Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue

[CourtlandJacobSmock]

Everyone hating on Kanye needs to stop being so Heartless! *trollface* 

[Wolfgang44Official]

Kanye is a genius.

[Blondiechickie1972]

beautiful song :D

[iFly255]

Damn, i have never expected to hear such GOOD music from Alan Parsons Project i tought they mosly play instrumental but this is just AWSOME!! thumbs up!

[archie977]

nice song thnx for posting

[univurss]

All the comments here hatin jus shows he brought us all together here, Kanye To The

[Pootentate]

Awesome song. I still have this album. Who's Kayne West?

[saggitabg]

@Pootentate Never mind

[Markishhmark]

@Pootentate Kanye West is a douche.

[EmiKimura88]

The video is adorable

[DPirez1000]

Beautiful song.... lame video



[saggitabg]

@DPirez1000 May be you are right, this is the first video I have ever made! But you can make the best one, I"ll watch it with a pleasure.

[PainInEndorphin]

kanye west brought me to this beautiful music....KANYE SAID THAT...HE SAMPLES THESE

SONGS...TAKE US TO THIS KIND OF BEAUTIFUL SONG...HE DOSENT STEAL..

[jimmydeboy]

love this track

[ThunderStrikeMining]

Hey Most of you in the comments say "FUCK YOU KANYE WEST" but Kanye West is the only reason you came here to watch this video

[xboneless]

WHY IS EVERY1 HATIN ON KANYE , HE RESPECTS ALAN PARSONS MUSIC AND ENJOYS IT, WHY NOT BRING IT BACK TO THE NEW AGE ..ANYWAYS ALAN PARSONS HAD TO CLEAR IT BEFORE HE CAN SAMPLE IT SO THEY DIDNT MIND. EVERY1 NEEDS TO CHILL

[TheEarthforge]

I'm a Gen-Y. I found this piece on my own when my sib sent me a collection of APP. I'd never heard this one before, but I really adore it.

There is so much undiscovered, missed music. I am a fan of APP, Kamelot (symphonic power metal), Dimmu Borger (black metal), TSO (rock), Satriani, Enya, Secret Garden...

I am open to a variety. So I will say this: Why obsess on Kanye when there is so much awesome like this and Nightwish and whatnot?

[TheZugle]

I like it !

[123blue93]

Brought here because of the Childish Gambino sample

[CrsNguyen]

lmao....i bet this song would still be dead and buried under a bunch of other dead lost songs if it werent for kanye. haters gonna hate

[47tl]

I have followed this group since 1977, it is worth it having every album

[dddemon777]

wtf! Do you not get who ALAN PARSONS actually is? Shame on any of you trying to put such a great man with such a puny human as Mr. West. Alan was working with the Beatles way before he took to his PROJECT. As a musical engineer extraordinaire it is foolish to try and belittle him by trying to compare him to such.

[YeticusRex]

Hey arsenalgunna11....I'm gonna let you finish, but I just wanna say that APP has been around for 40 years because they've built a solid reputation in the music world over the course of decades.......come back in 40 years and let us know if Kanye is still hittin' hard and true.....otherwise, he's just an opportunist of the times.

[AntonSlizzardhands]

Heartless

[love0is0not0hate]

Who the fuck is Kanye West?

[pye333]

People who listen to music like this don't generally listen to bad music like Kanye West's :P

[superal1394]

@pye333 The iPod generation has a much wider taste in music than you might think.

[soramic]

@pye333 How ignorant can you be?

[puckering1]

Great work, onley a ALP fan could do so good. Thx

[libertines24]

@007Crusoe lol you know kanye is considered a genius right?

[aresnalgunna11]

@libertines24 He is not a genius. I like kanye, but he is only considered that among Pop artists, who don't even count as musicians to me. Most of the geniuses are not on the radio because the music requires you to pay attention to detail, rather than having an easy listen that pop provides.

[libertines24]

@aresnalgunna11 lol i hate to break it to you, but people don't care about the underground shit. Truth is Kanye is a genius and is better than almost anyone. He has made legendary albums. I hate to break it to you but it doesn't matter what YOU think because in order to become a legendary band you have to be somewhat successful even radiohead has sold millions of albums

[aresnalgunna11]

@libertines24 I understand people don't care, which is why he's only considered a genius among pop artists. He has made great albums, but he doesn't compare to most rappers in the 90's when it comes to skill, but obviously it goes back to the pop thing. That's what will be remembered, and while it's a shame, we just have to accept it. Nothing wrong with Radiohead selling millions, or Kanye for that matter. I don't see what your point was with that. The Libertines are fucking awesome though.

[libertines24]

@aresnalgunna11 kanye is the reviewed artist of the last decade dude. The only artist who has gotten two five star reviews out of rolling stones, and indie websites like Pitchfork love him. Kanye has pushed music into the mainstream again its a shame people hate on him

[Markishhmark]

@libertines24 Kanye is a douche.

[cazador772]

muy bonita : )

[vincenzolaspesa]

ehm...who the fuck is Kanye West?

[akjk1212]

@vincenzolaspesa A very talented, if not relatively egotistical rapper. I highly recommend listening to "Gone" or "Good Morning" to get a good feel for his music.

He's getting mentioned here because his song "Heartless" (a rather mediocre song at that) heavily sampled this song.

[marinero4430]

It takes that music of this crazy world! ...

[senesches]

Profound in the rhealm of Music and the world of words..."purpose..."

[nickgee15]

@007Crusoe

He's making millions from it. Sampling is damn-hard to do, and he pulls it off well.

[djsd007]

awesome song, awesome slideshow. great job :D

[ludo281160]

Such a great Slideshow! Many thanks to share! It really fits perfectly with the song! Why people not doing something similar again in 2011? Such a wonderful piece of Art!

[TheTdengler]

Please play this at my funeral

[Siggees]

Stop talking about Kanye. Yes he's a talented musician, but no sample of his can ever compare with the heartbreaking beauty of Alan Parsons Project's music....

[randomlargetext]

What is that instrument at 2:30, some sort of windpipes?

[YouMyWifeNowDave]

@randomlargetext I believe that is one of the flute section of a pipe organ. I'm guessing as it's polyphonic it is played by hands so...yeah pipe organ.

[creepweirdo123]

where do kanye west find these songs,...he's one of the greatest producers in hip hop

[aaronscrewme]

@IzZoH0Va Kenya decapitating the heads of white women because he's black and frustrated?

[AcebeatGroup]

guys the guitar is centered to one of the speakers. remove it and you have the sample, People saying fuck kanye are being idiots; he is bringing many more people to recognize the goodness of this band.

[aaronscrewme]

@AcebeatGroup He made albums and received recognition before Kenya was born in a garage alley.

[AcebeatGroup]

@aaronscrewme someone's a bit racist. good for you!

[aaronscrewme]

@AcebeatGroup Thank you! It's reality.

[AcebeatGroup]

@aaronscrewme so did your highschool sweetheart cheat on you with a black dude or are you just a really old man?

[aaronscrewme]

@AcebeatGroup That doesn't even make sense. What black dude? 1/10 of them are incarcerated. I'm farther advanced in intellect than you, in age, I have no idea but with your mind your only excuse would be adolescence.

[Rawbie100]

computer crap but i think kenya SUCKS !

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[JunkieSonnie]

Why does it have to be fuck Kanye tho? He obviously has the same music taste as all of us. Jeeezzus. music fans are crazy. None of you would say that shit to Kanye if you saw him for this fucking sample.lol

[Sodanlaulu]

@JunkieSonnie Autotuned rap and pop shit. It speaks for itself. As long as the computer does the bigger part, it's not music, it's synthetic crap.

[aaronscrewme]

@JunkieSonnie His studio engineers did all that you asshat, that clown couldn't find his way on a stage let alone have intelligence.

[marek270210]

To dla Ciebie Basiu.

[Rawbie100]

W T  F kanyay dead wolfson O.M.G.!

[bellefeu]

I did not know until today that Eric Wolfson died. Thanks to the commenters for the information. God bless Mr. Wolfson.

On a different, how can those subject-anagrams be expunged from the comments page?

[Sodanlaulu]

Kanye West can fuck himself. I was brought here by beautiful memories associated with The Alan Parsons Project.

[mikecox]

@Sodanlaulu fuck Kanye West

[worldssmallestfan]

@Sodanlaulu Do you mean the missile code name in the second Austin Powers movie? trololol

[fresh2death704]

@Sodanlaulu whoaaaa. calm down, who cares how you were brought here kanye west has no reason to attempt to sodomize himself

[ukraininoak]

Where is this ' Ammonia Avenue ' ?

[blipblopblopblip]

@ukraininoak

From Wikipedia:

"The title of the album was inspired by Eric Woolfson's visit to Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Billingham, England, where the first thing he saw was a street with miles of pipes, no people, no trees and a sign that said 'Ammonia Avenue'. The album focused on the possible misunderstanding of industrial scientific developments from a public perspective and a lack of understanding of the public from a scientific perspective."

I don't know...

[TheAmazingInk]

fuck kanye west that no talent ass!!!!

[898Productions]

Just the fact that this never caught on means that peopledo not understand the deepness to the song...

[capricornmonik]

Camino-the way to get to know yourself!

[respiratory0]

노래정말좋다.

[kiururi123]

I'm 14 years old and i like this very much <3

[bil56]

Ammonia avenue..."ammonia" in another language means a belief in a God and "avenue" in french..a pathway towards something. A pathway to God?

[dgcarsten]

If there are any Friends of Bill out there, they will recognize the lines, "and word by word they handed down the light that shines today and those who came at first to scoff remained behind to pray..." and ".... and stone by stone they built it high until the sun broke through -- a word of hope -- a shining light -- Ammonia Avenue."

Why on earth do you think he even used the words Ammonia Avenue?????

[davethawley1]

@dgcarsten I know Bill and Bob and you are totally right :-)

[snookie60100]

How can 7 people dislike this masterpiece , this is a real shame !

[damianofonti]

In some part remember the suite on atom heart mother

[eduardo13rocha]

How did Kanye remove the guitar?

[DramaKidMuzik]

@eduardo13rocha he replayed it without the guitar

[eduardo13rocha]

@DramaKidMuzik I don't understand this. How can you replay a song and just remove any part of it as you wish?

[DramaKidMuzik]

@eduardo13rocha Like If You Are Good At music You Can Play By Ear And Re-Play It On The Piano Or Keyboard Then (Fine Match) The Sound

[samuelkeshon]

@DramaKidMuzik shiiiit

[DramaKidMuzik]

@samuelkeshon yeaap

[ihopCuatroUno]

@eduardo13rocha

MPC

[WhingerST]

check this for kayne's sample;)

[AZinTheSky7]

bunito *******



[aakiymo]

thumbs up if kanye west samples made u come here

[smellmyfingure]

@aakiymo it didnt make me come here indeed the devil is within us all lurking in the pits of our minds

[n8tureboy]

@aakiymo

Who the hell is Kanye West??? The 80's brought me here!

[sprake01]

@aakiymo He recognises talent and can copy it. Now listen to the original and talented.

[1973kasiunia]

@aakiymo who's kanye west?

[worldssmallestfan]

@1973kasiunia Yo Alan Parson's project I'm really happy for you and imma let you finish but Kanye is one of the greatest musicians of all time. OF ALL TIME!

[1973kasiunia]

@worldssmallestfan no one will remember this guy because he is media inflated nobody. Sorry.

[mrminalga222]

@1973kasiunia no one will remember kanye west? haha good one

[1973kasiunia]

@mrminalga222 bigger 'stars' than Mr West are forgotten.

[frank06778]

This music suits my mood at the moment fine... Made a ringtone out of prime time. Great video! Thanks.

[24maildude]

Similar to "Turn Of A Friendly Card."

[leydemurphy]

Que tremendo temazo!!! música para oidos especialistas unicamente...

[zwreckless1]

Who is kane ..Wasn't that david carradine ?

Snatch the sample from the song if you can ...than carry a pot of folgers to the door and let the dog out ...if you can young gung-fu..Then Go west ..go very far west...or you could go east actually .and when you get an opportunity ..kick a guy in the knee really hard ..go kane go

[zimboy08]

kanye

[MDDLFNGZ2YA]

At 2:30 Kanye West sampled that part for Heartless.

[Uber12]

@MDDLFNGZ2YA Thank you for finally getting to the bottom of this conspiracy. You truly are a visionary.

[Alirocksn]

Beautifully edited, and love the song.. :-*

[bassmanjoe]

6 dislikes??? Some people don't have a clue!!!

[sabba841]

Bellissimo....

[mediomen7]

molto bello ,grazie........

[paukut1]

I don't understand all the lyrics so well, but the music makes me shiver - this is so beautiful and meaningfull, even without any words. I dedicate these tunes to all my love ones- this is to you from my heart !

[bassmanjoe]

BRILLIANT!!!

[Unshackledtruth]

Ammonia Avenue is a place devoid of life with emptiness and loneliness, that many will find at sometime in our lives, and with no rhyme or reason or harmony we understand nothing in the words of the great father, we feel no hope, and as we grow old we think back and wonder what is the point of it all, it will all pass away with no remembrance, but with no faith and questions we begin to doubt so we arrive once again at ammonia avenue and maybe start to realize why and it leads us to light.

[SoporFalls]

Stfu about Kanye West deaf f*cks. Thanks.

Masterpiece

[MR7hanvichid]

@SoporFalls YEA! KANYE IS AWESOME!

[SoporFalls]

@MR7hanvichid

You're dumb.

[MR7hanvichid]

@SoporFalls exactly what Kanye would say

[bourquebuilt]

".....and those who came at first to scoff..remain behind to pray....."love you Alan my bruttha!

[Hessux]

I like the piano sound and vocals..... very nice music...

[realmoonwalker]

What a wonderful voice, epic song. It reminds me my young days and memories with my sweethearts. R.I.P Eric Woolfson, see you on the otherside......

[valgeton]

how could you put unlike on this!?!

[Blackturtle69]

3:58 epic

[lean99zz]

my fav

[adrianpaiva1]

2:31 is what kanye west sampled for his song heartless

[DarthPena]

One of the Alan Parsons Project's best songs and one of the most important progressive rock anthems. Rest in peace Eric.

[bellyofanarchitect]

@DarthPena , Alan Parsons is nowhere near "progressive rock".

File it under "Crossover" or "AOR".

[DarthPena]

@bellyofanarchitect The Alan Parsons Project was not prog rock, but some songs were definitely prog, and what about Tales of Mystery And Imagination album.

[bassmanjoe]

@bellyofanarchitect Just call it brilliant music!!!

[rondos89]

amazing so strong and intellectual wow what music can be when it is turned loose

now it seems all songs play the same lyricks ( I need some money oh please give me some money)

[radioelargentino]

I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!

[Carlinhos2161]

I still have this album. In Long Play!!!I I bought it 1979. Good times, good times.

Alan Parsons is forever. And is very important to say: December, 2, 2009... The world can be lose a great musician, but the heaven received a new angel. God bless Eric Woolfson.

[Carlinhos2161]

I still have this album. In Long Play!!!I I bought it 1979. Good times, good times.

Alan Parsons is forever. December, 2009... the world can be lose a great musician, but the heaven win a new angel. God bless Eric Woolfson.

[stockinettestitch]

Who's Eric?

[Carlinhos2161]

@stockinettestitch Eric Norman Woolfson (*18-03-45 – +2-12-09) was a Scottish lead singer, songwriter and lyricist, pianist, and co-founder of The Alan Parsons Project. He wrote 2 songs that hit the British Singles Chart, with these songs spending a total of 4 weeks on the chart.

After splitting up with Alan Parsons during the recording of Freudiana, Woolfson pursued musical theatre. His works have mainly been performed in Germany and Austria, but have also been heard in Korea and Japan.

[kamellok2002]

nice..

[shottieflame]

kanye westtt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ladyviagra]

c'est beau ....merci!

[MegaPhonebooth]

the flute from here is on "heartless" by kanye west.

[MegaPhonebooth]

@MegaPhonebooth at 2:30

[paulie4483]

beatiful alan parrsons is a musical geanous

[paulie4483]

FREAT JUST LIKE ALL THE REST PAUL4483

[scarfaceh2o]

kanye a genius

[IIpandemicxII]

this vid should be more watched

[DuMaurierRebecca]

Qui chante? Eric Woolfson?

Who sing? Eric Woolfson?

[Fernandocatan]

@DuMaurierRebecca

Yes, Eric Woolfson sings Ammonia Avenue.

[cjrvision]

really a great tune. Nicely arranged and sung as usual. this one is not overdone either. Just is about reality.

[TheSnowsbeauty5]

GENIUS! BEAUTIFUL,warm and haunting ;) JOY is the Alan Parson's Project <3

[perkusjonisten]

Nydelig sang - og flott kombinasjon av symfonisk vs elektronisk :))

[evilfinger66]

I think someone,(berylman) is missing the POINT!!!

[sunbiz1]

The dark side of life...yet the brilliance shows through in the end.

[berylman]

Before I depart I love this quote:

"Those who came to scoff will find a way to pray"

Heavy indeed.

[berylman]

I had no idea that my comment would generate such fomentation. Don't get me wrong. Upon re visitation and mediation I have seen the meaning.

[DoritosBen]

heartless made this shit better! go kanye youre afuckin monster

[upthcreek]

@DoritosBen i want to drown u in bean dip, dorito... lol... go post positive comments, on kanye's tubes..., and u should apologize, like kanye, has to do, almost every so often... its easy to get pissed... just like a 2 yr old... aks yo self y u so wack...

[papaspride101]

great output ...:)

[rosanero630924]

Splendida canzone GRANDE APP.

[betover68]

RIP Eric Woolfson. Yes, your songs were one of often sadness, but you expressed sadness very well ; and because you did it well, you gave people, who at various stages in their lives encountered hardship, solace and a shoulder to lean on through your music.

[lahomiesi]

One of most awesome song of my alltime. I like to listen this on a long bus travel after school when im tired as hell..

[FeynmanFan]

The meaning, once and for all.

And word by word they handed down the light that shines today:

"And those who came at first to scoff, remained behind to pray"

"And those who came at first to scoff, remained behind to pray"

Handed down, word by word - a book.

Those lines are not merely thoughts being expressed in the song - it's a quote from the book he's talking about.

The precise quote is:

"and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray."

It will blow your mind.

[napomania]

oh my god, what is that Kanye West story? imho is only the same Fairlight CMI sample patch.

[youR3tard]

2:31 is the sample Kanye West's "Heartless"

-WhoSampled

[berylman]

Apologies about that comment. I was VERY drunk. It really is a beautiful song. But there was some merit to what I said. Alan has a very, very melancholy side which I prefer to stay away from.

[azzorroww]

@berylman i actually enjoy the melancholy cerebral metaphysical i love edgar allan poes writings too don't get me wrong i have fun but i'm well aware of things beyond just sight perception actually i think eric was the deep one he after all wrote the lyrics to this wonderful track i wish i could of met him his lyrical writing was as is any ones writings part of the man and his spirit i enjoy his music and of course alans production of the songs.

[berylman]

I love some Alan Parsons... but why does every song sound like some weepy regretful shit and a product of a broken ass man? Answer that.

[saggitabg]

@berylman Well, If someone perceives the musiic only with his hind body parts, he must to seak more suitable tools, NOT THIS SONG

[ReformedPastorJude]

@saggitabg I agree that most of their music is morose but i love it that way. they do morose very well....

[ektaro2000]

@saggitabg Well saggitabg ! 

[lynella22]

@saggitabg LOL

[bizzyb16]

@saggitabg lol nice!

[danielnordeen]

@berylman Maybe you should ask yourself as a broken weepy shit!