Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War (Official Audio) ft. Richard Burton, Justin Hayward

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The War of The Worlds - The Eve of the War (Official Audio)
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Lyrics
No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinised as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us...
At midnight, on the 12th of August, a huge mass of luminous green gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth. Across two hundred million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us, came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth. As I watched, there was another jet of gas. It was another missile, starting on its way...
And that's how it was for the next ten nights. A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it; a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight. Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet...
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...
But still, they come!
Then came the night the first missile approached Earth. It was thought to be an ordinary falling star, but the next day there was a huge crater in the middle of the Common, and Ogilvy came to examine what lay there. A cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot, and with faint sounds of movement coming from within. Suddenly the top began moving, rotating, unscrewing, and Ogilvy feared there was a man inside trying to escape. He rushed to the cylinder but the intense heat stopped him before he could burn himself on the metal...
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...
But still, they come!
Yes, the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one...
But still, they come!
It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil...

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@snowysnowyriver 3 жыл бұрын

The original and the best. No matter how many times this is re-cast, it will never ever be better than this.

@soupdragonuk 2 жыл бұрын

True. There is no one who can match Richard Burton's silky yet deep voice. Plus it has David Essex, Justin Hayward & Phil Lynott.

@petehotton4740 2 жыл бұрын

@@soupdragonuk very well said

@jackiehankin3859 2 жыл бұрын

Yeh it is fantastic still gives me shivers

@snowysnowyriver 2 жыл бұрын

@SilverLight42 @SilverLight42 This is the original musical version. Nobody was talking about HG Wells original which was not, by the way, a book. The first publication was a magazine serialisation in Pearson's magazine in the UK in 1897. The book then followed because the story was so popular. The US debut was also in a magazine (Cosmopolitan I believe). As for the 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast. That was a dramatic adaption which changed the time from 1897 to 1938, changing the story considerably. A lot of Wells purists are usually not fond of the 1938 adaptation. But, hey I won't argue about factual details......

@kiddingjust6946 2 жыл бұрын

i prefer the new generations version tbh idk why

@danielmorris6523 Жыл бұрын

"The chances of me ever getting bored of this amazing musical are a million to one, I say"

@MatthewJarvis-zw2sz 10 ай бұрын

"And if we reach the end of the CD........we'll start all over AGAIN!"

@jackjones7504 8 ай бұрын

With inflation its a Billion to 1 these days.

@leemorris2630 6 ай бұрын

So you’re telling me there’s a chance…. I read ya!!!

@nigelcartwright5986 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant reply!!

@Reploid_CKM-85 5 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@Gonzalouchikari 4 жыл бұрын

People on December 2020: "Finally, this shitty year is over" Richard Burton Voice around the world: "No one would have believe, in the first decades of 21th Century..."

@mikhailgorbachev3721 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah ngl that would probably happen.

@rexxe001 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh yess

@rexxe001 4 жыл бұрын

Jkjkjkkkkjkjkj

@josemaria8177 3 жыл бұрын

Because we live in the hellscape that is 2020, the alien invasion wouldn´t be introduced by Richard Burton´s amazing voice. We would have to settle for Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks to narrate our destruction

@TheLifeEvents 3 жыл бұрын

@@josemaria8177 As long as it's not Trump. He IS THE Alien!

@mutantking88 2 жыл бұрын

“No one would have believed...” the greatest speaking voice of all time - RIP Richard Burton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@neilwiliams4776 Жыл бұрын

The only speaking voice that comes close to Mr Burtons today has got to be Morgan Freeman.

@tonyhoodlass1846 Жыл бұрын

Richard Burton The Best actorever that deep rich voice is pure magic Awesome

@Daudgrim Жыл бұрын

@@neilwiliams4776 I would say Tony Jay, also sadly deceased :(.

@yvonneholmes2990 Жыл бұрын

LOVE LOVE THIS ALBUM, OMG RICHARD BURTON, THAT VOICE , FOREVER AUTUMN HAUNTING MEMORIES, SUBLIME

@somosgenel Жыл бұрын

Richard Burton and the legendary Vicent Price those two voices were awesome. May both of them Rest Eternally In Peace.

@francisfalzon8480 10 ай бұрын

74 years old and still obsessed with this music and with Richard Burton's voice. And it's autumn. What else do you need !!

@josephoneill2957 7 ай бұрын

I bet your mind was blown the first time you heard it? I'm 39 and I LOVE it, still have the original vinyl record, with all the artwork. I would have loved to take my mum to see the live show, she died last year, but I will take my daughter and pay homage

@stevelaw3886 7 ай бұрын

My teacher brought it in when I was in primary school, not long after it was released - blew my 11yo mind@@josephoneill2957

@Reploid_CKM-85 5 ай бұрын

It's one of the best Musicals of all time... PERIOD!!!

@trevorrobinson4876 4 ай бұрын

Even though I found out the truth about us living on a “plane” and not a spinning pear shape and ridiculous shit like NASA can’t go back to the moon because we destroyed the technology we once had in 1969. “A planet is a much smaller fragment of a much larger plane” you won’t find that on google. >o

@SKBKER 4 ай бұрын

I'm 41 and remember hearing it at school . It will always be a classic .

@umcmedic8272 Жыл бұрын

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C. Clarke edit: thanks for 300 likes :3

@williamhaines7752 Жыл бұрын

Maybe if those greedy gluttonous grand standing gung hu gun grabbers are defeated than it won't be so scarry !!! at. Least We could go down fight and. Take as many. Of them with us. As possible !; Death before dishonor. To hell with pasfism!!! Long live the second amendment !!!!

@phoenixasterapollo8472 Жыл бұрын

😂

@danieljanecka9492 Жыл бұрын

XCOMMMMMMMM

@michaelgwyndavies2827 Жыл бұрын

@@danieljanecka9492 i thought it was zx and then followed by c and then back too a d and or an even an A .

@rebeccasutherland3801 Жыл бұрын

Very profound

@Smokeboats 3 жыл бұрын

That moment when the musical is the most faithful adaptation.

@moritamikamikara3879 3 жыл бұрын

Ish. I mean it is the most faithful adaptation but that's because no one else has even fucking TRIED to make a faithful adaptation, only ever shit.

@samuelbarber6177 3 жыл бұрын

I mean... no one else ever really tried too hard to be honest. Always modern day America... I guess the BBC tried... sort of.

@andrewallison4883 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but that's if the advertisements on the channel didn't cut it out at the height of it's sympathy

@kieranfo3739 3 жыл бұрын

The album is a bleak, sombre drama about one man trying to survive, the other adaptations felt the need to include more action and spectacle, take the first appearance of the Heat Ray for example, in this the Journalist describes it as a swift and brutal massacre that would make your blood turn cold whereas on screen it's always a loud 10 minute spectacle with explosions and chases, Jeff Wayne War Of The Worlds doesn't try turn the story into an action movie.

@samuelbarber6177 3 жыл бұрын

@@kieranfo3739 I noticed that only really the Tom Cruise film even seems to try to stick with the idea that this is one man’s personal story, because the 1953 film felt the need add in a whole bunch of stuff conceding how the rest of the world reacted as well as having the main character brush soldiers with military generals and the like. Everything seems a whole lot more coordinated in that film whereas in the book, everything falls apart almost immediately.

@neilmarsden683 4 ай бұрын

The most silkiest voice of a true British gentleman ever heard,

@dwhitehouse8995 4 ай бұрын

100% true.....

@sjbr101 3 ай бұрын

100% Welsh, yes British, but oh so Welsh it sings perfectly like a summer breeze on a five bar gate overlooking Abergavenny on an August evening.......

@iconsofcymru5327 3 ай бұрын

Skilerist"

@dwhitehouse8995 3 ай бұрын

@@sjbr101 Liam Neeson weren't bad either

@trevorhart545 2 ай бұрын

@@iconsofcymru5327 English Translation = SKI INSTRUCTOR?

@kevinlemon6537 2 жыл бұрын

70 yrs old now and still obsessed with this masterpiece .

@thomaslarkin9791 2 жыл бұрын

Happpy days and well on yah👍😉

@faithhofeldt2283 2 жыл бұрын

60 yrs old here. I own this on vinyl, cassette and cd. And listen to it in it's entirety every Halloween.

@ocean7889 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I'm 16, my dad is basically projecting his music taste onto me. But hey, I'm not complaining!

@dalek9554 2 жыл бұрын

Still a masterpeice

@steveef2275 10 ай бұрын

me too 70 this never gets tired

@norburynarrowboater 2 жыл бұрын

All five of us kids were scarred by this for life after dad brought it home in 1978 & played it at night when we were in bed! A truly terrifying masterpiece. I still dream about those tripods now - and I’m 50! 😱

@conclancy1100 2 жыл бұрын

It's like u told my story every Sunday night my father play it still classic

@famcamp3414 2 жыл бұрын

The original spaceships weren't tripods, though? They were boomerang shaped with a heat ray periscope on top

@andrewmckeague700 2 жыл бұрын

Same here I'm 40 and my mother had the album when I was a child. I remember being terrified upon my 1st time hearing it but also being fascinated by it as well.

@lewisner 2 жыл бұрын

You should watch The Invaders TV series.

@VictorGonzales-sp5ru Жыл бұрын

I wish they make a movie in that time period in time! It came fro war war 1 that time . And yes it would be scary. But not now a days.As it was, was a flop ... A big flop..

@slobodankadimitrijevic3815 4 жыл бұрын

Magical voice of Richard Burton always makes me thril. Even after all these years.

@roscoewhite3793 4 жыл бұрын

No-one could have done it better.

@Cchogan 3 жыл бұрын

A friend was working at Advision Studios when they recorded this. Apparently, Burton had been on a bender and was three weeks late for the session!

@sandorkruchina7223 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cchogan I was a statistician in one episode of the Wagner Tv series, watching Richard Burton from 2 meters. It was incredible.

@circuitsandcigars1278 3 жыл бұрын

Only one voice came close and that's when Lliam Neeson did this on 2012. They had it free on KZfaq not long ago, the whole stage performance

@DrWhoFanUK 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe voices are just underrated? On this record as well as Burton there was Phil Lynott, Julie Covington, David Essex, Justin Heywood etc. All of them are just perfect. The whole project should just NOT work, and yet it does. Such were the days....

@stevesutherland8247 3 жыл бұрын

I must have been 6 or 7 years old in the early 1980's when my primary school teacher made us listen to this in class with our heads down and our eyes closed so that we were in darkness and able to concentrate and listen to it. I loved it. From that very first listen I loved it. But at the same time, at 6 or 7 years old, it freaked me the hell out. I remember I couldn't sleep with the bedroom door closed and the lights off for a year after! And now, forty years later, it's still one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.

@mrgonk871 3 жыл бұрын

We had a teacher back in 78, Mr Drury, who played us the entire war of the worlds from tape over a week. We all wrote the story in our own words in our exercise book. I was 9 and I pestered my mum and dad for this and eventually got it for my 10th birthday. And to this day it is my favourite and most listened to album I own.

@kensharpe4472 3 жыл бұрын

Your school teacher had a hangover and needed some peace & quite for an hour or so....

@JJ-di6tf 3 жыл бұрын

That's a good teacher

@stevesutherland8247 3 жыл бұрын

@@JJ-di6tf I agree, she was. It scared the hell out of me for weeks but also....I fell in love with it

@bendym4n123 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 29 and my Dad made me listen to this album when I was really young, I didn't sleep properly for weeks and was always looking out of the window looking for green smoke in the sky. Safe to say my Mum really wasnt happy at him as I missed school over this album haha. I adore it and it is still one of my favourite peices of music ever created. Timeless.

@indigocheetah4172 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I first heard , " The War of the Worlds", my husband came home and didn't get out of the car. I went out to check if everything was alright , he said grab the kids and listen to this. We sat in the car all five of us. I loved it , now my kids still listen , it really is brilliant .

@marbleblue5127 Жыл бұрын

What an awesome memory to have

@indigocheetah4172 Жыл бұрын

@@marbleblue5127 , thank you . Music takes you back to a memory .

@kbdutch9565 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else love the artwork as well,everything about this albums awesome

@terrymurphy66 3 жыл бұрын

Luv the album still creeps me out driving Horsell Common look for the Death Ray

@danprichard6393 2 жыл бұрын

Man, these images burned themselves into my brain… 👽🥺🤪

@jjt1881 2 жыл бұрын

Everything!

@fritshits65 2 жыл бұрын

the original booklet in the vinyl album is tops !

@loneshadow6224 2 жыл бұрын

i remember being very young when i first saw my parents record of war of the worlds, I remember the cover having the image of the fallen Martians being eaten by the birds, it will forever be in my mind

@Can_0_Worms 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe people in this world haven’t heard this masterpiece of a song

@mikepastor.k6233 3 жыл бұрын

Novelty album but maybe the best one ever. They don't usually sell well to public sensibilities. Oh well, what the hell do we know, anyway.

@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah 3 жыл бұрын

the answer to your question....because my friend people are now satisfied with mediocrity. Masterpieces like this will rarely be seen again. Just look at the tripe we now see on tv and in the cinema.

@dellisgibbs5823 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a 1966 baby. Heard this many times in the 70 and 80 growing up. Amazing

@Sasuke81a 3 жыл бұрын

It was, my dad had it playing when I was a child. Now I'm painting a Fallout 4 and War of the Worlds mashup of the Sole survivor from Vault 111 facing the Martian Tripods during a Radstorm.

@snowysnowyriver 3 жыл бұрын

@@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah Spot on and well said!

@davidl8739 3 ай бұрын

Still have this on vinyl as a 45 single from 1978. Richard Burton's voice remains utterly peerless. Must watch 'Where Eagles Dare' again.

@user-qq9xu9le5u 16 күн бұрын

you have a very precious thing forget any thing that tells you to keep it close ignore any one who says that mr microsoft detected a virus

@davidfrost901 13 күн бұрын

Legends need you.😊

@UkAlphadog73 4 ай бұрын

Timeless Classic Album way way before Tom Cruise was even Known ,Sir Richard Burton

@kiloren9452 4 жыл бұрын

This has to be the best ever piece of music I have ever heard.

@bangbangrogers2750 4 жыл бұрын

BellaDoesStuff listen to some other stuff from this album, will prob blow you away even more! I suggest to listen to it form start to finish and not touch the trash techno remixes

@kiloren9452 4 жыл бұрын

Air Force KId thank you for suggestions, I have listened to some other pieces from this album. They are incredible! And don’t you think Richard Burton’s voice fits so well for this!

@bangbangrogers2750 4 жыл бұрын

BellaDoesStuff No one will ever beat his voice, stuff of legends

@kiloren9452 4 жыл бұрын

Air Force KId omg ikrrrr

@clivesparks6867 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely MOST DEFINITELY

@steveash9636 9 ай бұрын

Richard Burton's voice. The intonation, the annunciating, the richness. His narration and Jeff Waynes score make this a tour de force

@kathrynwhitby9799 4 ай бұрын

RB, the actor's actor!

@WinChun78 4 жыл бұрын

What a truly wonderful voice Richard Burton had.

@azarth8805 4 жыл бұрын

The voice of a drinker and a smoker, still very good especially that they made him a mechanical head in the musical version.

@clivesparks6867 4 жыл бұрын

@@azarth8805 - Still better than mine :-)

@azarth8805 4 жыл бұрын

@@clivesparks6867 lol

@serenarchie123 4 жыл бұрын

Check out under Richard Burton reads Dylan Thomas..... Exceptional😎😎😎😎😎

@gabbajay9739 3 жыл бұрын

H.G. Wells wrote the words, that`s what makes it more powerful.

@normanrussell7097 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you dad for educating me on this, 80s baby!

@JakobBath 3 жыл бұрын

78 to be precise.. but still 80s baby!

@normanrussell7097 3 жыл бұрын

@@JakobBath lol im an 80's baby i meant

@JakobBath 3 жыл бұрын

@@normanrussell7097 ahhh my bad mate 👍

@djjimmym6820 3 жыл бұрын

@@JakobBath i was born 77 and i was planted in front of a pioneer stack in 1982 with this.. if that guy says thank you dad for educating me 80's i dont think you should comment... bare in mind your probably not even born then😬

@JakobBath 3 жыл бұрын

@@djjimmym6820 no it was a complete miss on terminology, I agree with with him, I just thought he was reffereing to war of the worlds being published in the 80s

@stevesgaming7475 Жыл бұрын

Possibly one of the greatest pieces of music in the history of mankind.

@callum7081 5 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t go that far 😂😂😂

@stephenroberts4579 3 жыл бұрын

My father loved Richard Burton and War of the Worlds.. Sadly he died in 2016 but the interest is in me and now my son Dylan is embracing the Worlds from the 1970s.. Richard Burton you make me proud to be Welsh.. Diolch 👍👍

@klaxoncow 3 жыл бұрын

@@damionord9142 Let's all go for independence and then form a "Celtic Alliance" with a reunified Ireland. And leave "little England" to its delusions of grandeur.

@wolflair3329 3 жыл бұрын

@@damionord9142 less than half of Scotland hears him actually.

@chriskeene217 4 ай бұрын

@@klaxoncow crack on 😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@abrokenframe82 3 жыл бұрын

I was 9 years old when this came out, i'm nearly 52 that is in itself mind blowing! This is still sounding amazing. smoke a joint, close your eyes, listen to this and smile. They're here!

@BillAnt 3 жыл бұрын

Same, back in the late seventies there was a TV show on Romanian TV called Drumiri Europene (European Roads) which used this theme song.... great times. Let me guess, a fan of DM?! Same, but mostly up their earlier stuff, don't care much for their new rock sound. :)

@rayhowland9211 3 жыл бұрын

So agree! I was 17 odd when l took my records round to my two best friends-I’m nearly 58! A joint would be good!

@dac545j 3 жыл бұрын

My sentiments, exactly.

@mrwhite292 3 жыл бұрын

Peace out bro 🙏

@WilliamRWarrenJr 2 жыл бұрын

I was freshly-married. Blew. My. Minuscule. Mind.

@tomrock8418 Жыл бұрын

I'm 26. non of my generation knows this song, a shame, they will be off guard by the time they come

@OpinionatedGuy0 3 ай бұрын

I'm 17 and have been listening to this since the age of 5, so some of us have been lucky enough

@user-ny6zj2hu8c 2 ай бұрын

@@OpinionatedGuy0 I'm 11 and have been listening to this song since 8. (yes, I'm very perculier, don't judge please)

@tabe3263 4 күн бұрын

23 and been listening for over a decade.

@Julesxxo Жыл бұрын

I first heard this song when I was 7 with my next door neighbour and we used to be hypnotised by it. I’m now 19 and am still forever hypnotised by this song.

@abbofun9022 10 ай бұрын

Don’t worry, you’ll still be mesmerised when you reach 60 😊 Ask me how I know😉

@h.m2599 6 ай бұрын

There's more songs they made u know?

@Olliec101 4 ай бұрын

When I was 7 I was scared of it 🤣

@gabbajay9739 3 жыл бұрын

This makes you just want to listen to the whole album..

@DaveFishBowl 2 жыл бұрын

there is more?

@funghazi 2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveFishBowl A lot more, it's a two-record set, an hour and a half

@JJ1FromBrisbane 2 жыл бұрын

I urge you to do so. An amazing piece of genius

@JJ1FromBrisbane 2 жыл бұрын

I hope by now you have. Sheer genius on every level. And oh that voice. And oh that amazing music

@pennymatthew1739 7 ай бұрын

Richard. Burton. Has. A. Voice. Like. Fine. Wine. and. Chocolate.

@allison5363 3 жыл бұрын

this is wonderful i was a young girl when this came out , my brother was given it for Christmas and we all sat and listened to it good memories now that there are just 2 out of the five children left its very comforting to listen once again to this masterpiece

@willhoey1619 2 жыл бұрын

so sad only 2 of you left.....all those memory's you have and this is one of them must be pretty special for you .......great post !

@allison5363 2 жыл бұрын

@@willhoey1619 yes both brothers died in road accidents before they reached 30 it finished my parents who died broken hearted and my sister means the world to me thanks for replying x

@andrewdock7288 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your family but the album War of the Worlds will be a source of inspiration for you and comfort for you and your sister as a lived experience.

@terrymurphy66 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss unfourtuntly I lost 4 members within 18 months all where close so o e introduced me to this Album Bless you John

@daphnethurlow5388 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear of your loss..

@roncreswell6843 3 жыл бұрын

H.G.Wells imagination together with the genius of Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton and Justin Hayward

@squeekymoon 9 ай бұрын

October 2023 and still listening to this classic album, amazing.

@JuniusGaming Жыл бұрын

My dad used to play this when I was a kid and told me about war of the worlds, Im now 31 and this is bringing back so much nostalgia. Thank you Dad for introducing me to such an amazing soundtrack as a kid. I will never forget it

@pedrotbird5426 Жыл бұрын

This song has a huge significance to me- It was a warm summers day, the sun was shining through the tinted windows and I was on my way to school, my dad puts this song on over the radio and we all just sit there listening to it- I still quote it from time to time and we have a laugh over it, it feels like so long ago now. Love you Dad

@jobrownrigg 4 ай бұрын

Richard Burton! His incredible voice! I could listen to him all day!

@davidscott4355 3 ай бұрын

Great album ,for m th eveof thwaris thebest Bcst

@djjimmym6820 3 жыл бұрын

I never moved when my dad put this on the record player and placed them massive headphones on my head back in 1983

@spongemaster 3 жыл бұрын

I had the same experience, only two decades later.

@leopold7562 2 жыл бұрын

From the opening words of Richard Burton, through the shock of the initial assault, the short-lived euphoria of Thunderchild, the steady descent into despair and madness, the creepy vibe of the twist in the tale, the celebration when the fight is won and the bone-chilling epilogue, this is one musical that doesn't waste an inch. It brings the book to life brilliantly. I first heard this some 40 years ago and it still gives me goosebumps.

@LandyVlad_Rides Жыл бұрын

Brilliantly summed up.

@user-ro7cw8cf8u 9 ай бұрын

Still is a masterpiece, even now, Richard Burton,s haunting voice, the great Justin Hayward singing as well and Chris Thompson.

@joemachunda 3 жыл бұрын

Burtons voice. Justin's voice enough said

@fzang6416 3 жыл бұрын

shitter

@wolfcharger4944 5 ай бұрын

Sat in a dark room and listened to this for about a week non stop

@ladyrcursed666 Ай бұрын

I want to that 😊

@voidv3865 8 ай бұрын

Even as it is old, it is an incredible original that should be shown to future people so it is not forgotten. Even as I am 15, I discovered this song when I was 9, absolutely loved it and still love it to this day!

@jirokoshibailey2052 7 ай бұрын

Nearly 40, respect bro, one my friends had the whole war of the worlds cassette audio/audiobook... I need to copy from him

@therandomkidyoutube 6 ай бұрын

i'm 9 and i just discovered war of the worlds..

@paulwilson2651 3 жыл бұрын

I clearly remember buying this Album when it came out in 1978 and sitting on the bus going home looking at the Art work and eagerly waiting to play it!

@susanturner9168 Жыл бұрын

Me too - the insert with the pictures is magic!

@crimsonwizard2560 Жыл бұрын

Me too, a fabulous album. and on vinyl yee haa.

@rederickfroders1978 Жыл бұрын

THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE

@ilmarihiltunen2779 Жыл бұрын

...yet still they come!

@jonnywyattgreengreen3301 16 күн бұрын

Richard Burton's voice sent from the gods ❤

@AndrewBooker-gc4fe 11 күн бұрын

I just said it

@nitalopes515 Ай бұрын

Many many years before i married my future husband then took me to the Planetarium in Johannesburg South africa they put on a amazing show useing the stars and the music & story was this original recording with Richard Burton best show I've ever been to 😊❤

@paulputnam8211 3 жыл бұрын

From the moment that you hear the voice of the great Richard Burton you're hooked - you have to play the whole masterpiece.

@bobc4d 25 күн бұрын

man this takes me back. It was 1978, I was home on leave (USAF) to San Antonio, Texas. I was driving to a store, listening to rock station 99.5 Kiss and they started playing this. Mesmerized by the score I drove around loop 410 for almost 2 hours listening to this tale unfold before my ears. I never did make it to the store.

@AudieHolland 12 күн бұрын

You mean, they played the entire musical?

@bobc4d 12 күн бұрын

@@AudieHolland yes they did.

@chrischarnock4244 3 жыл бұрын

my dad came home with this... what i can only call .... a master piece .....i was 9 years old..... it still to this day makes the hairs on my neck stand up......i am 50 now and it still makes me feel the same as it did way back then..... Richard Burton ................ the voice of a legend ....

@peteruk65 Ай бұрын

In music class in the late 1970’s, every lesson we just listened to this….walked away with a 1000 emotions…..I was 10 years old!

@gemmamiddleton4394 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best Albums ever created 👌

@terryweir8352 3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%, it's an absolute masterpiece!! 😀 😀 😀👌👌👌

@bengaltiger1289 2 жыл бұрын

The violins are so good. Richard Burtons narration, and of course Justin Hayward"s voice

@david.l.petrie Жыл бұрын

I agree 100% my neigbours love it aswell lol

@gemmamiddleton4394 Жыл бұрын

Was out before I was born but i Own an original print vinyl now. My 5 year old is also a fan :)

@krishnan-resurrection714 Жыл бұрын

..THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING CREATED AGAIN THAT IS SO GOOD . . .

@richardwatts4660 4 жыл бұрын

listened to this track whilst observing the real Mars through my Telescope a couple of years ago, absolutely amazing experience.

@timrosswood4259 4 жыл бұрын

@David Still HAH! Got 'em!

@comradecockatoo3558 4 жыл бұрын

I think my telescope’s broken, I just saw something green come out of Mars’ surface.

@nejiiuyn 2 жыл бұрын

@ali kamal A million to one but still they come.

@taggingchan8343 Жыл бұрын

Many crashed alien crafts there.

@Bananappleboy Жыл бұрын

@@nejiiuyn News Article: NASA Curiosity and Perseverance rovers observe strange green gas We have concluded this "War of the Worlds" gas may be a product of radiation from the Sun, a so called "Aurora Borealis" on Mars. But still, they come.

@talzohar6966 3 жыл бұрын

Still amazing. Hasn't lost any of its magic after all these years

@juliebottomley6031 2 жыл бұрын

A Masterpiece .... A beautiful piece of music and art ..to be treasured forever... we need to educate our children, grandchildren to this wonderful piece..and pass it down the generations ... Forever .... Pure Class

@dankaravelov5251 3 жыл бұрын

Best recommendation I've ever gotten from a friend

@KeithRowley418 3 жыл бұрын

What a combination - the genius of Wayne and the masterly, hypnotic oratory of Burton.

@svaszon 8 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adOfp5yLxtOnoHU.html

@servicekid7453 5 ай бұрын

The music industry has withered. Anyone who tried to do something this original now would be laughed out of the office as a lunatic. Equally something like Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. The music of today is all the more impoverished for it

@sidpheasant7585 2 ай бұрын

Impoverished in terms of quality, on the one hand, but also soused with dark evil on the other... What sets the above apart, along with a few other musical works (especially from the UK) is DIVINITY. The beloved Holy Spirit inspires stunning music that means something ("Ordinary World", "Somewhere only we know", "The Way it is" and "Paradise" offer just a few further examples ... there are some more too). With the Darkness, you scratch the perhaps-alluring surface and find only lies (deception), chaos (deception) and true evil (destruction) beneath. Inivestigate what the Holy Spirit does and you find layer after layer of truth, love, mercy, wonder, connectivity, meaning, insight, kindness, glory and strength.

@servicekid7453 2 ай бұрын

@@sidpheasant7585 i sincerely doubt that Duran Duran or Keane would say they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The human heart has the ability to create beauty by itself without any need for divine guidance

@sidpheasant7585 2 ай бұрын

1:18 @@servicekid7453 They do not have to know about it, or even seek it, for it to be so. As Jesus told us, the Holt Spirit is enigmatic ( as well as wondrous and powerful) and He blows where He will. In my life I could also have chosen to play down, or not be grateful for, or fail to notice, the great kindnesses and mercies given me by Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But I did not do that... when I had the chance to stop being blind, I took it; and there is NOTHING on this Earth that can compare. I know that all that the Holy Spirit touches is beautiful; and I know that His signs encompass Scripture, nature; some culture and Rapture; so I wonder if there are any beautiful things that do NOT fit with that. Obviously, the rest of the world and worldly things are primarily in the hands of darkness, as 1 John 5:19 says, and while that CLEARLY applies to the world's organising systems as opposed to humankind, I do know that a very large number of people are basically mocking, sour, intolerant and hard-hearted ... and also deeply mired in the great superficial allure of sin. So where are the beautiful achievements among such people? Don't know...

@VardaTruffle 2 ай бұрын

This is exactly right. I can’t believe this ever got made but I thank God it was and we are all richer for it

@kenfroeschner7171 Ай бұрын

Strangely enough, I have both on my iPod…I listened to this one today while working out.

@headphone_cat_gaming 14 күн бұрын

THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS ARE A MILLION TO ONE 🗣🗣🗣

@Keiyen 3 ай бұрын

My father showed me this on Vinyl back in the late 80s when I was just a kid. I am 40 now and still listen to it at least every year.

@ewilloch 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to this now, so many years since the first time, I'm amazed by how good it still is. Richard Burton and the brilliant music make it absolutely timeless.

@atlanticist4763 25 күн бұрын

Same. I haven't heard it since I was a kid in the early '80s

@leslijones4443 3 жыл бұрын

This album premiered on Halloween night on our biggest Rock station in 1978. I was 18, a college freshman. Richard Burton and co were the perfect voices..and no one could’ve done the music better than Justin Hayward and those he collaborated with. I love the album and the cd with the illustrated booklet. I’d love to see this artist animate the whole album for KZfaq..one of my top ten all-time favorite albums. Just a a total masterpiece.❤️🪐🌎

@bobc4d 25 күн бұрын

funny I also listened to it on my local rock station in 1978 in San Antonio, I was home on leave from USAF

@matovapetule 4 ай бұрын

I first heard this song when I was 14, it stuck in my memory and then I searched for it for so many years and only found it today, at the age of 57!!! I feel the emotions exactly as I did back then, unbeatable music 👌

@sidpheasant7585 2 ай бұрын

Indeed, the inspiring and beloved Holy Spirit does not and will never know defeat - all He touches offers love, truth and meaning, even if in often-enigmatic ways.

@kittycattt93 Жыл бұрын

My dad played this throughout my childhood and now at 29 I still obsess over it! My dad and I regularly listen to the full album together ❤

@michaeljenner2325 3 жыл бұрын

One of the few times you can say. “Yes it was better than the book.”

@neilraymond3577 2 жыл бұрын

OK enjoy 😉 regards Dj smidnightcaller xx

@squaresphere2864 4 ай бұрын

I listened to this when it first came out when I was a teenager. Absolutely stunning piece of work.

@nightynightjill 6 ай бұрын

Been trying to track down this now for over 30 years, tonight it was played in an advert on TV and I yelled 'God! if only I knew what this song was called! I've only ever heard bits of it on radio, and they've never said who it was, or by, given a year, no clue, nothing!!!' - To which my partner replied, - 'Oh you mean War of the worlds? - The eve of the war?' - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? So here I am the first time since 30+ years ago. - Thank you darling!

@austinhayles3328 Ай бұрын

i think i know what advert you are talking about, were you talking about that virgin media advert?

@michaelparanormal 3 жыл бұрын

Makes my hairs stand up on the back of my neck everytime i hear this song and Justin Hayward(Moody Blues) sings it better than anyone!!!!

@snowysnowyriver 3 жыл бұрын

Justin has a voice heard only once in a generation. He is unique.

@michaelparanormal 3 жыл бұрын

@@snowysnowyriver Yes and does it from the heart! :)

@KIM-bt7my 3 жыл бұрын

Handed down through generations, thanks dad, ❤️.

@johnvantilburg2122 2 жыл бұрын

Back in time when i was at school we had to listen to this piece as a project to learn the englisch language. Before it began all kids were like; why?? but then it started and the class grew silent...Hypnotized by the music and naration. I am 53 now and still get hypnotized whenever i listen to the album.

@foundationgamer9771 2 жыл бұрын

Were you also hypnotised by the unscrewing of the cylinder? : )))))) Bad joke sorry

@johnvantilburg2122 2 жыл бұрын

@@foundationgamer9771 Hahaha well at that time our knowledge of the English language was still limited. But yes i still am hypnotized also by the "unscrewing" :P

@foundationgamer9771 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnvantilburg2122 I fixed the grammar

@beardedchimp 2 ай бұрын

@@johnvantilburg2122 That's amazing, after all those decades you must be beyond fluent! You who are so wise in the ways of language must know the truth, I humbly beseech you to reveal the truth. There has been much written, innumerable interpretations with even NASA refusing official comment, please enlighten us. Without any further ado, what does ULLA/oooooooooohhhhhhhlllaaaaaaaaaaaaa mean?

@Redstar2613 3 жыл бұрын

If I ever travel through time, I need to visit my past and thank child me for accidentally discovering this gem while going through my parents tapes.

@ladislauvarga5418 3 жыл бұрын

Hi , great music lovers ! I'm from Romania , and I just wanna say that me and my older brother heard this album for the first time in the early 80's ! Now , after 40 years , I am still listening it with enormous pleasure , and each time with GOOSEBUMPS ! JUST FABULOUS !!!

@tomhamilton5261 2 жыл бұрын

Still brilliant -44 years later…. and that magnificent voice of Richard Burton.

@dalefittondesign8784 3 жыл бұрын

I was 12 when i heard this in my dads car, My dad would lecture me on this masterpiece, I was to busy playing football manager on my PSP. I heard it 10 years later and the sound instantly took me back to my dads car and all the memories of the trip. Im now nearly 28 and the rest is history.

@janvandaele8283 2 жыл бұрын

This track is a masterpiece.... Congratulations to the writers and the musicians. And Justin Hayward has a wonderful voice.....

@Neil-se8mf Жыл бұрын

Your welcome Jan enjoy yes its me Dj smidnightcaller xx shocked

@janvandaele8283 Жыл бұрын

@@Neil-se8mf l've bought the Lp in 1978. One of my 3 or 4 best musical memories....

@southerngirl4528 4 жыл бұрын

No one would believe......ahhhh the.memories of my childhood in the 90s.

@Axolol69 11 ай бұрын

WE BE MAKIN IT OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THIS ONE, BOYS 🔥🔥🔥

@JoanVioletStretch 3 жыл бұрын

Justin Hayward's magical voice is magical too as he is singing on this too as well as the Forever Autumn classic Ballad from the show War of the Worlds Jeff Waynes musical adaption of H.G Wells famous novel. With Justin Hayward singing and starring with these famous afore mentioned songs written by Jeff Wayne. Richard Burton's vioce being the original narrator of the musical.

@mrwhite292 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful... simple, peace.

@John2Ward 2 жыл бұрын

In a way, this inspired to write the most beautiful lyrics I could for my own collaborative autumn-themed song. My 'composing buddy' did the rest, and I thank Jeff and Justin for the idea and for setting the bar so high… kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtRydJOKsKu2lWg.html

@juliebottomley6031 2 жыл бұрын

My science teacher when i was at high school went to college with him ....he thought he was a great guy

@anthonygallegos5826 2 жыл бұрын

What show are you referring to

@user-pv4kl5zz3y 6 ай бұрын

Nothing can beat the the original, Absolutely Fantastic, Loved it, Gave me the absolute shivers listening to this as a nipper back in the day , I'm 51 now and still love this masterpiece to this very day 😄😄👽👽

@alieschipper9283 9 ай бұрын

Eindelijk gevonden de echte versie van 1978 geweldige nummer dit.

@maxedison8259 3 жыл бұрын

I had a weakness for buying some albums because I liked the cover artwork . Two examples were pictures of a prism splitting white light into colours, and a pair of gambling dice. 40+ years on, and I still keep playing Dark Side of the Moon, and Straight Shooter. The same thing happened with War of the Worlds. I loved the artwork, and the gatefold sleeve with its booklet, so I bought on the day of release and wandered home with it. I loved side one and two, while sides three four were really creepy. (Listening to the album at around midnight, was always an experience I enjoyed.) Even today, the concept of the album is as strong as it was on the day it was released, while the music and the storytelling hasn't dated in the slightest. The sound, on vinyl and CD, is incredibly dynamic so, if you play this on a decent Hi-Fi system, you will really hear how good the recording is. What an album!

@colinstock325 3 жыл бұрын

I bought Dave Greenslade’s Pentateuch of Cosmogony for that reason. It was a 12 inch book with a double album included. Sadly a flooded room ruined it. The cd is not the same.

@dt7449 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely nothing wrong with being influenced by the artwork !!! It’s a testament to the designer. There’s just so much detail to look at on this sleeve. Superb stuff, and it terrified me as a kid hahahaha

@er9931 2 жыл бұрын

I am from Italy and i used to play the old videogame on my PC, i loved so much the OST... My dream now is to came to UK to see the beautiful musical of the great JEFF WAYNE!!!! AMAZING ART MASTERPIECE♥️

@user-bb1dp6mv1t 5 ай бұрын

Timeless. Still love after all these years.

@nickbutler6165 Жыл бұрын

Somebody gave me the complete album on tape back in the nineties, still get the shivers listening to it

@that_undead_guy6664 2 ай бұрын

I recently went to the war of the worlds experience and it was amazing and this song played so much there.

@danielstuart2938 Жыл бұрын

this is an amazing masterpiece that I still listen to to this very day,im 57,even my 13 year old daughter loves it, timeless!

@brushdustshake3557 3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest albums of all time. First heard it in November 1978, & I’ve been hooked ever since.

@willfomes406 3 жыл бұрын

People are saying about how this scared them as kids but I heard this when I was in Primary school and I fell in love with it. The synthesizer parts that played everytime the heat ray was mentioned were what made this absolutely freakin crazy. It was out of control.

@Dominibiza Жыл бұрын

The voice of Richard Burton is just so amazing !

@terryengland1880 Жыл бұрын

Only Richard Burton could pull this off

@svaszon 8 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adOfp5yLxtOnoHU.html

@naomiwhitehead4392 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up on this every time I went to my grandparents house I asked them to play this memories ❤️

@jameshogan3229 2 жыл бұрын

Excelent, for me it was tublar bells

@PaulSturgess-mn7ol 12 күн бұрын

Such a distinctive voice, unmistakably Richard Burton. The Eagle truly landed with his input here.

@w5527 4 жыл бұрын

Now *THIS* is epic

@anonymousanonymous-cj9ik 4 жыл бұрын

Just a masterpiece, stands the test of any era, just breath taking absolutely destructive of any criticism leveled against it!

@roscoewhite3793 4 жыл бұрын

A combination of talents such as this is to be treasured forever.

@oneprizeonegoal 2 жыл бұрын

This was absolutely terrifying listening to it as a child on my parents vinyl 25 years ago. Still as powerful decades later

@stevekelly5166 3 жыл бұрын

Catch a train from say Basingstoke to London Waterloo station. Read the book first, even on the train. You actually pass through the story. The story is factual in the real places it mentions. Just a story though, but the music! To top off the real train journey, see the show live. Done it a few times. Mindblowing.

@umcmedic8272 Жыл бұрын

"the chances of me ever getting bitches is a million to one, he says"

@randomthings7997 11 ай бұрын

"But still, they cum..."

@paulinecoburn181 3 ай бұрын

Ooooooh laaa

@KenHarrington32 Жыл бұрын

The complete works are a masterpiece and was well ahead of it's time when it was released back in the 70's, This track gets to the point and lets you indulge into the unknown and what's about to happen to mankind ..............Absolutely brilliant from start to finish and I'm coming up 70 years old.

@paoloh885 Жыл бұрын

Even though I was born way after this song was created, this song is still quite nostalgic to me. 12 years ago, when I got a nintendo DS for my birthday, my dad put this song on the SD card as a test and forgot to delete it, and I listened to it from time to time. Yesterday at work, after not hearing it for a decade, the song just popped back into my head. Listening to it again is funny because the last time I heard it, I didn't understand english yet, and the opening speech sounded like gibberish to me. Now I can actually understand what he's saying.

@ArizonaBaySwimming 3 жыл бұрын

I heard this as a kid, after all these years it still gives a chill.....

@TheLifeEvents 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Burton's voice. Just outstanding. Watch him in "Wild Geese". Beyond excellent.

@paul40925 3 жыл бұрын

Great film the Wild Geese

@robbiethepict2783 3 жыл бұрын

'Alan!'.. 'Sandy'!!!

@jadefalconmk1 3 жыл бұрын

Another good film with him, Where Eagles Dare.

@andreichivu7653 3 жыл бұрын

Check also "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf"...1966 masterpiece with Liz Taylor.....

@andreichivu7653 3 жыл бұрын

@@jadefalconmk1 Clint Eastwood...

@uwelucas8190 3 жыл бұрын

ONE of the best Records ever, timeless 👍👍👏👏

@KBAFourthtime 3 жыл бұрын

So far, I just got the pre-music monologue memorized. "No one would have believed, In the last years of the nineteenth century, That human affairs were being watched From the timeless worlds of space. No one could have dreamed We were being scrutinized As someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, Across the gulf of space, Minds Immeasurably superior to ours Regarded this Earth with envious eyes. And slowly, And surely, They drew their plans against us."