SKY - Westway (Live)

[TK42138]

The BBC used some of their tracks on the series 'Great Railway Journeys Of The World' back in 1980's.

[NettoStone]

De Poca Madre, que Músicos Tan Chingones.

[chchdavenz]

I would like to thank you for putting this on the tube, I have 5 of their vinyls with a double L.P.( Long player 33rpm) but you can't play them now, they don't fit into the C.D. player on the computor. Just shows how old I am, that I still have these plastic discs. However thanks to you, I can get on the tube and listen to this great instromentilist. its hard to relax after 7900 eartquakes in 14 months, but mate you have cracked it. Thanks again Dave

[endrizo]

amazing,thanks

[Urkmigraft]

the key to a really well-sorted band is the quality of their live performance. You can't really tell this apart from the album track.

[lunchboxattacks1]

@Urkmigraft Some people would say a live performance sounding virtually identical to the record is a bad thing. "You might as well stay at home and listen to the record!" as they might say. I never took SKY to be a band who were too big on improvisation, though. I Suppose they preferred the classical approach of bringing a composition to life each time as it was written.

[Mrandrew7777]

Intellectual musicians. Even in Soviet union SKY vinyl was realised. That was a discovery ! ......

[MegaLiberty101]

the two dislikes are tone deaf.this is brilliant

[AlanSturgess]

Great upload. Must look out my collection of Sky vinyls, I think I have them all.

[nalcow]

Tristan Fray rocks.

[nancyl2]

No bells and whistles needed when a Master picks up his guitar. Oh what a delightful experience. Gems are precious and these melodious notes sing all the way to my soul. How I needed it today. Thanks for this glorious gift of loving-ness. I accept with honor.:-)))

[anarubric]

wow amazing

a friend told me about williams playin in a band and didn t believe him!!

[dopeybuthappy]

I love getting a huge nostalgia fix on youtube! Many thanks to all the users who appreciate good music and love sharing the wealth. This brings back so many sweet memories.

[Lucap1000]

Here you can see how music was good in concerts. It didn't matter if you added all shits over the show, people used to go there only to listen.

[1969atam]

Sky were amazing. We only listened to BBC and I remember all the Sky tracks from late 70s early 80s were always on the radio. Hotta is one of my favourite Sky 2 tracks and Chiropedia No.1 from Sky 3 is a cracker but one of the best of all is Masquerade from Sky 4. Cadmium is good, then williams left it wasn't the same. His nylon string guitar makes it all brilliant! They were the days when people played and it sounds great, not like the shite being pumped down on top of us now by Radio Asshole!

[Toots65]

Where have all the decent musos gone?

[billythebean1]

Has anyone got the guitar tab for Westway?

[TheHairybaz]

30 0dd years ago!!!!!! all you need is a band and music

[stevemaster0]

oh my fucking god, i love this shit

[KOLSARNIT]

i loce peek monkman williams et al better than hip hop shite

[kevycanavan]

so underrated. It's near impossible to find their albums.

[mookanman]

This is what happens when you bring the best together. Sky

[fidomusic]

Thanks for posting this great Sky stuff. I had their albums. What a great group.

[Rich1devil]

the only one who can get drunk is the drummer.

4/4 sunshine, 4/4.

let us handle the flounce.

[dbees57]

i bought the cd in the seventys and its been with me since we need more of this

[ken65mac]

@dbees57 I was lucky to see sky in 1982 at the Glasgow Apollo. have been a huge fan since and will always rate them above all else

ps the concert rocked

[hEV6060842]

@dbees57 you bought a cd in the seventies? lol

[darkaproN]

the bass on this is nutty - but its nothing without the rest of it

[jakamneziak]

DAMN! i have not heard this tune since my teacher played it in assembly at primary school, that is a decade and a half old! DAMN!!!!!! Thank you for bringing this back, found by fluke, enjoyed with taste.

[eyethesoul]

love or hate this music... (I like it)...it is technically perfect and I have the great honour to be working wiht Herbie Flowers the base guitarist of this band... woo hoo... John Williams eh? you cant get much better than that... nor Herbie NIVER!

[neuroqxcr]

John Williams on guitar, he always managed to part from mainstream classical music, SKY was his little experiment....I regret this only lasted 3 albums...

[stooart2008]

amazing stuff! nuff said!

[huqiao]

Everyone in China knows, if they don't know the band, this song. It had been used as the ending title music of Animal World on the national channel for more than a decade!!

[fixbarber73]

The good old days. When only the music mattered. No poses, no dressing up.

[johntrik]

Amen to that.!!!!

On of the greatest band in contemporary music!!!

[beccy1010]

@fixbarber73 Yep,and this music is real,not like the computer generated and computer voice dubbed rubbish music of today.I'm mainly a heavy metal,punk rock,rock and roll fan but I grew up listening to sky and I still love their music and love watching them perform precision perfect music.

[roquefort88888]

@fixbarber73

"The good old days. When only the music mattered. No poses, no dressing up."

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Wait - this is the 1970s we're talking about, isn't it?

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Rick Wakeman, Yes, Genesis, Prog, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Glam Rock?

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There was more dressing up and posing in the freakin 70s than in the whole of the rest of music history put together! And I include Bach's wigs in that!... ; D

[zezinhozeppelin]

And Then, Died The Prog....

SKY was the last greatest progressive rock band!

[Akron162]

what about ELP?

[lambo4866]

you have to have a good system to listen to this music , i listened to this 25 years ago in dolby and thought it was amazing and now its like neighbours complain ?

[TK42138]

This brings back some memories. The BBC used this tune and others on 'Great Railway Journeys' or similar way back.

Thanks for uploading this video.

[AlyonaMatveeva]

best band

[M15577]

I was rumaging around through my local salvation army store the other week and i came across a brightly coloured vinyl with a larg SKY logo on it.

I love prog music, and for some reason this cover just screamed prog, so i took it home and my ears were greeted with an awesome sound assault.

THEN to my amazment, i went back the next day and found sky 2, 3 and 4 all in the same box!

What a find!

[sukiyakinow]

Mr Tony

How I agree with you. When in the UK I had a fantastic system that would have picked up every instrument and every note, now all I can afford is a compact all in one job.. and its nowhere as good as it needs to be for this kind of intricate music... Enjoy what we can!

[douglas1249]

Where can I get the cd from???

[00sven00sven00]

would ANYONE have tabs for this, ive worked out most bits but the main melody is quite elusive and its giving me the poo poo's!!

[MrTony0927]

These guys churned out so many great instrumental peices............just need a stero system to cope with all those fantastic notes.

[muderousegg]

I found a sky album (the one with this song in it)

mint condition, 20 cents :P

[00sven00sven00]

2.50 whats that lump on his wrist?!

[ababaibaba]

ganglion

[adam872]

I have their first three albums, after listening to them heaps as a kid. Fantastic music.

[MrTony0927]

I purchased a copy of sky2 way back when I was a lot younger and it was just never out the tape player, next came this album and this track used to get blassed out the car on long journeys so often. Love it.

[lambo4866]

i had this album on tape and boy it sucked when the batterys were dying on my tape player

[chisongs]

Just for info - it's now out again on remastered CD in the UK sounding great! I still think this is one of the best debut albums I have ever heard - wonderful! Where Opposites Meet is a brilliant piece of work.

[draftsmann]

If I'm not mistaken, Kevin Peek is playing an early Roland GR500 guitar synth in this clip. The simpler and more user-friendly later GR300 was aired quite often in live performance by Robert Fripp, Andy Summers, Pat Metheny, and others (including Peek if I'm not mistaken), but it's rare to see footage of a GR500 being played.

[adam872]

I'm pretty sure he played an L5S.

[draftsmann]

Kevin Peek played a variety of guitars - and you're right that his cherry red L5S seemed to be a favourite. I've had a closer look and this is definitely a GR500 Roland in this clip though - if you freeze it at 3.51 you can see the abundance of controls. The L5S is a superficially similar single cutaway shape, but has a more standard control layout similar to an SG or ES335.

[VITRUVIY]

Exclusively!!! Hardway.. A Theme for symphony.

[canary329]

Wow! I grew up on Sky - Sky3 was my first ever album (it was album of the week in WH Smiths!) and Sky2 is currently in my car! Great to see the vid!

[LAKESIDE2111]

i just love this band

thanks

[ohisashiburi]

looks like Roy Orbison on drums...

[Kopsinger]

Saw Sky Live at the Empire in Liverpool around abouy '81 or so, (back in the days when they actually had concerts on there) Really Excellent Show! Thanks for posting and bringing back so many memories

[ShadysBack123]

This is great....

[fidomusic]

At last, a Sky clip on Youtube, and one of my favourites of theirs too. Thanks for posting.

[stooart2008]

John Williams is the best guitarst of our age! once you're by here listen to Deer Hunter.

[MovingToMontana]

Not true. Listen to Julian Bream.

[stooart2008]

magic!!!!

[Muldwych]

One of my all-time favourite bands and one of my all-time favourite tracks. Never get tired of listening to it. Thanks for posting.

[fiddleydiddley]

I love Sky and was raised on it. Thank you for posting this.

[udopampel]

What a great video. I love Sky's first album. Thanks for posting this - a treat.

[Arklowbank]

Kevin Peake (the lead Guitar) used to be a member of the Hank Marvin Guitar Syndicate

[Colderlink]

sky is awesome, I Like Their Songs And I Have 1 CD, And Im Only 16 Years Old!

[synthisist]

Westway - I believe the song was written on, (or about) driving down the Western Carrageway of the M4 from the West into London! Would Brentford Football Club be in the window somewhere? Is it about leaving the quiet countryside of Berkshire and entering into the bustle of West London. Or was it just an idea for the name of the piece? Maybe on the way to the Hammersmith Odeon? OK, who cares, great music. But maybe the composer could let us in on the secret one day! synth,harpsi,gtr,drum great

[infamycomms]

That's about right, I don't have the vinyl on hand as I type this, but I'm pretty sure that's how 'Westway' got it's name.

[bannerdb]

Almost Correct sunthisist. When listening to the masters in his car, Williams noticed that the duration of this song was exactly the same as the time it took him to drive the Western Carriageway.

[synthisist]

An Oberheim synth, a harpsichord connected to a synth, a Spanish guitar, great musicians playing fantastic music 27 or so years ago....

It's timeless and incredible, and I was just as crazy about it then all thosse years ago as a teenager as I am now!

[AliceHannam]

I Don't Think John Williams Will or Has Ever Got "Bored" Of Playing Music..He Looks To Me As If He Was Enjoying it..Great Piece Anyhow.!

[p6ulo]

I agree. This must be one of the most technically competent bands ever to have been formed. I was lucky enough to see them live in '81 in Sheffield and i remember to this day how utterly good they were. Im 40 now and it stay with me. Brilliant!

[infamycomms]

you lucky person! I by the time I was old enough to talk this band didn't exist any more. I stumbled across Dad's cassette copy of 'Sky 2' when I was ten and haven't looked back since! awesome stuff!

[gormbrain]

Totally agree. I saw Sky same year in Bournemouth and they were incredible. Im so glad my mum dragged me along. Still love em.

[synthisist]

Great - more SKY Videos.

[00sven00sven00]

oh man finally!!! just need tabs for it si i can play along!! thanks for uploading!!

[filsgreen]

Thanks for posting this. I saw Sky five times in Liverpool in the early 80's, amazing musicians. John williams looks bored of his skull playing this!!