Soft Machine-Moon In June-Bilzen Festival-August 22, 1969

[hanseroc]

all that and no effin geetar!!!! ya just gotta be kiddin me!!!

[SeattleLA]

This song and album got me through the difficulties at age 19, living on my own, in Santa Rosa, CA (USA), back in the 1970s.

[SteProg70]

6:17 CELESTIALE!!!



[Hecateize]

The best version of this song.

[nimmersattxberg]

SOFT MACHINE in QUASIMODO youtube.com/user/BadTVBerlin#p­/u/12/inP4lwZ_s6s

[pkd4000]

Stoned, immaculate.

[nomenklaturahippie]

un pezzo mitico di un gruppo mitico!! summa del rock d'avanguardia

[holydiver73]

long live Robert Wyatt's nose. Priceless

[5theend1]

amazing



[nineteenthhole]

Where;s the rest of the tune????

[MrPlanx]

Soft Machine is not easily accessible to people. They are easy to dismiss as "self indulgent" until you spend the time to listen a few times and begin to comprehend the staggering genius of what they were doing.

[pkd4000]

@MrPlanx I couldn't agree with you more. Many people don't realise that Soft Machine (esp. from '66 to about 72-73} were a life-changing experience -- well, kind of.

[Anirml]

Tears in my eye's. one of the best songs i know.

[octopusmime]

they were so good live. i'd give anything to be a soft machine groupie then.marry me robert!! we'd have little black and white swirled psychedelic love children !

[grandpaseth18]

Isn't 1969 before third was released?

[NaziFrocioNigga]

@grandpaseth18 Infact this is an early version, it's a bit different than the studio version. Both awesome though!

[jcast18k]

@grandpaseth18 yes, but asdasda erefem ere...

[HugoMasekela]

What's going on with Ratledge's glasses? They seem to disappear every now and then!!! Oh and of course... the best band in the history of the world!!!

[Ximenex]

the bass.... WOW.

[jasonpp1973]

Did Robert Wyatt have a child? He mentions it the 1st verse. I know the late Hugh Hopper has two daughters.

[Fredigundis22]

@jasonpp1973 A son, Sam Ellidge, with Pamela Howard.

[comcurve]

Some of the best bass you'll ever hear.

[Fredigundis22]

@comcurve And Hugh's playing the Precision here!

[jonbass64]

y pensar que eses 22 de agosto, ese mismo dìa, los Beatles se estaban sacando sus ùltimas fotos juntos..

[macz57]

What a load of self indulgent rubbish. Why do people have such high regard for this nonsense? It's just 'dope head let's roll another spliff' music.

[triptoheaveandho]

@macz57 but these guys did it LONNNG before any of the others

[palteonato]

the Best group of canterbury school by Far

[SeattleLA]

@palteonato true

[junipm]

The Peel Sesions version is very funny . Wyatt also mentions Caravan and the old Pink Floyd.

[hairymarx]

Wyatt is the greatest drummer in the history of rock bar none.

[maurtene]

Very good drummer

[adamlinks]

easy?

[charlenesoraia]

MIDSUMMER MOON IN JUNE!!! WOOOP!!!... ANYHO... i love this track... go go go go go go go soft! x x

[KoxxMobilhome]

De BRT heeft hier goed werk geleverd en ook bedankt aan degene die dit op YouTube gezet heeft.Legendarische groep met fantastische muziek.Who the fuck zijn al die eikels die daar over en weer lopen op dat podium?Drugs en de zeitgeist zeker.

[markdemey]

I guess; you don't hear too much of them. Karl Jenkins, not a key member however, wrote a wonderfully melodic The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace in 1999.

[bambalandaus]

those were the days. Great video.

[alink90]

What is the song from 3:50 to 5:40 ??

[slayerized86]

@alink90

It's still Moon in June, but the version that ended up on Third is a bit different than this one. Check out the version from the Peel Sessions: watch?v=X_stoMwkrUo

Really love the taunting lyrics and Ratledge's grand piano playing.

[studdingsails]

Early Softs were and still are sublime. No wonder Hendrix had them on an early tour. Eternal stuff. Like all the Greats. Thanks for uploading itX

[boogster123321]

@paulsbreakfast wyatt** 

[bloodgy1]

I believe that's Brian Hopper behind the drum set, I'm not sure. I like the final "Mallard moon" section better on the "Third" album, with Rab Spall doing the squall on electric viol.................

[karen30590]

me lleva a recorrer las estrellas en el viaje de amor...!!

[LittleV7]

man the piano player's bangs are killing me

[gabrieljardine]

i think if robert wyatt had joined the pink floyd, things would have been great

[LazyGigolo]

Listen to the bass line ..! Groups and composers nowadays have totally forgotten the bass

[ziemsviews]

well..what can i say? one of the best lps you will ever buy. soft machine third. get it today.

[miepdetruus]

@ziemsviews yeah, i guess it would be, still searching for it, but i'm already happy with "softs", it's my best lp for years en i think it would be till i die..

[jaygresh]

I never heard of them. I'm glad you posted this!

[EpicAlexMetal]

Band of great talented musician. Robert is great as drummer and songwriter. Five stars

[markdemey]

They don't make that kind of music anymore.

[miepdetruus]

@markdemey u mean they don't make music anymore

[JOSEMIGUELANGEL]

great¡ y love this song¡

[ReyZame]

An impressive modulation sound can be heard around 8:43 - 8:45

almost favourite

[marcopivet]

i love how they play the guitar solos with the distorcionated bass or the keyboard effect... they're awesome!

[SconeRabbit]

Awesome stuff

[dantean]

Greatest rock band ever!

[NicoPrettyBoy]

one of the best songs in '900....i don't like so much the rest of the album Third

[TKTrav]

@NicoPrettyBoy its good to just vibe to, like in the background while studying

[TKTrav]

@TKTrav But this version of moon in june brought a tear to my eye... so full of passion and raw talent

[philipatoz]

Sobering, the passage of time. Here, Wyatt was this young, robust fellow. Now Hopper is gone. Time stops for no one, but at least this glorious music lives on with video and records. I must have listened to "Outbloodyrageous" a million times. It never fails to give me a sense of the passage of time and the past. I'm happy to see so many others here that were - and still are - touched by these guys.

[Minxiekasia]

the Soft Machine 'Third' album saw me through art college days, I felt like the only person that understood the beauty, the dynamics and off key ideas. Wyatt was a genius and the band so brave and pure.

[dantean]

@Minxiekasia I feel that way to this very day about Soft Machine I - III.

[geoffnicholson999]

I was studying English at Cambridge University 72 to 75 - some of us thought "the sun shines here all summer, it's nice cos you can get quite brown" was better than anything in Keats

[balleflikker]

hans van der zee is a dad of one of my girlfriends

[sasak0123]

"one of your girlriends".. ?

[nulerda]

it's adorable.. especially between 3.10 and 3.47

[AlcatrazPsycho08]

This song is sooooooo awesome.

[Powly1966]

WOW.

Went to see Soft machine when i was about 11 with Alan Holdsworth

Not listened to them much since but i have been reading a biography of Pink Floyd and they feature widly in the seminal Barrett era

The influences are clear on both sides there must be some argument as to the what where and when but its all incredible music.

Many thanks for posting this

[jorgealbertobaron]

CANCION DE 1970

[Drumguy1988]

Deep Purple were on the same Bill. They play this night also. Gillan And Glover had just joined them a month before.

[MrPlanx]

Brilliant orchestration, and Mike's keyboard work here is beyond fantastic ... simply incomparable.

[qiph]

This song has been with me all my life - it is the ultimate love song

[etilcareh]

Same thing for me, qiph...

[Snotra]

Spinal tap.

[emoraz]

Favourite parts: 0:00 ∼ 9:13

[cocoefragola]

favorit part from 00 to 9.13

[BRailman]

Favourite parts

3:08

1:38

6:34

[ekiroto]

gotcha

[BRailman]

3:08 - favourite passage

6:34 - my second favourite passage

1:38 - third favourtie passage

[kgs42]

They were very very cool art college band

[vemarco51]

1971 teatro colloseum Genova meravbigliosi

[Sunchild333]

It shows how Mike and Hugh disliked this song. Everything is played without the right will. What's the deal with the keyboard solo at the end? Shit coming out of his fingers. They ruined an amazing song by not wanting to play it, so Wyatt had to record everything himself on the record. That made things even worst. What a horrible waste...

[DaedalusWolf]

"I Have to admit that we weren't really interested on Wyatt's stuff at the end. His songs wasn't including sax parts. So He wanted to do all the stuff by himself. But I admit that I would have played on his part if he Wanted"

- Hugh Hopper

Soft Machine : Out-Bloody-rageous. Written by Graham Bennett,

I just want to say that even if it's not exactly what he said, it is same meaning.

[BRailman]

3:10 it is very very lovely

[Pigione]

Grandissimi.

Ed io non lo traduco!!!

;-)

[shevagol20]

strepitoso...in english:...wonderful....

[axzck]

RIP Hugh

[retePtnecniV]

03:52 singer begins, keys emediately stop because its out of tune

rofl

music machine rocks but this is funny there

[Sunchild333]

No it's actually written that way. Wyatt is known for his free jazz influences.

[retePtnecniV]

03:06 bass dude makes an error and keys dude shakes head

priceless

[MrPlanx]

Amazing find! Thank you for posting this gem!!!

[vandergraaf78]

Rest In Peace Hugh...

[DaedalusWolf]

Farewell Hugh Thanks For Everything

[eblanaken]

Saw the obit this morning.Hadn't heard of them.Now I understand why.

[BRailman]

slovak article about Hugh Hopper with this video at perny. blog. sme. sk

[sixtiessyl]

rest in peace, Hugh :(

[A2MIDR]

I remember when this album came out - thanks so much for posting ... RIP

[taylov917]

A full page obit. for Hugh in the Times (UK) this morning.

I can't believe that he has gone. I first saw him with the Softs in 1968 and Viv and I must have seen them two dozen times between '68 and '72.  Never bested. RIP Hugh - you were great.

[motherbrain86]

We love you hugh, you have a good life in the afterlife

[venicezehul]

hugh left us but his MUSIC is forever with us

[FuzzDodue]

RIP Hugh Hopper :'(

[BRailman]

what? Hugh Hopper is dead???

[BRailman]

This is absolutely best song. Robert Wyatt was very good avant-garde drummer. Energetic, melancholic, dark, depressive and beautiful...

[studdingsails]

I agree 100%. And he's still an amAzing force......

[RodrigoOsO87]

como suena esta banda !

tienen un sonido particular qe no escuche en ninguna otra banda lo qe la hace unicaa a mi parecer

[comequandofuoripiove]

insane drumming

[themadcapkoen]

why isn't robert singing :(

[micksharp]

He hated singing and playing drums at the same time - reckoned he couldn't do it!

[BRailman]

THE BEST

[podgson]

...you guys like this stuff! That's GREAT. Check out Robert Wyatt's solo albums. They are unbelievably beautiful. The old stuff and the new stuff...two favorites of mine are "Rock Bottom" (older), and "Cuckooland" (newer)...

Good taste...

[DaedalusWolf]

Actually the newer solo album is Comicopera Around 2007 or 2008

[DaedalusWolf]

.......And also I just learned that the Older album is End of an Ear............

[ReyZame]

Most beautiful live perfomance I have ever happened to watch on a video. Just a great Piece of Art. Thanks for sharing it.

[himtroy]

Soft Machine is always increidble, but at about 7:30 he starts absolutely crushing that organ!

[axzck]

I have the same problem with my hair that Robert has.

[RegorAtalante]

Neither of you know a barber?

[ReyZame]

What I find so tragic about the way this band fell apart; the tensions and stress that made monumental music - like this excertpt shows - turned into mutual unfriendlines; the Soft Machine had to become Hard, and that is fucking sad (though it had to be)

Sheer momentum that destroyed the rich artistic future + development these lads could have had through the 70's, with the contributions of Daevid, & most of all, Robert.

I am not complaining. I express my regret.

[guswilliamr]

I love this, I wish i was alive when they were still around.

[N0rmad]

Is this shortened version of the song or a part of the original 20 minute one?

[aliya316]

part of the orginal 20 min song

[ruleoforder]

Simple music for simple minded people.

LOL. LONG LIVE IGNORANT SHEEP...

[TinselKoala]

Baaahhh, BBaaaahh...

They still sound fresh to me, after all these years.

[OlUncleJoe]

!!!

[OlUncleJoe]

Moron.

[kingtarkus]

Does anyone know what kind of keyboard is sitting on top of Ratledge's organ? It doesn't look like the pianet he'd use later.

[TinselKoala]

I thin it's the Mellotron.

[kingtarkus]

Nah, Mellotrons are too big to fit on top of anything.

[TinselKoala]

Yeah, I realize now you are right. Is the mellotron the lower KB then? I know I hear a mellotron in the mix. I think. Maybe.

[kingtarkus]

The lower one is a Lowrey Holiday Deluxe organ (Mike's trademark). He later started using a Hohner Pianet on top of the Lowrey, but that doesn't look like the Pianet in this footage (must be some sort of electric piano.)

[TinselKoala]

Wow. I always thought that sound, there in the solo at the end, was a mellotron. He's doing that with the Lowrey...amazing. Thanks.

[kingtarkus]

I don't think Mike ever used a Mellotron. The Lowrey is a pivotal part of the band's sound, and Mike would often feed it through fuzz pedals or ring modulators (hence the famous buzzy organ sound. Hugh did the same thing with his bass, I love that.)

[gorillanthropos]

Second greatest band ever (after Can).

Terrific interpretation of a superb tune... not necessarily better or worse than the studio version- just... different. The whole band was different from the mob, not the slightest hint of commercial music ever touched their music. All that of course apply till Wyatt's departure- after that I don't consider them as the real Soft Machine anymore.

[GecSword]

I didn't even know anyone had even HEARD of Can!

Thanks for making my day lol...

Hopper's bass lines here just make me orgasm

[axzck]

Ratledge, Hopper and Wyatt are geniuses.

[soarornor]

Robert Wyatt is the last word.

[mauriciocruz1979]

Sorry !! Mike Ratledge!

[mauriciocruz1979]

es una de mis versiones favoritas!pues es muy diferente al de el album "Third" de 1970, Hugh Hopper es un maestro en el piano!!

[JFDEAB]

thx andre cornal!! awesome...

[jimbeamrye]

is this really moon in june? the "moon in june" i know is very diffrent.

[boogster123321]

this version came put earlier than the one on the album thats why.

[jimbeamrye]

this is soooooo gooood

[efzpoefkpozef]

proud to be belgian for once

[cyrustheguitarman]

this band is a long lost treasure never even heard of them, it has like a pink floydish type sound,

[ALSmithey]

It's Groucho Marx at 0:52!

[GolumTR]

A likely story and probably true.

[sixtiessyl]

and i thought nothing could be better than the album version... wow :O

[dermotoblong]

and what a drummer rob was

[Beadbud5000]

The all time favorite Soft Machine tune~!

[itnow]

a bit less boring than the Floyd, but what r they after? no funk no fun .who would want to listen to this brain music to-day?

[yakywilly]

mm maybe me? im only 15 years old.. but what the hell are u commentig 4? what kind of music do u like? britney spears? haha get out of here loser

[itnow]

u re the loser fuckinwilly listening to that sad crap at ur age...Britney's music is less boring and certainly happier.look at their faces at 1:10 is it some burial ceremony?

[yakywilly]

wow man.. u certainly have problems.. ok.. do u think happy music is the only music that should exist? ha.. poor idiot.. britney spear's music.. isn't "music".. and if u can't take elaborated music cause it's "sad" or "boring", then you're just another superficial bastard :) good luck and have fun with britney spears (btw.. if u like BS and ure a guy then ure gay)

[yakywilly]

woooww you are 47 years old and you like BRITNEY SPEARS!!! hahaha who's the loser now, asshole?

[itnow]

oops u re boring again, just like ur 'music'...

[yakywilly]

i'm going to be the superior man (even though i'm just 15 years old) and i'm not going to answer to your mindless comment... i hope you find happiness in Britney Spear's music.. good luck! :)

[itnow]

Britney certainly has less crapmanners than u,the superior idiot...good luck mr 15-29

[DaedalusWolf]

Spears Deserve Death and Hell

Soft Machine Is one the greatest band ever

So Get otu of here and kill yourself itnow!!!!!!!

[YonderVillas]

my god i am surrounded by idiots...

[itnow]

i'll get out or ur damned music gonna kill me.

btw i never said i was Britney's fan but she sure desserves to be looked at

[GecSword]

Why? it's not like she actually writes her own music. Or hell, it's not like she even SINGS music, period. Anyone today, with a lot of technology, can do what she's doing. It's pathetic, I've heard more complicated sounds come from a xylophone and a toddler.

[dermotoblong]

when did daevid allen join then?

[Beadbud5000]

Daevid founded the band in 1966 but left after they recorded a demo. The demo was released years later. I picked it up on import in 1979 or 80.

Daevid can be seen on some of The Soft Machine appearence at the UFO club that were actually taped. They are onm YouTube.

[dermotoblong]

oh really? nice one thanks

[DaedalusWolf]

Actually The Softs Are Gone To France After That, And Then When They Get Back The UK Immigration Officers Claim That Daevid Allen's Visa Had Expired And They Refused To Let Him Re-Enter In Britain

[BongoMadness]

Nearly 40 Years old...still sounds fresh..`what ever happened to mike ratledge`

[BongoMadness]

it certainly is...well spotted mr grizz

[deepstupidity]

i miss these times when songs were 9minutes long and were a great piece of shit. Geez, i wanna live in the 60s!

[rosalbamacias]

Let's have three chord ditties that won't tax your maentally challanged state of musical retardation. Moron

[unmegaface]

you sound like a bit of a div who would probably rather enjoy the music of wham than risk growing a brain cell.

[bootheavy]

Like the way the bassist treats his instrument like a guitar at different parts. I think the insinuation he makes by doing this actually invites for more experimentation.

Very doors, put at an even slow