UNKLE - be there

[xdx1990]

Fuckin amazing song. I need more music like this, any suggestions? By the way is this "trip hop"? If it was sped up it would kinda sound like a Jungle track

[ashseck]

vast are kind of similar.

[zoomie1000]

agree...

[sergdee]

the young girl falls asleep and wakes up an old woman...she probably took the Jubilee Line!

[easycydiahacks]

sorry guys........bad song!!

[davidshmail87]

This is actually "The Unreal" off of Psyence Fiction, with vocals. Damn good song.

[hmhahm]

i spy futura 2000 !!! :)

[Stofzuigertreflip]

when i was like 6 I could rewind my cassete perfectly to the beginning of this song.. i tried to listen to it the other day.. but it died on me...

[ElasticMinds]

This is how rock should be! This is what needs to be on the radio, not this punk pop tripe. The world would be better off for it.

[Gwynkek]

My god, you are so right. My housemate drives me nuts with his shitty punk pop taste in music. I wish he'd open his eyes and appreciate that playing 3 chords over an over is not a song!

This is on the other hand, is art!

[Ralph85]

yes, punk pop sucks monkey balls, we can all agree on that.

but the problem is not the tools (3 chords) but what you do with it. Wire wrote awesome songs, with just one chord. The difference is creativity.

[Joseluissamaniego]

exacly pure art . this is gold.. the sounds man. so divine.. so dark mysterious. and most important divinity in the video. god is the reason for the video. that's art.. from the undergroud..

[nappymart27]

TUNE!

[Joseluissamaniego]

from my favorites of all times..  to me is the most wonderful song of all times..

[airwave2oo8]

my favourite song.. Music combined with his voice equels beauty

[hunog1]

tune,

[cahillanelka]

universal music group are a bunch of cunts

[cfcnrh]

this man is pure genius

[gusanoasesino22]

i wish i could make music like this, it's so fuckin' UNREAL

[gusanoasesino22]

btw i remember when i saw this on mtv almost everyday when i got ready for school when i wash in 6th grade...

[gusanoasesino22]

was...

[diablocagon]

those time...

[pieces333]

nice vid

[jondubby]

juangraffin, Unkle are a originally UK outfit, formed by James Lavell and tim goldsworthy in '94, Goldsworthy left over a dispute about the direction the group were heading in, and he went on to form DFA with David Holmes, it was at this point Lavell brought in Shadow sometime between '96 & '98 to release psyence fiction. Altho, i think it was Shadow who really helped define their sound.

[lemonpi26]

mysterious, so good

[zurdokboy13]

i'm soo high and drunk....

[palelight]

wow:|

[crushover89]

temazo

[OptionallySavage]

There's a part in this song where it cuts to a sample, and all I can make out it "There you are...". I've heard it before somewhere and it's driving me crazy! Does anyone know what samples they used in this song?

[clive1210]

How song is sample based as like DJ Shadows other music.

[Prismaticjoi]

I know they have samples from Blade Runner and Jacob's Ladder on this CD...

[JueputaGuebon]

I think its Hal from Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey

Unkle uses alot of quotes from that movie

[surfingaussie]

Love this song, and numerous other unkle digs, but the end of the vid makes me so sad :( but the song is just too great so it doesnt matter :P

[stellarshore]

Maybe the best intro to a song ever, the opening music is simply incredible, indescribable.

[truckproductions]

what album is this song and turnstyle blues on?

[eltigro]

This song was on the re-release of Psyence Fiction (based on Unreal from the original album). Turnstyle blues was on 'More Stories' :)

[daveofthejungle]

turnstyle blues is autolux man. remix is on more stories. check em out they're sick

[3iHard]

UK style baby :)

[juangraffin]

DJ Shadow from UK? WHAT?

[cotto007]

Anyone else discover this on Urbal Beats Vol. 3?

[orourkeda]

I absolutely love this song

[kompressor08]

ian brown is a fucking legend

[dafevara]

an other disturbing end, unkle is an a real musica proposal.

[airwave2oo8]

my favourite song :)

[panchovans]

brilliant.

[mirog27]

For all maniacs: Emma Griffiths Malin. Check her at IMDB/other works.

[Pawlushka88]

absolutely awsome song and video

[swedxza]

Very nice, very nice video.

"The devil grows inside the heart of the selfish and wicked

Black, white, yellow and brown, color is not restricted"

Immortal Technique

[kyesersoze]

@shameful23: u have a problem, man. get some professional help, will ya?

[bakersInn]

yeah who is she???she seems lonely and im free today...

[drummondm10]

hear we see the most hunted and feared being of all time. commonly seen around the north pole, and Occasionally seen in burger king,it now seems this feared monstrosity is stalking people on tube stations their way home from work (or the pub)why you ask??....the answer is simple. because he can.

[technohead]

the girl in this video is a stunner, who is she?

[shameful23]

this is a classic stereotype music video where at the beginning we have three whites and two blacks in an elevator where two whites are nervous because of the apperance of the blacks and the other white male at 1:30 when the black male moves her hair its showing that looks are decieving. the rest of the video is just the girl going nuts in her own world where she just cant handle it anymore she dystroys the closest thing to her

[alanmt79]

You ever heard about the Rorschach tests?, this is a good example, you see what does your crappy head keep inside. It's a great song and video, enjoy it and let the racism crap aside.

[jkar1973]

TOP!

[airwave2oo8]

her not getting off the train means that you wont always be able to go in life where u life.. and when your old u will realise that u ended up being in a place where u did never expected yourself to be in !

[verucablossom]

Que recuerdos... Beautiful!!!

[theparadiser]

underground sound

[lemonpi26]

This song is thought provoking. The voice and beat compliment eachother.

[halfhigh]

ew D:

[AchillesWar]

One of the sickest beats I've ever heard.

Pretty crazy video too.

[captintayto]

love the way ian brown is in dis

[newwavenewyorkmtsb]

I remmember that when this song came out, I was just like 10.I love bouth, video and song.Thougher it brings for me subjects such as Heroin chic, which was big part of the 90's stetics, and I'm against drug addiction but the stetical acomplsh by photograper such as Craig Mcdean are AMAZING!, and by the way since the 90's fashion is beign use gain (little by little), don't be afraid if the trend comes back, probably with another name, because of heroins hihgh price, obiously!

[jeremiahjebediah]

ive seen them live, and creamed

[drummondm10]

this song is exellent,the lyric's are great but i dont get the video would some1 explain...

[codrxb]

hahahaah you stupid fuak !!!!

i dont get it 2 )-:

[ycheekymonkey]

I don't get the bit at the end I must be a stupid fuck or 'fuak' as you put it, as well...would you be so kind as to explain it to me codrxb ?? PS love the song and the visuals btw

[codrxb]

its easy . she falls a sleep for like 50 years and thaen she wakes up very old .

its cind of wird

and you are not a stupid fauk after all (-:

[ycheekymonkey]

yeah It is okay I don't get the bit at the end too....

[yukimia81]

wow, ich erinner mich auch an den moment, als ich den clip das erste mal sah.... hammer! der song und das video... da bleibt man dran hängen, echt wahnsinn...

[polakito79]

Ones of the best trip-hop songs ever made coz the lirycs makes u think about it auhahuahuhu and the video help alot this is the real!!!!

[mrhappy308]

wuts the song called??

[IceCreamRefrosen]

Who's the actress?

[IceCreamRefrosen]

Ooh... spooky.

Love u UNKLE!

[CB7ghost]

no one comes close to UNKLE. NO ONE.

[TaloMix71]

What does this song have that I like so much? Ever since I listened to it for the first time it hypnotised me...

The video is as excellent as the song!!!

Greetings from the end of the world...Chile

[wdza]

Wow-I'm having deja vu!It was one of my favourite song's in LU!espacially in the morning when I was going to work!brilliant song&nice video!

[snakebitesajh]

another great song from unkle and ian brown lol

[abaghdadi82]

I love this song one of my all-time faves. But that video was real mediocre. Especially considering the depth and texture of the song that video kind of left a bad taste in my mouth. Despite the cutie on the train.

[eisaaju]

I LOVE IT!

[c410013]

You want art??

Here it is.

[Llangyfelach1974]

An absolute classic. Nuff Sed

[srzar]

have tried !! but never got there on time .seems she is always one minute ahead of me !!in the next turn.

[Aethah121]

The video and the song is just amazing. Incredibly moody and symbolic. I love how it captures that particular essense of the London Underground.

[Yuliyahighfashion]

it`s just a histeria. i can`t listen this song. it makes me cry. i love it since long years ago

[poppuree]

one of my fav song, just listen this sound, so deep, so stylish, hard to discribe this feeling!

[hugle]

NG!

[23051928]

hab dees lied schon ewig gesucht,is einfach geil,,,,,=)

[ceronauta]

MUY BUENO !

[drevilrodrigues]

amazing and Ian Brown voice makes the music even more amazing in my opinion... since i have heard this for the first time with some atention never stoped to hear it amazing

[AndrewJWildey]

This is video is wicked. Looks amazing. Love the track too.

[mirandahellagood]

what does it mean?

[uanset]

i have unkle's album "be there" it's great there is an instrumental version of this song track no 4

this video is so cool

i also like rabbit in your headlights in ca2:10 of that song there is a cool quote from jacob's ladder (movie with tim robbins)

[nikorble2]

Unreal = Great song

Unreal + The Monkey King = BE THERE = GREATER SONG

[eatspoons]

freaks me the fuck out!

[halun99999]

that is a real beauty this song

[NaaAdjoa]

When I first heard this song, I imagined it being the score at the ending for a modern day Kung Fu flick, with the fighter walking down the streets of NY, finding the culprits and the assasins and taking them out one by one. what can I say, Kung Fu flicks were a great epoch in history. And UNKLE...can't get enough of it.

[NaaAdjoa]

The instrumental version, I mean, minus the singing.

[TheCyberToad]

yeh, the instrumental version's called Unreal.

[MaxiLopez001]

awesome song to have blazing at a party.

[Crimsomdragoon]

U.N.K.L.E. is my favorite musical artist and this is a clear example of why.

[underdog000]

the song is amazing, but the video is fucking INTENSE

[MadameDeces]

:D I remember when i first saw this video on MTV long time a go...

[RED9BASTION]

unkle works well with ian brown an richard ashcroft in his tunes the 3 of them are musical greats !

[dodo6999]

chilling

[b1ffo]

yeah good song, my bud got me into unkle, cant thank him enough

[bratn]

gr8 song

[alex69gilmour]

no dejo de amarte y desearte...atte alex cm

[gd34n]

no mames. pinche video y la rola estan bien vergas ...

[johnnygogo]

Flashitasticka musicka-tusicka. Estroiu apichonado porn-esta bandya.

[Lullalies]

Best song I've ever heard.

[atram696]

ale bylo fajnie!!!

[Alisdair1980]

Intense.

[lasha1974]

I Just Wish It Was LOUDER!!!

[1whatelseisthere1]

such a long time ago...

[koolyo344]

on the album for this track there were no lyrics right?

[arthurkilo]

your right yep

[bialymichal]

That's not right. Version without lirics is on their first album - this is ANOTHER version from ANOTHER album. :]

[VforV1989]

Yes, and I liked that one better than with lyrics.

[Deckard242]

If Shadow's capable of this and Rabbit in Your Headlights, I don't understand why the rock half of The Outsider is so awful.

[blazemore]

she's fit.

[DjPeaking]

Thats definitly Ian Brown. It was an instrumental before he did vocals for this song. It's a beautiful song.

[Garrrske]

werd

[monkeymajika1091]

hell yea its the monkey king unmistakable God like geinus

[AJIAW]

fantastic video, fantastic music. Check out Midnight In A Perfect World if you haven't already heard it

[gladiodemiro]

It's about Azrael and death..

[wwllaaddaa011]

vidi trandzu

[nierikaazul]

CHIDO

[kieranjones99]

anyone seen the video of shadow and lavelle performing this live with ian brown on TOTP? lavelle is such a fucking poser, he goes off and leaves shadow to do most of the work half way through.

[PinothyJ]

It's always been known and stated from the beginning that Lavelle provides the concept and Shadow provides the music. It's never been advertised, it's never been shown any differently. Although I've never seen that footage you speak of, I don't see anything wrong with what you just said. Shadow wrote all the music (unless specified) anyway.

{shrugs}...

[lsd1974]

All I know is that the geezers in the lift are JL & RF

[toddgump]

Is that ian brown i hear?

[lsd1974]

Yes it damn well is!

[beatpole76]

yesss

[javigutz]

I love the girl!

[isotopicdreams]

Its a great reminder that the hooded figure in black is with us all the way through our journey no matter where we get on or off. Whoohahahaaaaaa.

[bakersInn]

cheers for this one.

[aaalexdylan]

it's 4:28-4:30 actually, just cant figure out the second word, just curious to know

[aaalexdylan]

what's the headline on the paper at 3:28-3.3:30 anyway? all i can get is "the xxx school of thought is inevitably wrong"

[ejayking]

looks like Euro

[amaya28]

that's a great video...but i don't really understand the story

[zakwoodman]

Tube chaos there. Firstly she gets on what looks like 1996/95 tube stock at what is obviously Aldwych tube station, which is on the Piccadilly line, which uses 1973 stock. Furthermore for the rest of the video she is on a Circle Line C-Stock train, where the hooded figure lies at a sub-surface station, not the original.

[Anemone57]

I am a total addict for this song and video. Shekhem, yes there's a way out - enough anarchy for a new system. You can be a particle or a cause. ;-) Choice is yours the tube stops in many stops until it stops.

[Aethah121]

I agree with the comments here. The song/video is about loneliness & isolation. The hooded figure symbolises her Death - destiny. The train symbolises her journey into oblivion. The train doors shutting on her symbolises she feels trapped in her existence. The hooded figure finally meets her. The Old lady symbolises the girl after all the years and life wasted away. Its depressing lol, but its very moving, inspiring and real. It is an addictive video because i can relate to the girl

[Viriatus]

music and video is awesome

[chunkylimey]

Ian Brown has a great voice in the studio, shame he's so bad live. Unkle perfect vehicle for him, great recording  team.

[sailingfreak]

To me the video should be taken as it is. All the opinions of what this is about are really relay insightful.However I just think that this movie should be looked at for what it is not philosophically , like the movie eye for an eye. That should be looked at philosophically. Still UNKLE KICKS ASS!

[Rannveiga]

Ok, this video is really, really amazing, but what is it EXCATLY about??...I mean:literally or so

[shekhem]

In my humble opinion, it's about how we tend to confuse independance with freedom, a tunnel for a open road, and how this independance/tunnel quickly leads to self-destruction and loneliness. A wake up call for hippies, ain't no way out of the system.

[shaneOD1971]

check out PSYENCE FICTION from UNKLE. It's a masterpiece.

[wherespaulblay]

dj shadow and king monkey shit lumps of gold and piss champagne.

[willtage]

Ian Brown on vocals absolute legend

[flakkaru]

Is it Ian Brown who is singing?

[sonia0280]

i think he provided vocals to the instrumental "Unreal", which was released as "Be There")

[pololo1403]

Yes

[Eriavla]

Dark , soft and a litle beat bizare just the way I like

[Mhaza]

whow UNKLE is supa dupa fly

[wouterwilczek]

cool video

[FatPlus1]

Nifty video though I don't get the whole Hag thing..

[lsteamer]

One of the BEST videos I've Ever Seen.

Yet, I don't know the Director of this one... Somebody knows?

Also, is any of the "Actors" in the Video, a performer in Psyence Fiction?

[wowurnotgood]

Jake Scott directed this video. He also did "Everybody Hurts", "Fake Plastic Trees", "Reptilia"...and I can't remember what else.

[alejar23]

thax! i love this song!

[DippyHippy]

Be There

[somedirtyhippie]

Damn hippie.

[kwangdae1886]

the title is?