Most of the day We were at the machinery In the dark sheds That the seasons ignore I held the levers that guided the signals to the radio But the words I receive, random code, broken by fragments From before Out in the trees My reason deserting me All the dark stars Cluster over the bay Then in a certain moment I lose control and at last I am part of the machinery (The belldog) Where are you? And the light disappears As the world makes its circles through the sky
This magical song was released on the album 'After the Heat' 1978 (LP, later CD) and on two compilation albums from Sky Records: 'Begegnungen' 1984 (LP, later CD) and 'Old Land' 1985 (LP only).
Wow, i'm the first to comments on this gem of a song (and LP.) Eno stands alone in many ways, but credit is also due to Moebius and Roedelius too for this LP. The song fits right into Brian Eno's magic from his 1970s era. Stunning, sad and moody as heck, with magical lyrics. It doesn't get any better than this folks. Enjoy.
As a mid 70s and 80s kid, always felt this song had that magical feel as if you were remembering your life in some other world. Like some sort of parallel life or something. I feel the same about John Michel Jarre's "Oxygene Pt.4". Both are so other worldly.
This song always brings me back to early 1980s NYC, specifically 8th street and Ave of the Americas, looking south on a bitter cold clear day, just after sunset. I got this record from Golden Disc at this point in time, and it changed my life forever. Oh how I miss NYC..... but then again the city I once knew no longer exists.... Truly timeless music, even though I associate it with a specific place and time.
Eno does that just. My Belldog moment was at a military listening post on the East German border. What we thought we were doing and what we were actually doing -- toss up.
@@vonBottorff Mine was coasting down from a psychedelic experience on a hot So Cal day decades ago in Upland, having dinner with my wife and my mother at a restaurant on Foothill Blvd the texture of whose gravel parking lot I can still recall. Very specific and very timeless.
I bought this album in the early 80s -- on vinyl, of course -- because I was getting into Fripp and Eno's experimental stuff and felt like it was something I "should" have. I never really learned to appreciate it until now.
4:36 sounds like so may songs from the 80's, 90's and today Brian Eno and ambient music are like the building blocks for so much more, just an endless river of inspiration that is ever flowing. This man has to be one of my biggest inspirations in life.
Antarctica, 20 below, perfectly clear night, aroura Australiius, maybe a meteor or two. ... Australiius? Is that right for southern hemisphere, don't want to embarrass myself online for the masses to see. No I don't care, beautiful song.
(lyric addendum) - after losing the light the machine is here in the dark in the shed the spinning hollow sky follows the world finally I am here finally I am here
I agree with all the positive sentiments here, had this on vinyl, and cd,... but I wonder is this from an mp3 or something? It's very compressed, some of the magic and detail and spatials are missing....
I don't understand how it was plagiarized. reap the wild wind isn't even close. and i hate that song. now if you said something along the lines of Building, Easterly, Keep Talking or Lament, I would have understood. even those are very different from this track
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Most of the day
We were at the machinery
In the dark sheds
That the seasons ignore
I held the levers that guided the signals to the radio
But the words I receive, random code, broken by fragments
From before
Out in the trees
My reason deserting me
All the dark stars
Cluster over the bay
Then in a certain moment
I lose control and at last I am part of the machinery
(The belldog) Where are you?
And the light disappears
As the world makes its circles through the sky
I think this is one of the most perfect pieces of music I’ve ever heard.
This song is like rock skipping across the surface of a lake.
This magical song was released on the album 'After the Heat' 1978 (LP, later CD) and on two compilation albums from Sky Records: 'Begegnungen' 1984 (LP, later CD) and 'Old Land' 1985 (LP only).
Eno confirms his Krautrock dreams and becomes the ghost in the machine, with his best song ever...beautiful!
Wow, i'm the first to comments on this gem of a song (and LP.) Eno stands alone in many ways, but credit is also due to Moebius and Roedelius too for this LP. The song fits right into Brian Eno's magic from his 1970s era. Stunning, sad and moody as heck, with magical lyrics. It doesn't get any better than this folks. Enjoy.
Released in Germany in 1978 on Sky Records.
This is pretty much my favorite song of all time.
It's always been my favorite Christmas song.
As a mid 70s and 80s kid, always felt this song had that magical feel as if you were remembering your life in some other world. Like some sort of parallel life or something. I feel the same about John Michel Jarre's "Oxygene Pt.4". Both are so other worldly.
This song always brings me back to early 1980s NYC, specifically 8th street and Ave of the Americas, looking south on a bitter cold clear day, just after sunset.
I got this record from Golden Disc at this point in time, and it changed my life forever.
Oh how I miss NYC..... but then again the city I once knew no longer exists....
Truly timeless music, even though I associate it with a specific place and time.
Eno does that just. My Belldog moment was at a military listening post on the East German border. What we thought we were doing and what we were actually doing -- toss up.
@@vonBottorff Mine was coasting down from a psychedelic experience on a hot So Cal day decades ago in Upland, having dinner with my wife and my mother at a restaurant on Foothill Blvd the texture of whose gravel parking lot I can still recall. Very specific and very timeless.
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I held the levers that guided the signals to the radio
Astounding dreamlike song
I bought this album in the early 80s -- on vinyl, of course -- because I was getting into Fripp and Eno's experimental stuff and felt like it was something I "should" have. I never really learned to appreciate it until now.
Megaton Leviathan (Doom metal / Psychedelic band) did a cover of this and it is excellent. Came here for the original and was not disappointed :)
4:36 sounds like so may songs from the 80's, 90's and today
Brian Eno and ambient music are like the building blocks for so much more, just an endless river of inspiration that is ever flowing. This man has to be one of my biggest inspirations in life.
Easily one PROFOUND piece of genius! I bought After The Heat when it came out. Best LP investment that I ever made!
This piece is timeless...
One of my favorite song...
Would have to be my all time favourite song.
questo brano ogni volta che lo ascolto mi fa venire la pelle d''oca. GRANDE B. ENO
Wow! Beautiful❤
Absolute glory.
Wow beautiful sounds
I loved this track
This music is very important and useful.
Thanks iggy pop and of course you Bureau B... Good life
This Song Is Simply magic no other words
1978 🤯
sounds like a more clean, melancholy lcd soundsystem
a lovely companion piece to Golden Hours...
Perhaps it would have fitted into Another Green World, but it may be too wonderful even for that excellent album. What say you?
Antarctica, 20 below, perfectly clear night, aroura Australiius, maybe a meteor or two. ... Australiius? Is that right for southern hemisphere, don't want to embarrass myself online for the masses to see. No I don't care, beautiful song.
Simply awesome.
Love it
(lyric addendum)
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after losing the light
the machine is here
in the dark in the shed
the spinning hollow sky follows the world
finally I am here
finally I am here
And why not.
I agree with all the positive sentiments here, had this on vinyl, and cd,... but I wonder is this from an mp3 or something? It's very compressed, some of the magic and detail and spatials are missing....
perfect stunning, magic!!!
So dreaming pure
Perfect
当時完全な中2病だったがこの曲だけは自分を遠くへ運び去った
1978
I don't like the fact that the original LP cover is not there. Only Bureau B, it sucks.
Feel free to search for the original cover and stare at it for six minutes as you listen to this.
It's in the thumbnail, which makes it even more stupid.
Here because of the Andy Warhol documentary on Netflix.
Same
Me too 🥰
Here because I know good music
Of course, and otero sones by Eno, in "The Falls", by Peter Greenaway
@luthierjustin1 ,other people are, too. Recognized it, then decided to visit here.
andy warhol
Andy Warhol brought me here.
Ultravox plagiarized this song with their "Reap the wiiiiiiiiild wind"
How's that?
I don't understand how it was plagiarized. reap the wild wind isn't even close. and i hate that song. now if you said something along the lines of Building, Easterly, Keep Talking or Lament, I would have understood. even those are very different from this track
no they didn't?
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