Port Blue - Up Ship!

[jordan81936]

3:25 amazing!! :D

[calidirtyhead]

dang so relaxing.....what a great song

[LcieFocus]

GOD HOW I LOVE THIS SONG *^*

[KoinZeII]

this track just sounds so salvaging..

[asumbudee23]

I love it, but the percussion part seemed too digital

[albertiam]

wow seriously!

[Destinycity12]

@jaaakeeeee Can you link me too the Pre-Production version.I cant seem to find it? 

[jordan81936]

That was amazingly touching!

[TheTap323]

this remind me of my childhood, when i was in the parwith friends and family.

[theuyfromnowhere]

anyone know where to find the piano score?

[StrawberryPhanGirl]

@theuyfromnowhere Try here -> watch?v=fPbMjghUuZk

[xxsarahhxx19]

memories.♥

[abbeyjohnson2534]

When I listen to this song I imagine a massive ship being assembled out of thin air. These songs have such vivid imagery incorporated into them. It blows my mind.

[martha368]

o.o beautiful. I have about 70+ adam young songs on my laptop atm. I think i love his music to much xD. And he's such a sweet person too, which makes it even better. xx

[TheHawkeTheory]

i make music like adam, please listen and help me out.

[megustalaverde]

@TheHawkeTheory you got a long way to go

[pinkcatz13]

This has a Fuzzy Blue Lights feeling to it.

[martha368]

@pinkcatz13 Yes it does. xx

[pinkcatz13]

Where can I find a full list of Port Blue songs? :)

[xphuna]

you can't watch real music but you can listen to it :D that's what makes port blue so amazing.

[arigvi101]

This music makes me foget the things that I hate and think about love... It also relaxes me!

[dethmatal22]

I had no idea that every song in this album was inspired by the Novel Airborn.

[TackyNames]

First time I saw it, I could barely believe my eyes, for it seemed to defy every law of nature. And then all the Aurora had to do was dump a few hundred pounds of water and she was lighter than air. There's a fancy math to explain all of this of course. It had to do with hydrium being the lightest gas in the world. Much lighter than helium and even lighter than hydrogen. But when you saw the Aurora, saw her floating and rising, you forgot all about the math and just stared.

[MyManThong]

@TackyNames Bro.. or chick... that was the chillest thing I've read in like... four months.. If I could favorite a comment, THAT would be the number one on the list. so chill.

[LoboticHD]

@TackyNames That gave me chill bumps.

[MrJellyBabiez]

@TackyNames I.... I.... Uh..... 0_0

[zhongguohaizi]

@TackyNames I <3 Airborn!!!! It's my fave book. A magical world full of airships, sky pirates, and mysterious flying mammals amazes me.



[dethmatal22]

@TackyNames Ok Matt Cruse. it blens with the song perfectly.

[abbyfanduby]

Adam's Port Blue songs (along with some vid game songs like the Tomb Raider themes) I have in a playlist on my mp3. I play it when I go walking or running in the park.... makes me feel like I just saved the world XD

[MushroomNr1]

This song gives me weird feelings. Like it's 'perfect' or something.

[dougmoerhoffman]

yaaayyyy like 20 more songs by Adam to put on my playlist *giddy*

[ViktorDragmire]

The titles of most of the songs in the album match title chapters in Ken Oppel's book Airborne, Mr. Chen is a character in the book and he was in fact a Sailmaker.

[RiceWalkTV]

pure nostalgia...

[Operion2000]

great song, i am addicted to this!

[Operion2000]

great song

[itsarianabby]

The most beautiful song I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.

[MrScubasuit]

If you like Port Blue, Windsor Airlift, Helios, Unwed Sailor, and stuff like this, you may like my stuff. I'd love some support! :)

[Fiischstab]

I love it. And I love Adam Young for it. He's very creative with music.

I'm so glad I found "Port Blue" and his other projects. really.

[sburns90]

Best Adam Young quote "I follow Jesus Christ wholeheartedly. He is my life, my strength, my all." Directly from his myspace @ myspace(dot)com/owlcity , how about you who do you really serve.

[joelelelelelee]

i looove hiim. and the fact that he dosnt like the interviews, meet and greats and stuff like that. (also like nsn he dosnt like that stuff either) he's in it for the music<3

[Himpontainous]

Amazing song. I bawled my eyes out especialy with the version with the religious talking. Adam truley knows how to touch the heart :)

[jamisia13]

@Himpontainous Where is that version? I'd love to listen to it!

[xxsarahhxx19]

@OwlEyesOO i didn't even notice my comment was voted up bahaha yay :D and yeah, i love that he treats us like friends rather than fans because it shows some respect lol yk (: and yeah, love his blogs! he has a way with words, god he's just s perfect <3 

[pelyphin0]

Every time I get sick of the world and all the senseless, violent things people do to each other for no apparent reason - every time I watch the news and have staccato cruelty recited at me, between long segments of corporations aggressively trying to sell me things I don't want - when the only reasonable response to life is suicide, and I find myself in a reasonable mood, this music is always here for me. So far from being enough, but what a cool and blessed relief sometimes, all the same.

[dwonka27]

this song is seriously unbelievable , such harmony and peace cant wait to listen to this driving with the summer breeze flowin in car at night it will such an unbelievable feeling

[carlisha123]

Where did you find this music?? Is it on a cd I can buy somewhere?

[AdrienChaos]

Where do you get the pre-production version?

[Jaaakeeeee]

@AdrienChaos google is your friend.

[cloversblossom]

i listen to this music when i write, it puts on the perfect mood :D

[EducationResources]

Are there like two different The Airship CD's? Because mine has random religious talks in them... In Up Ship! (around 3:09) and Mr. Chen, Sailmaker (towards the end).

[Jaaakeeeee]

@EducationResources yup! there is the regular version (the one on iTunes) and there is the Pre-Production version. you have the Pre-Production version. personally, i like it better. :)

[EducationResources]

@Jaaakeeeee Okay, I had never realized that... They kind of scare me when they start talking. Thank you! And how did you find out that it was Pre-Production?

[rhinosarereal]

@12lacy34 kind of like a numb sad?

[rhinosarereal]

My favorite.

[MusicFeedsMyS0ul]

surround sound! (i you are listening with headphones) :]

[12lacy34]

When I think of sad, I think of something wrong, feeling down, somebody is absnet from happyness, but the sad I feel when I listen to this music, its like, sad, with out the feeling of hurt, sorrow, or distress. I don't know why. But this is beautiful. n_n I feel silly for saying that. But .. Yea :$

[MusicFeedsMyS0ul]

@12lacy34 like a beautiful sad?

[teamedwardrocks18]

I feel sad when I listen to Port Blue. But thats okay. Its a wonderful kind of sad. <3

[ryanpatrickfrench]

I can play the first piano part but i dont know the main melody!

[Iceboy575655]

did he do all of this music on the program Reason?

[JSRFfyiGUM]

The one person who disliked this was probably crying so hard by the beauty that their eyes were too blurry to see the "like" button. ):

[wyeguy05]

he was in alot of bands owl city is one if the better ones though

[jessikagurl101]

This song makes me sad.. but happy at the same time..

[ZeldaNRD]

that one person who dislikes sucks...

[ryanpatrickfrench]

i want to play this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[x3DearPacificDayx3]

Adam Young's music is simply inspirational..the emotion in this song spoke louder then any words could have. Perhaps its selfish of me but I like that he has these projects that aren't mainstream- it's like a hidden treasure.

[ray18886]

this intro sounds just like the theme song in Final Fantasy VII in Cosmo Canyon. All you FF fans out there will know what I'm talking about. };->

[Bioweapom45]

makes me think of rainy days

[xxgrritisbrandonxx]

does he ever sing in port blue songs?

[Jaaakeeeee]

@xxgrritisbrandonxx nope

[524Lissa]

@Jaaakeeeee That's why it's so beautiful.. You can be swept away by your own imagination because of his song. Just close your eyes... ;)

I tried, so I know... :)

[Bioweapom45]

@xxgrritisbrandonxx you don't need words for a song to great

[TylerZed]

@xxgrritisbrandonxx No, they're just his instrumental songs.

[themadmoose245]

@xxgrritisbrandonxx Thank god, his auto-ed voice would ruin it.

[13624600]

this song just speaks to me,

there is no need for words..

im in love with this music.

its relaxing,,

[wizardoftoast]

Much as I love Owl City, This is oh so much better and Im glad it hasnt got much media attention. Some things are too good to be known about by others

[purplejellyfish63]

I'm in love with Owl City and Sky Sailing, but I can't believe that I didn't discover Port Blue until now. I had been missing out all that time. This is amazing, incredible, and breathtaking. I love Adam Young, so much.

[penguinbears]

Adam never expected his music to be big at all. He wrote it for himself.

[avacadodance]

@penguinbears and thats how you make truly great music.

[shainayouare]

3:25 uuuh that beat kinda killed me inside.

[x3CoLoRs]

wowww, this songg is amazingg=]

[Metomunc]

I like this song alot, but it seems too sad for an airship. Little bit of mystery and an up and down motion created by the piano. Makes you think of something dipping up and down through clouds.

Go listen to Seagulls (Port Blue) if you haven't :)

[Jaaakeeeee]

@Metomunc i totally get what you mean. seagulls is one of my favorite port blue songs :)

[MileyEmilyfan4eva]

I love all of the "The Airship" songs.

They remind me of the book "Airborn" by Kenneth Oppel, it makes me wonder if that was his inspiration...

[ViktorDragmire]

@MileyEmilyfan4eva Late comment is late, but I just finished reading it and The Airship has a lot of titles from Airborn, plus Mr. Chen has a reference somewhere in the album, so yeah I think it was an inspiration

[zachabend]

I loved this song until the chippy beat came in. Poor transitioning, but other than that I loved it.

[rmadlal]

Please check out my covers of Up Ship! and Of the Airship Academy.

Just click on my account name and look for it, it's one video.

I also covered more Port Blue, all in my channel.

Thanks!

[ColaFantaSpriteee]

I LOVE it ♥

[DwugluvsOwlCity]

Adam young has a world of his own , Owl City. All his smaller projects (Port Blue Windsor Airlift, Dolphin Park, Insect Airport, Seagull Orchestra [WIKI INFO]) are places in this world of his. His music shares his world, and all who listen, like and understand his music have been there. Who agrees it is better than earth?

[notjuliusyes]

3:25 - 4:29

beastly smooth beats

[bnewellrox]

I really love adam young in everything he does, it bugs me that everyone is just now finding out about him and ive been listening to him for 2 yrs, maybe more i dont remember, but anyway-ILOVEADAMYOUNG!

[DUDEMIKE8]

I'm learning this on piano right now, it's such a good song!

[IAmALambBah]

Owl City, Port Blue, and Swimming With Dolphins pretty much complete my life.

[3gh2]

luved it!

[siriustoast]

Does any of that really even matter? His music is good, and we listen to it. It shouldn't be about more than that.

[DieFroschkekse]

I don't think owl city in the pop charts is too bad. It's good for adam. but Jaaakeeeee is rigt. most of it is the record company. Today on face book i saw: Owl city posted that the fans should vote for him and do you think adam himslf is sitting right at his facebook FANPAGE? no, he doesn't.

i think it's a pity that adam has no time anmore to spend on prot blue or seagull orchestra...

[sry for any mistakes. I'm german :D]

[xjazzyx101]

i <3 this with a burning passion

[DUDEMIKE8]

This song is so sick, IMO Port Blues best

[adorecantsing]

amazing... just... amazing... <3

[Ro5iee]

beautiful :)

[Jaaakeeeee]

@wesleyxguitar yo!

[GayBoyHumorMusic]

i love this song ima do a cover called surrender :]

[Crusherdub]

helios

explosions in the sky

port blue

BEST BANDS EVER

[UberHaxIan]

this is owl city and port blue minus the bad bubblegum pop shit that gets radio play, it'd be nice if Adam stayed with this instead of going for the pop charts

[Jaaakeeeee]

@uberhaxlan seriously? owl city is amazing. and he's definitely not "going for the pop charts." first, he's electronic. there's a difference. second, he never thought he would get this big. he's not the type of person to let all the fame get to his head. he lays low and doesn't like the spotlight.

[KidsNeedToSwear]

Jaaakeeeee, yeah, Owl City IS great, but you've got a few things wrong here. He *is* 'going for the pop charts'. If you went on his site once or twice, its COVERED in 'vote for owl city in this, vote for owl city in that'. If didnt want to be on the charts, he wouldnt be urging us to get his name out. Not that there's anything wrong with charts music!! Secondly, he both pop AND electric. It's called synthpop.

[Jaaakeeeee]

@KidsNeedToSwear okay, i agree with you. for the most part. but do you think that adam is the one actually urging everyone to vote for him? i would bet that most of that is his record company. it's all a business. they just want to make money. however, i don't think that's what adam's main goal is.

also i agree with the synthpop thing. but when most people think of pop, they think: britney, miley, and people like that. adam definitely doesn't fit in the category.

[ohhaitherebud]

ive been a fan of owl city back when i was a freshman now im a junior so thats when he was WAY underground at that time, he was a lot different but your right people need to take into consideration that its not just him that is running that site, and come on why has everyone only liked owl city!? if you ask me i feel like port blue is absolutely amazing and should be just as popular and they should play this too instead of overkilling fireflies and vanilla twilight to the point of no return.

[ElfinPiratess]

@ohhaitherebud: Yeah. I used to really like Fireflies before they began playing it on every radio station 24/7. And it seriously pisses me off when the radio hosts make fun of Owl City and people say how Adam doesn't write "real music."

They haven't heard Port Blue, they haven't heard Insect Airport. They are the shallow people who don't know how to dream.

[DwugluvsOwlCity]

@ohhaitherebud overkill? a radio station out here had this 50 requested songs of 2009 and fire flies = 43. only one "low ratings no one listens to station" played vanilla twilight. plus since January neither have bin played at all. overall, owl city is the best of his "code names". this is good ,a bit boring without lyrics

[ohhaitherebud]

@DwugluvsOwlCity haha true but thats where you live. over here everytime i turn on the radio within a ten minute time limit, fireflies comes on. Although, its amount of plays have stopped dramatically i just wish people could see that hes more than just fireflies and vanilla twilight.

[DwugluvsOwlCity]

@Jaaakeeeee AGREE

[ThyArtIsSitting]

@Jaaakeeeee Hey man, this is ColortheCruiseships. I do in fact agree with you about Adam not voting for himself. Universal has some fresh new content on their label and they want it BIG. Adam just goes out and enjoys himself. And Swimming With Dolphins is more synthpop. Pop actually stands for popular. Why do you think everything on the radio is called pop? Lol. Owl City is indeed electronica. He said so himself. Very few songs include sytnhpop elements. So, in a way, you are both right on that.

[KidsNeedToSwear]

@Jaaakeeeee Why dont you want Owl City on the charts? If youre on his mailing list youll have gotten various emails about voting for fireflies, but I dont see whats wrong with that. I mean, youre insisting that 'thats not adams goal', but If it wasnt, do you think he'd be signed, or doing interviews, making music videos and promoting merch? He wants more people to hear about him. why are you against that?

[ThyArtIsSitting]

@KidsNeedToSwear This is not the case. When you get signed to a record label, record labels want money. If you can give a record label money, they will sign you. What sells? That's how they see it. His music is hot and selling fast. Adam likes the quiet stuff. Sure he probably loved making the music videos, but he hates interviews. For a long time he would not do them. He does not promote his merch either. He made it because people wanted it.

[KidsNeedToSwear]

@ThyArtIsSitting I kinda dont understand why people are arguing with me here. There's nothing wrong with Adam promoting his music. Ok, maybe it is his record company but youre making it out like he doesnt want his record company to promote him. I think people are really attached to back when no one really heard of owl city. you cant hold onto this image of adam as a quaint boy making music anymore. hes out there and, like you said, his music is big and booming now.

[ThyArtIsSitting]

@KidsNeedToSwear When did I ever say Adam doesn't want his music big? I am not against his music being big. I was just clarifying what really happens. Everyone thinks that since Adam has all these little "Vote for me!" buttons or this or that that he is the one promoting his music. Once you get on a record label, that record label promotes you, not you. I'm sure he is fine with some things they do, and not fine with other things.

[KidsNeedToSwear]

@ThyArtIsSitting this is a silly argument, Im sorry for even starting it. Lets just listen to his music :)

[ThyArtIsSitting]

@KidsNeedToSwear Lol. Agreed.

[bnewellrox]

@Jaaakeeeee YEP

[xxsarahhxx19]

@Jaaakeeeee I deffinitaly agree with you. Owl City is not "going for the pop charts" he DOES NOT like interveiws and stuff like that. It's mostly his record company. Check out his facebook page, it says NOTHING about his songs. It's mostly stuff from the heart.. and some pretty random stuff too. :D

[Jaaakeeeee]

@xxsarahhxx19 exactly. :)

[KidsNeedToSwear]

@xxsarahhxx19 I dont really understand what wrong with going for the charts? He's on the radio, he's telling us to vote for him, which I did, he makes music vids and everything. Its publicity. Its gaining popularity, and therefore, is making the charts. whats so bad about that?

[xxsarahhxx19]

@KidsNeedToSwear @thyartlssitting is totally right.

[michaelbeverlydude]

@xxsarahhxx19 Like to say something else, he states in his newsletter it's all about the fans, not popularity, he writes the songs for us fans, BTW> minneapolis minnesota, ik where adam lives! foo's!

[xxsarahhxx19]

@michaelbeverlydude Lawl. He lives in Owatonna, Minnesota. Hehe. and I agree. He is all for his fans. :D

[lehvakacid34]

@xxsarahhxx19 I am thankful for Adam. God bless his family. :)

[AntaurisProtector]

@xxsarahhxx19 Could not have said it better myself. C= He's really quite bashful about his fame. He just loves to write music, and loves it even more that people love that music.

[avb161]

Port Blue soothes me :] Adam Young has all types of music for every single occaison! :D

[chiefwackox]

this is too beautiful!!

hey im not gay for saying beautiful ryt haha!

[Indigozek]

only if you are insecure about actually being gay. I'm straight and I still love things like beautiful music, and cute animals.

[chiefwackox]

well im not gay lol

and haha cute animals!!!

[littlerunt8910]

fuck ya dude

[hamletworld]

Don't forget Seagull Orchestra

[krisdestiny]

this is crazy good

[coffmantra18]

Anyone got a tab for this?

[xxMoyXSk8xx]

which came first

port blue

or owl city?

[crayziexanime]

port blue i believe.

[Keithider]

port blue

[lulutink58]

port blue.

[vetvivi]

this is just beautiful

[goodbye2468]

AWESOME SONG!!!! :]

[lazzasaurus]

such love. ambient music that never fails to recreate the ocean and sky no matter where you're listening from. ♥ keep at it, adam!

[bb0ypants]

i love port blue. this song makes me want to cry, in a good way, because its soo soothing.

[ElectricUrge]

Adam, amazes me with every song he makes. Doesn't matter what name he's under. Whether it be Owl City, or Port Blue, he makes fantastic music. <3

[wardiefriend]

don't forget swimming with dolphins. :)

[ThePilot1524]

@ElectricUrge So true :-)

[AntaurisProtector]

@ElectricUrge Or Sky Sailing. <3

[DrearyRainClowds]

I love this song so much . Ugh i wish i could download it but its not working =(

[reneeMACBETH]

do you want the Mp3?

send me your email

[livnapassion]

Absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[Shepsterof92]

soo good..... just love SWD, Owl City and now this too!!!!! so nice!!!

wish i could find more port blue songs though :(

[iHeartMADtv]

I looooove this song so much. It's just so amazing.

hey do you have into the sea, also by port blue?

I love that song!

[Jaaakeeeee]

i have all his songs :)

[iHeartMADtv]

really?

sweet!

His songs are soooo amazing.

very unique, and calming. :]