Mansun, Wide Open Space, Later With Jools, 1997

[subreption]

yep, this is art. coldplay is a bad photo of happy meal toy by comparison.

[beetol86]

could paul draper actually play guitar? he seems to be doing a bit of a richey edwards here

[TobinPT]

OMG!

Great great performance Live!

Damn Awesome!

[paulramo76]

Love, love, love this song

[WhitesAwaken]

disappointing vocals..guitar is terriable..I love the song ;but call a spade a spade

[RamonesKaraoke]

Deeply great. 

[mattjones1977]

paul draper is without a doubt one of the greatest singer / songwriters of recent times. how many bands put as much effort into all their tracks as mansun did. there are mansun b-sides that sit among the best offerings of say .... oasis, blur or radiohead. it's a musical crime that bands like the feeling, the script or even coldplay get so much airplay when a great band like mansun slipped under the radar. if they'd got more credit, perhaps they'd still be going & still be making great music.

[7gatchaman]

Six is my desert island disc. not that i will ever get chance to go to a desert island

[EnglanEOfficial]

So beautiful. I used to be in love with this band, and Paul Draper!

[H643]

@EnglanEOfficial Ugh! The things I would do for that man.... :-p 

[Blackmilk81]

Should never have split up, Kleptomania seemed a real return to form after the disappointing Little Kix.

Also I agree : Six is EASILY in the top 5 albums from that decade (and Attack of the grey lanterns is a contender for top 10).

[Musicism123]

Great track!

[hubblebubbly]

Fantastic upload !!! Thanx for the share !!

[CmdrTobs]

@TheMisterchops ouch! I think this is his youtube account...

[lingsbord]

just a fantastic song. no analysis needed. love it.

[CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

remarkable - 200,155 viewers. Yet Stephen Wells of NME dismissed them as shit following the release fo their 3rd album. He must be right I guess....?????

[louisfriendhastaste]

Well said that man - we get Coldplay instead - no justice

[GoFlyAkit]

still beautiful!

[KotowTV]

Can hardly hear Paul's guitar !



[gmworswick]

i feel i missed out on the best of mansun, but managed o see them live 4 times and once before they split. also had met chad outside the tour coach and he invited me in to play back gammon with paul (dunno how to play t) amazing group:)miss them. xx

[BlagUpstart]

Oh yes, an extremely great band that came out in a time that the music papers got lost in its own pretentiousness, oasis had a formular n blur had a gimmick but mansun had talent.

[sharkclip1]

@BlagUpstart blur had much more than a gimmick. listen to "miss america" or "he thought of cars" or even "coffee and tv" and tell me if you change your mind ;) otherwise i agree. mansun was an extremely great band not using words lightly. oasis had some good tunes but basically sucked. and of course that's what americans wanted from britpop.

[scarter8899]

No need to compare Mansun with Coldplay or Muse and so on... These bands are good but Mansun sounds completely different. Their musique is rare, intelligent and sensitive. Hey, guys, please come back! Your fans need your musique.You are so unique!!!

[Lorryize]

Come back Mansun, great band!

Saw live in Bristol! :)

[Lorryize]

Come back Mansun, great band!

[Hoogleish]

Great performance by a great band.

[pulsardos]

muy buenos una cancion espectacular

[neonwind]

Brilliant band, great ideas & art work, just can't understand why they didn't make it, unfair world.

[dharryfraga]

the 90's was the Golden Age for Modern Rock!!!

[f4freddie]

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[Hoogleish]

Absolutely Awesome performance.



[exozeta]

i like 3:06

[dark1ankh]

In a perfect world this band would have been huge, not awful dross like Coldplay !

[MsBrit78]

@dark1ankh If this song came out now, everyone would be saying "finally a goob band and a good rock song". But back in the 90s, we had so many cool rock bands - so much talent and rawness. These guys got lost amidst it. I love Mansun. Damn I want the 90s back.

[Britrock99]

@MsBrit78 I so agree! you could go to a festival and the line up would be rammed full with brilliant , talented British guitar bands !

[mithbuster15]

@dark1ankh hey hey now.......fuck you sir. theyre both very talented and great bands.

[dark1ankh]

@mithbuster15 Coldplay are very talented at ripping off Radiohead, I'll give them that.

[TheOriginalMolly]

killers are nothing compared to mansun come on!

[elborbah1]

Probably the most underrated band of the 90s. Their album "Six" was just brilliant.

[Botele]

@elborbah1 the problem is that there was lot of this great underrated bands

[sharkclip1]

@elborbah1 i can't believe someone finally agrees with me! nobody knows mansun, at least in the US, which amazing considering how unbelievably perfect they were at their height. six is definitely one of the best albums of all time and vastly superior to almost everything else. i wonder if this will be recognized in the future?

[MikoSquiz]

The mix is fucked, the rhythm guitar is completely inaudible.

[saucilio1]

i love you paul

[thesuspectsthanet]

Love this!! If anyone wants to hear a lower class, less important but enthusiastic bands cover of this song, watch this! :)  /watch?v=_o_4K47YOBg

[mitsu002]

Fuck yeah !!! :D Awesome song

[drummo777]

why is the original version of this song not on here ??? just stupid remixes and (really good) live versions..... I just want to hear the original version !

[Sars6661]

@drummo777 It is! Go to EMI Music and the original version/video, and the US version is on there! Took me a while too. :-)

[staffl]

I always thought this was Tears for fears too.

[TheLiquidKnight]

In a vote for "the best of Later" this only got three votes! Just wondering who the other two were.

[riptup]

Autotuners, suck my balls :)

[duxberry1958]

a top tune

[rockondon]

sounds great reminds me off roland from tears for fears :)

[Efrasnel]

@rockondon : My sentiments exactly.

[65465465401]

ma questi potrebbero essere i POLICE

- BRAVISSIMI - vi seguo, continuate così

ciao

[Lazokaen]

Quality tune. Great band.

[nolenzvolenz]

what a voice

[nickathomeh]

blurrrr



[AviatorRider]

Beautiful !! Bravo !! and congrats from Brazil.

[ahren83]

F*** Awesome! 

[sophiesgem]

@ahren83 - yeah they were in the 90's, and this track still is, Liverpool talent yet again!

[w26895]

that guitar player in pink shirt is pretty talented, very nice guitar line, nice song in general

[aylesburyapeboy]

@w26895 Chad

[Zelda36J]

Who doesn't like this ??????????

[Venomous9]

Reminds me of the Smashing Pumpkins, especially the vocals. It's pretty good.

[WelcomeToRapture08]

that bass sounds chunky ... love it !

[Ververeid]

Wow, wow, wow! So talented! Hi Paul Huni, how U doin? :D xxx

[nuttyblonduk]

1st heard the dance version, but this is sooooooooooooooooo more ethereal...............

[deathfromabove77]

@Jumbabaginji : Yeah..thanks for your wisdom..no one will ever in the history of pop music ever again compare a band to another band....idiot..it's a fact of pop culture.."your favourite band sucks, mine kicks ass etc"..everyone compares..it's what makes popular culture/music FUN..music IS competitive..live with it or go crawl back under your rock from which you came , misguided fool

[Jumbabaginji]

@deathfromabove77 Ok . Lemme Explain this . My Friend logged in my account , and wrote crap . Understand now ?

[Sars6661]

@superzapper OK, happy girl!! Point me in the direction!!! Didn't realise there was anything to buy!!! :-)

[naturewoman28]

Love that song!

[Sars6661]

It's criminal that Paul is not currently writing/singing. Is he even capable of hitting a bum note? Absolutely EXQUISITE!!!

[superzapper]

@Sars6661 Paul has a solo career . Maybe you should buy one of his albums , No ?

[gintonic666]

Greatest band EVER! Others don't come even close.....

[SaddenTrap]

Make mee flyy (high pass voice eeee) :D

[MerrySexton424]

One of the last good bands to come out of the 90's. Brings me back to my freshman year totally. Kinda makes me sad in a way cuz everything does kinda suck today!!!

[redimps84]

you deadbeat

[jaymchay]

i like the mansun. especially so that they still release cd singles with posters and such. class songs. bububaba, love it.

[purplemonkey234]

mansun's broken upp as much as it sux, and muse is good band thts still making music so trappedinlife29, y dnt u go somewhere where ppl actually care,

[19rude87]

Blur, Pulp, Suede and Mansun are all underrated. Only Oasis get suitable praise

[DreamSports]

Great !! Thanks for sharing, very good quality !

[verachion]

This is such a good song, it should of got more attention than it did, but this truly is a great song. Thanks for sharing.

[jenniemay0305]

agree. these underrated bands are awesome such as mansun and suede...

still don't know why oasis and blur get so big. they've a little bit overrated!!

[yoss1978]

Oh wow! Used to sing this song to myself on those cold grey days surfing in the UK winter.

Awesome.

[mark1simon]

fckin great band...........

[IndonesianBond]

Why can't I hear Paul's Guitar?...Is it me? or he just played it in low volume...

[ultraflash]

@IndonesianBond You're right, I can't hear him at all and it wrecks the song! Its supposed to be a wall of sound in the chorus and it falls on it's arse. Maybes they had tech problems before the performance and he's pretending to play or more likely the sound guy mixing it for the broadcast fucked up and didn't turn him on!!! Argh what a shame.

[trappedinlife29]

Muse Put on a stage show yet they play some pretty hideous music.

Sorry I called out your fav band. But Mansun is a much better band live. Dont be fooled by the bbc hype.

[Jumbabaginji]

@trappedinlife29 muse isnt my fav band but just dont fuck muse

[getoutofmybusiness]

excuse me...did u say muse play some hideous music? like wat exactly?

[AlexFruen]

Wow it's actually quite refreshing to see and a front man that can actually sing competently live.

[N4jj94]

beauty personified

[trappedinlife29]

Why is it so many kids are caught up with such crap bands nowadays? a real shame. FUCK Muse / Kings of leon/ the killers.

I belong here.

[omgomg5475]

wish i could give 1000 thumbs up for this comment! couldn't agree more, it amazes me how those bands got so big

[DazzaZulu]

Could not agree more!

[omgomg5475]

@trappedinlife29 seriously this comment deserves a nobel prize in litterature

[spikearchie]

@trappedinlife29 you belong with people who know feck all about good music

[goldghoti]

@trappedinlife29

You actually think Mansun are better than Muse and the Killers? Granted they had a few ok songs such as this one but they are nothing compared to Muse

[sink257]

@goldghoti Everyone has their own tastes

[tupelooo]

@goldghoti its not very hard to be better than muse

[omarqure]

@tupelooo hahaha so fkin true!

[deadpassive]

@goldghoti Good god, not the Killers. I honestly can't think of a single thing they have going for them. Muse had some great songs in their early days and are awesome musicians, but the Killers...

[markkemp123]

@goldghoti I agree with deadpassive, Muse are awesome live and their early stuff was great, but AOTGL for a debut was amazing, followed by Six. 2 albums you will struggle to better by current musicians. Killers pffft...

[terry1031]

@trappedinlife29

i like mansun and the bands you fucked are excellent

and i see so many kids are caught up with justin bieber, did you think muse is crap but JB isn't?

you suck.

[scottydukes]

This song is one of the lost Britpop gems from the 90s. Discovered this on a compilation called "The Brit Box" - well written orchestration, great hook.

[Newmarch0Special]

where the fucks the ' la la la la??"

[nicisdisturbed]

yeh!

[hididdlyho82]

Great band! I'm glad they never exploded they are still real!

[Kela08]

beautiful i miss them

[sophiesgem]

They were formed in chester, unless wavertree is now a suburb of chester, paul is from liverpool

[grahamhg]

The Perfecto remix is better though........

[chicane51]

Good to hear this again.

These guys hail from Chester, check out "the other Chester band" Black Orange, rrrrrockin.

[papercrescentmoon]

I wish more recent music was like this..

[deathfromabove77]

@papercrescentmoon : totally agree...and to think that at the time Mansun weren't quite the critics darlings ( for some strange reason) although they were top 10 in the uk i believe..this brilliant song pisses on anything i've heard on the charts lately

[OneLessReasonToSmile]

excellent *_*

[8bitFaction]

along with the manics , their the best band of the 90's - no doubt

[jayneallsop]

One of my favourite songs of all time - along with Semisonic's Secret Smile.

[Muriel80]

me too! secret smile and wide open space!

[jayneallsop]

I was listening to both songs today on an old mp3 player! You have good taste :-)

[errol911]

Amazing :)

[judeskii]

is the studio version of this on youtube??

[davestaples1]

i was once in a wide open space and it rained, and i got really wet cause there was no where to run for cover

[OutlawMELFINA]

I loved this song when I was six!

[scottydukes]

This song is freaking epic- one of my favorite songs for a rainy day. Amazing performance here, this is alternative gold

[theguiltyhavenopride]

wow back in the day

what ever happened to mansun?

[jinbo031288]

they all split but paul draper is doing his own thing andie the drummer is teaching drums dont know about the rest lol

[sophiesgem]

Heard it for the 1st time on radio 1 today, cant get enough of it!!

[Yurg24]

was that on radio 1 by any chance??

coz i heard it on there 2 :)

[sophiesgem]

yeah

[sophiesgem]

Can sumone post the lyrics to this track... thanks

[Yurg24]

this song gives me goosebumps

[bighendo7]

Please put the video of this song on!!!!!!! Brilliant song

[hand2gland]

I know Dom !!! yay me

[alfiedj]

Epic alternative rock song of the 90s!

[demetriorex]

Beautiful song!!

[1boyhead]

cant believe ur actually called percy fuking idiot

[dbhoy07]

great smoke song

[MusicalElitist1]

I love Andies' drumkit! And yes, its an awesome tune!

[percyyoung100]

what a load of shit

[eljako123]

what!?!?!

if you don't like it, then why the fuck would you listen to it...Go and listen to your hannah montana asshole.

[rimfa123]

nice! Can't stand those idiots that insult videos for no reason.

[rockondon]

@eljako123 i like hannahs pink boots :)

[Furrytriangle]

nice one. made me laugh.

[1boyhead]

u knobhead

[2spoonsmaloy]

will always love this song

[joecocteau]

carajo estaba buscando esta canción y la encontré, I listened to it on 90's Radio Doble 9 - Lima - Peru

[banbigbrother]

mansun forever

[wildmanchris200]

WhY in the goddamn FUCK do they call themselves "Mansun"?

[lamprosk2001]

it's from a b side from Verve, a song called ''A man Called sun''

[K33f4]

Actually, they originally took their name from the cult leader, Charles Manson; but they had to give it up, for legal reasons, so they switched to Mansun, claiming to have taken it from "A man Called sun"

[dawngracebrooks]

Great track this

[40harb]

lucky enough to see them twice 2nd time was the best cos i was too stoned the 1st time haha saw em come on stage the can't remember owt else but love this band

[rowankatie]

this is just awesome - proves how good they were - they should have been massive - if they released a new album they would get my backing - stunning voice and great musicians - beautiful lyrics - and composition tick tick tick

[SaveStef]

Cool choon =)

5 stars *****

[nickbaldeagle01]

The official music video has been pulled by the YouTube gestapo.

[dsignrdane]

oh man, i knew i couldn't find it. that really sucks. atleast this is on here though

[SpacehotelMusic]

@dsignrdane > I know I'll sound like an ass saying this, but you should *buy* the best of Special ed which has a DVD with all the mansun vids + documentary. It is a shame they are having to pull vids now but at least it is OUT THERE as intended, just like when people used to pay for content so the artist may buy crisps to live/make more music :)

*this is purely a pro-mansun post not a comment on IP and free content* peace

[dsignrdane]

i would buy it if i knew more music from this group but this is the only song i know by them.

[SpacehotelMusic]

oh fair enough.. but you should check them out more they have some even more amazing songs (imo) many of them are b-sides/ep and album tracks that are not so famous! :)

[crazylegendarydude86]

Try Six, I Can Only Disappoint You or Being A Girl

[EpicDJC]

wicked song!,wots tht other song where they are dolls in the video?

[Efrasnel]

For some reason this song reminds me of early Tears for Fears...can't put my finger on it.

[mthraves]

Totally agree with you. I had to double check it wasn't Tears for Fears when I first heard this on the Paul Oakenfold Remix. Never heard a sound so close to TFF, especially the vocal.

[ajittffcure]

Yes, you are quite right. Actually, it reminds me more of the early 90s 'Elemental' era Tears for Fears.