The Mission UK - Tower of Strength Original Version

[donnapanda]

brilliant song!

[kbdevo1962]

Is this the same video that they played on "NightFlite"? It'sd been an awful long time and I seem to remember similar camera effects but a slightly different subject matter . I seem to remember him battling a dragon in an unfinished tower or something . But Like I said it was a long time ago . I have loved this song since the very first time I heard it. It has the distinction of being one of the only Goth tracks that I would listen to at the time.

[yogibear2k10]

Thankyou! Has got to be one of my favourite songs of all time!!! Love it to death!

[Gorette66]

Great song, beautiful video. 

[bintbabe1]

this song is one of my funeral songs....the words are my life xxx

[Talkinischeap0]

Check out Rhydian's new album Waves out now.It's fantastic & his amazing version of this brilliant song is one of the tracks.

[Thalie1964]

Can't get enough of that song. Sounds so great after all these years. Thank you so much blueice:-)

[henrylordskowalski]

back in the 4:3 days

[erichudson2009]

kitsch INDEED

[Khultan]

 Bah.

[bezsdad]

hey danse society have a new album out this month check them out on the danse society reformation plot on face book

[davidbozza]

UNO DEI MIEI PRIMI VINILI!!!

[nephdave]

i loved seeing the video.. it reminds me a bit of one of my all time fave movies-- Brazil, for some odd reason..

[chasboz]

Great song shame about the video, such a massive iceberg of a song.

[murrow54]

@chasboz  i've seen this on another page and the lip sync is spot on. I think this upload got all funky! look up the extended version.

[subymay]

Thanks for posting! I have been looking for this vid!!

[geezer744]

one of those songs you just sit and listen to and think that is cool

[PlattHillLover]

Great song.......brings back happy memories of hanging out with friends in the late 80s drinking cider and smoking B&H till dawn!

[RuinDweller]

"Tower of POWER" ??? LOL! That's almost as bad as when Mtv ran "The Cure - Head on the FLOOR."

[SkeletalKiss]

Love it. This song always seems to lift my spirits up. <3

[MultiBloodaxe]

I used to listen this particular track in awe, now I realize that it has "Bono" written all over it. I hate U2, it's disgusting. Goddamn it, I loved this piece...

[PlattHillLover]

Not that keen on the video but the song is great!

[puacino2]

Grandissimi!

[salvadory]

sounds like simple minds without the crap aspects!

[GravTsport]

Epic song, but a ridiculously poorly edited video. It's as if they didn't even try to synch it up. Attention to detail and all...

[tomatrix6]

The shit SUCKS!!!!

[spindizzyde2]

reminds me of one of my friends who died too young. Listen, F., this song is yours.

[Jamaicelt]

Awesome!!

[TheIridescentpearlz]

This amazing song belongs to the "soundtrack of my life"....thank-you soooooo much ;-)

[blueice1995]

@TheIridescentpearlz your welcome!

[effusique]

ROFL at VH-1 calling the song "Tower Of Power" in the video tag!!

[MrNeropatagon]

Excelente!!!!

[kienzel1]

f##ing "A" gimme more!

[kienzel1]

abstract 80's stuff, you are a tower of brilliance, got any more?

[kienzel1]

you bloody genious!.....more please.

[kienzel1]

you bloody genious!

[08cadorna]

excelente, tantos recuerdos...me encanto encontrar este video!

[666bernie]

mr Hussy looks so cool in this vid !!!!

[Quirkoid]

Fantastic!!!



[Rupert681]

This again after 20years!

[DingKong]

The original and best

[Rupert681]

great again after over 20 years

[ScotteDio]

haha...cheesy video.

[stevecathutch]

Great song, shame about the video. Brings back memories. Watched them from the balcony at Newcastle City Hall just after Children had gone to number one. Think I was the only one in the crowd who didn't have black hair and lipstick! Great band.

[willtage]

what a quality song!!! a propper anthem waitning to be recognised!

[AdamCoffin13]

For those who doubt that gothic rock and Led Zeppelin could make such cozy bedfellows, check this video out. Oh yeah, If you weren't aware of this little fact, John Paul Jones from Zep produced this album for The Mish. They had originally asked Jimmy Page, but the story goes that he said no, not that having Jonesie at the helm was "settling" by any means. Children remains a milestone and one of their most shining achievements. Now, where's my Swan Song shirt dammit!!! };^D

[therealshell]

I have a really long version of this on 12" vinyl somewhere back home. I've always loved this old CFNY classic.

[syebba]

There's a few versions of this song,think i like this best with the howling winds & monster snarls!

[iceman8inch]

love it love it love it.......cheers blueice!

[blueice1995]

@iceman8inch Glad you Love It

cheers

[austral34]

excelente tema, me encanta!!!!!!!

[distortion20]

Great Song.... Cheesy vid.

[Mojosfire]

I haven't heard this song in years, thanks for posting this! This is one of my favorites, it has a really good energy about it. I always so good when I hear it!

[syebba]

One of the best songs ever.

It's waynes daughter on vid i believe.

the mission have done many g8 tunes.

[mybestdjpatrick]

This is the best song on earth! i can't name a better love song. the best version of this song is the bombay mix 11:24 it's a great dance song too! It's a must have in your cd collection!

[djscotty1111]

@mybestdjpatrick I have played the bombay mix @ the Twilight Zone143-145 db 5' Tweak till the hairs on your neck would stand up and bass rattles your soul Amazing ...Godlike feeling ...Good times

[roger131067]

love the mission

[mermayde]

that's the original one...as in my "LP"...lol...love it!

[curedude77]

These guys from VH1 name he song "TOWER OF POWER' XD!!!

[cambycam]

Better than the 1994 remix

[deadcellsociety]

YEEEEEES!!!!! One of the best anthems I ever heard when growing up! LOVE IT!!!!

[camus0791]

amazing.

[CatFiain]

Yep! One of those songs that one first heard on the radio and could not BELIEVE juust how unbelievably magnificent was the music coming across the airwaves at ya!! ACE!!! :¬D

Tremendous band live, too!

[gnh3564]

i love the effects on this version i don't like the 94 version.and their clothes r cool...

[targetrich]

re-living my childhood! Never a 'goth' band, and wayne hussey was always a knob, but this song....this album.....

[debbieallen2]

lovely lyrics

[elanjuliette]

This is an incredibly great song- but all sound effect noises & monster sounds they added in this video are hooky & tend to FUCK it up! Why did they have to that shit in :O(

[jdenoyon]

Actually, the monster sounds are there to represent the darkness that he is being helped to avoid. They could have been done in a different and more appealing way, but I understand why they are there.

[mykarmaisdogma]

Lovely...love this now as much as I did then, and I'm OLD!

[sensoria62]

Awesome song...ahhh brings me back to the 80s...

[phunkydrmmr]

I saw the Mission UK at The Ritz on 11th street on Gods Own Medicine tour and for Children. John Paul Jones who produced this great album and song, came up and played keys on this one during that Children show. Awesome. Love this song...First 3 albums rule (Gods Own Medicine, First Chapter, and Children).

[tali4569]

One of the best Goth songs ever

[DFaustus]

Strangely compelling video.....

[syebba]

The best version of this classic..

[mesrob333555]

love the bass

[MrMange1234]

My Daughter Was born to this tune Very Special song loved it ever since

[Formaldeyde]

Great track, video a little...kitsch.

[Newbarn62]

I loved this from when it first came out in the 80s here in the UK, THE Goth Anthem, but never saw this video till now. Check the Vicar! This is what a Man of God should be, implacable in the face of Evil, not backing down, protecting the gentle. If they got a regiment of those into the Church instead of the pantywaists they have now, the pews would be full to bursting and then some more out in the street.

[jockthebird]

Amen to that

[74gong]

fuck'in amazin,so powerful.love it !

[jhmailcenter]

Powerful and deep. Late 80s and early 90s was definitely a period of great music!

[scanner1978]

classic and brilliant

[spookmonster52]

The gods wrote this song, gave the lyrics to Wayne and told him to dedicate it to his beautiful daughter. Afterwards Ingmar Bergman came back from the dead just to direct this music video. It was and is one of the most momentous occasions in alternative rock n' roll.

[syebba]

A true classic,massively underated band,

The Mission have done loads of G8 music.

[puacino]

Awesome song!!!

[Branwenrose]

Years later, this remains one of the best, yet underappreciated arrangements ever produced.

[Qabalist]

This song is cool.

[ittaati]

Definitely a great song and the best production I have ever heard. Thank!

[braziliano77]

Love this letter. The Mission is Soul pure.

[introjectionate]

I remember seeing this years ago on Night Flight on the USA network. Still love the song and video all these years later!

[chatroomchi]

I used to watch Night Flight to! I remember this!!

[keithoyoung34]

what a great song,what an o so gay video.

[levaquinkills]

Kraus, you are from the wrong generation. 120 Minutes with Kevin Seal...this video is beyond cool. Well done, Mission UK...well done.

[Krauser46]

Wow.....

This song sucks.

[teogialigous]

what a great song!it reminds me some winter nights years ago....

[y16amp]

Oh my god!!...one of the best from the days when bands made real music!

Absolutely stunning...many thanks...

[Doymeister]

Yep superb, not a lot else to add !!!

[syebba]

one of the best tracks ever!!

Wicked...

[MrSpiddy]

Oh you beauty!

I've been waiting for the original version to appear on here. Thank you!

:D

[blueice1995]

welcome spiddy =]

[shiobah]

Oh, my, I'm so glad finally found the original version!! Thank you so, so much...makes me shiver...

[blueice1995]

welcome shiobah

[nelly712002]

@shiobah brings me out in goose bumps every time i hear it

[bluenile35]

The best version on Youtube by a mile. I can't believe it's had so few views.

[PullusPardus]

yeah ^^

[blueice1995]

yeah i dont know why =]

[ladyloca67]

the original´s the best version..my all-time favourite song...

[blueice1995]

thank you for watching the mission UK - tower of strength anyway this is the original version

[PullusPardus]

Awesome song :]