NEXT LEVEL MUSICIANSHIP! First Time Hearing The Alan Parsons Project - La Sagrada Familia Reaction!
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- Hello, music explorers! Today, we're delving into a true gem from The Alan Parsons Project with our first-time reaction to "La Sagrada Familia." Known for their sophisticated rock compositions and thematic albums, The Alan Parsons Project has continually wowed audiences with their musical prowess. Join us as we explore the intricacies of "La Sagrada Familia" and uncover the artistry behind this stunning piece.
⭐️ WHAT WE DISCOVER IN THIS VIDEO:
Our immediate reactions to the complex arrangement and thematic depth of "La Sagrada Familia."
Discussing The Alan Parsons Project's approach to blending rock with orchestral and choral elements, creating a unique sound.
Reflecting on the song's inspiration from the famous basilica in Barcelona, exploring how music can capture architectural beauty and historical depth.
Sharing our thoughts on how "La Sagrada Familia" stands as a testament to Alan Parsons' visionary production and sound engineering.
🎵 ABOUT THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT & "LA SAGRADA FAMILIA":
The Alan Parsons Project, helmed by audio engineer and musician Alan Parsons, is celebrated for its ambitious musical projects that often combine rock with other genres. "La Sagrada Familia," a track from their album "Gaudi," is inspired by the iconic, unfinished church designed by architect Antoni Gaudí. The song reflects the ongoing construction and the blend of faith and art that the basilica represents.
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Sirius/Eye in the Sky, Time, Games People play, Don't answer me, many more is my favorites of Alan Parsons Project
"Time" makes me cry
"I Robot" into "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"... great 1-2 opening punch to an album. "Old and Wise" will make you cry.
The s guy got his start engineering with The Beatles (Abbey Road), Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon), Ambrosia (Holding Onto Yesterday) and Al Stewart (Year Of The Cat) besides his own group. All are sonically superior productions worthy of your attention
1976 Is the Bands DEBUT ALBUM - TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION album featuring ROCK and CLASSICAL plus SYNTHESEIZERS & Other Great and Amazing Instruments and also various Vocalist that brought incredible music talent to this entire Masterpiece of their first record from 76' it's pretty awesome and Rockin' too.
Just an fyi: After more than 140 years of incomplete construction, Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia church is expected to be finished in 2026, per a report released by the church on March 20.
It would be fitting if they can manage it as it would be 100years since Antoni Gaudi’s death.
But , mainly by COVID was delayed and now there isn't a date to complete it. I'm from Barcelona
Turn of a Friendly card, Time, Games People Play, even I Robot are all fantastic orchestrations. Alan Parsons was a genius producer who also produced albums for Pink Floyd, Al Stewart among others. RIP Mr. Parsons!
Alan is still alive! He’s 75
RIP Mr. Parsons??? John Miles, the lead singer on this track passed away in 2021, but Alan Parsons is still alive at the age of 75.
Alan Parsons is a treasure we still have. Sadly, however, Eric Woolfson, longtime A.P.P. collaborator passed away in December of 2009.
@@user-tl1yi2jh6e OMG!! I'm so thrilled, I saw an article over a year ago that he had passed from a stroke!! Thank you!
Oh what a rabbit hole you guys have fallen into. Sooooo many great songs! Alan Parsons was an engineer for Pink Floyd.
You MUST LISTEN to their early songs, like “The Raven” and “Cask of Amontillado” from “Tales of Mystery and Imagination”
Yeah, I have to do a dream within a dream before you do the raven together
The Alan Parsons was really a studio band of not just Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. A studio genius and a musical genius. But they also assembled some of the very best musicians for each album. The Project never really toured during the years they put out albums 1976 to 1987. When Eric Woolfson left the partnership in in the late 80’s. Alan started a solo career in which he and his band plays all the APP classics including La Sagrada Familia. Alan still puts out new music and tours today.
2023 was a hard year as we lost both the lead vocalist of this, John Miles and the lead guitarist, Ian Bairnson. Love this song. Thanks for the reaction.
Eye in the sky is the one I remember growing up. Classic.
TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION WAS MY OPENING TO ALAN PARSONS WOW WHAT AN ALBUM!!!
Alan Parsons was a sound engineer arranger for The Beatles and Pink Floyd .Parsons later produced other groups .He has many hit songs and if you can listen to the Alan Parsons Symphonic project. "Time" and "Don't Answer Me " are two of many great songs.
Turn of a Friendly Card was my introduction to this band. Try listening to that album. A real treat
That's their finest moment for sure.
might be their best one..
I've been a long time fan of The Alan Parsons Project (since the 70's). The intricacies of the melodies and arrangements from his albums which paved the way to, and influenced, other artists such as Trans Siberian Orchestra, Nightwish to name a few. I think you also made a reference to Paco De Lucia at the beginning of the video about the Flamenco guitarist, Friday Night in San Francisco is another gem which is musically magical
Try something from their earlier albums. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Or from their I Robot album. Their Turn of a Friendly Card is another. Personal favorite is the song Games People Play. Have fun.
The Spanish Architect Antonio Gaudi, famous for his modernistic architecture in the Catalan Capital of Barcelona.
The guest vocalist on this song was the late great John Miles. An English singer who passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 74. His biggest solo hit was the amazing song ‘Music (was my first love)’, which would also be well worth reacting to.
I concur
Agree but a live version would be best.
John Miles' hit Music was produced by Alan Parsons. John Miles would also perform the song several times at the yearly Night of the Proms concerts, where a symphony orchestra plays both classical music as well as suitable hits with the original pop artists. John Miles was one of the favorites, and I also remember from the nineties Sting singing Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) with the orchestra and Barry Ryan singing Eloise.
@andyparnham7542 His vocals on Woolfson's There but for the Grace of God will break your hart.
Days Are Numbers (The Traveler), Time, Don't Answer Me, Old And Wise, Games People Play
Love days are numbers
OMG, I hope you know you are now entering a deep rabbit hole
La Familia Sagrada (a.k.a. the Barcelona Cathedral) is due to be completed in 2026 though other minor work will continue through 2034
No, the Barcelona Cathedral ( a.k.a. Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia ) is one thing, Sagrada Familia ( a.k.a. Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia) is another.
Way back in the day I bought I Robot and the whole album shows the talent everybody brought to this album. Worth you two buying and give a listen too.
Masterpiece!!! I'm from Barcelona and when I listen this song makes me feel so very young again. Fantastic! Thanks for your vídeos🫶
Great and sincere reaction to one of my most fave artists in the 70s - another example of his music which will have you mesmorised for its entirity is "Old and Wise" it's beautiful.
What a great choice for your first listen to the great APP. This album is based around the great church by Gaudi in Barcelona. I've loved this song since I first heard it in 1987 and finally got to the church last year. I sat inside in all that grandeur, the Spanish sunlight filtering down through the intricate stained-glass windows, and I slipped on my headphones, and I listened to this song. A dream of over 30 years fulfilled.
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And things have changed a bit since the opening lines were spoken - they think they might actually finish the construction in the next couple of years.
The whole Gaudi album is extraordinary but you might like to listen to 'Standing On Higher Ground', a faster, rockier song.
Most reactors who do APP generally go for their older stuff, and I don't often hear this later album on reaction channels.
But as for older stuff:
Games People Play
Time
Nothing Left To Lose (which is actually part of a 5-piece song, The Turn of a Friendly Card - but it's 16 minutes long)
Silence and I
Old and Wise
Don't Answer Me
Let's Talk About Me (This is my favourite, it has personal meaning to me)
Days Are Numbers
The Same Old Sun
It's one of those fabled rabbit holes. Thanks so much for your appreciation of this song.
I just went back and checked - you've never done Mike Oldfield, have you? Let your first introduction be 5 minutes of magnificence, 'Far Above the Clouds' from Tubular Bells III.
A great example of Eric Wolfson's work RIP...
Indeed... and the brilliant Ian Bairnson, also RIP... was lucky enough to see them live a few times when Ian was still touring with them...
Tales of Mystery and Imagination is one of my favorite albums by them
Before I even watch this, just want to say YES!!!! APP is my all time favorite group. Saw them live the very first time they toured. They had always said they would not tour until technology would let them sound at least as good live as studio. I bought tickets as fast as I could. 2 of my friends and I made a weekend camp out of it, it is one of my fondest concert memories. APP is WAY under representated by reaction channels. THANK YOU!!
I have traveled extensively throughout Europe over the past sixty years, and La Sagrada Familia is one of my favorite sites in one of my favorite cities. The magnificence of this basilica is difficult to express in words, but I can assure you that as you wander through and around this structure you will be astonished by its grandeur and it’s beauty. Intrigued by its amazing history. The last time I visited, about ten years ago, I could only hope it would be finished during my lifetime, and that I would be healthy enough to enjoy it once again. I will be eighty years old later this year, and it is expected to be completed in 2026. I anticipate I will be in Barcelona once again, with tears rolling down my cheeks, and with a calming feeling that I better understand what a privilege it is to be alive.😮
"Sirius/Eye in the Sky" "Time" "Games People Play"
Deep, deep rabbit hole to fall into... but you'll enjoy the journey... and, somewhere along the way you might also find time to watch the movie "Ladyhawke" which features Alan Parsons songs in the soundtrack...
A few personal favorites of mine:
"Siren Song"
"Fragile"
"Return To Tunguska"
"To One In Paradise"
"Standing On Higher Ground"
"Pyramania"
"Stereotomy"
...and once you've gotten a solid look at Alan Parsons' history in the music industry, the lyrics of "As Lights Fall" will make PERFECT sense.
Alan Parson's has great lyrics to go with their unique sound and song structures. The production on their albums is unsurpassed for the time. Working on Let It Be and Dark Side Of The Moon, Alan Parsons, Engineer and Musician, brought an unusual take to this group.
Thank you so, so much for playing some APP. One of my all-time favourite groups. Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, were the co-creators and writers behind the group. Sadly we lost Eric a few years ago. Thank you once again for the great channel and all the great reactions.
You guys should do more Alan Parson Project.
Parsons is phenomenal group with great music. You have so many wonderful songs you like the sax old and wise orchestration silence and I.
His first album is songs based on Edgar Allen Poe stories. Check out The Raven, or Cask of Amontillado.
This song is from one of their later albums. One of my faves! You'll notice that most of their albums have overall themes and have many instrumental pieces and passages. So, it can be considered progressive rock in some ways.
Great reaction, Sam and Phil! My wife and I listened to Alan Parsons a lot back in the 80s. Unique compositions and sounds.
Deep rabbit hole.
The Alan Parsons Project is one of the great, sometimes forgotten, bands of the 70s and 80s. They have a number of different sounds, and some songs worth checking out are "Games People Play," "Voyager/What Goes Up . . ." and "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether," along with the instrumentals "I Robot" and "Lucifer"!
Love Allan Parsons , the Edgar Allan Poe album was my favorite. But I love all their music.❤
His best Project album was "Vulture Culture"
Please do The Traveller (Days are Numbers)
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Great song, great artist. A favorite since forever. My brother lives a few blocks from Sagrada Familia and often sends me photos and video clips from there.
Great choice from Alan Parsons repertoire. Off the beaten path.
This is one of my favorite APP songs. It will be in my head for hours if not days!!
Oh my god, Alan Parsons has been one of the most influential artists in my ENTIRE life, from teenager to to now (over 50 years) and yet I have never heard of this song. Parsons has had his hand in so many important efforts since his work on the Beatles album 'Abbey Road" in 1969. Most important albums for me were 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination', 'I Robot', 'Pyramid', 'Eye in the Sky', 'Try Anything Once', 'On Air', among many others. He is an engineer and producer extraordinaire working with Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Al Stewart, again, among many others. And yet, somehow, I've never heard this tune before. Gotta look it up and find out what album it is from....
The story is the story of Gaudi, the builder of La Sagrada Familia in Seville Spain. The church is still being built to this day.
Alan Parson Project was not a coup as such, he would gather different musicians and vocalists for each "project" he would come up with.Because of this, live performances were rare. Of course some people were on more than one album. He is still creating music.
Hi I’m watching from Christchurch New Zealand and I love all the music from the 70s and 80s. My favourite band of the 80s was Duran Duran hope you will be able to listen to them sometime.
Now that song has major gravitas! I never heard it before but if it is Alan Parsons it almost has to be good. Thank you.
Alan Parsons is still touring and there is a great DVD concert recording of his 2019 concert in Colombia.
This came from one of my favorite APP albums - Gaudi (the name of the architect). So glad you liked it. The construction and engineering concepts for the cathedral are unique - a work of art. He was hit by a bus in 1926 and died. The cathedral was only 25% complete.
All of Parsons' albums are based around a theme. This track is from their 10th studio album, 1987, based on the works of famed architect Gaudi. Not necessarily the best intro to them (or even their best work) but always enjoyable. I'm sure you'll get multiple suggestions from their earlier albums.
he was the man who enginiered the "dark side of the moon" , the famous pink floyd album....."alan parsons project" is the name of one duo, made by two people, Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfsons, for some people this band is pink floyd's litte brother.
Do I HEAR. "THE EYE IN THE SKY".....?????
Make sure to add Sirius
Yes add the Sirius with Eye in the Sky!
He has better, though I doubt any as well known.
"I Robot" and "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" in one hit, "The Voice", "May Be A Price To Pay", "Games People Play", "I Don't Wanna Go Home", "Gold Bug", "One More River", "In The Lap Of The Gods", "Shadow Of A Lonely Man", "Stereotomy", "Urbania", "Where's The Walrus". There's so many more!
They have a bunch of great songs for you to check out. “Don’t Answer Me” is a great mellow tune as are most of their songs. Mellow in the sense that they aren’t heavy rock but lots of orchestration in a sense. A whole album inspired by Edgar Allen Poe. “The Raven” and “The Cask If Amontillado”. Are a couple of stand outs from it. Stuff from “ I Robot” is kind of relevant today with the rise of AI.
Thank you for reviewing this song. Epic album about Gaudi.
So many from this band but check out Prime Time.
Absolutely brilliant and the guitar tone is second to none.
Alan Parsons is a music genius.
Never heard this one before but the word epic comes to mind.
So many great tracks by APP as mention by others Old and wise with vocals by Colin Blundstone or anything from Eye in the sky is a great starting point moving forward
The Sagrada Familia is Gaudi's masterpiece in Barcelona. Construction began in 1882 and as of now it is still not finished. I've stood outside it but didn't get to go in, one day I will. You cannot comprehend this building until you see it such is it's complexity and beauty. Parsons was engineer on Dark Side of the Moon
silence and I or time are my favorites
Dr. Tarr and Professor Feather. The lyrics are quite deep, along with the catchy music. The entire I, Robot album, Pyramid, The Game. Every album they produced has a few timeless classics.
Check out the instrumental piece "Sirius" Everyone knows it, just not by that name
Well ya picked a heck of a song to jump on the APP bandwagon. Welcome aboard! There's plenty of Beaujolais for everyone ❤
A few things, you mention the instrumentation and use of orchestra as well as it feels like a musical.
Andrew Powell is a regular on pretty much all of the APP albums - and even a few of Alan Parsons' solo albums. He's the man responsible for assisting in writing and conducting the orchestras that play on the albums.
Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson - our two primary members - would eventually part ways after this album. Parsons would stick with solo albums and sound engineering, however Woolfson would go on to do musicals. One of those musicals? Gaudi the musical.
APP's albums are all thematic. In this case, the Album is all about the Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi.
They never performed live, because according to Alan Parsons, it wasn't feasible. They did eventually put out an Alan Parsons Live album in the 90s but by then Woolfson had left. Since then Alan Parsons tours as much as he can, performing APP classics. He also puts out Solo albums, his most recent being 'From a New World'.
Eric Woolfson regrettably passed away in 2009. Aside from his legacy with APP, he is remembered for his musicals ranging from topics like gambling, Sigmund Freud and Edgar Allan Poe.
There's a bunch of songs to recommend and some of them need to be played together, like Sirius and Eye in the Sky. I also recommend listening to Voyager, What Goes Up and The Eagle Will Rise Again all in one go - a very wise person on TH-cam has made this possible, just type in all three songs and it should appear top of the list. As for the rest... Take your time. Have fun. And thanks for sharing.
I first discovered The Alan Parsons Project back in the summer of '78. I was 15 and spending a couple weeks in Fort Collins, Colorado with my relatives. Today, I continue listening to their music time to time...nostalgic!
Alan Parsons was the Associate Producer on the Beatles Let it Be album and Produced Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon before starting APP.
Check out The Voice off of I Robot.
You need to listen to the whole album. It's great.
For my taste, one of the most underrated conceptual themed albums.
Old and Wise is pretty neat
About time! APP are just awesome.
The song title may be The holy family however the song is most certainly about the building of the same name. Maybe the greatest building on the planet and worth a visit by anyone of any faith. It is simply stupendous internally and almost unbelievable when you consider that it was conceived in the 19th century with only written mathematics and geometry and physical models to work with. A miracle of design and Gaudi is quite rightly slowly moving through the beatification process (to be declared a Saint). The song captures some of the drama of the building.
"Dude"....I haven't been called by that moniker since the late 60s! Thanks for the memories. I loved this video, Canuk and Canukette. You should follow up with their virtuoso track called Frankenstein.
La Sagrada Familia is in Barcelona and was designed to take a 100 years to build. I have been in any about 20 years ago and it is wonderful but was not finished. He designed a lot of buildings in Barcelona and they are all very interesting. The Album is base around his life and works of the architech Antonio Gaudí. Alan & Eric created many "concept album". They are considered a progessive rock band (Prog rock).
Phycobabble live in Madrid is a must.
I was just thinking of this amazing group today! Thank you for dipping your toe in the Parsons pool. Rock on guys.
Interesting sidenote: they did the movie soundtrack for "Ladyhawke"
Glad you enjoyed it!
this song inspired me to know more about Gaudi and Sagrada Familia. have been to barcelona several times since. Alan Parsons has a long and storied history, he has worked with the Beatles at Abbey Road studios and was an engineer on Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon , his high concept albums have always (ok, mostly) delighted and informed me for the past 40+ years. If i had to choose one artist for life on a desert island, it would probably be Alan Parsons
Games people play and I wouldn't want to be like you are two of the best songs of Alan Parsons project
I think you are ready for the rabbit hole is Alan Parsons, Pyramid, Turn of a Friendly Card, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, so many good albums
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I really like the song, Limelight from Stereotomy. Sung by Gary Brooker, Procol Harum. Unique voice
Too many worthy songs for me to pin it down to even two or three if I tried, I’d be wrong lol
Funnily enough, I thought in my head that you had already done the combination of Sirius and Eye in the Sky, which will probably be highly recommended, and the two together are often the first two tracks reacted to by people (with Sirius often being highly recognizable, though I won't spoil it). I specifically chose this track partially because it is much less frequently recommended, as Gaudi was quite possibly their least popular album (aside from the almost completely unknown Freudiana, which is officially a side project of Eric Woolfson in a more musical vein, but was produced by Alan Parsons).
Alan Parsons went to to produce a few more albums under his own name, without Eric Woolfson, and there are some good tracks there, as well.
The vocals in this song were from the amazing John Miles, who contributed to several other APP tracks spanning from their first to last albums including "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether", "Shadow of a Lonely Man", "Stereotomy", and "There But for the Grace of God" (from Freudiana).
My own personal collection of favorites, aside from this one and the previously listed tracks featuring John Miles, include "Old and Wise", "Ammonia Avenue", "Silence and I", "Time", and "The Turn of a Friendly Card", but every album is full of gems.
Hey guys, look up the video called, Don’t Answer Me by this group. It’s pretty cool.
We have a dvd of. Their current touring group, a concert in the Netherlands! We watch it all the time, weekly actually, I think I drive my husband crazy, although he does enjoy it. Everyone on the current tour is very talented. I would really love to see them before Alan gets too old to tour anymore, h seems to be doing good at this time.
As far as his engineering talent, all I have to say is ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Pink Floyd!! ❤❤.
There are other great songs from the APP mentioned in the comments to consider. Thanks guys!!❤❤
SIRIUS/Eye in the sky," "Games people play" and "I wouldn't want to be like you" are three to play,
When you get around to "Eye In The Sky", please make sure to include its intro song "Sirius "which happened to be the themesong for the Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls when they were winning NBA championships.
Good work. Pyramid album will blow you away.
AP also engineered Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"...
Along your APP journey, please also explore their follow up to this record, Freudiana. Although not officially an APP album, it features many of the same players.
Alan Parsons Project has some amazing albums that you need to dive into. Eye In The Sky, I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You, Don't Answer Me are just a few to begin with. I enjoy virtually every song on their albums as they don't usually have filler material. Dive In!
A huge rabbit hole to go down with the Alan Parsons Project. Along with Eric Woolfson they created great albums from the mid 70s through late 80s. Many were concept albums. For example their first album was based on stories by Edgar Alan Poe.
They had several more commercial sounding hit singles but also had a lot of albums tracks similar to this one which I think is their more interesting work.
Parsons engineered some classic albums like the Beatles Abby Road and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon.
the Chicago bulls theme song during MJ's time was by Alan Parsons
I can sense a Pink Floyd influence in the song, which Parsons has admitted they were trying to make an album like DSOTM, but never got there with it and ended up with his own brand of Prog rock
...awesome song, truly a mind-blower!! Alan Parsons Project (short: APP) published 10 studio albums and never disappointed... you like this one - be prepared for an ongoing journey; they have a lot of brilliant stuff up their sleeves... 💖
PS. 01 In the Lap of the Gods 02 The Voice 03 Ammonia Avenue 🌜🌞🌈
this chuch in Barcelona, will be finished in 2026
Bizarre choice with all the “BIG ONES” out there. Would love to know how you managed to pick this one. I do love concept albums and perhaps I should reintroduce myself to this one. Had it on vinyl in 87/88 but back then I may not have given it my full attention
This is 80s AP ,the 70s is where it al started,, but it good regardless..
Written by Alan Parsons and the late Eric Woolfson, RIP. Good 👍. They wrote more popular songs. I list a duo below.
Suggested videos 📹: Sirius and Eye in the Sky live in Colombia 🇨🇴.
Wow. I have heard of this band but not this song. 😊❤
I think "Psychobabble" would've been better. Or "Stereotomy," as it shows off both singers.
A lot of people concentrate on the title & Antonio Gaudi , But if you listen to lyrics and think about Spanish History ( civil war , Franco dictatorship) not to mention it’s long history . The lyrics talk about the hope & perseverance of the people over generations.