The Alan Parsons Project - Standing on Higher Ground (Descanse em paz Eric...)

[bagoodtube]

thanks i needed that

[miriankraco]

Super I love this music, it keep me runing, swiming, biking!!! thank you

[Blondiechickie1972]

i wish music today was like this :D

[mdlittle5466]

Broaden your horizons, elevate your perspective - learn and grow. Stand on higher ground - use your mind. :)

[oliaiguambfigues76]

I've looooooved this song since it came out, twenty-something years ago.

[begbrook123]

love this :)

[Blondiechickie1972]

@begbrook123 me too :D

[vontrapps]

Just found this looking for Geoff Barradale, singer of underrated british pop band of the eighties Vitamin Z, singing in this song as well.

[NoviceMuzik]

i dont hear this in paranoid at all

[FLlNTER]

One of the greatest by APP! Thanks for posting!

[evilfinger66]

I really never tune in to APP for the video`s, because I just love the music ,and I started listening to them wwwaaaaaaayy back when ha ha ha!!!

[MrDaren6969]

Great song and pretty good video too. Thanks for posting it

[jlunke3]

Its an interpolation, kanye replayed the start bit.

[Nerdmeister]

Actually, working in a casino, this has almost the same theme as the songs on Turn of a Friendly Card's songs. It seems to be more about Casino Surveillance. In the late 70's, early 80's, surviellance was done by people walking on catwalks above the casino floor. They would look down through 1-way mirrors, so they could see you, but you couldn't see them. It almost tells about a guy on the surveillance team who's in on a scam/heist, so he's pretending to be asleep, etc.

[azzorroww]

@wgafm nice interp and your view can also be used for the excellent ammonia avenue track erics finest felt vocal in the entire alan parsons discography in my opinion.

[chocolatepoundcake]

One of my APP favourites...I LOVE the guitar solo in here. The lyrics are typical for APP, a somewhat outsider perspective, which I can identify with.

[p8alan]

They will always Rule

[guruartist]

One of the most mystic songs ever! Only those who are chosen will undertand!

[SharpeyCol]

but dont you think is too much of an obvious metaphor? and to be honest i dont see it as a metaphor to begin with, much more like trying to put into images the lyrics in a very unimaginative way. By his standards its not a very interesting concept for a video. When you listen to a song in the dark with your headphones on I bet you get more interesting mental images. "Dont answer me" for instance is a great video filled with rich imagery

[SharpeyCol]

in a literal way, like I said. Not one of his best videos

[timmmahhhh]

As for the song the DJs all over Central Indiana seemed to love playing it even though unfortunately it didn't seem to make the charts at the time. Too bad not enough others didn't hear the great song they and I did.

[timmmahhhh]

Not my favorite APP video though I love love love the song! I used it for a slide presentation of our Europe trip in college for Italian hilltowns like Siena and San Gimignano, places literally on higher ground. But like this video the towers in these ancient European cities represented an edge their owners had over everyone else.

[blackperson33]

i dont see where he sampled

[LDverizon08]

KANYE OWNS

[paddygeo]

Perfect composition... whose pink floyd??

[SharpeyCol]

Too literal for my taste

[MrDaren6969]

i dont see anything wrong with the video.. Hes literlly on higher ground looking down.

[DuranDuranLiberty]

back when people went all over the place to make a video. Hot air balloon would be crazy. But yea i dont think the song matches the video.

[kathie195]

how does it not match.. hes standing on the top of a high building.. being the higher ground.. and he's looking around.. I think it's pretty self explanitory

[FirstDonut]

this video is so cheap! xD

[FergusonTO35]

Gaudi is one of APP's best.

[fluffythecat2]

yah, the vids lame. and u recognize its origins.

but the song is good. album was good.

is good.

[Bapethatboombox]

Did Kanye West sample this for "Paranoid"?

[yankjet318]

yes, he did. You can look up the video "every kanye sample ever, 808's and heartbreak edition."

[CalebMakTV]

NO!! People are lying.

[Makahaboi91]

supposedly, but i dont hear the similarities at all... do you?

[calienteuno]

@Bapethatboombox yep! :D

[chocolatepoundcake]

@Bapethatboombox I just listened to 'Paranoid" and can't make out any of this song in it. Strange.

[barnydrunk]

@Bapethatboombox your way out, paranoid was done by black sabbeth, 1970.

[MrDaren6969]

The guy sounds just like Goerge Michael

[john1120]

cant believe kayne sampled this.

[Antidoctor8905Movies]

it's my favourite song and i love her...

[judyb1169]

You know, listening to the words, they have a spiritual meaning of staying honest and having inner peace(in spite of the poor guy in the video!)

[fluffythecat2]

Absolutely!

Good for you and your clear testimony/witness on your profile and blog.

Thank you for your great example.

There also is another interpretation ..

You might really enjoy Turn of a Friendly Card, if you are not familiar with that.

:D

[propaganda63]

I did not even know that there was a video for this. Thank you so much. Love this song.

[OMGIWuvPudding]

Why Are You So Paranoid?

[SuperBattleFranky]

I only hear the sampled part on that th9ing in the beginning.

[hardshaun]

why you so parionoid

and he did sample the begining bit

[michaelmoval]

the guy in this video reminds me of 'the goonies' actor robert davi aka jake frattelli

[fluffythecat2]

One of my fave movies

"It's wet isn't it?"

[michaelmoval]

mine too, bud!

[kail1900]

it dont sound like kanye sample from this..

[sonrisesonceagain]

Great song by the almighty Alan Parsons Project and an excellent video to go with it. I remember when this album/cd came out I was living in Miami Beach, Florida and the radio station there claimed they were the 1st station in the nation,(USA) to play 100% CD's 24 hours a day.  I was driving to the beach hearing this song with the volume cranked up thinking; it doesn't get any better than this!

[urbania70]

Heh friend it would have been so nice to be with you in your car.. APP on radio didn't have so much success here in Europe

[sonrisesonceagain]

yeah, they were the good old days, I miss them.

[didepa]

great track! cools me up, not down

[Michaelberglin]

This is a great song. I like the live version better tho

[Bacon13]

Kanye sampled this for his new song "Paranoid"

[BigGreg187]

doesnt sounde like it though...

[ElectricPineapple79]

Personally, I'm tired of these rap artists sampling these great songs just to take the easy way out to have a hit. Just my opinion.

[vikingwarbrides]

I 100% agree with you. I mean, have they ever heard of talent?!?

[lulvis]

that's true but at the same time it's giving these artists a chance to shine again and to get paid for their work. Now I'm sick and tired of the wrong use of sampling.

[stevirt]

the part i like is from 0:00 to 0:28

[blitzkriegahsofar]

Great video for a wonderful song

[deeppurple1981]

A Partir del 02:50

Oh, Magico

[hottstuffv92]

"STANDING ON HIGHA GROUNDDDDDDDD!"

[alekhine05]

great song...,the lyrics are good...

[Gm1121983]

Is that guy crying? I saw him take off his glasses and wipe his eyes.

[zekethegeke]

i love this song