The Electrician

[Evin0688]

all right, he's had enough. get him out of here you fucking cunts.

[paullennon20]

who gives a fuck who brought you here , its scott walker . given bronson was a good song if you had any sense you would know who the walker brothers are in the first place . 

[GreatScottPilgrimage]

@paullennon20 Hey, relax. Take comfort in the fact that Bronson is introducing new people to Scott Engel and Scott Walker The Walker Brothers and The Pet Shop Boys. As long as shit is being spread around like butter we can evolve and slip and slide like all the other buttery-biscuit-beings.

[variable159]

To me this song is just as epic as Bohemian Rhapsody. Brilliant.

[Imacrackalakin]

Them damn vocals are amazing

[BeastandRider]

The second half of the song is awesome (as is the whole song). I love that it complicates the song emotionally and is the antithesis of the beginning and end of the song. Total bipolar passion.

[SavaBG0]

I enjoy only the first 2 minutes...

[LegionOfTheSun]

Fuck the film .... film was decent but it's all about the lyrics (Jerk the handle)

Mr Perfect.

[banq0o]

bloody chills, respect !

[servicedofficespace]

genius.

[MrDuder1no]

Thumbs up if Bronson brought you here.

[slimils1987]

this is the point wen u realise u killed sum1 then wen it drops in ur conscience kicks in.

[EmmaKateeBaby]

KOL walk on stage to this song, oh my god. :D

[luke9648]

@EmmaKateeBaby WAAAAAT?? Really?? have they always?



[EmmaKateeBaby]

@luke9648 Yeah haha. No, not always. They seem to change it every tour. It's so intense though, it really builds up the excitement. :)

[luke9648]

@EmmaKateeBaby Oh. Still very cool. I haven't seen them since they got big though. Met them once at a dive bar... but i digress. Thanks.

[frankdertank1984]

There's a lot of genius crammed into this song. I love it. I wouldn't have liked to be the subject of the torturer

[billybobboberson]

wow im so glad they ended this song in bronson before 3:11

[sbrown1450]

I don't get why you are all saying this song is heavy? It is a brilliant song but doesn't sound heavy or eerie to me.

[SpacemanVisiting]

@sbrown1450

If you could just imagine his life and what he went and goes through to this day........others having similar lives, maybe just some people feeling lost in this world..

Then ask what heavy is x

[vdentjr]

hahahaha...... *serious face*

[alienmind2007]

i only discovered scott walker last week, I've listened to everything of his now, but this song in particular i listen to over and over. it gives me chills everytime. i have to say i think the guy might be a genius. i cannot get over the fact that he did this in 1978! they still haven't caught up to were he was back then.

[theymightbetaping]

I'm so addicted to this song! This is 100% pure genius! You can feel the emotions of the strings and Scott Walkers voice on this song....MAN! This really is a heavy song!

[Turturete]

Fuckin' incredible!

[leefact25]

As subjective as I usually am to the various tastes in music, I personally feel that the 6 dislikers of this track should be subjected to "Birdie Song" continuously for the rest of their lives - such is their lack of adventurism and appreciation of the extremes that music has the potential of reaching, Open your ears and minds - this is monumental!

[therealalexb]

How did 6 Kesha fans find this song?

[mrhumpydumpyable]

How to Disappear Completely

[BlackoutArchive]

@mrhumpydumpyable What about it?

[apocalypkidstv]

@mrhumpydumpyable nah, its eerie though, the feeling sounds like it. But Scott Walker's Sleepwalkers Woman from Climate of Hunter listen to that, How to Disappear Completely opens identically.

[BlackoutArchive]

BRONSON

[paldengyatso]

Magnifico.

[amorosa101457]

beautiful! love those strings, harp is beautiful, guitar work is lovely. bless you scott. what a mind to create such a piece of music! thank you!

[outland2442]

Mr. Bungle is definitely inspired by either this track or this group.

[jik7864]

As for me, I rather think to an OVNI.

[Lllburns]

SOA Watch has a website that let's you take action to help close the School of the Americas (aka WHINSC) which provided and still provides training for torturers in South America. Contact info is given so you can call senate members and congressmen directly and ask for the closure of the school. "There's no help, No." (--?).

[suecboop]

it is about killing yourself or getting yourself killed on purpouse.

[38Avril]

David Bowie & Brian Eno In Berlin 1978.

[glassineheart]

@38Avril actually it's just scott walker. so over the bowie/walker 'who did it first' shit, really.



[desertrun]

it's about aCIA torturer who goes home only to find that he's brought his briefcase to bed.

[SchizophrenicToaster]

Kinda reminds me of Pink Floyd

[ElectricFarmerCh]

The strings in this are really haunting!

[stills4589]

charlie bronson.

[85mrhyde]

"a political song . . . having to do with . . . the Americans sending in these people, trained torturers in South America . . . I imagined these lovers in a conversation . . . if you listen the words of The Electrician it really explains itself after Ive started." - Scott Walker in a 1984 radio interview

[dan32113]

@nikdevlin its about torture in south america

[Fiki2k7]

Im an electrician by trade, out of curiosity I typed in "the electrician" into a youtube search, heard the song... Then watched Bronson. So glad I did, this is an amazing song. I need to download it now :p.

[aaronmmaful]

I wasn't bad, I wasn't bad, bad. But I had my principles.

[lockypocky]

Discovered alot of really amazing music from watching Bronson. Great movie and great song!

[costellofan89]

I watch this every two days. Amazing song!

[lukeyboy123able]

exquisite!

[cosmicrider287]

@lukeyboy123able you can say that again.

[mugwamp4]

remember some twat from NME or MM slagging this off .,,,,what a fucking wanker!!its brilliant

[mugwamp4]

remember some twat from NME or MM slagging this off .,,,,what a fucking wanker!!it brilliant

[furzkanne]

Keep up to the song, please, pricks.

[poosnip]

What an odd but ace song.  Played it to my mum and it gave her the frights

[adamputnamphoto]

Bronson also Brought me here, all time amazing movie!!!!

[mfish618]

I much prefer Sightings cover of this from Through the Panama.....far darker.

[zanezanezaneouvre]

@mfish618 bitch please sightings isn't that great

[mfish618]

@zanezanezaneouvre My, how provocative. You have such a charming way of expressing your views. That's the thing about music....it's entirely subjective. But, seriously, thank you for your input.

[NigerianRocker]

Bronson brought me here...

[Plazman]

Gorgeous music. I can't believe I've never heard of The Walker Brothers before now. Thank you!

[kungfuabuse]

4 people don't like excellent music.

[meinshtroodle]

Amazing

[thezombiemarch123]

"Not in my ass, on my ass!!!!!"-Charlie Bronson

[boomunderscore0]

finally.. i found it.

[furzkanne]

that kicked bowie's ass. sorry.

[mindbocks]

so foreshadowing of the stuff scott would later do

[MusicIsMyLife6991]

3 people got their asses kicked by Charles Bronson!

[redcrowdemon]

Hey, has anyone else noticed how Scott Walker has the same very long, floppy hands and fingers as those other balladeers, Jaques Brel and Tom Waits... ? Probably meaningless, but maybe some armchair musico-psycho-evolutionary theorist out there has a theory... (One that's fit to print, I mean)

[OnkelMickwald]

@redcrowdemon

W

T

F

is "musico-pshycho-evolutionary theorist" supposed to mean?

[lukeyboy123able]

I have no words. I'll just have to replay it;....exquisite!

[Elidoransgar]

Drink a little more cough syrup, dude.

I keed. I keed.

[GladiusGSF0]

Great, great, great song.....

[oYoYebutu]

In the realm of tunes, this is heroine.

[Ravenoussssss]

@oYoYebutu - it is indeed

[postpunk77]

heartwrenching.



[mynameisnotalfredo]

Damn. This man got some hot hand action, clearly.

[dmytro10]

@mynameisnotalfredo You are sexually unsatisfied person, clearly.

[zarathustra1077]

Sadism can be so beautiful sometimes!

[SonicDig]

this song to me summarizes the David Lynch movie Lost Highway.

[BlackoutArchive]

@SonicDig Ten Months later you get my response, it definitely does.

[crumplepoint]

he'll go out with his fighting name........

[jih5]

This is so far ahead of its time- the forerunner to climate of hunter for sure- Scott is "the Voice".

[edgarholland]

@jih5 Climate of Hunter is incredable. It really should be called "Scott 5"

[jih5]

This is so far ahead of its time- the forerunner to climate of hunter for sure- Scott is "the Voice"

[misconduckt]

this song is heavy as fuck, probably the heaviest non-metal song ever

[BLUEHIPPO47]

It's about torture in an American backed regime.

[TheLucyboo]

I love this ... I could listen to it over & over amazing ....

[m3r5on]

Remix

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[m3r5on]

Remix

[poolehart]

Just checked Amazon for Nite Flights and it's 55 quid! What gives?

[paddy9i99]

Quality piece of music by a fascinating artist.

The beginning and end is extremely dark though.

[fruitsaladyummy94]

BRONSON!!!!

[vdentjr]

@fruitsaladyummy94 lol yup :)

[furzkanne]

What I like most about Scott is that he is a true outcast. Outside of the Rock n' Roll- Circus in most ways. He is an attraction like the Doors. But he is alone. Like me.

[vampirella6x6x6x]

heard this on bronson too, absolutely love it. and the film

[Apathesis0]

Love this haunting tune. Funny how I just watched Bronson too.

[steve62482]

His rebirth as an artist, like it or not, started here...i'll stick with the 60's albums, with there romance and beauty, but at least he never became an mor crooner for nostalgists... watch his percussionist beat a joint of lamb in 30th century man! Mind you, farmer in the city on tilt is just extraordinary, as is this!

[danthemachinetat2]

i heard this song on bronson also . now i am the biggest fan of scott walker this song has been in my head for like a month now n i dont think i will get tired of it

[danishwolf71]

@danthemachinetat2 great comment ... Scott Walker's music is life changing

[GhostOfBrendan]

What a terrific song. The struggle in his voice at 2:00 that continues on until the burst of strings

[SethKeif]

This song is simply an art form.Just listen to the strings which seems to ring out forever in the first half.Then when the drums kick in they keep it together in such a simple beat.One hit to the high hat and snare, open the high hat when it should with great accents to the toms.A simple but thought out arrangement. Then follow that great outburst with a spanish style guitar lead. It is a journey within the song.The beauty of art. Make your own connection with it. That's all that really matters

[stillovescott]

The only word to describe this is 'MAGNIFICENT'!

[xXTuRb1n4t0rXx]

argghhh wheres the knife. After listening to this im thinking of becoming a self harmer

[danishwolf71]

@xXTuRb1n4t0rXx please do ... I have some very sharp knives you can borrow

[Vincent777Legion1]

Melancholy behind darker shades

an about low,bringing that all time high.

[paldengyatso]

tenkstenkstenks

[criticise]

i f-ing love this.

[taffjay90]

heard this song on Bronson thought it was amazing

[conrad152]

Fanstastic song,dangerous and ambitious,out lows David Bowie's Low

[LeighBargeld]

Beautiful song. I've always thought so. But they way they used it in Bronson... was perfect. Made it so dangerous and when the punches start flying... Very high point in soundtrack fitting the film perfectly.

[revolutionaryspirit]

Terrifying but incredible.

[maclennan73]

I don't care what its about, listen to that....... is that the sound of genius!

[TheMicawbers]

I'm in awe.

[furzkanne]

More frightening than floyd, suicide or kraftwerk. I see a deep-red sundown with monster constructions in the late 70's. True dystopia. After that came Replicas from Tubeway Army. I mean the Song. Timeless. True class.

[Heroslayer5]

Bronson was a kickass movie.

[patashnikk]

I agree with Bowie's comment on this song 'I have no idea what the lyrics mean, and I don't want to know'.....

[NigerianArchitect]

a Walker Brothers album? Who does Scott think he's kidding?

[aiames]

What I get out of it is that he's an electrician in a prison who's nerving himself up to pull a switch and kill a convicted prisoner. The lush instrumental bridge is the actual killing.

Or maybe it's just about masturbation. . .

[RayFlash]

Wow! Both of those interpretations are cool. ;-)

[dan32113]

@aiames its about South American tortue squads, trained by good old United States of America. Scum

[AlejandroDelLoco]

@aiames who said it can't be both?

[OnkelMickwald]

@aiames I believe one of the Walker Brothers said that he wrote the song thinking about torture (with electricity). The "Oh you mambos, kill me and kill me and kill me" I guess is the scream from the victim in that sence... Haunting song...

[rmysterio80]

@aiames well, self improvement is masturbation

[HughManification]

@aiames

Actually, "The Electrician" is a torturer. His speacializes in electocution. French Algerians

he says the "Mambos thrill him" and if he "jerks the handle, you'll die in your dreams"

[morserak]

whats the lyrics about? can someone explain? ty

[Hubrizoid]

It's written from the perspective of a man writing a love song to a victim he's torturing with electricity. Scott uses it as a metaphor to condemn imperialist US-backed death squads.

[morserak]

thanx. still Im not native english speaker, and I dont get some phrazes. What means :hip falls? all you mambos? have a nice day.

[morserak]

the only song of them, that I like, nice one

[ammonsjw]

@AdrianMutu87 sometimes i think scott walker makes captain beefheart look like an amature. the first four songs on this record are clearly the greatest works in recorded music. its just so sad that so few people have heard it!

[AdrianMutu87]

@ammonsjw don't push, probably tilt and drift reach higher level

highest level ever attained in non-classical music is machine gun solo by jimi hendrix

[tenapage]

i love this song, thanks to "bronson".

[veadlsteak]

@buriedinlight  GROSS

[dogonaut]

Wish it was the length of an entire album - I could listen to this track for hours!!

[729mrn]

Love the drop, can't make any sense out of the lyrics though

[HelloMarco]

It's basically written from the narrative of someone being tortured and begging for death on one hand, on a masochistic lover on the other.

[1911m1a1]

One of the most original pieces of musical work that I have ever heard. The single D note, The enigmatic lyrics, and a brief Harp! Genius and inspired.

[AdrianMutu87]

best non-classical musical artist of the previous century tied with captain beefheart

[morserak]

@AdrianMutu87 whats the lyrics about? I dont get It ..