год😳😱😉 - мощь. А голоса даже похожи.
@@VladimirMedovyjпохожи, она была в ротации в России в 96-97 каждый день я слышал ее по радио, потом услышал в саунде сериала Строго на юг по первому каналу, Морчибу услышил в 2002, самый пик популярности тогда ее был, в России по крайней мере!
@@Heartbeat1984 Ооо, да Вы меломан💪😉👍. Я сам такой же😆
Anybody in 2024 April?
ici.
Experiencing some 1992 nostalgia. 32 years ago. Wow.
coming from 2032 October... wtf
Me ❤
Me
This is one of the most underestimated songs in the history of pop-music. Listen to the melody...
AcademicAlgeria Right!
Amen to that comment...
Agree wholeheartedly
+MysticKoolaid808 really? when did you come out from the rock you were living under?
+AcademicAlgeria Sadly, Black entertainers from countries outside the USA are not treated very well, in my opinion. 'R&B' radio has a rather narrowly defined playlist with token songs by a Marley, now and then, but no real presence of Black singers from without the 'R&B' format. Tashmin Archer is just a beautiful singer with beautiful music, but not Black American. White UK acts are given much more. Not Caribbean, African, or cultural Black music (in English) from elsewhere.
"Sleeping Satellite" is the debut single by British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer, released as the first single from the album, Great Expectations in September 1992. The song was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Remember when on 1993 I listened this song on radios. One of the best at this time.
Beautiful voice, great work
I loved this song so much back in the day. Still do.
And overlooked every where else tragically
Thank you for your intell
Beautiful classy piece of pop that you don't hear much of today.
I remember when this song came out. It affects me the same way today as it did back then, very haunting and beautiful at the same time. Her voice is so beautiful and the song touches a place in my soul and don't really understand why. Love this song.
I play this regularly as part of my strategy to have a reason to live.
Wow. Maybe try something a bit more up tempo. Keep going buddy.
Precisely
💜💜💜💜💜
I play This Is Why I’m Hot by Mims to achieve the opposite effect.
You have so much to give in life and life has so much more to give you
I´ve been searching for this song for years, I didn´t remember the name, the artist or even the lyrics...now I´m obsessed, cant´s stop listening to it.
Same here. Been searching since the age of 8 years old
Me to.
Bet u heard it on the radio 30 yrs ago, a few times maybe...then poof not again for 30 yrs, but it never was far from your mind....lovely chasing a memory.
@@bigtexmacgonigle444 from Mongolia,I heard this music in 1993 only several times,then no for 30 years,try to find it many times,but today I found it and I am happy.
When you wake up on morning with this song in your head and you feel the irrepressible need to listen it quickly 😊
Wow, absolute masterpiece. I haven't heard this song in 30 years. There are many emotions after so long
What a shame there aren't more songs like this one. She has a very pretty voice
Miss the old days , When music WAS talent & emotional . 80's / 90's the best ever !
You're extremely ignorant if you think music is not like that today anymore. Not to mention lazy and incompetent to find good music. There's more NEW good music today than ever in history. Don't base it by the mainstream trash you hear on the radio.
Wow angry much? He's not stating a fact just his opinion no need for personal attacks.. chill out.
Gilmore
Thanks . I almost don't replay to comments like that . some people don't like when you give respect and praise something good . The best music days are gone :(
+derbigpr500 calm the fuck down , and stop trippin you creepy Tweaker 🖕🏻
I agree*
I love reading all the comments where people remembered a specific moment in time when they hear this song again. Its a shame that words cant convey some of your most precious memories and the way you felt in that moment. Only you get it. Music truly is awesome!
Me too
I saw her at Wolverhampton Civic hall think she was the support act for Jeff Healey band, she sang this at the end of her set they put a smoke machine on which engulfed the stage in a cloud of smoke we could hear but not see them playing they kept going till the end lol a great band.
Yes this on one of those hi-fidelity moments for sure.
Absolutely!
I heard it first time when I was a kid...5-6 years old. I met a dog..i wanted to adopt him,but my mother didn't let me..This song was on a radio when I cried for the dog...I named him Moon...And Gosh, I still remember his blue eyes.When I hear the song,I'm like :" I hope Moon had the best life".
Как долго я ее искал. Больше 30 лет прошло, а слушаю снова и снова
О да! Когда-то в далеком детстве услышал эту песню на одном из локальных кабельных тв и она запала в душу. Клип запомнился лучше. Прошло 30 лет, я забыл мотив, но все же смог найти ее
❤ @@denisparampampam4585 случайно услышала её, решила найти, ностальгия.
I first heard this about 30 years ago. But still I enjoy listening to this wonderful song over and over again.
They played this in my local supermarket today and people were swaying and singing along. 😁🌸
I heard it tonight at the market. They played it and I was all wait....what
..are they playing this????!!
Haven't heard it in years
That’s actually why I’m here now, I heard this in the grocery store.
Yea, I work in a supermarket and this song has been playing for months now! I'm sure I heard it back in the day, it wasn't a pop song on my radar back then. Glad I found it!
me 2!! just today!! echo park california
@@chriso5662 yes, me too!! I also heard it today at my local shops and googled "I blame you for the moonlit sky" on my phone. Dunno how many years it has been since I last heard it.
Whoever did the keyboard solo has been my hero for ages.
That solo takes me back to the sixties for some strange reason.
@@finalsolution6831 Alan Price on House of the rising sun?
I think the keyboard was played by Paul Wickens who is an excellent musician and producer.
@@finalsolution6831 Better known as Wix, he's been Paul McCartney's touring band's keyboard player for 31 years
@@Uetti Dead right there mate. Just to add, the rest of Paul's band are superb musicians.
Tamin Archer is so underrated.
Está canción llevaba muchísimos años en mi cabeza. Y hasta ahora la encuentro, que maravilla! ❤️❤️
Pues yo Marlene que la oi en el 93 con 17 años y busca que te busca y hoy el 15 de diciembre de 2022 consigo saber de kien es y de chiripa
@@florentinomoratamorcillo9093❤
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one of the best things about 43 years old, is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 90's that is priceless and Iam grateful !!!
Timeless masterpiece, there is nothing quite like it.
I agree. I can't think of another song that resembles this one. It's genre less.. Very good singer too.
I get a Seal "Crazy" vibe from this outstanding one hit wonder.
@@bigtexmacgonigle444 yes! That came to my mind while listening to to this amazing song.
Tasmin Archer a legendary voice.
Her and Tracy Chapman... ditto. 👍
I liked this track at the time and bought the album which actually wasn't bad. Haven't listened to it in decades. Checking it out now and really I'm quite blown away by the perfection of her voice. Gorgeous tone, great control, very nice range, that little bit of growl/rasp that she throws in when she chooses. Really underrated singer, criminally so.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EARWORM FOR THE LAST 2 HOURS. I couldn't think of the lyrics, just the melody of the main chorus line, that was it!! I rang my mum and dad and hummed it down the phone to them, then they got it stuck in their heads until Dad finally remembered what it was! What a journey, and totally worth it - this song is fantastic
I did the same too during work, and they would play it on the intercom, but my associates didn't know the name of the song
Same Thing۔
I was talking to my teenage daughter yesterday about what songs I liked from early 90s۔ I could remember only that it had something to do with space۔ After searching and searching، I finally found it۔
I was 22 when it came out۔
Still sounds fresh۔
Thanks youtube for refreshing my memory۔
Your dad sounds cool like me😁
I remember seeing it on MTV way back when and really liking it. Ever since I would think about it every 5 years or so, occasionally hearing it play in some random place the the mall or grocery store. Being able to see it here makes me realize how good it really is.
Уагзакщим
this song. this album. this artist. deserved way more success and recognition. about as perfect a song as can be.
This is possibly the most beautiful piece of music from her generation. It’s just an absolute masterpiece of a song. So perfect. So beautiful
Exceptional song, stumbled back on it in 2020, haven't heard it since the 90s. Holds up amazingly well, far superior than the "Grammy winners" of recent years.
This song has it all. Great build-up, great vocals, the organ is fantastic, the acoustic guitar, the Hendrixian embellishments and then the woho ho ho vocals can't be heard loud enough.
Wow 2023 and this song came up on LA’s KROQ - ROQ of the ‘80s stream on Apple radio! WOWOWOW! I never knew Tasmin Archer was a Sister?! What an amazing voice! Where did this song go for 31 years?! So many memories, I had just returned to SoCal from my 5-year army deployment in West Germany. Now I have to track her down if she still plays at small venues or anything? God bless all you guys and gals that listen to this song getting too high too fast, have we got what it takes?! Peace & Love 🙏🏽🙏🏼💙🕊️🌻✨
On Twitter this week Tasmin has said a new album is coming, thank God this Woman’s incredible voice will be heard again for the first time since 2006
Sleeping Satellite is a Timeless Classic ♥️😋
The most underrated song of the 90's
This song is definitely #1 under-rated of the '90's, as well as 'Joey' by Concrete Blonde, and 'Did He Do it to You' by Tami Show & (the late) Ephraim Lewis' 'Drowining in Your Eyes' (damn, you HAVE to at least listen to that one). Those are my '90's under-rated songs...
☝ "Old but Gold" 💎 ... when an old vine has aged well. 😀
Wtf? Why underrated?????
@How Marvellous Am I loooooooooooooaf use yours
@How Marvellous Am I your dirty mouth
26 years old and this song owns ANY of the modern shit I'm fed daily on the radio!
Well, that's because you're fed shit. Only idiots listen to music through radio, because anyone with half a brain knows that you won't hear good music on radio, all they play is mainstream garbage. Try looking a little deeper into modern GOOD music, you might have your mind blown by how good it is.
ok so where do i find your opinion of good modern music?
+DeathEgg666 all I hear is crickets from him lol screw new music it's all garbage
Amen
+derbigpr500 Cricket.......... Cricket
🌸 This song is so gorgeous & timeless, as I can come back to it year after yr, it’s 2023 🎉
What a genius,masterpiece of a song .. just pure magic
Such a great singer, she has these amazing distortion edges on the vocal, like a multitude of instruments in one voice. Amazing song too of course
Yes! Love the way she strains her voice in a couple of the lines in the bridge to the chorus. Sounds great!
Yes, vocal fry.
This has to be one of the most emotionally powerful songs ever written, composed and mastered. It’s epic.
Big up to all the 90’s kids out there born in the early 80’s ( me being one of them ) this tune is an absolute gem. So dreamy and spacy, it’s a real beauty of a track 💞🪐
Да, така е!
When I was about 13 years old-not long after the song first came out in 1992-and in secondary school I seem to remember the school system in the UK joined up with the BBC to promote a whole series of courses promoting the works of Shakespeare to school pupils.
There was much publicity about it at the time on the BBC, and now every time I hear this song I close my eyes and I can think back to my teenage years.
In my mind I can STILL see my secondary school classrooms and corridors, the pupils in their uniforms, and the art posters depicting Shakespeare plays in the school library.
she has an amazing voice
Weird M Amir nonsense
So true
Beautiful voice
Debatable
"Have we lost what it takes to advance, have we peaked to soon? If the world is so green, they why does it scream under a blue moon"? What a lyric, that only seems to get more and more relevant with each passing year.
back when people accepted that scientists and other actual experts knew what they were talking about.
agree wrt relevance / the best artists are also prophets
But to think that I may see a human walk on Mars in my lifetime just amazes me
In an extremely poor musical era (after the 80s) this really stood out for me as it was one of those rarities that has always given me a shiver when I heard it - the girl's got such a lovely voice - this was one of the highlights of the decade!
I completely forgot this song and how absolutely gorgeous it is!!!
A nostalgic 2X4
This comment section is so wholesome and positive ! Love it ! And the song is beyond amazing ! Can't get any more high quality than this
One song... and the world will remember you for ever.
It's on quite an unusual subject for a pop song, too! 🙂
La Gran Bretaña nos cubre con su impecable talento bandas y cantantes impresionantes aquí un ejemplo. Gracias 👏🏻💯🇬🇧
Timeless. I'm from 1977 and still listening in 2023 ❤
True words
And 2024..
Boy I remember this song being number 1 here in the UK for 3 weeks in October 1992.
A classic example of brilliant Folk/Rock and superb songwriting, lyrics and amazing vocals by the vastly underrated Tasmin Archer...
One of all time favourite songs..
This song has a special place in my heart. I took delivery of my brand new Mazda 323 saloon and decided to take my car for a long drive from the showroom. as soon as I switched on the FM radio this was the first song I got to hear in the year 1993. Yes time does fly. Life will be short and there is so much to do.
Music is so special because you forever will remember that song and what was in your life at that moment.
+Mohd Khan I used to play this track while going home along the country road. Beautiful to listen to when there was a clear night sky with a full moon hanging low above the hills.
+David C couldn't have said it better 😊
That would have been beautiful mate but then I realised you were talking about a car!!! Really not driving a baby home for the first time or something emotional a car! Check yourself bro!!!
Mohd Khan are you Alan Partridge ?
Tasmin summed up the 80,s what a fantastic song,long live the 80,s
1992 actually
You're right Haley,I got lost on the 80,s
Je suis né en 1991. Cette chanson sublime me ramène à la nostalgie de mon enfance à la fin des années 90, dans un petit coin de France bien loin de Paris, ou la vie y était bien plus simple, le monde moins pourrit et les gens bien plus réels qu’ils le sont aujourd’hui...
A rare gem from the 90s. I couldn't stop listening to it back then.
I heard this song in airplane on headphones in the mid 90s. Up above the clouds when the sun rose. And after that a song from enigma played. It was magic. Nice memories.
Great description... man that sounds brilliant... could imagine it ... was the Enigma song 'Return To Innocence' by any chance?
love the description, I'm right there with you - mid 90s, above the clouds, sun rising.
I just found out about this song hearing it in the plane
Were you going to thailand for ladyboys?
Wow!! Absolutely love that description I looovvveee flying and always have a playlist, I'm going to add this song to it and play it on my next trip.
Shalom
One of the greatest songs ever made and so very underrated.
Such a unique beautiful voice it comes on where i work and it reminds me of my ex husband when i lived in Florida, Honey you have some awesome pipes.................You are blessed with that voice, never heard anything quite like it.
Beautiful song ...feels me with nostalgia about a lost love
Yes, I will have to agree.
Me too
Its funny how this song reminds people of a lost love. I feel this too.
Anybody"s listening in 2020 ??
yeah ;)
Me!!!!
IAM !!!
yeah me
Yup
This so g does not age, it stood the test of time and remains one of the best pop songs of the late 20th century.
Have always dug this tune, never knew who made it, until now! Undeniably great!
Yet another great artist overlooked by the public and music industry. Too good for the masses.
+N. Miller What do you mean too good for the masses? Flies like shit?
ricardo nagy Yep, they sure do. Musical trends today tend to cater to the super dumb or ignorant. Music education is almost dead in some school systems, so it's no surprise what passes for "good music" is totally brain dead.
I'm not picking on just stuff catering to kids or young people. It's happening in many fields of music.
If you've ever listened to Tasmin's lyrics, you'd know she deals with some heavy subjects. The songs don't sound anything like anyone else I can think of. These artists should be making money hand over fist, but get ignored easily. Instead we're flooded with Taylor Swift fluff and New "Cuntry" tunes about their stupid trucks, God, hot girlfriend, or A-murr-ri-cah. Ugh.
as a 47 yr old uni student, I had three years of learning about the younger students music and blowing thier minds with my music collection and knowledge, ah happy days
+N. Miller this would have been considered pretty average for some who peaked in the 60s and 70s 90s was the begining of dumbing down production wise.
Tricky Donavan Hmm... not so sure what you mean by "average". I wouldn't say Tasmin's music was ground-breaking in terms of musical development, but lyrically, it's still above par with most artists, I think.
I don't know a lot about her life, but I remember reading somewhere that she wasn't gaining too much traction in the music business and left it behind. If someone can fill in the details or correct me on that, I'd appreciate it.
All I know is that her sound, lyrics and musical integrity captured my attention fully. I'm am totally turned off by female singers that do all that vocal gynastics while spouting lyrics about lost love or getting laid. I like my porn in videos, and not that much in song.
Any society that rewards people like Mylie Cyrus and many others to the status of superstars is in my estimation, a lost one.
Beautiful, doesn't even begin to express how good this is.
Great song her vocal is a gift
This used to play on the car radio on long trips when I was a young child in 1993, I always loved it, then it just vanished from popular radio, and I never heard it again. I could never remember enough of it to find it over the years, until yesterday im in my local supermarket, and it comes on, I scrambled to grab my phone and search for the lyrics, as I didn't have signal to install shazam!!
I never heard this song in 1993. I heard it on Sirius a few days ago, and I've no idea why it was never played where I lived then. It is incredible!
I fell in love as a teenager with this jam. Every once in awhile this song pops in my brain and I always have to listen to it
I was 12 when this song was released and I loved it. I bought it on cassette, created a light show with torches and string in my playroom, turned off the main lights and then the magic happened! Interesting how it appealed at such a young age. I've recently rediscovered the song and it still gives my head goosebumps. It's definitely stood the test of time. As folks are saying here, so underrated... but those in the know, know 😉
Captivating and haunting vocals by Archer. With its ambiguity, and not being a clearly defined song of lost love, it still resonates so deeply emotionally and strikes chords at the soul level. Phenomenal.
ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!!! I forgot about this song and, when i've finally rediscovered it last month, I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH!! How could i forget???
SAME SAME SAME SAME
I'm with you 💯
Possibly one of the most under-rated songs of it's generation. Bloody love this song!
So glad to b reunited w this gem while watching Red Rose. How I 4got about it is beyond me bc it's perfection and lovely and always relevant in some way to someone.
LYRICS
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
Did we fly to the moon too soon?
Did we squander the chance?
In the rush of the race
The reason we chase is lost in romance
And still we try
To justify the waste
For a taste of man's greatest adventure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
Have we lost what it takes to advance?
Have we peak too soon?
If the world is so green
Then why does it scream under a blue moon?
We wonder why
If the Earth's sacrificed
For the price of its greatest treasure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
And when we shoot for the stars
What a giant step
Have we got what it takes
To carry the weight of this concept?
Or pass it by
Like a shot in the dark
Miss the mark with a sense of adventure
I blame you for the moonlit sky
And the dream that died with the Eagle's flight
I blame you for the moonlit nights
When I wonder why
Are the seas still dry?
Don't blame this sleeping satellite
Davv P thanks a lot!
Marvelous lyrics
If I wanted the fucking lyrics I would have fucking Googled them dickhead.
@@iainkinehan7030 Get a life.
@@iainkinehan7030 what an idiot scumbag
still get chills from this, 24 years later
I must have listened to this song hundreds of times. It never stops giving me chills either. It's just everything about this song that's perfect. Her voice, the audio mxing, the vocal effects/layering, the guitar rhythm track, the cool organ solo, you name it. When I play it at home, I crank it and play along on guitar. Such beautiful chord structure..ah... Ms. Archer... you're voice goes straight to my heart... :-)
N. Miller, yes it is a beautiful haunting song. Always loved it, they don't make songs like this today. The songs are all about sex and money.
StarlightShadowDancer Music (whether instrumental or not) is a reflection of the culture it was produced in and sold to. Therefore, the emphasis now is on overt, and over-the-top audio production, with lyrics that appeal to the current crop of kids.
In and of itself, love and/or sex has been a constant theme throughout history. What distinguishes the sexually oriented lyrics today is the degree of explicit lyrics, most of it is devoid of human emotion (and/or "love"). What this generally amounts to is something akin to "mating season", where young people are drenched in unbridled libido.
What is also "new" is that there's been a significant increase in the amount of females who wish to express their new found sexual freedom. This is a world of sex without consequences. The only human connection to another person comes from their genitalia.
I'm am not against sexually explicit lyrics, per se. But, the manner in which this is done now really isn't "art" or very well executed, IMO. It doesn't take a genius to write a rhyme that states: "Me so horny... give it to me... I gotta have it now... hump, hump, my lovely lady lumps...give me that meat/pussy, etc, etc.".
The same goes for the "money topic". What is typically stated is that money is everything, without it, you have no power, no hoes, no bitches, and that you're not a player... This is just another warped set of values that kids apparently think is something to live up to, I guess.
Now, again, that's not to say a band can't talk about wealth in some fashion. It is all a matter on how it's done and whether they have anything new to bring to the subject.
It's up to parents and kids to figure out what any of it means, whether something is life-affirming or just hell bent on hedonistic self-gratification.
If you have had the opportunity to listen to Tamin's albums, you'll discover some of her topics are rather "heavy" (i.e., serious) and even downright depressing. But that's what makes a real artist an artist. Someone willing to take you on a musical journey that can touch you deeply on many different levels.
It's difficult to market a woman like this because there is no easy way to pigeon-hole her music. All I know is that I feel lucky to live in a world where I can hear her music whenever I want to feed my mind as well as my heart.
No they're not.
Great comment! Totally get where you are coming from and believe you to be correct! Take for example "Wrecking Ball" it's actually a very well written song and great melody, London Grammar do a studio version and it's beautiful.
My point is did we have to have Miley in knickers and bra swinging on a fucking wrecking ball? Plus the fact she has an ass of an 8yr old boy! lol
I worry about how sexed up the youth of today are, I have seen every part of Rhianna and don't wish to see anymore, I mean, the mystery of what nudity and sex once was has been stripped back and left bare (pardon the pun).
It's probably very true that suits in offices target their audience for the artist they produce and ultimately they are driven on the basis of MAKING MONEY, unfortunately it's the world we live in nowadys.
Oh my god. every couple of years im finding myself with this song in some checkpoint in life driving my car with tears with all the thoughts about what have been done. this song is screaming the grateful out of me. ❤
I've always thought this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
This song has been one that gut punches you in the feels every single time I hear it over the decades. It’s a real masterpiece of melody and lyrics.
The message of hope and sadness after achieving so much and then letting it fade away.
Let’s hope we resume our greatest adventure.
"Let's hope we resume our greatest adventure"
These words hit me like the ghost of an extinct species. I returned to this most exquisite song - one of the most powerful ones I have ever heard - and I understand so much now. Humanity has tried, but failed. We won't survive what is coming. This is why this song is astonishingly beautiful and now, deeply bittersweet to me. Perhaps it's the perfect song to induce collective grief in humanity, which we all need to go through soon, to truly evolve as a species.
@@mimosa27 i agree, totally
True
Exactly. It's about the Apollo 11 mission.
Well, we're pointing our compass towards Mars, the adventure isn't over yet