Mars
G.T.Holst Lyrics
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To leave this planet behind
Gravitation
Feel no gravitation
Buckle up, got no brakes
No stops, we’re getting away
Inspiration
You’re my inspiration
We’re swapping pain with love
Границ не будет
Границ не будет
Begin the countdown
Smile at me
Babe, you’re all I need
I just need you to believe
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Мы едем на Марс
Мы едем на Марс
Oh, there we won’t face
No traffic and no race
No daily troubles
No subway struggles
The boss won’t call
There’ll be no bosses at all
We got the planet
We own the planet
Ruby land, dawn at hand
It’s the new home for man
Мы выше неба
Мы выше неба
Dreamy night
I feel right
We dance under the Earthlight
О, да, мы едем
О, да, мы едем на Марс
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Мы едем на Марс
Мы едем на Марс
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Мы едем на Марс
Under the stars we live
Under the stars we breathe
On our way to Mars
Мы едем на Марс
The lyrics to G.T. Holst's song Mars tells the story of a young woman with mousy hair who is being told to leave by her parents. However, her friend is nowhere to be seen, leaving her alone and walking through her sunken dream. She finds solace in the silver screen but the film she's watching is a "saddening bore" as she's lived it ten times or more. Despite this, she could spit in the eyes of fools who try to ask her to focus on the movie. The chorus introduces another scene in which sailors are fighting in the dance hall and people are watching cavemen, making it the "freakiest show". The Lawman is seen beating up the wrong guy and the writer wonders if he'll ever find out he's in the best-selling show. The last line of the chorus is a question that has persisted for ages, "Is there life on Mars?"
The song is a commentary on popular culture and the fascination with celebrity and entertainment. The young woman in the opening verses is caught up in the world of movies and their repetitive nature, which mirrors the dissatisfaction with the monotony of life. The chorus introduces a new scene in which society is entertained by violence and absurdity. The lyrics highlight the way people are drawn to spectacle and the triviality of the things they pay attention to, to the point of ignoring the bigger picture. The final question of the song- Is there life on Mars?- could be interpreted as a plea for a bigger meaning or a bigger purpose beyond the mundane.
Line by Line Meaning
It's a God-awful small affair
This situation is terrible and insignificant
To the with the mousy hair
Referring to a person with unremarkable physical features
But her mummy is yelling "No"
The person's mother is expressing disapproval
And her daddy has told her to go
The person's father has instructed them to leave
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
The person's friend is not present
Now she walks through her sunken dream
The person is experiencing a depressing and hopeless situation
To the seat with the clearest view
The person is moving to the position with the best vantage point
And she's hooked to the silver screen
The person is engrossed in a movie or television show
But the film is a saddening bore
The movie or show is unfulfilling and depressing
For she's lived it ten times or more
The person has experienced this outcome repeatedly
She could spit in the eyes of fools
The person feels superior to ignorant people
As they ask her to focus on
Others are requesting her attention
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Depiction of conflict and chaos
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
Repetition of chaos and the absurd
It's the freakiest show
The scene being described is strange and unusual
Take a look at the Lawman
Drawing attention to an authoritative figure
Beating up the wrong guy
The Lawman is wrongly administering punishment
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
People are questioning the Lawman's self-awareness
He's in the best selling show
The Lawman's actions are attracting attention
Is there life on Mars?
Asking a philosophical question about the possibility of alien life
It's on America's d brow
Referring to America's cultural influence
That Mickey Mouse has brought up a cow
Mickey Mouse (a popular icon) has done something unremarkable
And now the workers have struck for fame
Workers are leveraging their situation to gain notoriety
Cause Lennon's on sale again
Referencing the commercialization of John Lennon's legacy
See the mice in their million hordes
Depicting a large, chaotic crowd
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Referencing the broad reach of the crowd
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
A reference to limitations or barriers
To my Mother, my dog, and clowns
Further emphasizing that some things are off-limits
It's about to be writ again
Suggesting that history is repeating itself
As I ask you to focus on
Directing attention towards a specific topic
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Written by: Alla Aspi
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Motordrachen
I find listening to the Holst Planet Suite tracks in a particular order changes the entire effect.
I like to imagine the suite as follows:
1. Mercury: Childhood (Playing by the creek – Fun)
2. Venus: First Love (Romantic atmosphere by moonlight)
3. Mars: Young Adulthood and going to war (Conflict – Seeing things that can never be forgotten)
4. Jupiter: Adulthood (Glorious – Building a future and family)
5. Saturn: Old-Age (Creeping up – Making tasks harder, but ending with final contentment)
6. Uranus: Memories (Telling your grandchildren about the past but with a whimsical flurry)
7. Neptune: Dying (The final moments before departing with your loved ones around you)
8. (Optional) Ode to death: Transition to the afterlife
It works like a life’s story, compressed into a single suite. Give it a try!
kurtosisblakeinfini
Your message made me wanna get creative and make this...
Mercury - Industrial Metal
Venus - Avant-Garde Metal
Earth - Drone Metal
Mars - Thrash Metal
Jupiter - Death Metal
Saturn - Doom Metal
Uranus - Atmospheric Black Metal
Neptune - Heavy Metal
Pluto - Black Metal
The asteroid belt can be something like Grindcore and Eris can be a mix of Post and Sludge.
Gernot Schrader
what is so shocking about this piece of music?
isn't it true that we just have a certain impression of it because this type of composition was abused usually to depict some evil emporor since flash gordon amused us. Flash Gordon the series from the '30s used blantantly "Franz Liszt - les preludes" it works well for a space soap opera and i guess if one hears and doesn't knows it's Liszt he simply will say "Flash Gordon" this much this music is associated with it and the pretty same is for any sci-fi. likewise in "music for young people" when bernstein played the overture to william tell and the whole crowd was shouting "lone ranger"!
it's a bit dusty at the edges (and stinks of nicotine) but it's still true.
erm to return to the topic, i guess it's just because you have a certain imagination of it, already implemented by the title of the piece "mars". everything we know about it we immediately associate with it.
but sometimes we should forget titles for classical pieces or given thematics of a ballet and just listen to the music and start to imagine something of our own. when i listen to "the planets" even when i'm a huge fan of the genre i didn't think of space, i just enjoy the music and i see nothing dangerous in "mars". it's dramatic yes but who said that it should depict something evil? hollywood?
nonetheless i used it for "pioneer space sim" personally many followed me and "mars" found also a way into "pioneer space sim" legally.
"Elite - Frontier" used a couple of classic classical sci-fi masterpieces, in midi format but well.
a short playlist, so we have holst, his work is really ahead and even more as "mars" "neptune" influenced very much of what we claim depicts space in music, it wasn't used for frontier but it's just great for the use. "les preludes" just great stuff you can imagine any story to that (just like the sheherazade from rimsky korssakov, which connects us again to Flash because this is a sheherazade, a typical cliff hanger) not to find in good old frontier but this dramatic tune is like it was made for the movies and was used many many many times in excerpts. "also sprach zarathustra" with or even without stanley kubrick, what a great fantasy score, just fantastic a must for any sirius space game. "a night on the bare mountain" great i just don't have it in my own collection. ride of the valkries - no space battle (or naval) without this theme, here the evil horde (the winter storms) come - and there they go (in spring). ach ja und natürlich die "blaue donau" seit kubrik sind keine docking szenen vorstellbar ohne diesen walzer (not to forget "blue danube"). babayaga, great gates of kiev, hall of the mountain king, all inspired us to what one would say "sci-fi music".
mostly dramatic stuff with large lofty silent parts. but most of the compositions (apart from holst's) aren't ment to depict space, they just work well with our imagination of space and even this imagination is a product of entertainment industry. no problem with that as a co-dev and sci-fi addicted i have certainly no problem with entertainment. holst or whatever classical piece is nothing else, to catogorize music in serious and entertaining is as bullshit as to shout "lone ranger" when you hear william tell (to close the circle to "music for young ppl").
personally i have another much liked tune but i can't listen often to it, it's something different an organ piece by franz liszt entitled "B-A-C-H" it uses the notes bach and is ment to honor him but it's a heavy piece of organ music and i like organ much. however this tune skyrockets me into space but it mustn't be the same for you.
Nerd Soup
My man Gustav Holst basically composed Star Wars 60 years before it came out. He was definitely ahead of his time. :)
Slo Biden.
Nerd Soup I came to this video because of you btw. Not heard these in years then your reviews used them and I'm here.
Great videos btw, I had a similar idea and I copped out because i didn't have the balls you have.
skyprop
Holst Over Williams Definitely.... Way ahead of his time!!!!
Sasha Oh no
no, just John Williams stole from him
Stephen Ward
Alex Davis Not really John Williams fault, he was instructed by George Lucas to make music that sounded similar to that of Holsts planets. This happens all the time to composers who compose for film, they don't really get a say in the matter. Trust me, if they had the choice they would do something else.
PanzerHanz69
My weekly guitar weeps
Berkley Pearl
Fun fact! When they were making star wars in the 70’s they used this song to back a lot of their scenes when they were still putting it together. And Lucas liked it so much that he basically asked Williams to score a soundalike so that they could use it in their movie. That’s why it sounds so similar
Frank
That's so interesting!! It sounds so much like star wars, just a couple notes off. Where did you hear that?
jamie t
Kind of makes you wonder why he didn't pay a couple bucks (40yrs ago was cheap to do) for the this?
Carlo Nassar
To be fair, this song does fit Star Wars a lot. What is heard in the song basically speaks for itself.