Given the chance I'll die like a baby On some faraway beach When the season's over. Unlikely I'll be remembered As the tide brushes sand in my eyes I'll drift away. Cast up on a plateau With only one memory. A single syllable. Oh lie low. lie low Lie lie lie... Best anti-war song ever.
Last life time I died as a baby, but not on a faraway beach, a now far away hut instead. The build up to the song, to word given in this is extraordinaryie. LoL=after a battle all I need is a red sickle ... and before? A popscycle?
Each one of those faces tells a thousand story's. Regardless of the "real meaning" of this song this video is fantastic. Everyone can sit and debate about the politics behind conflict but only a soldier knows what war really is. You can see this truth by looking at the eyes of those men.
"weapons of war are necessary for our safety" -- I thought I should repeat that idea back to make sure you are proof reading as you write. It's an example of passive voice and abstract thinking. Eno, in contrast, contributed clearly formed ideas through his music. But I'm not "gunning" for an obtuse political jabfest in this context either...here for hearing. While Eno was critical of war, I agree the imagry and feel of the music are inconguent. The words may suggest war (or not at all).
@rdouglas41 I was proof-reading as I typed, just stymied by the assumption of everyday Americans that war is an end to it all (on our televisions, anyway)... It's the opposite in reality and Brian's masterpiece from "Jets" shouldn't necessarily be a "whipping song" for the anti-war lefters. America's current wars must be fruitful in the end, right? (yes I'm CRAZY, eh?). Just think about it... China will win in the end.
thanks. Ithink you nailed this song perfectly with the video. Ive had it in my rotation play list and have watched/listened to it a couple dozen times now. Perfect.
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Whoever made this video cut out a large and important part of the middle of the song and it's too bad. Songs like this are sacred nowadays and shouldn't be monkeyed around with. Why can't you just listen to the song and stop trying to push your political worldview onto everyone. Look at the bigger world picture and perhaps then you'll understand why weapons of war are necessary for our safety in this country.
@foppy63 "Whoever made this video cut out a large and important part of the middle of the song " mmmm.......I suggest you contact EG records or Brian himself as this comes directly from an official release "Desert Island Selection"
Am I being political? It`s just a poignant video set to one of my fave songs
@parkhill62 i for one didn't sense any overt political msg in the vid. at most it made some poetic (quite welldone imo) connections btn the futility of existence suggested by the lyrics and images of war. that may be a vaguely political, antiwar stance, but certainly not against a single country. as for the song's "important part in the middle" i'd certainly like to hear it because i can;t get enough of this song.
@parkhill62 i for one didn't sense any overt political msg in the vid. at most it made some poetic (quite welldone imo) connections btn the futility of existence suggested by the lyrics and images of war. that may be a vaguely political, antiwar stance, but certainly not against a single country. as for the song's "important part in the middle" i'd certainly like to hear it because i can;t get enough of this song.
@Glasshouse27 Well bruce I GOT, and still have, the vinyl album >30 years ago but only had this digital shorter OFFICIAL release at time of posting.Hope that finally clears that up!!!
@parkhill62 I want to apologize parkhill62 for perhaps coming on too negatively regarding your video composition. Its quite good regarding synchronization and such. It's just that Brian Eno was such an esoteric and emotionally layered composer that his songs can have different meanings for different people. I think this was the case with "Faraway Beach". Anyone who digs Brian Eno nowadays with all the junk music thats out there, is a true fan of the "old school". We're "oldies" ourselves, eh?
lyrics: On Some Faraway Beach Lyrics Given the chance I'll die like a baby On some far away beach When the season's over. Unlikely I'll be remembered As the tide brushes sand in my eyes I'll drift away. Cast up on a plateau With only one memory A single syllable Oh lie low lie low.
I think that this is what the song is about. a soldier dying on a far away beach. I thought that parkhill62 was about perfect in creating this video lyrics: On Some Faraway Beach Lyrics Given the chance I'll die like a baby On some far away beach When the season's over. Unlikely I'll be remembered As the tide brushes sand in my eyes I'll drift away. Cast up on a plateau With only one memory A single syllable Oh lie low lie low.
I love brian eno's music, but this song almost makes it seem like the video footage is being romanticised, it doesn't reflect the terror and horror which the footage depicts.
Brave my ass, more like stupid. Fuck war. Die for some rich, old men....my ass. You go ahead and have a field day with that. I'm chilling with my kids and smoking a fatty. Peace
Excellent video interpretation to the song, Iwo Jima was definitely a faraway beach and many brave young Marines died there. Your synchronization was great.
@crvetteguy ..and as it happens, this album (and the song) was released in 1973. The Seger tune (from "Stranger in Town") was released in 1978...unfortunately, I'm old enough to be absolutely certain of that (g)
@woodrage1 Eno came first with "Jets" in 1973. Seeger's Mega-hit in 1978 "Still the Same" was just that... a commercial pop hit. Brian Eno blows Bob Seger away in every catagory (except making pop hits...) Get the CD (or LP) if you want to hear this song in it's entirety. Every song on "Jets" is a masterpiece (Baby's on Fire, Driving Me Backwards, and the title track come to mind). Unfortunately, they just don't make music like that anymore nowadays.
Got this tattered old book since I was maybe grade 7 open. Covers ripped turned to the page that quotes Steinbeck -"Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Whenever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there... I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'-I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build-why, I'll be there."
Take with you Hemingway, and Twain, Eliott and Pound. And Salinger. And that Grapes of Wrath dude...that book I keep nearby for context. What's his name? The guy who wrote "The Pearl". Hmm, I am suddenly old and sleepy...la gon krhab my brothers. ahhhh...
I come here time and time again,this is the definitive song with excellent composed video.Thank you SO MUCH for providing me with so much entertainment!!
i think that when you watch this vid and compared with burning airlines gives you so much more that eno sing about war in so many different way's that shouldn't he be a riot est of some kind of aging ted to be a rebel or not to be a punk is that the truth in what auspice in which he Tell's the story of the song but not to breed apathy to fight for what is real what is then there these ppl's who are in the
in the dream that day begins the sum of all is deviled by two, you an I , scream in joy , floating in our room. when its time to die , or re live the moments silenced by forgetful lives that echo in the spring of souls, we will rise again , remembering how we loved , each other, under a gray cloudy sky.
Grey (outside the U.S. and some parts of the U.S.) or gray (some U.S. only see spelling differences) describes the tints and shades ranging from black to white.
I've had this song since warm jets was first released. Always imagined it as a meditation on the acceptance of insignificance. That still works for me, but this video gives another, interesting slant to the lyrics. It's good that people can express their ideas. It's only YouTube, after all. It's not compulsory viewing. Eno is outspoken against the invasion of Iraq, he might even like this use of his sublimely beautiful song to show the futility of war.
I've watched this video taken away,I've seen it's return for some majestic reason.This is THE BEST video I have seen and CONTINUE to watch,This video is a MASTERPIECE and timeless tribute!!! Thank you for posting because it is a favorite of mine and ALWAYS will be!!!
Why are some of you complaining that the song isn't about war? Pretty much rule #1 of soundtracks is that you never have the lyrics match up with the action onscreen. If you do, it looks tacky.
Wow, you watched this lame video and gathered what Eno meant? This song does not have a thing to do with Vietnam or any other war. Get a grip, this is about relationships.
No, I meant when I finally payed attention to the lyrics I interpreted them to be -in a literal reading - about a beach invasion. Which is not to say that its not about relationships, or whatever else it you want to get out of it.
I always thought this was about war; about the futility. it was written during the Viet Nam war, but also conjures images of WW2 beach landings and their carnage, which would have been a huge cultural reference point for a guy Eno's age. "given the chance, I'd die like a baby on some faraway beach...unlikely i'll be remembered, with the tide washing sand in my eyes, i'll drift away." just my interpretation. but whatever he meant, it's a stunningly beautiful, profound song. thanks for posting!
Wonderful vid. Thought provoking choice of images. One of my favorite Eno pieces, but never related it to war. Adds another layer to the music. Very haunting.
the footage is from the invasion of iwo jima in early 1945. an insane and sad battle lasting about 5 weeks, costing the lives of some 30,000 souls. a brilliant choice for this haunting song!
I remember this music from a documentary Adam Curtis made about modern life. It was about how modern industrial civilisation has created an "empty and peculiar world" dictated by economic rationality. You can hear the music briefly in connection to some footage of a passenger plane flying in and out of clouds, and it is quite fitting for that particular scene. There is a quality of airy melancholy in the music and so it creates a compelling backdrop for the narration about our hollow modernity.
Are you suggesting I am a simpleton because I defend Brian Eno being called Brian Emo which is in my opinion insulting or that I am an ignoramus because my screen name is patterned after the iconic figures of American Stupidity? You really should not draw conclusions from internet encounters alone there so much to me so many reasons I love Eno and so much about my life that well you don't know. I want come back with an insult just that thought . May your journeys bring you success ado.
Dear Mr. bVSb, I'm very sorry. I retract it. I am a fan of anyone who is a fan of Brian Eno. I thought your comments were to Mr. Eno for speaking truly about israel's apartheid in palestine. being in japan for 12 years has left me out of touch in communicating with young americans. i thought you were cursing him Your reply taught me a lesson, and you were nice about it. older people can learn from younger people, they just need to listen better and understand what young people mean. thanks..
The video works perfectly. I never thought of this song in this way, but maybe it is what Eno wanted to say (probably not). It would be great if someone could send this to him and find out.
Regardless, if you listen to the melancholy music and then the lyrics (which I have 100's of times), this works beautifully! Good show!
The juxtaposition of war preparation images and cruel war scenes, together with this wonderfully pure and calm music, gives a unique result... and emphasizes the absurdity of war, with a great irony: "Given the chance
I think if you review the vast collection of music created by Eno, you will quickly see that his music was a strong attempt to build an alternative musical world. Not only was much of it peacefully ambient, but it also employed alternative technologies like tape loops and volume levels. He didn't play with the typical artists of the day and he had a new and very different intellectual approach. His music diverged from existing musical trends, and certainly from the heritage of military conflict.
The first words are "Given the chance I'll die like a baby on some far away beach... I'll drift away." He is not struggling he is 'drifting' like a baby, because babies don't struggle like heroes.
Notice that Eno is suggesting that he is going *alone* to some far away and inaccessible place - to die alone and unremembered. There is no one else mentioned. He is not part of some army struggling up a beachhead together in a heroic cause. Notice that he doesn't mention a cause. He doesn't have one.
Recall that for probably 35 years, Eno has been the master and founder of ambient music, not heroic war music.
I think you are confusing a sad nostalgia for heroic times, and the honor awarded to brave people, with the melancholy of the song. The song is melancholy, which is why only alternative and stark people listened to it back then, but the alternative vision of those artists was at odds with the existing ideology of conflict (which is why we were listening to it).
I have been listening to Eno since about 1980, and I have never ever associated this music with the images of war. There is a clear distortion here between the audio and video.
The images in the song are clearly about a blissful surrender, and an end of struggle, not a heroic struggle. Heroes struggle against fate, and because of this they are different than others. But there is no heroic difference in peacefully accepting one's fate (which is what he does in the song).
The song is talking about the wished for or unsatisfying end of life. Eno is not talking about some sort of Mishima-like grappling w/death. He is talking about a peaceful vision and a moment of quiet in his mind. This is why the music and the words together represent a repetitiveness like waves on the shore - not like running and dodging bullets. The song is also not 'heroic,' like a battle. The character does not seem heroic, but seems accepting of his fate lost in a universe.
There is a disconnect between Eno's audio and these images.
The song is about refuge sought and found. It is about a period of quiet and surrender, not conflict. It is about escape not confrontation. While the word 'battle' is used, Eno doesn't mean this literally. He means the normal struggles of life in society. He is not talking about an exceptional struggle like a war.
Personally I agree, but I think that's WHY it works. It's a surprising and ironic presentation of another context in which the same words can appear to mean something entirely different.
obviously you are a moron. Vietnam is not an island and is not in the Pacific. Learn some Geography for gods sake. The video even provided a map in the beginning.
I watch and listen to Eno with this version of edited clips,and I love it each time.Since i favorited it this is the only version of far away i want to see!!!!!what r y'ur thoughts?
Rubbing my clit with my finger said... "Precisely! Maybe one can take what was "learned" in/out school and join every club possible. Perhaps we can actually use the tactics that we have been trained in to become HEAD of the CLUB. Then, we can beat ourselves to nirvana/heaven/hell/void-you choose."-a singles fan of ANN
i have listened to this song for 25+ years and never associated it with footage like this...it was a great end of summer love song.I have loved it always.
this video is a perfect compliment and opens our minds to another aspect. what i would like to know is who put this together? whomever did this is also an artist.thank you so much.
lie low. that was very good indeed. the footage is amazing, the stuff at 0.46 with the coastline getting bombed to fuck! Is the evolution of humanity really the evolution of the idea of war... i wonder on my lonely nights.
i dont think brian was thinking about killing and war when he wrote this song. ive been listening to this song on and off for some 25 years and i can tell you i think of peace and calm rest and relaxation all the way.
is it not a beautiful love song?
TreborRebore 1 week ago
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TreborRebore 1 week ago
@foppy63 import and key is listening, relaxing, enjoyment. thanks for uploading. great eno.
TheMaitreDCanalBar 4 months ago
pray for those lost souls at dday 6/6/1944
satyricon1787 8 months ago
mijinyork 8 months ago 2
Great song, but I don't like the vid.
I always found this to be a peaceful song, the vid causes me pain & sadness to see a world in war & turmoil.
ravinut 9 months ago 2
stunning
ufuckamelon 11 months ago
i had this played at me funeral!
TheBillrowley 11 months ago 2
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3rdUncleBob 1 year ago
I still have this album.. still like it..
Super300400500 1 year ago
Still the same (Bob Seagar)
96lagos 1 year ago
@96lagos Almost, but not quite, and Eno did it first! :o)
OZK033 11 months ago
Last life time I died as a baby, but not on a faraway beach, a now far away hut instead. The build up to the song, to word given in this is extraordinaryie. LoL=after a battle all I need is a red sickle ... and before? A popscycle?
Lieu3C4 1 year ago
Each one of those faces tells a thousand story's. Regardless of the "real meaning" of this song this video is fantastic. Everyone can sit and debate about the politics behind conflict but only a soldier knows what war really is. You can see this truth by looking at the eyes of those men.
ILiveInMomsBasement 1 year ago
Beautifully done parkhill62. The combination of this beautiful track and the visuals works perfectly.
wozza2341 1 year ago
Imagine a war and noone came.
preisner09 1 year ago
Whoever made this video has completely misinterpreted the song - shame on you!
HeathenLoveGod 1 year ago
If those uber brave souls didn't hit that "Far Away Beach"
Eno wouldn't have written this song and many of us wouldn't have been born free.
Yes, war is HELL !!!!! ..... but it sure beats living under the influence of EVIL!!!!
This song has a nice melody ....doesn't it? : )
tomnshanna 1 year ago
this came out the same year as dark side of the moon, and tubular bells...i think
vaf88 1 year ago
This song always make me think of some beach very far away from here.
moonpeep 1 year ago
M` GOD!
aalexbotas 1 year ago
"weapons of war are necessary for our safety" -- I thought I should repeat that idea back to make sure you are proof reading as you write. It's an example of passive voice and abstract thinking. Eno, in contrast, contributed clearly formed ideas through his music. But I'm not "gunning" for an obtuse political jabfest in this context either...here for hearing. While Eno was critical of war, I agree the imagry and feel of the music are inconguent. The words may suggest war (or not at all).
rdouglas41 1 year ago
@rdouglas41 I was proof-reading as I typed, just stymied by the assumption of everyday Americans that war is an end to it all (on our televisions, anyway)... It's the opposite in reality and Brian's masterpiece from "Jets" shouldn't necessarily be a "whipping song" for the anti-war lefters. America's current wars must be fruitful in the end, right? (yes I'm CRAZY, eh?). Just think about it... China will win in the end.
foppy63 9 months ago
this is the song thats going to play while i bleed out, OD'd on sedatives in my filthy apartment
xxxboots9 1 year ago 6
thanks. Ithink you nailed this song perfectly with the video. Ive had it in my rotation play list and have watched/listened to it a couple dozen times now. Perfect.
cwelgin 1 year ago 3
happy 4th
vaf88 1 year ago
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Whoever made this video cut out a large and important part of the middle of the song and it's too bad. Songs like this are sacred nowadays and shouldn't be monkeyed around with. Why can't you just listen to the song and stop trying to push your political worldview onto everyone. Look at the bigger world picture and perhaps then you'll understand why weapons of war are necessary for our safety in this country.
foppy63 1 year ago
@foppy63 "Whoever made this video cut out a large and important part of the middle of the song " mmmm.......I suggest you contact EG records or Brian himself as this comes directly from an official release "Desert Island Selection"
Am I being political? It`s just a poignant video set to one of my fave songs
Have a nice day!
parkhill62 1 year ago 19
@parkhill62 look at the verison that ireallyhatejessus put up
Johnnyo743 1 year ago
@parkhill62 i for one didn't sense any overt political msg in the vid. at most it made some poetic (quite welldone imo) connections btn the futility of existence suggested by the lyrics and images of war. that may be a vaguely political, antiwar stance, but certainly not against a single country. as for the song's "important part in the middle" i'd certainly like to hear it because i can;t get enough of this song.
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@parkhill62 i for one didn't sense any overt political msg in the vid. at most it made some poetic (quite welldone imo) connections btn the futility of existence suggested by the lyrics and images of war. that may be a vaguely political, antiwar stance, but certainly not against a single country. as for the song's "important part in the middle" i'd certainly like to hear it because i can;t get enough of this song.
lesfauves19 1 year ago
@parkhill62 It's just not the full song... thats what he's trying to tell you. Get the album.
Glasshouse27 1 year ago 2
@Glasshouse27 Well bruce I GOT, and still have, the vinyl album >30 years ago but only had this digital shorter OFFICIAL release at time of posting.Hope that finally clears that up!!!
parkhill62 1 year ago 3
@parkhill62 Well GOOD cause IT DOES! haha
Glasshouse27 1 year ago
@parkhill62 I want to apologize parkhill62 for perhaps coming on too negatively regarding your video composition. Its quite good regarding synchronization and such. It's just that Brian Eno was such an esoteric and emotionally layered composer that his songs can have different meanings for different people. I think this was the case with "Faraway Beach". Anyone who digs Brian Eno nowadays with all the junk music thats out there, is a true fan of the "old school". We're "oldies" ourselves, eh?
foppy63 10 months ago 3
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cwelgin 1 year ago
@foppy63 - Of course, the point about poltical worldview could be turned back to you as well.
Timmybear 11 months ago
I love brian eno's music, but this song almost makes it seem like the video footage is being romanticised, it doesn't reflect the terror and horror which the footage depicts.
sumonesez 1 year ago
για κάποια χρόνια ο Πετρίδης ξεκινούσε την εκπομπή του με αυτό το κομμάτι...
maistral 1 year ago
Such a sad waste, when will we ever learn not to fight the rich mans wars for him.
HAPPYTHELEAF 1 year ago
salute
vaf88 1 year ago
@klonoagta2 what then are you doin on you tube?and takin time out to comment!!!!!
TreborRebore 1 year ago
"Still the same" I can't help but sing that every time I hear this. Things could be worse.
deadzeppelin 1 year ago
all I know is this video breaks my freakin heart :(
paloverdemusicshack 1 year ago
@paloverdemusicshack yeah i know it sucks
vaf88 1 year ago
Brave my ass, more like stupid. Fuck war. Die for some rich, old men....my ass. You go ahead and have a field day with that. I'm chilling with my kids and smoking a fatty. Peace
siuwilly 1 year ago 4
@siuwilly Strongly agree with that. Peace and love.
sausagerollnah 1 year ago
great mysterious song
pinescarpin 1 year ago
Excellent video interpretation to the song, Iwo Jima was definitely a faraway beach and many brave young Marines died there. Your synchronization was great.
42STUKA 1 year ago
yeah good call on Seger, I thought the exact same. time to see if the chicken came before the egg
MrTrippwalker 1 year ago
@parkhill better than a thousand words
every man was once a boy and every man a mother's son
lombmusic07 1 year ago
Is any one else reminded of Bob Seger's "Still the same" from the intro of this song? Who ripped who off?
woodrage1 1 year ago
I can hear some similarity. This song was on "Here Come the Warm Jets" which was released in 1974, while Seger's song was released in 1978.
I don't think anybody's ripping anyone off though.
eyaddarras 1 year ago
@woodrage1 eno is simply too original and established to plagerize. I like Seger as well probabely a coincidence only some many cords yknow
crvetteguy 1 year ago
@crvetteguy ..and as it happens, this album (and the song) was released in 1973. The Seger tune (from "Stranger in Town") was released in 1978...unfortunately, I'm old enough to be absolutely certain of that (g)
TMCoppers 1 year ago
@woodrage1 Eno came first with "Jets" in 1973. Seeger's Mega-hit in 1978 "Still the Same" was just that... a commercial pop hit. Brian Eno blows Bob Seger away in every catagory (except making pop hits...) Get the CD (or LP) if you want to hear this song in it's entirety. Every song on "Jets" is a masterpiece (Baby's on Fire, Driving Me Backwards, and the title track come to mind). Unfortunately, they just don't make music like that anymore nowadays.
foppy63 10 months ago
Poignant.
Excellent interpretation.
entropious88 1 year ago
Got this tattered old book since I was maybe grade 7 open. Covers ripped turned to the page that quotes Steinbeck -"Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Whenever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there... I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'-I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build-why, I'll be there."
Words of beauty krahb.
popeiix 1 year ago
listen to rage against the machines the ghost of tom joad
you may like it
hellbumkin85 1 year ago
Love hurts .... War kills ,... V
DoctoriOrdi 1 year ago
Take with you Hemingway, and Twain, Eliott and Pound. And Salinger. And that Grapes of Wrath dude...that book I keep nearby for context. What's his name? The guy who wrote "The Pearl". Hmm, I am suddenly old and sleepy...la gon krhab my brothers. ahhhh...
popeiix 1 year ago
John Steinbeck!
Grassian 1 year ago
Given the chance...
GBJPhotoWorks 1 year ago
Astonishing.. I never made this connection, it's fairly devastating, now to hear it.
Thank you, well done, sir or madam.
MyLatestEscape 2 years ago
How appropriate- really well done!
ravosavo 2 years ago
Great one!
Michael
Falke58 2 years ago
Hurts. Hurts A LOT.....but I know it has to be that way........
1TheGoldenoriol 2 years ago
Awesome video! ...but it makes me a little sad that you cut off the end of the song...
qu1et 2 years ago
I come here time and time again,this is the definitive song with excellent composed video.Thank you SO MUCH for providing me with so much entertainment!!
heavyT196908 2 years ago
Hey
Parkhill,
Are you a movie maker ?
because this is great stuff.
Brian AZ USA
bhbar2003 2 years ago
i think that when you watch this vid and compared with burning airlines gives you so much more that eno sing about war in so many different way's that shouldn't he be a riot est of some kind of aging ted to be a rebel or not to be a punk is that the truth in what auspice in which he Tell's the story of the song but not to breed apathy to fight for what is real what is then there these ppl's who are in the
nasty6uldv8 2 years ago
quite. this is the most relaxing song ever
craigleithdavid 2 years ago
in the dream that day begins the sum of all is deviled by two, you an I , scream in joy , floating in our room. when its time to die , or re live the moments silenced by forgetful lives that echo in the spring of souls, we will rise again , remembering how we loved , each other, under a gray cloudy sky.
iggybel 2 years ago 2
gray*grey
TreborRebore 2 years ago
Grey (outside the U.S. and some parts of the U.S.) or gray (some U.S. only see spelling differences) describes the tints and shades ranging from black to white.
vernonhowl 2 years ago
keep on loving.
p8a8o8l8o 2 years ago
its since some moths I didn't hear it, so I came back to pay tribute to this awesome piece!
alexspil 2 years ago
does anyone remember Britain being invaded by the Iraqis? Must have been in the 1960s and 70s.
2010Gonza 2 years ago
The last people to invade Britain were the poles around 2002
Oody61 2 years ago 2
interesting choice of footage to go with the song. It's the Iwo Jima landing, right?
virasabena 2 years ago
wonderful sound on the human incerdible,eternal stupidity,5/5.
stripytingy76 2 years ago
I've had this song since warm jets was first released. Always imagined it as a meditation on the acceptance of insignificance. That still works for me, but this video gives another, interesting slant to the lyrics. It's good that people can express their ideas. It's only YouTube, after all. It's not compulsory viewing. Eno is outspoken against the invasion of Iraq, he might even like this use of his sublimely beautiful song to show the futility of war.
sunmachine100 2 years ago 16
I've watched this video taken away,I've seen it's return for some majestic reason.This is THE BEST video I have seen and CONTINUE to watch,This video is a MASTERPIECE and timeless tribute!!! Thank you for posting because it is a favorite of mine and ALWAYS will be!!!
heavyT196908 2 years ago
Had another beach in mind with this song. But this works too lol
ernalise 2 years ago 2
Who cut off the piano-solo at the end?? That's cutting off half the brilliance of this song. Boo.
abfab5300 2 years ago 2
i'll drift away....awesome.
spruecutter 2 years ago
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yo! go fuck your anti-American ass dobs...
NekoLGirl 2 years ago
cool man go get those yanks!!! is it japan? anyway doesnt matter as long as americans are loosing !!! go everyone but america !!!
dobsondale 2 years ago
I love videos of big ships with big guns!!! Blowed it up real good.
theonlytruepunk 2 years ago
Hymn of Humanity
freudastaire 2 years ago
Thank you Niklespikles....we went from Majestic Humanity with Eno to Pathetic Robots with Michael Jackson.
SilentKnowledge8 2 years ago 2
so thin-red-linish...
jogayot 2 years ago
Why are some of you complaining that the song isn't about war? Pretty much rule #1 of soundtracks is that you never have the lyrics match up with the action onscreen. If you do, it looks tacky.
2ltben 2 years ago
You look tacky, ass clown.
jstow01 2 years ago
i prefer surfing at the beach myself)
pacerman265 2 years ago
Great song.
very hard not to sing along at the end.
Arkhigoul 2 years ago
i love ENO ! he is probably MUSIC GOD !!! now all shudddup and go back to M . Jackson Deceased !
niklespikles 2 years ago
very nice. Once I listened closely to the lyrics - about a decade into listening to it - I realized that this is exactly what the song is about.
enossified 2 years ago
Wow, you watched this lame video and gathered what Eno meant? This song does not have a thing to do with Vietnam or any other war. Get a grip, this is about relationships.
johntcolo 2 years ago
No, I meant when I finally payed attention to the lyrics I interpreted them to be -in a literal reading - about a beach invasion. Which is not to say that its not about relationships, or whatever else it you want to get out of it.
enossified 2 years ago
i agree this vid bears no relation to the toon
stuartdow 2 years ago
I always thought this was about war; about the futility. it was written during the Viet Nam war, but also conjures images of WW2 beach landings and their carnage, which would have been a huge cultural reference point for a guy Eno's age. "given the chance, I'd die like a baby on some faraway beach...unlikely i'll be remembered, with the tide washing sand in my eyes, i'll drift away." just my interpretation. but whatever he meant, it's a stunningly beautiful, profound song. thanks for posting!
Medusaesque 2 years ago 2
This is kind of disturbing...and effective. I agree with other commentors - a cool ironic juxtaposiiton.
Wow I said like an asshole.
seanisthegood 2 years ago
i wa sdruggieee bbut now im not..........
whitfield83 2 years ago
I don't know why this sound so romantic...
loneplankton 2 years ago
it is not romantic. it is sentimental?
newchicagogirl 2 years ago
Yeah, but I thought romantic and sentimental are synonym. I was trying to say it has romantic, unrealistic, fanciful feelings.
loneplankton 2 years ago
Wonderful vid. Thought provoking choice of images. One of my favorite Eno pieces, but never related it to war. Adds another layer to the music. Very haunting.
andyshorrors 2 years ago
It never conjoured war, or the landings, in my mind before either. I agree it adds a dimension
luvinbuzzin 2 years ago
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jinksyjet1 2 years ago
Interesting video take on this song. I wonder if this is what Eno had in mind.
I was thinking the song Follw me down by the doors might fit well with this video also
MeunanMind 2 years ago
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newchicagogirl 2 years ago
I love this song... but at certain points I am reminded of that Bob Seger song, guh! Anyone know what I mean?
whendirtgetsinmyeye 2 years ago
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ferlinhuskyjr 2 years ago
Bob Seger - Still the Same!
ferlinhuskyjr 2 years ago
i do, it happens to me all the time. But just try to shut it out.
nicklove711 2 years ago
10 videos removed?
Where to?
jinksyjet1 2 years ago
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beaksofeagles 2 years ago
the footage is from the invasion of iwo jima in early 1945. an insane and sad battle lasting about 5 weeks, costing the lives of some 30,000 souls. a brilliant choice for this haunting song!
undreadSP 2 years ago
I remember this music from a documentary Adam Curtis made about modern life. It was about how modern industrial civilisation has created an "empty and peculiar world" dictated by economic rationality. You can hear the music briefly in connection to some footage of a passenger plane flying in and out of clouds, and it is quite fitting for that particular scene. There is a quality of airy melancholy in the music and so it creates a compelling backdrop for the narration about our hollow modernity.
darlingelf 2 years ago
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brian emo rules!
monchiehorror 2 years ago
BRIAN EMO
rules!!!!!!!1
monchiehorror 2 years ago
Eno mufer fucker !!!! you damn bloody Wanger!!!!!
butheadVSbevus 2 years ago
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dugitomi 2 years ago
Are you suggesting I am a simpleton because I defend Brian Eno being called Brian Emo which is in my opinion insulting or that I am an ignoramus because my screen name is patterned after the iconic figures of American Stupidity? You really should not draw conclusions from internet encounters alone there so much to me so many reasons I love Eno and so much about my life that well you don't know. I want come back with an insult just that thought . May your journeys bring you success ado.
butheadVSbevus 2 years ago
Dear Mr. bVSb, I'm very sorry. I retract it. I am a fan of anyone who is a fan of Brian Eno. I thought your comments were to Mr. Eno for speaking truly about israel's apartheid in palestine. being in japan for 12 years has left me out of touch in communicating with young americans. i thought you were cursing him Your reply taught me a lesson, and you were nice about it. older people can learn from younger people, they just need to listen better and understand what young people mean. thanks..
dugitomi 2 years ago 2
Can't say I'd ever thought of this song in this sort of context before but as many people seem to be saying it seems to fit so well.
pernicketty 2 years ago
ENO IS GOD (ASSHOLES)
gomitol 2 years ago
BTW Bob Seger ripped off this riff for his craptastic 1978 hit "Still the Same".
In case you were wondering.
Musicsavantxxx 2 years ago
OMG Musicsavantxxx - you are right. Thanks for the info, but I'm afraid it has ruined this song for me. Scr*w u, Bob Seger!
rafamalicats 2 years ago
I was always trying to place this riff and now you've given me peace. Thanks!
dogonaut 2 years ago
The video works perfectly. I never thought of this song in this way, but maybe it is what Eno wanted to say (probably not). It would be great if someone could send this to him and find out.
Regardless, if you listen to the melancholy music and then the lyrics (which I have 100's of times), this works beautifully! Good show!
Musicsavantxxx 2 years ago
excellent comment my friend!
Indeed it works perfectly.
The juxtaposition of war preparation images and cruel war scenes, together with this wonderfully pure and calm music, gives a unique result... and emphasizes the absurdity of war, with a great irony: "Given the chance
I'll die like a baby,on some far away beach..."
alexspil 2 years ago
I think if you review the vast collection of music created by Eno, you will quickly see that his music was a strong attempt to build an alternative musical world. Not only was much of it peacefully ambient, but it also employed alternative technologies like tape loops and volume levels. He didn't play with the typical artists of the day and he had a new and very different intellectual approach. His music diverged from existing musical trends, and certainly from the heritage of military conflict.
cscarpino 3 years ago
So, cscarpino, what do you think about the video? Works like a charm with the song, huh?
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zbouaerg 3 years ago
The first words are "Given the chance I'll die like a baby on some far away beach... I'll drift away." He is not struggling he is 'drifting' like a baby, because babies don't struggle like heroes.
Notice that Eno is suggesting that he is going *alone* to some far away and inaccessible place - to die alone and unremembered. There is no one else mentioned. He is not part of some army struggling up a beachhead together in a heroic cause. Notice that he doesn't mention a cause. He doesn't have one.
cscarpino 3 years ago
Recall that for probably 35 years, Eno has been the master and founder of ambient music, not heroic war music.
I think you are confusing a sad nostalgia for heroic times, and the honor awarded to brave people, with the melancholy of the song. The song is melancholy, which is why only alternative and stark people listened to it back then, but the alternative vision of those artists was at odds with the existing ideology of conflict (which is why we were listening to it).
cscarpino 3 years ago
I have been listening to Eno since about 1980, and I have never ever associated this music with the images of war. There is a clear distortion here between the audio and video.
The images in the song are clearly about a blissful surrender, and an end of struggle, not a heroic struggle. Heroes struggle against fate, and because of this they are different than others. But there is no heroic difference in peacefully accepting one's fate (which is what he does in the song).
cscarpino 3 years ago
The song is talking about the wished for or unsatisfying end of life. Eno is not talking about some sort of Mishima-like grappling w/death. He is talking about a peaceful vision and a moment of quiet in his mind. This is why the music and the words together represent a repetitiveness like waves on the shore - not like running and dodging bullets. The song is also not 'heroic,' like a battle. The character does not seem heroic, but seems accepting of his fate lost in a universe.
cscarpino 3 years ago
Yes, I agree. It's on my list of "Songs for my Funeral".
beaksofeagles 2 years ago
a friend of mine married to this tune...
ddurrr 2 years ago
I think I'll have them play this at my funeral.
butheadVSbevus 2 years ago
There is a disconnect between Eno's audio and these images.
The song is about refuge sought and found. It is about a period of quiet and surrender, not conflict. It is about escape not confrontation. While the word 'battle' is used, Eno doesn't mean this literally. He means the normal struggles of life in society. He is not talking about an exceptional struggle like a war.
cscarpino 3 years ago
Personally I agree, but I think that's WHY it works. It's a surprising and ironic presentation of another context in which the same words can appear to mean something entirely different.
narozzz 2 years ago
this is roxy ,minus ferry ,,my all time favourite LPs are ROXY MUSIC [untitled] FOR YOUR PLEASURE HERE COME THE WARM JETS ,,,eno at his finest
milk115 3 years ago
EXCELLENT TUNE...one of my all-time favorite Eno songs! Thanks for posting this
VERNIXX 3 years ago
What is up with you retards who insist on politicizing Eno's early solo work?
What is wrong with you?
bartleby2007 3 years ago
panzer steppenwolf needs to clean his pants out!
rhymney1 3 years ago 3
This is Vietnam where America lose a war
rhymney1 3 years ago
....no.
PanzerSteppenwolf 3 years ago
obviously you are a moron. Vietnam is not an island and is not in the Pacific. Learn some Geography for gods sake. The video even provided a map in the beginning.
bshaw36 3 years ago
Doh. I need to learn to read when the thread is only 40 posts long.
Anyway I think this was a very inspired choice of video/music, and I always enjoy color WWII footage :)
saltythebear 3 years ago
This is Iwo Jima, right?
saltythebear 3 years ago
Yes, Iwo Jima.
JoshuaRVincent 3 years ago
I watch and listen to Eno with this version of edited clips,and I love it each time.Since i favorited it this is the only version of far away i want to see!!!!!what r y'ur thoughts?
juicersxlovesxyou 3 years ago
is this a video of the beach at normandy?
das32schveet 3 years ago
Hey, what ever images you see, you have a right to post. ;) i think of a cloudy day... Then I think about falling asleep.
Amatrasuu 3 years ago
OK Mr Parkhill, your the best! ILovu!
rhymney1 3 years ago
good showing by guavera!
rhymney1 3 years ago 2
This is the only Eno "music video" here actually worth *watching*. What a bunch of whiners complaining about the video!
Jordean1 3 years ago 3
I'll bet the house that Eno did not have these idiotic visuals in mind when he wrote this song. Mass media breeds mediocrity...
666cheney 3 years ago
zzzzzzzzzz....Empty vessels make most noise
parkhill62 3 years ago
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jinksyjet1 2 years ago
we'll bet the house that Eno did not have these "idiotic visuals" in mind when he wrote this song. Mass media breeds mediocrity...
underwesterneyes 3 years ago
Mass media breeds mediocrity... and yet you fave Tracey Emin? LOL
We now know Brian was thinking about a victim of a Shipwreck, so could someone upload a non-violent, fluffy ,peaceful vid to accompany the song.
mmmmmmm....can`t wait
parkhill62 3 years ago
That is not my dog. I'm just driving
I've been trying to place this quote somewhere:
Rubbing my clit with my finger said... "Precisely! Maybe one can take what was "learned" in/out school and join every club possible. Perhaps we can actually use the tactics that we have been trained in to become HEAD of the CLUB. Then, we can beat ourselves to nirvana/heaven/hell/void-you choose."-a singles fan of ANN
underwesterneyes 3 years ago
Not exactly the visuals that flood my mind when I hear this...but great song, nonetheless! :)
LipsLikeSugar78 3 years ago 4
i have listened to this song for 25+ years and never associated it with footage like this...it was a great end of summer love song.I have loved it always.
this video is a perfect compliment and opens our minds to another aspect. what i would like to know is who put this together? whomever did this is also an artist.thank you so much.
primusvix 3 years ago 5
Great song,Fottage Un..F'N ..beleievable...ThX!!
heavyT196908 3 years ago 2
Disturbing footage complimenting a great song. Thanks for that.
suburbanbatherson 3 years ago 3
Great! But where is the solo piano at the end?
hunchybunker 3 years ago
Vinyl version = 4.40
Desert Island Selection CD version = 3.38
parkhill62 3 years ago
lie low. that was very good indeed. the footage is amazing, the stuff at 0.46 with the coastline getting bombed to fuck! Is the evolution of humanity really the evolution of the idea of war... i wonder on my lonely nights.
spurtfather 3 years ago
i dont think brian was thinking about killing and war when he wrote this song. ive been listening to this song on and off for some 25 years and i can tell you i think of peace and calm rest and relaxation all the way.
Wii4me 3 years ago
To me the video makes perfect sense with the lyrics. Without the war interpretation the lyrics comes out as rather pathetic.
Crlmrtn 3 years ago
To me the video makes perfect sense with the lyrics. Without the war interpretation the lyrics comes out as rather pathetic.
Crlmrtn 3 years ago