Brave New World
J.Wayne Lyrics

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Artilleryman: We're gonna build a whole new world for ourselves. Look, they clap eyes on us and we're dead, right? So, we gotta make a new life where they'll never find us. You know where? Underground. You should see it down there, hundreds of miles of drains, sweet and clean now after the rain, dark, quiet, safe. We can build houses and everything, start again from scratch. And what's so bad about living underground, eh? S'not been so great living up here, if you want my opinion.

Brave New World

Artilleryman
Take a look around you at the world we've come to know
Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show
Maybe from the madness, something beautiful will grow

In a brave new world, with just a handful of men,
We'll start... we'll start all over again!
All over again! All over again! All over again!

Artilleryman: We'll build shops and hospitals and barracks, right under their noses, right under their feet. Everything we need: banks, prisons and schools. We'll send scouting parties to collect books and stuff, and then like you we'll teach the kids. Not poems and rubbish; science, so we can get everything working! We'll build villages and towns, and... and we'll play each other at cricket! Listen, maybe one day we'll capture a fighting machine, eh, learn how to make 'em ourselves, and then: WALLOP! Our turn to do some wiping out! WHOOSH! With our heat ray! Whoosh! And them running and dying, beaten at their own game, man on top again!

Artilleryman
Now our domination of the earth is fading fast,
And out of the confusion a chance has come at last,
To build a better future from the ashes of the past,
In a brave new world, with just a handful of men,
We'll start all over again!

Look, man is born in freedom, but he soon becomes a slave,
In cages of convention from the cradle to the grave,
The weak fall by the wayside but the strong will be saved,
In a brave new world, with just a handful of men,
We'll start all over again!

I'm not trying to tell you what to be,
Oh no, oh no, not me...
But if mankind is to survive, the people life alive,
They're gonna have to build this world anew
And it's going to have to start with me and you... YES!

I'm not trying to tell you what to be,
Oh no, oh no, not me...
But if mankind is to survive, the people left alive,
They're gonna have to build this world anew
Yes and we will have to be the chosen few...

Just think of all the poverty, the hatred and the lies,
And imagine the destruction of all that you despise,
Slowly from the ashes the phoenix will arise,
In a brave new world, with just a handful of men
We'll start all over again!

Take a look around you at the world you've loved so well,
And bid the aging empire of man a last farewell
It may not sound like heaven but at least it isn't hell
It's a brave new world with just a handful of men,
We'll start, we'll start all over again!
All over again! All over again! All over again!
I'VE GOT A PLAN!

Artilleryman: Can't you just see it? Civilization starting all over again! A second chance! Heh- we'll even build a railway and tunnel to the coast, go there for our holidays! Nothing can stop men like us! I've made a start already. Come on down here and have a look.

In the cellar there was a tunnel scarcely ten yards long. It had taken him a week to dig. I could have dug that much in a day, and I suddenly had my first inkling of the gulf between his dreams and his power.

Artilleryman: It's doing the working and the thinking that wears a fellow out. I'm ready for a bit of a rest. How about a drink, eh? Nothing but champagne now I'm the boss.

We drank, and then he insisted upon playing cards. With our species on the edge of extermination, with no prospect but a horrible death, we actually played games. Later he talked more of his plan, but I saw flames flashing in the deep blue night, red weed glowing, tripod figures moving distantly, and I put down my champagne glass. I felt a traitor to my kind, and I knew I must leave this strange dreamer.

Artilleryman Take a look around you at the world we've come to know

Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show?
Maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in J.Wayne's song Brave New World depict a future where humanity is on the brink of extinction due to the invasion of the Martians. The Artilleryman, who is a survivor, proposes to create a new world underground, away from the control of the Martians, where humans can start all over again. He envisions a world where they can build houses, shops, hospitals, and even a railway to the coast, where they can have a new life. He proposes that they teach the children science and not poetry and rubbish so that they can build new machines that can help them survive.

The song represents hope in a bleak situation. The Artilleryman's vision provides a way forward for humanity after almost being wiped out. His passion and drive to rebuild the world are admirable, but it is clear that he is overestimating his abilities. He believes that his plan is fail-proof, but his lack of resources and skills prove otherwise.

The song emphasizes that humanity needs to start all over again, to unlearn what they know and relearn what they need to survive. The lyrics propose a new way of living that is different from the conventions that have caged people since birth. The end goal is not only to survive, but also to thrive in a world that is free from the shackles of the old world.

Line by Line Meaning

Take a look around you at the world we've come to know
Observing the chaos and destruction of our current world

Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show?
Questioning the worth and value of the current state of the world

Maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow...
Hoping that something good and new will emerge from the current chaos

In a brave new world, with just a handful of men,
Envisioning a new world created by a small group of people

We'll start... we'll start all over again! All over again! All over again!
Expressing the desire to completely start anew

Now our domination of the earth is fading fast,
Acknowledging that humanity's power over the planet is declining

And out of the confusion a chance has come at last,
Seeing a possibility for something new to rise out of the chaos

To build a better future from the ashes of the past,
Creating a new and improved future from the ruins of the old world

Look, man is born in freedom, but he soon becomes a slave,
Noting the restriction of personal freedom in society

In cages of convention from the cradle to the grave,
Describing the limitations imposed by societal norms

The weak fall by the wayside but the strong will be saved,
Believing that only the strong and adaptable will survive in the new world

But if mankind is to survive, the people left alive,
Recognizing that only a few will remain to rebuild society

They're gonna have to build this world anew
Reiterating the need for a complete restart of society

And it's going to have to start with me and you... YES!
Calling for individual responsibility to rebuild the world

Just think of all the poverty, the hatred and the lies,
Contemplating the negative aspects of society that need to be eliminated

And imagine the destruction of all that you despise,
Visualizing the removal of all undesirable elements from society

Slowly from the ashes the phoenix will arise,
Believing that something good can emerge from the destruction

Take a look around you at the world you've loved so well,
Reflecting on the previous world before its destruction

And bid the aging empire of man a last farewell
Saying goodbye to humanity's past dominance over the earth

It may not sound like heaven but at least it isn't hell
Acknowledging that the new world may not be perfect, but it's better than the previous world

I'VE GOT A PLAN!
Excitedly proclaiming his strategy for building a new world

Can't you just see it? Civilization starting all over again!
Envisioning the new civilization that can emerge from the ruins of the old world

It's doing the working and the thinking that wears a fellow out. I'm ready for a bit of a rest. How about a drink, eh?
Expressing fatigue from the work needed to rebuild society, and suggesting a break

Nothing but champagne now I'm the boss.
Celebrating his newfound leadership position with luxury

Later he talked more of his plan, but I saw flames flashing in the deep blue night, red weed glowing, tripod figures moving distantly, and I put down my champagne glass. I felt a traitor to my kind, and I knew I must leave this strange dreamer.
Feeling conflicted about the singer's vision for the new world, and ultimately deciding to leave

In the cellar there was a tunnel scarcely ten yards long. It had taken him a week to dig. I could have dug that much in a day, and I suddenly had my first inkling of the gulf between his dreams and his power.
Noticing the disparity between the singer's vision for the new world and his actual ability to execute that vision

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GARY OSBORNE, JEFF WAYNE

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@lorrainecouch348

ARE YOU LOT FOR REAL???
GHOSTS ON MARS... THE MARTIANS.
THIS PLANET COULD HAVE LOST CORE MASS AND BE MOTHER TO MARS... A MOON.... WHICH MUSK WANTS TO TERRAFORM A MOON!?!?
A GIANT RED RUSTY MOON... WHICH WILL REACT BADLY TO WATER AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION!!!!!
MY RESEARCH IS SOLID!!!!
AMERICA AND CO HAVE BEEN CREATING ALL THINGS FLYING SORCERY FOR ABSOLUTE AGES.
THOSE DISCO BALL STARS TWINKLING AWAY ARE SATELLITES... ARMED WITH LASERS AND ALL THINGS DIRECT ENERGY WEAPONS.
H.G. WELLS WAS A VISIONARY... HE PREDICTED STUFF.
HIS EPITAPH IS SOMETHING LIKE:
"I TOLD YOU SO. YOU DAMNED FOOLS"
HIS DAMNED WAS IN ITALICS AND HE SAID IT WAS INTENTIONAL.

GET A GRIP

@druunderwood5602

@neil73" Its doing the working and the thinking that wears a fellow out"

"Morlock Charter"

(1) Schools in Prison
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Feel free to add your own, lets see where this go's?

Cricket Cucumber Sandwiches & Tea Obviously.

All comments from YouTube:

@johncole9121

3y↑271

The older I get, the more confidently I can say, this song is just incredible.

@peterbrecker784

2y↑4

Well said.

@rabidbigdog

2y↑5

The Super Audio CD 5-channel version is just extraordinary. Along with Dark Side Of The Moon, I purchased a (cheap now) system just to hear it.

@Minillus

2y↑3

It's the best one in the album lmo

@Glombandtomb1

31w

This is the best of the best

@SomewhatDapperExtraterrestrial

1y↑98

I love how the song really drags the audience into the Artillerymans fantasies with how optimistic it sounds. It perfecty captures how the protagonist must have felt.

@frederikklotzskov9673

1y↑23

And how disappointed he feels when he sees the little progress he's actually made

@SunnyAznable

50w↑4

I love how many of the commenters have missed this- the theme and point of the song - in their analysis. Well put.

@milliondollarmistake

50w↑13

I find it hilarious that this guy gets a whole 12 minute ballad dedicated to his dream and it just ends with the protagonist calling the guy crazy and leaving

@abigohobgoo7455

48w

@MillionDollarMistake same.

@kabob0077

40w↑7

Funnily enough in the ending of the RTS game... His idea, his plan, his Dream, actually WORKED!

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@s_h_v1.0.87

2y↑14

Based and Artillerypilled

@ilmarihiltunen2779

1y↑2

After that, what is there to say?
Based

@Jahtism

3y↑278

I like how the artillery man talked about playing cricket before actual defense against the Martians

@Ambienfinity

3y↑45

Well, we are British lol

@mtjoy747

3y↑55

The best bit about this, is how the journalist points out how little the artillery man has actually done, to which artillery man replies "it's doing the thinking and the working that tires a man out" - amen to that LOL

@mtjoy747

3y↑20

When he says "not poems and rubbish" is he implying that poems ARE or are not rubbish LOL - easiest downfall of civilization, not having poems anymore.

@mtjoy747

3y↑22

Something wrong if you cannot play cricket in a dystopia LOL, I expect cricket available at all times, even if we were being bombed like during WW1.

@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire

3y↑7

@Stu Mountjoy not just cricket, but Rugby too. Proper game that

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@Setebos

3y↑131

A descent into fanatical madness courtesy of David Essex. Brilliantly chilling.

@villebooks

1y↑3

@@tinkletink1403 Guess they had no choice with Martians on the surface killing people - it's a fiction, ya know

@garyturner5739

1y↑2

Really?

@garyturner5739

Osama Bin Laden dream.

@garethjudd5840

3y↑175

As a 12-year-old back in the 1970s, I remember listened to the whole album non-stop with headphones on and was transfixed helped along with all the album diagrams.

@epsilontic

2y↑11

I have the same memories, late at night, in bed with headphones on and letting the magic of this album unravel itself.

@jacktaylor8195

1y↑1

@JJ Graham Yes🤣

@antiintuitive3802

I only got this in the 90s on tape. Where to find the album diagrams?

@shaune73

1y↑1

I listened over and over again about the same time, brilliant, I never listened to anything like that, never again

@lawrencesmeaton6930

3y↑114

Anyone who claims to not get completely carried away by the optimism and build up from 3:35 onwards is a liar. Even when you know it's all a fake dream the hope just gets me every single time.

@mashibinbin

2y↑13

'and then wallop!' gets me every single time!

@eliasrobinson3915

2y↑21

I mean, apparently in the old WOTW strategy games from the 90's, after a martian victory, a segment plays, and it is revealed that the Artilleryman did end up rebuilding the world.

@timobrien2738

2y↑9

MAN ON TOP AGAIN!!!

@vickykeeler-schofield3744

2y↑7

6:08 - That YES!
Oh! Such ludicrous optimism - but it's the British way!

@vickykeeler-schofield3744

2y↑5

During the final two lines ("But maybe from the madness, something beautiful will grow...?) I imagine The Artilleryman standing centre-stage with a spotlight on him, and as he sings those two lines, the spotlight shrinks...and gradually fades away to darkness.

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@Curtisshane

3y↑77

I’m 28 now when I was a small child my nan and grandad showed me this album. Til this day it’s still one of the best piece of works I’ve ever heard and this was out before I was alive!! Every sound makes the story seem so real it’s like reading a book you can imagine you own story with the narrations it’s beautiful. Anyone still listening to this you have my love 😝😘

@mrsafe4817

3y↑3

Desert island disc for me. Been listening to it since it came out and got it as an 8 year old boy for my birthday

@nigellaird8655

2y↑1

Yup, well said BB93! I was eleven mebbe twelve when this came out : Exciting/Scary/Weird/Sad/Exhilarating - a masterpiece, "Forever Autumn", yeah?

@catherinepayton4772

2y↑1

I’ve just been to see the concert live last night in Glasgow . It’s truly phenomenal, the real Martian blowing flames, the pyrotechnics the beautiful sound of the orchestra and the black smoke band and of course Jeff Wayne and Justin Hayward himself at 75 was an absolute privilege. It’s a must see , it took my breath away , I smiled, I cried , my heart rejoiced at the new song that’s been added called Life begins again. Such a story to be told to our next generation

@Curtisshane

@Nigel Laird definitely was and still is such a good song but now I’m older the whole album is so good! When it reaches the end I just want to start over again 😁

@Curtisshane

@Catherine Payton wish I could see it sounds so good! Seen some videos on YouTube everyone needs to hear this album

@katelights

1y↑19

Every time I say to someone "I've got a plan" I hear the opening notes of this in my head.

@l3dz3bra66

1y↑3

I often say "underground!" In that half whisper when I get the opportunity

@Gadfly333

46w

@L3dz3bra Sweet and clean now after the rain!!! lol x

@OrangetheMartian

40w

yes

@jacobh5659

2y↑56

2022 theme song

@mastergrey9082

2y↑10

Someone gets it lmao...

@valerieannrumpf4151

1y↑5

Ditto for 2023 too 😢

@leannadavies7440

42w↑1

Me to

@xinguan2681

39w

Covid?

@justpassnthru

3y↑105

The mark of a true classic... be it music, film, or art..., is when it becomes MORE relevant as time marches on.

@citycrusher9308

3y↑2

yes, such as the fact the Martians had the right idea of wiping humanity out in 1898 when could. Today, modern Earth militaries would crush the Martians.

@garethrobinson4389

3y↑1

@CityCrusher 😂 it’s pretty much been proven that everything we have is useless compared to what they have and can do.

@citycrusher9308

@Gareth Robinson The Martians didn't even have flying machines when they landed. Today the modern military would have knocked their walking machines out with jets

@lorrainecouch348

@peterbrecker784

When l listen to this I still enjoy and wonder what if we were attack. What would every one do. Run for your life and hide till they are gone.

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@guntherbgunnerson8989

2y↑22

Honestly I'd happily join him in his plan even if the martians were almost dead anyway. Seems like a really uplifting friend

@Gadfly333

46w↑4

I think they DID enact this plan... mudflood anyone? ;)

@nuclearpotato4073

12w

@@Gadfly333 i do hope you're not referring to the borderline schizophrenic belief that within living history a massive flood of mud wiped out an entire civilization and the only evidence is that there are tall buildings built in the 1900s in a few places

@KillerKevinSupremo

3y↑129

legend says that the artilleryman keeps digging

@lewysphillips4652

3y↑8

Listened to that song just before this one, had to check to make sure my Youtube hadn't glitched

@mtjoy747

3y↑2

This could have been added, to the Tom Cruise WOTW movie, they find a deranged man who has his own old Martian craft! One day, whoosh, and "them running and dying".

@moritamikamikara3879

3y↑14

@Stu Mountjoy Don't even talk about the Tom cruise film
It never happened.

@kriskemp

3y↑3

@Moritami Kamikara 😄😆😅🤣😂😄😆😅🤣😂😄😆🤣🤣😂

@atymarin6354

2y↑3

@Moritami Kamikara is better than 2021 MINISERIES XD. But this musical is something th want to see in cinema :(

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@johnnyboyrebell

2y↑61

my Dad had the album , even though it scared me ... it was magnificent ...and i appreciate the talented musicians that made this an amazing piece of history , absolutely superb !

@Kaz249

2y↑5

All of the casting choices are spot on.

@sovereignsoul5304

1y↑3

My Dad had this album too! He has given it to me now. Amazing piece of work ⭐

@SissypheanCatboy

1y↑36

I've honestly seen this song as the closest thing to a villain song in the musical. The villain not being The Artilleryman, but rather the madness thats beginning to overcome in light of the Martian invasion. Like its just tempting you to disassociate from the horrifying reality and enter this realm of naivety and senseless optimism. There's something almost something sinister in the way he says
"I'm not trying to tell you what to be
Oh no, oh no, not me
But if mankind is to survive
The people left alive-"
its like an invitation into that world of comforting fantasy and away from the terror of the heat ray, the red weed, and the black smoke.

@Robb1977

26w↑4

honestly its the best "plan" out there, which is maybe why its so compelling. Live underground where the martians cant build their machines, where the range of the heatrays could be reduced by curving tunnels. where they wont see any activity on the surface. and then in a centuries time, maybe the technological gap would have closed.

besides, a city like london has miles of tunnels in the underground and utility. of course, the madness angle is that humanity is able to put aside its differences and create a mirror world... but who hasnt started a new civilization with optimism of human spirit? the only thing that really sells this as insanity is that the man just isnt putting in the effort. hes chipping away at dirt in his spare time, while mostly just getting drunk or playing cards. the right people could probably do it right, the artilleryman isnt that guy.

@deborahelle4801

3y↑44

Very steampunk for it's time, fantastic artwork

@talentlesscommentermdxxvii9419

3y↑3

Did the missing parts of the bridges never bother you?

@jamiewilson1834

3y↑7

The art is definitely good but given their height and scale against the trains, I would not be the one changing one of those light bulbs when they blow.

@wezzuh2482

33w

The novel was written in Victorian England, which is literally where steampunk derives its style from. But yeah, this does seem like an early predecessor to the aesthetic.

@samuelbarber6177

3y↑34

Kids, this is what we call madness, he seems to have descended into it quite nicely.

@axjagfilms

2y↑10

The illustration vs the ten yard long tunnel

@johncole9121

3y↑100

My favourite section is that pulsing beat starting about 8:10, I always imagine its the triumphant and industrious heartbeat of the brave new world! The power of dreams. Such an incredible piece of music. Such a pity the artilleryman is bonkers...

@willfomes406

3y↑14

Parson Nathaniel was the crazy one. The Artillery Man was the most sane person in the room at this point.

@johncole9121

3y↑10

That Ogilvie didn't do too well either. Big green flash on mars, never seen that before, DEFINITELY NOT ALIENS. DEFINITALY - I KNOW. Mars just farted.

@moritamikamikara3879

3y↑15

They're all crazy. Ogilvy was crazy for dismissing the flare. The narrator was crazy for staying at his home near the site of the Martian landing. The parson was just... straight up fucking crazy. The Artilleryman is crazy for thinking up this hair brained scheme and then trying to make it happen on his own.

@johncole9121

3y↑7

Beth was alright I suppose. Just doing what she could in crazy circumstances.

@RIPMMC

2y↑10

@Moritami Kamikara he did make it, in the videogame version; when you play the martian campaign and win, you get an audio log of a martian scout wandering into a tunnel following stray humans only to be met by an underground city larger than it can even see, finishing the log with "Oh my, they seem to have re-armed themselves" and an explosion.

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@lancepattinson4790

3y↑56

i love the way d essex sings" all over again" ,to match the vibe of the death ray,using his voice like a hope/love ray...

@Kaz249

2y↑5

He's a genius casting choice for this. You can hear the break with reality in his voice!

@karlwoodward6735

2y↑2

Trury great

@devincrawford6508

3y↑59

Low-key hope it's cannon that the Artillery Man survives.

@lisamcrad5799

3y↑36

I’m not sure in the official sequel he does, but in the computer game, the Martian’s Campaign suggests that everybody took his advice and started to live underground where they started to build fighting machines.

@clostridiumtetani9947

3y↑15

@Lisa McRad mecha anime time, fuck yeah.

@velenvskaelhas

3y↑12

@Lisa McRad haha yeah in the Massacre of Mankind they had him completely sell out his humanity for a slight niche of power in the Martians new world.

@RIPMMC

3y↑20

In the game, if you play as the martians and win, during the credits, 36 year after the humans have been defeated, one scout is hunting some "uncontained" humans, after vaporizing some of them, it follows the rest of them into a orange-lit tunnel were it describes a place like the one in the video, bigger than he can see, he asks itself "HOW did they miss this much?" And abruptly ends his transmission log with the martian-chilling phrase "Oh my, they've seen to have re-armed themselves" followed by an explosion.

So, not only did the artillery man manage to go ahead with his delirious idea, HE WON.

@thearmoredgeorgian2736

3y↑3

@velenvskaelhas I thought he did it to protect himself and his family

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@whisky_tango_fox503

2y↑21

For me this song is absolutely beautiful, it makes me think that we can get up from the falls and as men, we can rise back over again.

@Nupetiet

47w↑2

You're crazy. leaves

@justpassnthru

3y↑51

Take a look around you at the world we've come to know
Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show?
But maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow...
In a brave new world!

@lauramacgillefhinnein5106

3y↑6

Just so long as this "Brave New World" is nothing like Aldous Huxleys early 20th century vision?? 😳

@JunkoEnoshimaFan90000

@Laura Mac Gille Fhinnein I mean, it really ain't "too bad."

@thescooshinator

2y↑13

My dad showed this album to me when I was just 5. And now, over a decade later, this song is still my favourite of the bunch.

@ilmarihiltunen2779

Nice to see our collective culture being passed to new generations! You (and your dad) have great taste!

@anonb4632

4y↑152

"What's so bad about living underground?" Vitamin D deficiency from lack of sunlight.

@sheenaghh

4y↑3

Anon B true lmfao

@jameswadsworth3473

4y↑8

That's what the lights are for

@thepsychicspoon5984

4y↑28

We have pills for that.
The real issue is turning into morlocks.

@tlsmith1138

4y↑5

Science can handle that. Science !!!

@Redstar2613

4y↑2

@Vegan Pete Yes there is....

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@vanessasultana2602

4y↑91

This song is fucking amazing! The whole album is! What a masterpiece ❤️

@adyback7994

4y↑3

Vanessa you hit the nail on the head there!

@brettyoung8691

3y↑1

You do know this is an Orson Welles novel an amazing writer

@JF-Sebastian

3y↑7

@Brett Young H.G. Wells not Orson Welles.

@brettyoung8691

3y↑4

@JF Sebastian yes sorry moment of madness

@garyturner5739

1y↑1

I didn't like remake called new generation World of the Worlds they did in 2010s. You can't replace Burton or Essex from original classic.

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@frederikklotzskov9673

1y↑4

This is the musical version of counting your chickens before they hatch

@JunkoEnoshimaFan90000

2y↑4

The Artilleryman was onto something.

@annaelvis3138

4y↑46

Richard Burton voice amazing togheter with this song.

@davidpotts1778

3y↑4

His voice is brilliant 👏

@neilwalker8179

@David Potts I have to agree his voice makes the naration IMO. I just wish he had recorded the entire book as an audio book. I would buy that in a heartbeat. being such a good actor even his pauses are just spot on.

@nigellaird8655

2y↑5

"Not poems & rubbish .... We'll play each other at cricket .."!! Is there any more Anglo-centric sport/activity? Cricket .. "Lovely cricket" .. As a Yorkshire man I bow my head today

@poopmanthe3rd794

3y↑26

I gotta say, the art in the video is absolutely beautiful. I wish I had a physical copy of the thing, so I could mount it on my wall. Such a lovely, and imaginative idea for, well, a brave new world.

@dene39

2y↑3

Its from the book of images that came with the LP. Amazed and terrified me as a lad.

@poopmanthe3rd794

2y↑3

@Den E my friend, thank you for this information! I've been searching for a bit, and am glad I got pointed the right way.

@danielmatthews9918

50w↑3

Growing up in the 70's I thought David Essex was so cool...and him appearing on this album was the very pinnacle in my opinion...❤

@aleinhorn5162

2y↑5

It may not sounds as heaven, but at least it isn't hell....

@metalandsteel

2y↑14

I can imagine being turned into an actual movie

@BBBoomeranger

2y↑4

I’ve always thought that making this album into a stop motion animation would be really nice

@GPStrabaniamal

Try a city called ember

@wezbrighton

4y↑103

This needs to be number one for Christmas 2020

@TheAlienFan

3y↑2

Bought it for my dad,he's never heard it

@rienparhan7346

Hell yes, was here to say something similar...

@GrubStLodger

Came here to say that

@TheAlienFan

3y↑2

@Rien Parhan Went to see Roger do the Wall at the 02

@druunderwood5602

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLMobfyKB9o

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@zipkip4996

1y↑2

When I was 6 years old, me and my family went to Butlins and we listen to this Musical the whole way and I fell in love it from beginning to End. My Dad listened to it in the 70s and he's the one who got me into it and when the musical returned in the modern era me and my dad went to see. Hands down the greatest Musical ever created and the greatest adaptation of The War of the Worlds. This is my favorite of the songs, just pure brilliance.

@judyhopps9380

3y↑12

that painting is truly beautiful

@jamiewilson1834

3y↑28

The Artillery man should have been written into The Time Machine as the Prime Morlock.

@kingdomofvinland8827

Yes

@druunderwood5602

3y↑4

You sir are a genius!
Walks like a Morlock talks like an Elio, Walks like an Elio Talks like a Morlock.

@druunderwood5602

3y↑1

Sounds like an Alan Moore League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, What if.
Scarlet Traces.

@neil73

Prisons before schools

@druunderwood5602

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@strigonshitposting793

3y↑8

The painting seems like a fun place to live, ngl

@Elcore

2y↑3

Started by two random dudes digging in the dirt, too.

@mtjoy747

4y↑32

"Maybe one day we'll capture a fighting machine eh?" - and accidentally torch ourselves!

@Redstar2613

4y↑40

This was so good to listen to after such a serious story. Every song is great but none of them are happy until this one and it's so uplifting! This entire thing is extremely well done and the best thing I randomly discovered when I was a kid.

@ejvideos07

3y↑25

I never figured out why they needed "Prisons" in a brave new world.

@JF-eq1tm

3y↑4

I thought the same. Banks and schools too lol

@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire

3y↑13

Give him a break he was delusional

@hjalfi

2y↑14

Clearly for the people who insist on teaching poems and rubbish.

@garyturner5739

Like a Brexiter is.

@samuelbarber6177

3y↑10

“It’s not been great up here, in my opinion.” Well... I liked the Vitamin D from the Sun... and the Oxygen was nice.

@stephenbyrne2170

3y↑17

I like this plan. I seriously, LOVE, this plan.

@timobrien2738

2y↑1

Sweet and clean now, after the rain!

@Friendlyneighborhoodreaper

16w

Undertale lore

@vanguard6498

4y↑61

Ive never seen such a high quality picture of this picture. Just noticed the red coats on the street on the right side.

@steveroyes3153

4y↑10

And at 2:10 just noticed as the picture pans up, on the right hand side, a 2nd artillery piece. I have been looking at this picture on and off for years, and only just saw this today. Great quality picture.

@judyhopps9380

3y↑3

@Steve Royes the water running off the water wheel and the little clock face on the left. It's truly beautiful

@exorcist1998

4y↑16

A superb picture painted by Geoff Taylor.

@unstablemable5146

2y↑4

I was 5 years old when I first heard this entire cd original not the remastered version and I remember feeling the same feeling I get today as I did then both excitement and happiness with glimpses of hope and passion in his commitments and I thought to my self what an absolutely wonderful composure of musical melodies and words and since then I will never forget that moment in the kitchen with mom and dad and my family. That's why this album is my all time favourite and will always be from the Red weed to the passion in thunder child. If you haven't listened to the entire album please do as I guarantee you will fall in love with it just like me in that moment.

@cosmo1851

3y↑4

So THIS is the inspiration for the blind folk

@Qwerty2_6649

11w

Truly a Bop

@vicentehizon6202

3y↑13

The drum riff at 7:55 . One comment said it sounded like a dog sniffing around for scraps. I think sounds more like the chugging of a train engine.

@yungrabobank4691

3y↑20

5:48 This small part is simply too good

@joshuatorres1305

2y↑9

Don’t know why I love this music, never heard anything like it in my life, l love Richard Burton voice, most ppl today don’t have a voice like that anymore, also this is supposed to be 1898 1899, for some reason I love this time period from suits, weaponry, the American West, Franklin Roosevelt and the Spanish American War, the American uniform, even the font on the top left of screen is accurate of the timeline, I’m going to listen to this on Red Dead

@vickykeeler-schofield3744

11w

2024 theme song!

@user-ob3mk2md7m

2y↑7

This is a brilliant work and the whole rock opera as a whole! Jeff Wayne other, thank you so much for making this amazing! Hello from Russia!

@scopex2749

36w

I do wish Jeff would bring the show back to the UK. We went to see it years ago IT NEVER DIES JEFF! We met him after the show. This show could run FOREVER...............IVE GOT A PLAN...............those three opening power chords still send shivvers down the spine after all these years - THAT is the mark of a SUPERB composer!

@lindapadley5806

48w↑2

Bought the concept album when it first came out! Treated myself to the 25th anniversary double cd, definitely shows my age! Recently watched the stage show on sky arts with Marti Pello. Wasn't sure if it was something which would transfer to stage, but the way they did it made you suspend disbelief. Sci- fi on stage! Well done it was a brilliant performance. The war machines towering over you!

@aleinhorn5162

2y↑4

David Essex is brilliant here.

@norwegianzound

3y↑11

"not poems and rubbish" Good Lord!

@alexr.m.6382

42w↑1

I think the very end of the song, where he sings the refrain "Something beautiful will grow," and the eerie silence of the next song follows, that's what nails the horror of the delusion home I think.

@nickstone1587

2y↑8

My parents showed me this album when I was about 13, it’s still a firm favourite/emotional scar and I don’t think any aspect of the story hits as hard as the artilleryman. Nathaniel is batshit from the first moment we meet him but the artilleryman is just a conscript driven mad by loneliness. He’s the only hint in the story that the survivors might have as much to fear from each other as the invaders.

@nula654

3y↑8

I had this song on an LP and you know what as soon as it started I still remember the words! I was like fifteen or sixteen back then. Love it!

@Kaz249

2y↑1

I discovered it in 1980. Still an absolute favourite.

@dene39

2y↑5

Always wanted to dive into this pic. Fascinated with it as a lad.

@Turbomgzt

4y↑8

Man on top again...

@garyturner5739

That's Boris again.

@PhazemationPnG

4y↑12

We need this rn

@JackpotButtonLewis

4y↑1

Especially during this dreaded Coronavirus Pandemic!

@BVargas78

1y↑2

Nothing can stop men like us

@ThePhonograph

3y↑12

This is what STEREO was made for :)

@mickclarke1920

4y↑14

I got this album (on cassette and LP) back in the early 80's and I used to play it all the time. One of the greatest pieces of its time. and so terrifying for those who listened to the original radio broadcast during the dark days of humanity

@adifferentlynameduser7050

4y↑1

Yeah live it set a horrific scene for those in england that were present at the time :o

@tonyjude4185

3y↑2

@mick clarke .......same as mate , all my children and grandchildren know this album. I feel i need to pass off some of "our music" for future reference

@mickclarke1920

3y↑3

@tony jude my kids ( 35, 28, 27) all love the 80's music. I made sure they knew what "real" music was like. Where lyrics were the song not just 3 or 4 words. meanings to the songs and always stirred something in us when we heard it

@stewartpido3097

38w

Brave New world!

@milesjago6036

2y↑5

On a paper a musical version of the war of the worlds seems silly but, somehow, they did it & it was truly amazing :)

@denisehamlett2275

15w

Yes it was

@Xhumed69

2y↑2

Bows and arrows against the lightning!

@TheSunlight74

22w

Goosebumps at 3:35 when the bass drum hits on every beat after "Listen"

@finlaystokes7565

30w↑2

3:06 to 4:02 is an absolute masterpiece

@jamesmckean3221

41w↑1

Good heavens! The artilleryman!

@3667woof

2y↑2

Should have put Richard Burton character on the channel tunnel if he could tunnel 10 yards in a day lol

@SAS-jj8yh

3y↑4

We'll start all over agaaaiyn!

@UpTheMags74

21w

Seems more and more revelatory every day. Great music.

@xenophanes5860

1y↑1

to be honest i imagone this song as a moment of peace expecly at the end

@sprite_god1966

4y↑39

I feel bad for the artillery man

@VanderlyndenJengold

4y↑8

The Martians will simply dig us up. If they can travel from Mars surely a bit of digging won't be beyond them. If Covid hadn't got them.

@siyacer

4y↑4

@Vanderlynden Jengold they have digging machines, so it probably wouldn't work out well

@VanderlyndenJengold

4y↑1

@I’m already Sans Undertale I haven't listened to this or read the book in years and years. How can David Essex get it so wrong?

@Kahtisemo

4y↑5

Me too. The way it ends just leaves me wondering what happened to him. Did he survive long enough to see the Martians dead and life return? Did he drink himself to death after being abandoned by the narrator? Did he go crazy and even after it was all over, he's down there still digging and dreaming of the world never to come?

@VanderlyndenJengold

4y↑1

@Kahtisemo He got into the music business, made a packet.

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@antiintuitive3802

First listened age 12. Every word of this song is an incredible analogy for my life now.

@mtjoy747

4y↑12

"I'm not trying to tell ya what to be" - yes you are!

@marktownsend3586

'The Great Reset'.

@FrozenHero2010

2y↑4

There are great songs on this album, but they form part of a story, and the album should be listened to from beginning to end to understand the story. The songs then fit in.

@jemp1965

3y↑3

Absolutely amazing and the drawings are also fantastic!!

@thetraveller8892

4y↑10

Ultimate hype man.

@tonyrogers4373

3y↑3

It was so true wonderful album

@SlaaneshiChaplain

26w↑1

The ideological dreamer.

@puppercop9438

This is single handedly the funniest song on the musical

@lightningfun6486

3y↑3

I absolutely love this

@robertm.

4y↑15

We'll Start All Over again ! 😃

@sprite_god1966

4y↑1

https://discord.gg/reXk72

@devlogsandgaming

4y↑1

@SomeGuyOnDaNet you doomed us

@outofuseaccount9671

4y↑1

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@waluigistacostandemployee

4y↑1

@SomeGuyOnDaNet YOU FOOL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT POWERS YOU ARE UNLEASHING ON THE REALM

@Jahtism

3y↑1

@SomeGuyOnDaNet dont do it

@spritbong5285

37w

H G Wells was a genius and visionary. History shows that the Martian heat ray was the "Atomic Bomb" that humans are powerless against.

@paulandren936

Lightening Ridge

@ewwiott9599

2y↑3

this song is a masterpiece already, but it's even added to with the diss at 10:02

@Destro7000

3y↑1

These painting versions you captured in HD are so high-detailed....maybe moreso than the record covers I 've got

@alexle1484

2y↑1

Un-london before Un-london

@angelreilly8312

51w

Ive loved these songs for years but watched the actual musical performance last night, i actually thought they were gonna live underground.. lol

@johnbanks4761

3y↑2

haha..another voice i recognised before looking it up.......David Essex, big back in the day when i was a nipper

@jameswadsworth3473

4y↑3

Love this

@NickyNustar

2y↑3

I consider Jeff Wayne a deeply religious dude for his analysis on global panic amid the threat of alien war, the rise of the foreseen 'most evil man who will ever live' (the second 'beast' - imbued with Satan's full powers), and the subtle nod to the vitality of womanhood as thrice a source of comfort, hope, and nourishment in soul alliance.

@marlonmerz9850

2y↑1

you are smoking some good crack, friend

@garyturner5739

Donald Trump a d his apostate Boris Johnson.

@gamerattack5486

2y↑2

good

@superman121802

1y↑1

9:58 is when this turns absolutely hilarious. After he goes off the cliff in a delusional rant….boom…..here’s reality followed by music that almost makes you sympathize for the Artilleryman.