This song is so amazing...takes me back to an earlier time in my life when it just seemed "easier." Anybody else?

@aus80srockradio94

Жыл бұрын

It's taken 13 years for one person to reply, but yes - I absolutely agree!

One of the best guitar bands ever. Totally under rated.

NEVER HEARD OF THESE GUYS...one day in the 80s I was walkin to the bar and found a cassette tape on the ground, homemade, it only said skins and heart.....didnt find out for 10 yrs who they were....one of the best ''new wave'' bands I ever heard. The Church was relatively unheard of in Iowa.

@Xandro.Lombardi

Жыл бұрын

Great story. I wish I was there when you found the cassette.

@wessleymcgrath9768

Жыл бұрын

That’s a lucky find mate

@robertoNcognito

Жыл бұрын

The church changed my life

@codeAlongwith

3 ай бұрын

Greetings from Australia.

After thirty-something years this song, this slow, steady crescendo of a song, still sends chills up my spine.

Seriously how good is this song. The Church are art at it's very finest.

simply love the guitar riffs... jangly...happy... The Church and the Chameleons UK were cut above the rest...a class on their own. Thanks for growing up with your music Steve K.

This is one of the best songs ever.

@heavydq

3 жыл бұрын

Kilbey is one of the best songwriters ever.

@royferguson3909

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, still true today. Good taste old man

@TheChamberlaingirl

Жыл бұрын

Yes, mum.

Love the way this song builds, adding layers with subtlety, painting a picture in your mind. A true classic!

Steve Kilby ..the most underrated song writer in the history of rock.

Sublime song! As a guitarist I must add my admiration for Peter's playing - he's my absolute favourite guitarist ever in the entire universe - and Dave Gilmour! 🎸🎸

Insanely great song....I grew up during that era but haven't really listened to the Church until the last year or so. One of my favorite bands

For some strange reason the lyrics to this popped into my head whilst sitting out in the surf today amidst a thunderstorm and pouring rain on a virtually empty National Park beach...had to get a fix of it...great song. I think the 1st verse is so abstract which makes it

I love this video! It looks as if they're just hanging out, at band practice or something. My uncle showed me a picture of him with Steve in a club somewhere in London from the 80s, he really got me into the Church - amen!

And so it started. 43 years later, they are THE band above all others

One of the best songs from their first album. I knew when I discovered The Church when I was 15, they'll be my favorite for the rest of my life.

Her ruby lips can’t excite me anymore! Beautiful

True talent ahead of their time.. saw them in Costa Mesa and they still have it.. Thanks Steve for creating such great music..

This song is the pinnicle or the jewel in the crown of a great album another aus classic album

Happy memories on when I had passion for music

great song...great album. great band. awesome live too !

i wrote the lyrics to this song on my ceiling in my late teens ( some years back ! ) love steves look to camera at .54. Fantastic lyrics and great memories thanks for posting

I got this album on its European release, re-titled 'The Church', with diff cover, for the Carrere label, in '82, a year after it was released in Aus, as 'Of Skins And Heart'. It was an album review in the British music press that got my attention. Bel-Air is just one of many stand out tracks off the album. So good.

This has always been one of my favourites too!

Memories.

Beauty. Still.

Is this 'pop'? Is it early 80's psychedelia? Is it Indie? This track's real beauty is that it can't be pigeon-holed by music industry bru-ha-ha. It never could be truly defined, and therein may lie the reason these guys never were a Guns N Roses or a U2. And, the reason The Church remain eternal. 10/10

@tullfan7872

7 жыл бұрын

The Church call themselves art-rock (a catch-all of a number of musical genres), which is prog-rock's cousin, I suppose. Agree 100% that this is a top-class song.

@leonardotube

7 жыл бұрын

Their early work was definitely (a little too new wave for my tastes) new wave-ish. Joking aside, I don't they really embraced their art-rock side until Priest=Aura, before that they were like a psychedelic version of R.E.M with some prog and even goth moments here and there.

@saulgoldstein2350

6 жыл бұрын

And yet you're here TommyTwobats. Closet fan? Not exactly a hit except for the harder core fans. Don't be shy. Fess up.

@Brewzerr

5 жыл бұрын

Tommy Twobats - “a massive copy of The Cure from 1979”. What??? Seriously, are your ears clogged with dingleberries? This sounds *NOTHING* like the Cure... in 1979 or any other year! What a completely bizarre comparison to make. Better get your ears checked, mate.

@tullfan7872

5 жыл бұрын

@@mebeasensei The Go-Betweens sound a lot more like the Cure than the Church.

Got the same album re-release as "The Church" with a "fallen, broken statue" as the album artwork. Always great songs and "great" 12 string Rickenbacker guitars. Catching back up with them finally on CD...

thanks Steve for the uploads and great memories of the early 80s..so glad you guys came to NYC - got to see and hang out with your band at Maxwell's in Hoboken NJ '84 and several other gigs thereafter through 88 - you guys were kind enough to grab a VHS tape of an unreleased live show that Warners had recorded and pass it on to me which I still have -- also have some excellent photos before going on stage of you with R. Ploog and the band..etched in intangible stone--Tony G.

I was just spellbound and hooked when I heard this first album, back in ‘81

What a great song! Love the build up to the crescendo at the end. I wonder if they were influenced by ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All" (1980), which also had that great build up. I always loved the Church's precision and fluid sound - they're easily my favourite Aussie band!

amazing instrumentalists...just watch their fingers on the guitars

One of my all time favorite tunes. Nice surprise. Thank You

4months later still love it and too fast for you ,38 year old memories EXCELLENT

The ChurchThe ChurchThe ChurchThe Church! Yeh!

I have a neighbour from years ago to thank for introducing me to this band when I was 15 ( many moons ago) so thanks Graham for opening my eyes to music most people have never heard of.

Man what a great song! I'm going to get my band to cover this...been wanting to play it live forever!

Saw these guys when I was 15 at the Wizbah begged the bouncers to let me stay and watch. Speaking to MWP between sets decided to learn guitar,nice guys.

Saw you at the Starfish 30th anniversary and it was a huge thrill!

perfect summer song.

I love that line.... "her ruby lips can't excite me any more." I was just breaking up with a beautiful girl named Lyndel at the time, and believe me, she had ruby lips, but a negative attitude to life. BUS STOP!!! Bye-bye! Another great Church song, lyrically and musically. Thank you Steven, old boy!

Very nice clip nice solo Pete!

Bel-Air! One of the best song from first album. If not the best.My favorite album. The build up of the song and the ending! Bought the first album on the Carrere label.10 out of 10. Got Tear it all away instead of Korean fighter pilot. Perfect..Later lost the vinyl and had to buy the Australian release.Heartbreaking. Anyway,the best album released by The Church,followed by The Blurred Crusade and Starfish. Who can resist this band?

Magic.

The Church “young” is a very beautiful thing

The end is one of the best climaxes ever written in rock history, but I love the whole song. All the guys were perfect, but it wasn't Ploog who recorded the drums but Nick Ward. Wonderful playback.

the greatest pop/rock song ever written and sublimely performed

My favourite early Church song by far! These lyrics still amaze me 30 years later or so (for me anyway). I'd really appreciate it if you could ever please upload a higher quality copy.

Hoooooooly shit. Amazing!!!!!

one of the best bands to come out of oz.

My favorite first line of any song.

This song makes me tingle!

Just noticed the Skins and Heart logo on Richard's bass drum :) My favourite song of this album, along with 'Sisters'. Cannot go a day without listening to this band!

First heard this album existed on SSA FM in Adelaide (MMM these days I think) when an Unguarded moment was playing and was blown away - Bought the album the next day and still have it. in original vinyl. In my top 10 still and this song really is quite underrated but is a beauty.

Musical maestros. Sublime.

I love Gold A'noon Fix, but still like Of Skins... the best!

thanks for posting Mr. Kilbey

a palm tree nodded at me last night

Loved the languid poetry of this song back then. I love it still…though now I fear I’m the sunburnt landlord.

just rediscovered this on the weekend ,brilliant on about number 20 rotation

Good story. One of my fave early Killer lyrics.

truly unique...amazing stuff thanks great post and what an exceptional group of musicians. they work on so many levels, just great to hear and watch them perform

Sou do Brasil e o The Church é fenomenal, tenho uma banda de Post-Punk chamada Satélite Sonoro e o The Church é uma de nossas principais referências musicais!

Beautiful song.....simple

Well said...me too!

thx for posting this. one of my favs.

Voting this track down as someone has should be illegal

@bigmedicinefilms

7 жыл бұрын

290 to 1 is a pretty good ratio

Splendid!

Classic Church

Increíble The Church.-

Good Song

I was here Steven..lol 👍

Tsss

Yep, this is a good one.

yeah...agree with that

me too

NAWT!!! Chilean fan

Would so love to hear this live again. Do they ever still play it?

no doubt......

Ya hagan conciertos ¡¡¡¡

@jhosuaherrera

9 жыл бұрын

Q pasa gf

What Dave Suchy posted... cool..

it may be lip synched but its still an amazing track off an incredible album, produced by the one and only Bob Clearmountain.

@enialbsitruc I'm glad you like these songs it shows you have taste but quite simply "you're not a Church fan". These are two songs from their first album - they're great as is a lot of other songs off Of Skins and Heear but to say their other songs don't measure up is insult (not intended by you I know). Listen some more....Perhaps start with 'When you were Mine' and work your way forward.

Phycadelic furs pretty in pink

What a strange way to hold a drum stick Richard? I've seen him play 4 times and never notice that between the fingers style grip.

@tanjawinter6492

5 жыл бұрын

I am no musician but I assume they constantly have to learn and practice. Maybe he changed his style completely, maybe he switches when he feels like it?

Are those Danelectros?

Does anyone know the meaning behind the lyrics?

i don't know if it was the air or the breeze in my hair

does anyone ever wonder if this is steve kilbeys youtube account?lol? just me?

VERY peculiar technique the drummer has for holding the stick in his left hand. (close up at end)

Ah yes...There was this brief time/place when music didn’t need a category...just be artistically interesting, timeless, beautiful, sad, happy...whatever...no clothing brand or political BS attached etc...just enjoyed

@mistersmith6000 nice lil comment ...........yes me 2

Гребенщиков!

Somebody knows the meaning of this song? It's about Marilyn Monroe?