This was one of those songs that when I first heard it, I felt as if it had been on the airwaves since I was a toddler. It is one of those songs that feels like it has always been and will always be.
Probably the same for you as I feel about two songs by the Beatles, "Day Tripper" and "Friends and Lovers," two songs which have become the defining sounds of my life going all the way back. As for "Metropolis" being your very own life's siren call, you could have scarcely picked anything better..."Metropolis" is one of my all time favourite songs...
I know what you're talking about. I started hearing music in 1970, at age 5, but it wasn't until 1975 that I started to know what was new and what was old.
I was in a very rough and low point in my life when this song was released. It warmed my Heart and Soul. Even though I felt as though I was going to die, the warmth I felt soothed my tortured self. 12 October 1990 I entered Pacifica House in Hawthorn Cal. and experienced my 1st. day Clean and Sober. 32 & 1/2 years later I'm still Clean and I still get the same warmth from this song. It definitely is a sweet sound to My ears...
It’s 1990 again in Downey, California. I’m 16 years old; driving in my 1981 Ford Escort with a 4 on the floor and I’m cruising down Firestone Blvd. listening to KROQ on my car radio; wondering about this girl, and wondering where of my life.... this music; I really believe kept me alive and from doing dumb things during my high school years.... If only I knew then what I know now; my God how different my life would’ve been; of course for the better👍🏼
Know that feeling brother. Summer 1990 was full of sunshine and hopes. It went downhill for me personally after that but this song brings back the better memories.
@Chris Campbell - It’s never to late my brotha. Ive made through homelessness, hunger, divorce, bankruptcy and I’m still kicking; I’ll be 50 soon and I’m still waiting for my glory days…. I hear you…. But yes; this music does OUR hearts good.
that's so classic.. I fell in love with mine at Philadelphia Collage of Art in 1982.. WONDERFUL and ended in DISASTER .. Artists are the most wonderful BEINGS on earth but they suck at love, relaishipions , spellin , math, etc :)
Yes Indeed 💯 I was Attending UCLA as a Theater Student W/Music Minor & Everything was So much Fuuuuun & Ok back in 1990, Really Miss the College Days 🎶 🎵 ❤️👏😁
@@SassaFrass28 No, they were definitely underrated. They were popular, yes, but they weren't blockbuster-big like The Cure and a few other like-minded 80's bands. The Church should have been much bigger than they were.
I have a library of LPs I have been collecting since 1975. I have seen just about every band there is, with a few exceptions, play live. Heck, I've been to 25 Grateful Dead shows. If I had to listen to only one song for the rest of my life, it would be this one.
couldn’t agree more. I was knee deep in extreme music during their heyday and this release. The Church always took me to a completely different realm of pure wonder.
I bought three CDs when I got my first paycheck as a teenager, working at a grocery store, summer of 1990. One was The Sundays (Reading, Writing & Arithmetic), second was the Cure (Disintegration), and then there was Gold Afternoon Fix. I roamed around town in my white four-door Nissan Sentra in a kind of stupor playing tracks. "Metropolis" was a folk-rock kind of turn for this band that I didn't expect after endless listens to their stuff from Starfish, and it made me feel more OK with my eclectic tastes in music while all my friends were embracing gangster rap alone as though we never listened to bands like They Might Be Giants or XTC or Bob Mould before that.
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This tune its absolutely awesome. Higher class. Nothing to envy U2,Psychedelic Furs,Echo and the Bunnymen,Cure,jam,joy division, smiths,simple minds,Stranglers....the greatest 80 bands
One of the things I love and have in common with Church fans aside from the fact that I am one, is that when listening to their music we all just go back to our best memories. Not just the songs we liked but memories that few know or have shared. And that’s a powerful thing.👍🏻
My girlfriend (now wife of 31 years) sent me this video on a VHS tape. I was in the Army at FT Irwin, CA and cut off from the world. I had to travel to Victorville to find the CD. Good memories with an excellent song.
Marty's so freakin' cool he just hits a couple notes on the "solo". Any other guitarist just tries to show how great a player they are. Marty's "nah, I'm good, I got this". LOVE it.
@D.W. Shepherd yeah someone corrected me elsewhere! I thought I heard NZ in an interview but when I researched the band Wikipedia stated Australia as well!! I stand corrected!!!
@@gfm1496 so I was partially correct in another place and time... Hardly makes up for my mistake for which I have been repeatedly reprimanded for! But thanks anyway!!!
Lyrics There'll never be another quite like you I'm so involved with everything you do Don't say nothing good will ever come of this Don't say the damage is worse than it is Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants Where the oranges grew And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us When I'm standing with you You stare down at some crowd from your trapeze And when you fell they fell down on their knees And when you broke they scrambled for a piece And when you spoke I felt their anger freeze Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants Where the oranges grew And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us When I'm standing with you And back in Metropolis talk about a holocaust And then visit the zoo And back in Metropolis the weather is ridiculous What's it all leading to And it's only a day away We could leave tonight You could sleep along the way Dream in black and white
Isn't it? I think The Church always did the best intros and outros of any band, ever. The 'Starfish' album is a masterclass in intros and outros on every song, and their song "Myrrh" from the album 'Heyday' may be my favorite album intro ever.
The Church was the first band I discovered by my self in a record store. Skin and bones was on sale, I soon got them all. Years went by no music oracles knew anything about them until I talked with the music oracle him self (Finn Bjelke) - Finn knew The Church and gave me confidence I was right all those years since the mid 80s - The Church is the best guitar rock & roll band!
Incredible song! A guitar symphony. The lead guitar hook is so simple but so memorable. Love that they didn't try to overdo it. The song could be a study on how to write "hooks." I was never a big Church fan but sometimes a band writes that ONE SONG!!! Metropolis, for me at least, is their ONE SONG!!!
I will never forget my first reaction to this video of my then favorite song played almost incessantly on the radio back around 1987, 1988. I was awestruck by the simplicity AND grandiosity of this artistically inspired music video.
I'M SO INVOLVED WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO. DON'T THINK ME A NUISANCE, JUST YOUR...BIGGEST FAN. -THEY FELL DOWN ON THEIR KNEES... -THE NINE. SEE THE NINE IS I AND I AM THE NINE... SEE, THE NINE IS ME AND I AM THE...NINE.
I remember the first time I heard this back in the day. That main guitar riff had me instantly hooked. Just has a haunting, melancholy essence to it that instantly triggered my depressive tendencies and still does to this day. But I still love it and listen to it all the time. ;-)
The Church is among the greatest bands of all time despite not having got the recognition it deserved. I love this band too much! Metropolis is a song that refers to an intoxicating atmosphere, and when I hear that song highest flight... it's like I'm listening to the music on my walkman, walking on the clouds...
That's a great memory also remember my girlfriend dancing to this whole album night after night is wonderful it's purple skies too at night and it's a wonderful time so tattoos that morning so yeah but so we can listen
It was in the 90s that this new wave rock group invaded the music scene with melodic tunes and provocative lyrics they bring back memories of our youth 🎤🎸🇵🇭😄
Huh??? This album was - for many followers of the band - a sort of swan song. Some of The Church's most towering moments - The Blurred Crusade, Heyday - were already YEARS behind them at this point. The (deserved) commercial success of Under The Milky Way and Metropolis doesn't overshadow the less widely known genius of Almost With You, Tristesse or Columbus. Kilbey himself has said (numerous times) that he HATED the recording process during Starfish - hated LA, and felt that poisonous vibe came through loud and clear in the final result.
SO glad this original video has finally found it's way to the ol' YT. During the golden age of MTV, (remember the REAL MTV folks?!?) this track was my intro to a band I've loved ever since. Around Christmas time in that same great year of 1990, I found a cassette copy of GAF at my local, long gone 5 and Dime; cost a whopping 1 dollar! I'm proud to say I still have that tape, and just recently purchased a first pressing of the CD from Hawaii via the Bay. The magic of music and our memories, let's not lose those gifts friends!! Stay healthy, God bless us all, and God bless the church.
The themes of this song seem even more suited for 2023 than they were for 1990. Certainly, that line "The weather is ridiculous, what's it all leading to?" has a punch now it really didnt't then.
Wow, Great to see them still being amazing .. The Church was a legendary underground band that many of us kids totally got into. I got a feeling that they are going to influence many generations to come.
This was one of those songs that when I first heard it, I felt as if it had been on the airwaves since I was a toddler. It is one of those songs that feels like it has always been and will always be.
Probably the same for you as I feel about two songs by the Beatles, "Day Tripper" and "Friends and Lovers," two songs which have become the defining sounds of my life going all the way back. As for "Metropolis" being your very own life's siren call, you could have scarcely picked anything better..."Metropolis" is one of my all time favourite songs...
timeless my man, this one's timeless
I know what you're talking about. I started hearing music in 1970, at age 5, but it wasn't until 1975 that I started to know what was new and what was old.
I don't go to Church, but i love The Church
I was in a very rough and low point in my life when this song was released. It warmed my Heart and Soul. Even though I felt as though I was going to die, the warmth I felt soothed my tortured self. 12 October 1990 I entered Pacifica House in Hawthorn Cal. and experienced my 1st. day Clean and Sober. 32 & 1/2 years later I'm still Clean and I still get the same warmth from this song. It definitely is a sweet sound to My ears...
That's amazing.
That’s awesome brotha. Music 🎶 does do our hearts 💕 good doesn’t it?? Keep up the good work. Much love from L.A.
@@ralphlazio505 Thanks Ralph! I do miss L.A. my Hometown.
Glad you made it.
Music (especially THE CHURCH) has some pretty amazing healing powers.
That era from 1988-91 really doesn't get enough credit for its 🔥 music.
That's so true because the era between 88 to 91 or even 92 was the best especially the music
It’s 1990 again in Downey, California. I’m 16 years old; driving in my 1981 Ford Escort with a 4 on the floor and I’m cruising down Firestone Blvd. listening to KROQ on my car radio; wondering about this girl, and wondering where of my life.... this music; I really believe kept me alive and from doing dumb things during my high school years.... If only I knew then what I know now; my God how different my life would’ve been; of course for the better👍🏼
Know that feeling brother. Summer 1990 was full of sunshine and hopes. It went downhill for me personally after that but this song brings back the better memories.
@Chris Campbell - It’s never to late my brotha. Ive made through homelessness, hunger, divorce, bankruptcy and I’m still kicking; I’ll be 50 soon and I’m still waiting for my glory days…. I hear you…. But yes; this music does OUR hearts good.
@Chris C. - Hang in there with me bro…. Hang in there with me.
Thanks for this 😎
@Carolyn Smith - XO ❤️
This song always triggers my memories from college in 1990. I met and fell in love with a gal and this was our song for a little while.
MTV’s 120 Minutes used to play this a lot when it came out that year.
I hope you fall in love again soon.
that's so classic.. I fell in love with mine at Philadelphia Collage of Art in 1982.. WONDERFUL and ended in DISASTER .. Artists are the most wonderful BEINGS on earth but they suck at love, relaishipions , spellin , math, etc :)
beautiful anecdote
Yes Indeed 💯 I was Attending UCLA as a Theater Student W/Music Minor & Everything was So much Fuuuuun & Ok back in 1990, Really Miss the College Days 🎶 🎵 ❤️👏😁
Steve Kilbey - one of the best lyricists ever. A Poet, really.
Absolutely.
Amazing song from the most underrated band of all time time.
They were big back in the day - not underrated
@@SassaFrass28 No, they were definitely underrated. They were popular, yes, but they weren't blockbuster-big like The Cure and a few other like-minded 80's bands. The Church should have been much bigger than they were.
Agree; but it makes us fans cooler. Just saw them and they were awesome.
I have a library of LPs I have been collecting since 1975. I have seen just about every band there is, with a few exceptions, play live. Heck, I've been to 25 Grateful Dead shows. If I had to listen to only one song for the rest of my life, it would be this one.
majestic and ethereal all at once. a musical masterpiece.
couldn’t agree more. I was knee deep in extreme music during their heyday and this release. The Church always took me to a completely different realm of pure wonder.
@@kennygerchow8795 well said!
I bought three CDs when I got my first paycheck as a teenager, working at a grocery store, summer of 1990. One was The Sundays (Reading, Writing & Arithmetic), second was the Cure (Disintegration), and then there was Gold Afternoon Fix. I roamed around town in my white four-door Nissan Sentra in a kind of stupor playing tracks. "Metropolis" was a folk-rock kind of turn for this band that I didn't expect after endless listens to their stuff from Starfish, and it made me feel more OK with my eclectic tastes in music while all my friends were embracing gangster rap alone as though we never listened to bands like They Might Be Giants or XTC or Bob Mould before that.
His voice is like velvet
That is for sure!!!
Agreed.
A dreamy flow
God I love these guys. Criminally underrated. Love that they play in Chapel Hill NC whenever they're in the US. Never miss a show.
We just saw them in Carrboro at the cats cradle.
Ditto. Amazing shows love seeing them at CC
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Very romantic lyrics. Every woman wants to hear these words from the man she loves.
This tune its absolutely awesome. Higher class. Nothing to envy U2,Psychedelic Furs,Echo and the Bunnymen,Cure,jam,joy division, smiths,simple minds,Stranglers....the greatest 80 bands
My favorite Church song, and I'm so happy to see the official video back online!
Tru dat!
@CRY TV prophet or profit? Hmm, know what I mean?
One of the things I love and have in common with Church fans aside from the fact that I am one, is that when listening to their music we all just go back to our best memories. Not just the songs we liked but memories that few know or have shared. And that’s a powerful thing.👍🏻
stevemrmusic9 Not true. 10 years from now we’re both ‘gonna look back and say: “Hey, I met that guy on You Tube.”🤝
I can’t listen to this and not get goosebumps!!!
Been listening to The Church and keeping the faith for a long time.
My girlfriend (now wife of 31 years) sent me this video on a VHS tape. I was in the Army at FT Irwin, CA and cut off from the world. I had to travel to Victorville to find the CD. Good memories with an excellent song.
Saw The Church live last year on my Birthday in Minneapolis and they were amazing. Great band.
Marty's so freakin' cool he just hits a couple notes on the "solo". Any other guitarist just tries to show how great a player they are. Marty's "nah, I'm good, I got this". LOVE it.
MWP : My neighbour and my friend 😉
Magical and underrated song, one the best Australian bands ever!!!!!!!
Actually New Zealand... But who's THAT picky? Well I guess I am!!!
@D.W. Shepherd yeah someone corrected me elsewhere! I thought I heard NZ in an interview but when I researched the band Wikipedia stated Australia as well!! I stand corrected!!!
@Rachie Sayd Tim Poweles, the drummer (not the guy in this video) is from NZ.
@@gfm1496 so I was partially correct in another place and time... Hardly makes up for my mistake for which I have been repeatedly reprimanded for! But thanks anyway!!!
@@rachiesayd9423 No reprimanding necessary - you have great taste in music :)
Awesome song from the band
Guitar line on this tremendously tremendous
Great memories from a wonderful album
One of the best albums.
one of their best ,my fave of the this band!
The Church for Eternity, long live the Church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song has been playing in my head, on and off, for decades.
I was 30, in love and sittin by the pool with a hooter and my fave song. Goddam I miss 1990
30 years ago...and remains the best song of modern rock of 90s.....👍👍👍....
That's a hell of a guitar hook!🙂
Lyrics
There'll never be another quite like you
I'm so involved with everything you do
Don't say nothing good will ever come of this
Don't say the damage is worse than it is
Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
You stare down at some crowd from your trapeze
And when you fell they fell down on their knees
And when you broke they scrambled for a piece
And when you spoke I felt their anger freeze
Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
And back in Metropolis talk about a holocaust
And then visit the zoo
And back in Metropolis the weather is ridiculous
What's it all leading to
And it's only a day away
We could leave tonight
You could sleep along the way
Dream in black and white
One of the best guitar outros ever!
Isn't it? I think The Church always did the best intros and outros of any band, ever. The 'Starfish' album is a masterclass in intros and outros on every song, and their song "Myrrh" from the album 'Heyday' may be my favorite album intro ever.
Always been in love with this song from way back !!!
The Church was the first band I discovered by my self in a record store. Skin and bones was on sale, I soon got them all. Years went by no music oracles knew anything about them until I talked with the music oracle him self (Finn Bjelke) - Finn knew The Church and gave me confidence I was right all those years since the mid 80s - The Church is the best guitar rock & roll band!
Incredible song! A guitar symphony. The lead guitar hook is so simple but so memorable. Love that they didn't try to overdo it. The song could be a study on how to write "hooks." I was never a big Church fan but sometimes a band writes that ONE SONG!!! Metropolis, for me at least, is their ONE SONG!!!
Should have 10 million views
‘They’ll never be another quite like you’
This group is just as on now as when it came out and played this when i was a dj in the 80's and 90's
A wonderful song, in these times of covid 19. Inspiring for us.
I listen to this song whenever I get in the car. My son says: "dad, again?! I've been listening to the song since I was a little boy."
@@regisbrasil4082 OMG, my children all said the same!
@@donnaewigleben120 Children never forget the time spent with their families. Especially songs.
Simple and effective video. A story told through the menagerie of character’s eyes
Dit is de beste lied dat ik hebbe gehoren in laang tijd...ik houde van't...Dank U voor uur poost...
The church is a band I'm starting to discover their unique fusion of jangle pop and songcraft and this song here is one of their good ones
That is a gem of a song. Never gets old.
From Italy my favorite band of my teenage... Dreams, happiness, and all of my beautiful life
Great song. Love the guitar
The guitar, drum, vocals, just a great band, awesome memories, wish bands still could hold a candle to these guys ..
Love the ending of the song,the strums of the guitar.its so classic
This is one of many classic songs from the Church, with a beautiful sound and a feeling of serenity.
Beautiful song.
great song, nice harmony🤩
I will never forget my first reaction to this video of my then favorite song played almost incessantly on the radio back around 1987, 1988. I was awestruck by the simplicity AND grandiosity of this artistically inspired music video.
I'M SO INVOLVED WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO.
DON'T THINK ME A NUISANCE,
JUST YOUR...BIGGEST FAN.
-THEY FELL DOWN ON THEIR KNEES...
-THE NINE.
SEE THE NINE IS I
AND I AM
THE NINE...
SEE, THE NINE IS ME
AND I AM THE...NINE.
Qué maravilloso encontrar este video...adoraba este tema y lo había olvidado, ahora lo puedo escuchar todos los días !!
I remember the first time I heard this back in the day. That main guitar riff had me instantly hooked. Just has a haunting, melancholy essence to it that instantly triggered my depressive tendencies and still does to this day. But I still love it and listen to it all the time. ;-)
The Church is among the greatest bands of all time despite not having got the recognition it deserved. I love this band too much! Metropolis is a song that refers to an intoxicating atmosphere, and when I hear that song highest flight... it's like I'm listening to the music on my walkman, walking on the clouds...
That's a great memory also remember my girlfriend dancing to this whole album night after night is wonderful it's purple skies too at night and it's a wonderful time so tattoos that morning so yeah but so we can listen
My lord what an amazing song
Beautiful song. I love it. Very romantic.
It was in the 90s that this new wave rock group invaded the music scene with melodic tunes and provocative lyrics they bring back memories of our youth 🎤🎸🇵🇭😄
Huh??? This album was - for many followers of the band - a sort of swan song. Some of The Church's most towering moments - The Blurred Crusade, Heyday - were already YEARS behind them at this point. The (deserved) commercial success of Under The Milky Way and Metropolis doesn't overshadow the less widely known genius of Almost With You, Tristesse or Columbus. Kilbey himself has said (numerous times) that he HATED the recording process during Starfish - hated LA, and felt that poisonous vibe came through loud and clear in the final result.
I love this song and this band...SONIC!!!
PK is the subtle guitar genius that makes the Church...
Top tune from a great Australian band!
That music was SO GOOD. They can’t make songs like that nowadays. Brings me back to my teens.
One of my faves.
Definitely some goosebump moments at several points in this song.
The Church forever lives on!!!!!!!!!
Keep going back to this phun phun church. I need to break away because I have❤ to go to bed so I can get up and clean 😅The Church in the MORRning...
I was today years old when I found out there was a video for this one -- and it's my favorite of theirs!
only gets better with time-beautiful guitar, Steve's smooth vocals, intelligent, searching lyrics....top-shelf upload!
SO glad this original video has finally found it's way to the ol' YT. During the golden age of MTV, (remember the REAL MTV folks?!?) this track was my intro to a band I've loved ever since. Around Christmas time in that same great year of 1990, I found a cassette copy of GAF at my local, long gone 5 and Dime; cost a whopping 1 dollar! I'm proud to say I still have that tape, and just recently purchased a first pressing of the CD from Hawaii via the Bay. The magic of music and our memories, let's not lose those gifts friends!! Stay healthy, God bless us all, and God bless the church.
great one
1990 at it's best.
A whole vibe ✨️
My Favorite Song From Them
♡The Church♡ F'n awesome to this day 2021.
always liked them, a hint of Echo in them.
other way around. :)
One of the great guitar outros of all time
The themes of this song seem even more suited for 2023 than they were for 1990. Certainly, that line "The weather is ridiculous, what's it all leading to?" has a punch now it really didnt't then.
Love the young English vocals and guitar work from a pre-interweb time!!
Australian English. ;) They are still making music though - and it's very good even in the time of the interwebs. ;)
Please give this video a 4K upgrade too, keeping the anamorphic squeeze!
Fantastic - nothing else to say.
Adoro The Church , cada canción y esta en especial!!
Es muuuuuuucho bella esta canción, a mi me relaja demasiado 🥰🥰
One of my favorite songs and they're hot!
I remember those feelings,back in my younger days
Marty Wilson Piper .....so amazing. Gorgeous then, gorgeous still! Love the CHURCH. Amazingly talented, ALL.
Sublime !!!!
This is a great song. ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
I think this song is awesome, too.
I am proud to be from the planet that produced this
Obra Maestra por los Siglos de los Siglos... 🙏
God that guitar part is pure beauty i remember being amazed when this came out that it was not as successful as "Under The Milky Way" had been.
Como na Austrália existem" Bandas" excelentes.The Church é mais um exemplo disso 👏👏👏
Totalmente cierto , tienen un sonido propio
Actually New Zealand...
A great song and video from a great band. Oh yeah, the lead singer, Steve Kilby is FINE and has a sexy voice.👧🏾👍🏾🤗🤗
Bonkers video. Nice Rickenbacker! Oh what a great song...
That poor old Rickenbacker was stolen in 1993 - Marty never got it back.
I love it, i think the romantics tells the truth ; whath is the more important thing in the human life ? Love and sentiments.
Wow, Great to see them still being amazing .. The Church was a legendary underground band that many of us kids totally got into. I got a feeling that they are going to influence many generations to come.
so 1990!
Why they are not superstars? Fantastic style! Like U2 meets Pink Floyd!
They deserve more recognition!
Just another favorite band and album growing up :)