Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War (Official Audio) ft. Richard Burton, Justin Hayward
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- The War of The Worlds - The Eve of the War (Official Audio)
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Lyrics
No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinised as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us...
At midnight, on the 12th of August, a huge mass of luminous green gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth. Across two hundred million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us, came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth. As I watched, there was another jet of gas. It was another missile, starting on its way...
And that's how it was for the next ten nights. A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it; a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight. Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet...
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...
But still, they come!
Then came the night the first missile approached Earth. It was thought to be an ordinary falling star, but the next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the Common, and Ogilvy came to examine what lay there. A cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot, and with faint sounds of movement coming from within. Suddenly the top began moving, rotating, unscrewing, and Ogilvy feared there was a man inside trying to escape. He rushed to the cylinder but the intense heat stopped him before he could burn himself on the metal...
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...
But still, they come!
Yes, the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...
But still, they come!
It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil... - เพลง
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The original and the best. No matter how many times this is re-cast, it will never ever be better than this.
True. There is no one who can match Richard Burton's silky yet deep voice. Plus it has David Essex, Justin Hayward & Phil Lynott.
@@soupdragonuk very well said
Yeh it is fantastic still gives me shivers
@SilverLight42 @SilverLight42 This is the original musical version. Nobody was talking about HG Wells original which was not, by the way, a book. The first publication was a magazine serialisation in Pearson's magazine in the UK in 1897. The book then followed because the story was so popular. The US debut was also in a magazine (Cosmopolitan I believe). As for the 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast. That was a dramatic adaption which changed the time from 1897 to 1938, changing the story considerably. A lot of Wells purists are usually not fond of the 1938 adaptation. But, hey I won't argue about factual details......
i prefer the new generations version tbh idk why
People on December 2020:
"Finally, this shitty year is over"
Richard Burton Voice around the world:
"No one would have believe, in the first decades of 21th Century..."
Yeah ngl that would probably happen.
Bruh yess
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Because we live in the hellscape that is 2020, the alien invasion wouldn´t be introduced by Richard Burton´s amazing voice. We would have to settle for Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks to narrate our destruction
@@josemaria8177 As long as it's not Trump. He IS THE Alien!
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C. Clarke
edit: thanks for 300 likes :3
Maybe if those greedy gluttonous grand standing gung hu gun grabbers are defeated than it won't be so scarry !!!
at. Least
We could go down fight and. Take as many. Of them with us. As possible !; Death before dishonor. To hell with pasfism!!! Long live the second amendment !!!!
😂
XCOMMMMMMMM
@@danieljanecka9492 i thought it was zx and then followed by c and then back too a d and or an even an A .
Very profound
“No one would have believed...” the greatest speaking voice of all time - RIP Richard Burton 🏴
The only speaking voice that comes close to Mr Burtons today has got to be Morgan Freeman.
Richard Burton The Best actorever that deep rich voice is pure magic Awesome
@@neilwiliams4776 I would say Tony Jay, also sadly deceased :(.
LOVE LOVE THIS ALBUM, OMG RICHARD BURTON, THAT VOICE , FOREVER AUTUMN HAUNTING MEMORIES, SUBLIME
Richard Burton and the legendary Vicent Price those two voices were awesome. May both of them Rest Eternally In Peace.
That moment when the musical is the most faithful adaptation.
Ish.
I mean it is the most faithful adaptation but that's because no one else has even fucking TRIED to make a faithful adaptation, only ever shit.
I mean... no one else ever really tried too hard to be honest. Always modern day America... I guess the BBC tried... sort of.
Yeah but that's if the advertisements on the channel didn't cut it out at the height of it's sympathy
The album is a bleak, sombre drama about one man trying to survive, the other adaptations felt the need to include more action and spectacle, take the first appearance of the Heat Ray for example, in this the Journalist describes it as a swift and brutal massacre that would make your blood turn cold whereas on screen it's always a loud 10 minute spectacle with explosions and chases, Jeff Wayne War Of The Worlds doesn't try turn the story into an action movie.
@@kieranfo3739 I noticed that only really the Tom Cruise film even seems to try to stick with the idea that this is one man’s personal story, because the 1953 film felt the need add in a whole bunch of stuff conceding how the rest of the world reacted as well as having the main character brush soldiers with military generals and the like. Everything seems a whole lot more coordinated in that film whereas in the book, everything falls apart almost immediately.
"The chances of me ever getting bored of this amazing musical are a million to one, I say"
"And if we reach the end of the CD........we'll start all over AGAIN!"
With inflation its a Billion to 1 these days.
So you’re telling me there’s a chance…. I read ya!!!
Brilliant reply!!
👍👍👍
In music class in the late 1970’s, every lesson we just listened to this….walked away with a 1000 emotions…..I was 10 years old!
The most silkiest voice of a true British gentleman ever heard,
100% true.....
100% Welsh, yes British, but oh so Welsh it sings perfectly like a summer breeze on a five bar gate overlooking Abergavenny on an August evening.......
Skilerist"
@@sjbr101 Liam Neeson weren't bad either
@@iconsofcymru5327 English Translation = SKI INSTRUCTOR?
Many many years before i married my future husband then took me to the Planetarium in Johannesburg South africa they put on a amazing show useing the stars and the music & story was this original recording with Richard Burton best show I've ever been to 😊❤
74 years old and still obsessed with this music and with Richard Burton's voice. And it's autumn. What else do you need !!
I bet your mind was blown the first time you heard it? I'm 39 and I LOVE it, still have the original vinyl record, with all the artwork. I would have loved to take my mum to see the live show, she died last year, but I will take my daughter and pay homage
My teacher brought it in when I was in primary school, not long after it was released - blew my 11yo mind@@josephoneill2957
It's one of the best Musicals of all time... PERIOD!!!
Even though I found out the truth about us living on a “plane” and not a spinning pear shape and ridiculous shit like NASA can’t go back to the moon because we destroyed the technology we once had in 1969.
“A planet is a much smaller fragment of a much larger plane” you won’t find that on google.
>o
I'm 41 and remember hearing it at school . It will always be a classic .
All five of us kids were scarred by this for life after dad brought it home in 1978 & played it at night when we were in bed! A truly terrifying masterpiece. I still dream about those tripods now - and I’m 50! 😱
It's like u told my story every Sunday night my father play it still classic
The original spaceships weren't tripods, though? They were boomerang shaped with a heat ray periscope on top
Same here I'm 40 and my mother had the album when I was a child. I remember being terrified upon my 1st time hearing it but also being fascinated by it as well.
You should watch The Invaders TV series.
I wish they make a movie in that time period in time! It came fro war war 1 that time . And yes it would be scary. But not now a days.As it was, was a flop ... A big flop..
Magical voice of Richard Burton always makes me thril. Even after all these years.
No-one could have done it better.
A friend was working at Advision Studios when they recorded this. Apparently, Burton had been on a bender and was three weeks late for the session!
@@Cchogan I was a statistician in one episode of the Wagner Tv series, watching Richard Burton from 2 meters. It was incredible.
Only one voice came close and that's when Lliam Neeson did this on 2012. They had it free on TH-cam not long ago, the whole stage performance
Maybe voices are just underrated? On this record as well as Burton there was Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, David Essex, Justin Heywood etc. All of them are just perfect. The whole project should just NOT work, and yet it does. Such were the days....
I can’t believe people in this world haven’t heard this masterpiece of a song
Novelty album but maybe the best one ever. They don't usually sell well to public sensibilities. Oh well, what the hell do we know, anyway.
the answer to your question....because my friend people are now satisfied with mediocrity. Masterpieces like this will rarely be seen again. Just look at the tripe we now see on tv and in the cinema.
I’m a 1966 baby. Heard this many times in the 70 and 80 growing up. Amazing
It was, my dad had it playing when I was a child. Now I'm painting a Fallout 4 and War of the Worlds mashup of the Sole survivor from Vault 111 facing the Martian Tripods during a Radstorm.
@@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah Spot on and well said!
I must have been 6 or 7 years old in the early 1980's when my primary school teacher made us listen to this in class with our heads down and our eyes closed so that we were in darkness and able to concentrate and listen to it. I loved it. From that very first listen I loved it. But at the same time, at 6 or 7 years old, it freaked me the hell out. I remember I couldn't sleep with the bedroom door closed and the lights off for a year after! And now, forty years later, it's still one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.
We had a teacher back in 78, Mr Drury, who played us the entire war of the worlds from tape over a week. We all wrote the story in our own words in our exercise book. I was 9 and I pestered my mum and dad for this and eventually got it for my 10th birthday. And to this day it is my favourite and most listened to album I own.
Your school teacher had a hangover and needed some peace & quite for an hour or so....
That's a good teacher
@@JJ-di6tf I agree, she was. It scared the hell out of me for weeks but also....I fell in love with it
I'm 29 and my Dad made me listen to this album when I was really young, I didn't sleep properly for weeks and was always looking out of the window looking for green smoke in the sky. Safe to say my Mum really wasnt happy at him as I missed school over this album haha. I adore it and it is still one of my favourite peices of music ever created. Timeless.
Timeless Classic Album way way before Tom Cruise was even Known ,Sir Richard Burton
70 yrs old now and still obsessed with this masterpiece .
Happpy days and well on yah👍😉
60 yrs old here. I own this on vinyl, cassette and cd. And listen to it in it's entirety every Halloween.
That's awesome! I'm 16, my dad is basically projecting his music taste onto me. But hey, I'm not complaining!
Still a masterpeice
me too 70 this never gets tired
Still have this on vinyl as a 45 single from 1978. Richard Burton's voice remains utterly peerless. Must watch 'Where Eagles Dare' again.
What a truly wonderful voice Richard Burton had.
The voice of a drinker and a smoker, still very good especially that they made him a mechanical head in the musical version.
@@azarth8805 - Still better than mine :-)
@@clivesparks6867 lol
Check out under Richard Burton reads Dylan Thomas..... Exceptional😎😎😎😎😎
H.G. Wells wrote the words, that`s what makes it more powerful.
I remember when I first heard , " The War of the Worlds", my husband came home and didn't get out of the car.
I went out to check if everything was alright , he said grab the kids and listen to this.
We sat in the car all five of us.
I loved it , now my kids still listen , it really is brilliant .
What an awesome memory to have
@@marbleblue5127 , thank you . Music takes you back to a memory .
This has to be the best ever piece of music I have ever heard.
BellaDoesStuff listen to some other stuff from this album, will prob blow you away even more! I suggest to listen to it form start to finish and not touch the trash techno remixes
Air Force KId thank you for suggestions, I have listened to some other pieces from this album. They are incredible! And don’t you think Richard Burton’s voice fits so well for this!
BellaDoesStuff No one will ever beat his voice, stuff of legends
Air Force KId omg ikrrrr
Absolutely MOST DEFINITELY
Anyone else love the artwork as well,everything about this albums awesome
Luv the album still creeps me out driving Horsell Common look for the Death Ray
Man, these images burned themselves into my brain… 👽🥺🤪
Everything!
the original booklet in the vinyl album is tops !
i remember being very young when i first saw my parents record of war of the worlds, I remember the cover having the image of the fallen Martians being eaten by the birds, it will forever be in my mind
Richard Burton! His incredible voice! I could listen to him all day!
Great album ,for m th eveof thwaris thebest
Bcst
Richard Burton's voice. The intonation, the annunciating, the richness. His narration and Jeff Waynes score make this a tour de force
RB, the actor's actor!
The music industry has withered. Anyone who tried to do something this original now would be laughed out of the office as a lunatic. Equally something like Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. The music of today is all the more impoverished for it
Impoverished in terms of quality, on the one hand, but also soused with dark evil on the other...
What sets the above apart, along with a few other musical works (especially from the UK) is DIVINITY.
The beloved Holy Spirit inspires stunning music that means something ("Ordinary World", "Somewhere only we know", "The Way it is" and "Paradise" offer just a few further examples ... there are some more too).
With the Darkness, you scratch the perhaps-alluring surface and find only lies (deception), chaos (deception) and true evil (destruction) beneath.
Inivestigate what the Holy Spirit does and you find layer after layer of truth, love, mercy, wonder, connectivity, meaning, insight, kindness, glory and strength.
@@sidpheasant7585 i sincerely doubt that Duran Duran or Keane would say they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The human heart has the ability to create beauty by itself without any need for divine guidance
1:18 @@servicekid7453 They do not have to know about it, or even seek it, for it to be so. As Jesus told us, the Holt Spirit is enigmatic ( as well as wondrous and powerful) and He blows where He will. In my life I could also have chosen to play down, or not be grateful for, or fail to notice, the great kindnesses and mercies given me by Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But I did not do that... when I had the chance to stop being blind, I took it; and there is NOTHING on this Earth that can compare. I know that all that the Holy Spirit touches is beautiful; and I know that His signs encompass Scripture, nature; some culture and Rapture; so I wonder if there are any beautiful things that do NOT fit with that. Obviously, the rest of the world and worldly things are primarily in the hands of darkness, as 1 John 5:19 says, and while that CLEARLY applies to the world's organising systems as opposed to humankind, I do know that a very large number of people are basically mocking, sour, intolerant and hard-hearted ... and also deeply mired in the great superficial allure of sin. So where are the beautiful achievements among such people? Don't know...
This is exactly right. I can’t believe this ever got made but I thank God it was and we are all richer for it
Strangely enough, I have both on my iPod…I listened to this one today while working out.
My father loved Richard Burton and War of the Worlds.. Sadly he died in 2016 but the interest is in me and now my son Dylan is embracing the Worlds from the 1970s.. Richard Burton you make me proud to be Welsh.. Diolch 👍👍
@@damionord9142 Let's all go for independence and then form a "Celtic Alliance" with a reunified Ireland. And leave "little England" to its delusions of grandeur.
@@damionord9142 less than half of Scotland hears him actually.
@@klaxoncow crack on 😉🏴
Still is a masterpiece, even now, Richard Burton,s haunting voice, the great Justin Hayward singing as well and Chris Thompson.
Richard. Burton. Has. A. Voice. Like. Fine. Wine. and. Chocolate.
I'm 26. non of my generation knows this song, a shame, they will be off guard by the time they come
I'm 17 and have been listening to this since the age of 5, so some of us have been lucky enough
@@OpinionatedGuy0 I'm 11 and have been listening to this song since 8. (yes, I'm very perculier, don't judge please)
Been trying to track down this now for over 30 years, tonight it was played in an advert on TV and I yelled 'God! if only I knew what this song was called! I've only ever heard bits of it on radio, and they've never said who it was, or by, given a year, no clue, nothing!!!' - To which my partner replied, - 'Oh you mean War of the worlds? - The eve of the war?' - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? So here I am the first time since 30+ years ago. - Thank you darling!
i think i know what advert you are talking about, were you talking about that virgin media advert?
I was 9 years old when this came out, i'm nearly 52 that is in itself mind blowing! This is still sounding amazing. smoke a joint, close your eyes, listen to this and smile. They're here!
Same, back in the late seventies there was a TV show on Romanian TV called Drumiri Europene (European Roads) which used this theme song.... great times. Let me guess, a fan of DM?! Same, but mostly up their earlier stuff, don't care much for their new rock sound. :)
So agree! I was 17 odd when l took my records round to my two best friends-I’m nearly 58! A joint would be good!
My sentiments, exactly.
Peace out bro 🙏
I was freshly-married.
Blew. My. Minuscule. Mind.
Possibly one of the greatest pieces of music in the history of mankind.
I wouldn’t go that far 😂😂😂
H.G.Wells imagination together with the genius of Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton and Justin Hayward
From the opening words of Richard Burton, through the shock of the initial assault, the short-lived euphoria of Thunderchild, the steady descent into despair and madness, the creepy vibe of the twist in the tale, the celebration when the fight is won and the bone-chilling epilogue, this is one musical that doesn't waste an inch. It brings the book to life brilliantly. I first heard this some 40 years ago and it still gives me goosebumps.
Brilliantly summed up.
My father showed me this on Vinyl back in the late 80s when I was just a kid. I am 40 now and still listen to it at least every year.
This song has a huge significance to me-
It was a warm summers day, the sun was shining through the tinted windows and I was on my way to school, my dad puts this song on over the radio and we all just sit there listening to it- I still quote it from time to time and we have a laugh over it, it feels like so long ago now. Love you Dad
Thank you dad for educating me on this, 80s baby!
78 to be precise.. but still 80s baby!
@@JakobBath lol im an 80's baby i meant
@@normanrussell7097 ahhh my bad mate 👍
@@JakobBath i was born 77 and i was planted in front of a pioneer stack in 1982 with this.. if that guy says thank you dad for educating me 80's i dont think you should comment... bare in mind your probably not even born then😬
@@djjimmym6820 no it was a complete miss on terminology, I agree with with him, I just thought he was reffereing to war of the worlds being published in the 80s
Nothing can beat the the original, Absolutely Fantastic, Loved it, Gave me the absolute shivers listening to this as a nipper back in the day , I'm 51 now and still love this masterpiece to this very day 😄😄👽👽
Even as it is old, it is an incredible original that should be shown to future people so it is not forgotten. Even as I am 15, I discovered this song when I was 9, absolutely loved it and still love it to this day!
Nearly 40, respect bro, one my friends had the whole war of the worlds cassette audio/audiobook... I need to copy from him
i'm 9 and i just discovered war of the worlds..
I first heard this song when I was 7 with my next door neighbour and we used to be hypnotised by it. I’m now 19 and am still forever hypnotised by this song.
Don’t worry, you’ll still be mesmerised when you reach 60 😊
Ask me how I know😉
There's more songs they made u know?
When I was 7 I was scared of it 🤣
I listened to this when it first came out when I was a teenager. Absolutely stunning piece of work.
I first heard this song when I was 14, it stuck in my memory and then I searched for it for so many years and only found it today, at the age of 57!!! I feel the emotions exactly as I did back then, unbeatable music 👌
Indeed, the inspiring and beloved Holy Spirit does not and will never know defeat - all He touches offers love, truth and meaning, even if in often-enigmatic ways.
THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE
...yet still they come!
Colleague showed me this at work today and im obsessed, sound for that Chief
this is wonderful i was a young girl when this came out , my brother was given it for Christmas and we all sat and listened to it good memories now that there are just 2 out of the five children left its very comforting to listen once again to this masterpiece
so sad only 2 of you left.....all those memory's you have and this is one of them must be pretty special for you .......great post !
@@willhoey1619 yes both brothers died in road accidents before they reached 30 it finished my parents who died broken hearted and my sister means the world to me thanks for replying x
So sorry for your family but the album War of the Worlds will be a source of inspiration for you and comfort for you and your sister as a lived experience.
So sorry for your loss unfourtuntly I lost 4 members within 18 months all where close so o e introduced me to this Album Bless you John
So sorry to hear of your loss..
My dad used to play this when I was a kid and told me about war of the worlds, Im now 31 and this is bringing back so much nostalgia. Thank you Dad for introducing me to such an amazing soundtrack as a kid. I will never forget it
I clearly remember buying this Album when it came out in 1978 and sitting on the bus going home looking at the Art work and eagerly waiting to play it!
Me too - the insert with the pictures is magic!
Me too, a fabulous album. and on vinyl yee haa.
This makes you just want to listen to the whole album..
it really does.
there is more?
@@DaveFishBowl A lot more, it's a two-record set, an hour and a half
I urge you to do so. An amazing piece of genius
I hope by now you have. Sheer genius on every level. And oh that voice. And oh that amazing music
Sat in a dark room and listened to this for about a week non stop
I want to that 😊
October 2023 and still listening to this classic album, amazing.
Eindelijk gevonden de echte versie van 1978 geweldige nummer dit.
I never moved when my dad put this on the record player and placed them massive headphones on my head back in 1983
I had the same experience, only two decades later.
Burtons voice. Justin's voice enough said
shitter
What a combination - the genius of Wayne and the masterly, hypnotic oratory of Burton.
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my dad came home with this... what i can only call .... a master piece .....i was 9 years old..... it still to this day makes the hairs on my neck stand up......i am 50 now and it still makes me feel the same as it did way back then..... Richard Burton ................ the voice of a legend ....
From the moment that you hear the voice of the great Richard Burton you're hooked - you have to play the whole masterpiece.
This album premiered on Halloween night on our biggest Rock station in 1978. I was 18, a college freshman. Richard Burton and co were the perfect voices..and no one could’ve done the music better than Justin Hayward and those he collaborated with. I love the album and the cd with the illustrated booklet. I’d love to see this artist animate the whole album for TH-cam..one of my top ten all-time favorite albums. Just a a total masterpiece.❤️🪐🌎
One of the best Albums ever created 👌
I agree 100%, it's an absolute masterpiece!! 😀 😀 😀👌👌👌
The violins are so good.
Richard Burtons narration, and of course Justin Hayward"s voice
I agree 100% my neigbours love it aswell lol
Was out before I was born but i Own an original print vinyl now. My 5 year old is also a fan :)
..THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING CREATED AGAIN THAT IS SO GOOD . . .
Hi , great music lovers ! I'm from Romania , and I just wanna say that me and my older brother heard this album for the first time in the early 80's ! Now , after 40 years , I am still listening it with enormous pleasure , and each time with GOOSEBUMPS ! JUST FABULOUS !!!
Timeless. Still love after all these years.
Listening to this now, so many years since the first time, I'm amazed by how good it still is. Richard Burton and the brilliant music make it absolutely timeless.
Still amazing. Hasn't lost any of its magic after all these years
A Masterpiece .... A beautiful piece of music and art ..to be treasured forever... we need to educate our children, grandchildren to this wonderful piece..and pass it down the generations ...
Forever .... Pure Class
Justin Hayward's magical voice is magical too as he is singing on this too as well as the Forever Autumn classic Ballad from the show War of the Worlds Jeff Waynes musical adaption of H.G Wells famous novel. With Justin Hayward singing and starring with these famous afore mentioned songs written by Jeff Wayne. Richard Burton's vioce being the original narrator of the musical.
Beautiful... simple, peace.
In a way, this inspired to write the most beautiful lyrics I could for my own collaborative autumn-themed song. My 'composing buddy' did the rest, and I thank Jeff and Justin for the idea and for setting the bar so high…
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My science teacher when i was at high school went to college with him ....he thought he was a great guy
What show are you referring to
Unsurpassed catalogue of tracks narrated by the incomparable Richard Burton.
One of the few times you can say. “Yes it was better than the book.”
OK enjoy 😉 regards Dj smidnightcaller xx
listened to this track whilst observing the real Mars through my Telescope a couple of years ago, absolutely amazing experience.
@David Still HAH! Got 'em!
I think my telescope’s broken, I just saw something green come out of Mars’ surface.
@@comradecockatoo3558 Lol what are the chances again?
@@alikamal3464 A million to one but still they come.
Many crashed alien crafts there.
Back in time when i was at school we had to listen to this piece as a project to learn the englisch language. Before it began all kids were like; why?? but then it started and the class grew silent...Hypnotized by the music and naration. I am 53 now and still get hypnotized whenever i listen to the album.
Were you also hypnotised by the unscrewing of the cylinder? : ))))))
Bad joke sorry
@@foundationgamer9771 Hahaha well at that time our knowledge of the English language was still limited. But yes i still am hypnotized also by the "unscrewing" :P
@@johnvantilburg2122 I fixed the grammar
@@johnvantilburg2122 That's amazing, after all those decades you must be beyond fluent! You who are so wise in the ways of language must know the truth, I humbly beseech you to reveal the truth. There has been much written, innumerable interpretations with even NASA refusing official comment, please enlighten us.
Without any further ado, what does ULLA/oooooooooohhhhhhhlllaaaaaaaaaaaaa mean?
I am from Italy and i used to play the old videogame on my PC, i loved so much the OST... My dream now is to came to UK to see the beautiful musical of the great JEFF WAYNE!!!! AMAZING ART MASTERPIECE♥️
Still brilliant -44 years later…. and that magnificent voice of Richard Burton.
People are saying about how this scared them as kids but I heard this when I was in Primary school and I fell in love with it. The synthesizer parts that played everytime the heat ray was mentioned were what made this absolutely freakin crazy. It was out of control.
My dad played this throughout my childhood and now at 29 I still obsess over it! My dad and I regularly listen to the full album together ❤
One of the greatest albums of all time. First heard it in November 1978, & I’ve been hooked ever since.
I had a weakness for buying some albums because I liked the cover artwork . Two examples were pictures of a prism splitting white light into colours, and a pair of gambling dice. 40+ years on, and I still keep playing Dark Side of the Moon, and Straight Shooter. The same thing happened with War of the Worlds. I loved the artwork, and the gatefold sleeve with its booklet, so I bought on the day of release and wandered home with it. I loved side one and two, while sides three four were really creepy. (Listening to the album at around midnight, was always an experience I enjoyed.) Even today, the concept of the album is as strong as it was on the day it was released, while the music and the storytelling hasn't dated in the slightest. The sound, on vinyl and CD, is incredibly dynamic so, if you play this on a decent Hi-Fi system, you will really hear how good the recording is. What an album!
I bought Dave Greenslade’s Pentateuch of Cosmogony for that reason. It was a 12 inch book with a double album included. Sadly a flooded room ruined it. The cd is not the same.
Absolutely nothing wrong with being influenced by the artwork !!! It’s a testament to the designer. There’s just so much detail to look at on this sleeve. Superb stuff, and it terrified me as a kid hahahaha
this is an amazing masterpiece that I still listen to to this very day,im 57,even my 13 year old daughter loves it, timeless!
WE BE MAKIN IT OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THIS ONE, BOYS 🔥🔥🔥
Brilliant tune!! 😉👍
Handed down through generations, thanks dad, ❤️.
Makes my hairs stand up on the back of my neck everytime i hear this song and Justin Hayward(Moody Blues) sings it better than anyone!!!!
forever autnumn does that to me.
Justin has a voice heard only once in a generation. He is unique.
@@snowysnowyriver Yes and does it from the heart! :)
So far, I just got the pre-music monologue memorized.
"No one would have believed,
In the last years of the nineteenth century,
That human affairs were being watched
From the timeless worlds of space.
No one could have dreamed
We were being scrutinized
As someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets.
And yet,
Across the gulf of space,
Minds
Immeasurably superior to ours
Regarded this Earth with envious eyes.
And slowly,
And surely,
They drew their plans against us."
Still gives me chills, astonishing!
"the chances of me ever getting bitches is a million to one, he says"
"But still, they cum..."
Ooooooh laaa
If I ever travel through time, I need to visit my past and thank child me for accidentally discovering this gem while going through my parents tapes.
This track is a masterpiece.... Congratulations to the writers and the musicians. And Justin Hayward has a wonderful voice.....
Your welcome Jan enjoy yes its me Dj smidnightcaller xx shocked
@@Neil-se8mf l've bought the Lp in 1978. One of my 3 or 4 best musical memories....
I recently went to the war of the worlds experience and it was amazing and this song played so much there.
I was a child at the time (I think the '80) and I was so scared. You won't believe it. After the clip on the teIevision I ran outside my parents house and ran into the streets of my neighbourhood to look into the sky searching for aliens and flying sources. I was so terrible scared. Now I am 51 (interested in the Roswell incident, I have many books about it) and when I hear the music back, still obsessed, it brings me back in time. The peace of music has been made wonderful. Beautiful piece of music. My compliments. Kind regards from the Netherlands Amsterdam
The voice of Richard Burton is just so amazing !
Only Richard Burton could pull this off
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Best recommendation I've ever gotten from a friend
besr intro ever richard burton s voice fabulous
My dad gave me this album as a kid. It was the LP version with the paintings in the middle. I was a little smartarse and said I didn't need to listen to it because I'd seen the film.
I love this album. Thanks dad.
The complete works are a masterpiece and was well ahead of it's time when it was released back in the 70's, This track gets to the point and lets you indulge into the unknown and what's about to happen to mankind ..............Absolutely brilliant from start to finish and I'm coming up 70 years old.
Still the BEST adaptation of the original story!
May, 13. 2024. Its 9am, im layin im my bed right now and listen to this for the first time ever. MY GOD! What is this?! WTF!!!!!!! this shit is REAL GOOD MAN i dont know how to feel about it, its like a supercut of all humankind misery and triumph directed by stanley kubrick in 4k
I love Richard Burton voice and i love the orchestral music. You can actually feel the invasion coming. Ohh my god. Love love love. ( MUSIC)
If you believe Prof. Daniel O'Connor, the above is prophetic.
["Only Man Bears His Image" is the new book]
There may be a UAP-based deception and distraction even if the ultimate effect will indeed be God and love.
But a lot of people will suffer in the process (as The Bible makes clear).
That is why we keep on being given time ... to try and change something.
I do.
Catch a train from say Basingstoke to London Waterloo station. Read the book first, even on the train. You actually pass through the story. The story is factual in the real places it mentions. Just a story though, but the music! To top off the real train journey, see the show live. Done it a few times. Mindblowing.
I first heard this in Year 5, and I have forgotten my teacher's name, but I will be forever grateful to her for introducing me to it. I hope I will get to see the musical live at least once!
The electric guitar, the whistling, and singing along to 'The chances of anything coming from Mars, are a million to one he says' gives me goosebumps everytime!
I've got the original Vinyl release of this. Truly the best thing ever.
The Chances of Anything Coming From Mars, are a Million to One, He Said
I’ve still got the double LP with the book what my dad gave me, wish I had something to listen to it on lol
Richard Burton's voice. Just outstanding. Watch him in "Wild Geese". Beyond excellent.
Great film the Wild Geese
'Alan!'..
'Sandy'!!!
Another good film with him, Where Eagles Dare.
Check also "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf"...1966 masterpiece with Liz Taylor.....
@@jadefalconmk1 Clint Eastwood...
Re-reading the book with this album in the background has been a great Halloween celebration so far!
Somebody gave me the complete album on tape back in the nineties, still get the shivers listening to it
Fun fact: The whole song is a a reference to the original 1887 novel, symphony bits are us, humans, saying that nothings coming and the electrical bits are the Martians actually coming for us, plus "The Eve of the War" is the name of one of the chapters