A Routine Day - KLAATU 

That bass player is very much in touch with his instrument.

Love Klaatu and this album. A Routine Day is one of my favorite songs from it. This was an incredible band.

Still a big fan after 43 years.....still my favourite artist!

Sir Army Suit is a pretty good album. Klaatu is just magic really.

I bought this album the DAY it was released (or at least showed up at Kmart)...I had the other two, and with this one I couldn't wait for my parents to get home to drive me, so I rode my bike after school. I strapped it into my book rack on my bike and bent the cover....the crease is still there. This was such an awesome album and I had no idea that this video existed until I saw a comment about it on Facebook yesterday. Thanks!

It would be so good if we could have more of their work... very underrated geniuses

IMHO, the finest song by Klaatu. Complex and beautiful. While not a happy tune, it's real and the sad truth for many people's lives. So well done. What a creative and un-sung band.

What a beautiful, melancholy song. It's really too bad that Klaatu got caught up in all that Beatles nonsense because they are a talented group of musicians and their music was, and still is, great in it's own right.

Such a nostalgic song... i like to listen this when i'm sad, i don't know why, but it gives me peace :)

We miss the hell outa KLAATU!

Talk about life in a rat race. I still have this album but stashed away while in my own rat race. Just now started listening to Klaatu again. This time, without the joints.

This is right up my alley, I love it! Reminds me of E.L.O. and Roy Wood, and all that good music they just don't make anymore..

I pray this movie will eventually see the light of day...

Such an amazing song, easily the best track on Sir Army Suit.

Goedemorgen goedemorgen dit Station heeft een mooi muziekje

Brilliant song, one of my favourites, lovely Escher reference in the animation at 2:14

Great song and video, the harmonies remind me of Bad Finger.

That most beautiful music is a gem ...!!!

Well christ , that was nothing but awesome ! thanks for posting !

After hearing Routine Days all I need is Klaatu to play Come And Get It, No Matter What, Day After Day and Baby Blue And I’ll be blown away!

Yes, Charon is the ferryman who carries the deceased across the river Styx...Yet there is some Hope to the song...Maybe in reference to the track "Hope" from the 2nd LP?

Perhaps Klaatu's most beautiful song, deep and sad lyrics. This band should get back together and give us their music again. They are already big, but talent is not lost...

One of my favorites.

Thank you for this slice of Klattu's past. I vaguely remembered this "video" airing on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert in the late 70's -- it brought back a poignant memory of a past I still cherish and remember with fondness. So said the lighthouse keeper.

I love Klaatu's Beatles sound.

Klaatu's homage to 'Yellow Submarine' (reset in London), with nods to Magritte and Escher, amongst others. Well done!

wonderfull music. the beatles would be proud of this work especially Paul !!

I bought this album in 78' and the sound quality of the original vinyl is WAY better!!

While rough, and maybe the video capture/upload isn't the best, I really admire Al & Jean's effort for the first ever official Klaatu video. The mouse on the bench is an excellent touch and there's some very good imagery in here. I look forward to seeing this and some other pieces of Happy New Year, Planet Earth on the Sir Remaster!

The Carpenter's version of the "other" song, the TV series AHS, searching Wikipedia and curiosity brought me here

Woke up. Fell outta bed. Dragged the comb across my head. Found my way downstairs and drank a... WHOOPS!! Wrong "routine day"!

This is one of the first modern music videos, well predating MTV. Like Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," it ran in place of a live performance on shows like Don Kirshner's Rock Concert on TV. I saw it once back in the day, and not again until finding it here.

I love the Strawberry Fields sounding mellotron in the background of the track

simply beautiful.

Este video me trae grandes recuerdos de Disco Club conducido por el maestro Gerardo Manuel. Este video lo ponian al final del programa y con GoodNight Tonight de Paul McCartney alla por el 78 en Perú

"So tell me what's the bloody point of playing the game With so much to lose yet so little to gain You sell your life away Why can't you see you're just a cog working like a dog You trade your future for a dead-end job That's full of routine days" What a great song, great message, telling nothing but the truth ...yet still nobody does anything about it, lives wasted even more these days.

A great band worthy of so much more accolades and attention than they received

One of their best if not their best song . Great songwriting .

thanks klaatu

so much like the beatles...... wow

About bloody time this had a release in a reasonable quality and officiality-- it would be nice (although sadly perhaps too expensive) if this could be digitally restored, somehow... Oh, well... d.m.f., longtime Klaatu fan

A great band worthy of so much more accolades and attention than they recieved

Browsing in an antique store today and came across the 8-track. Have the record in the basement still. Had a boyfriend who was the manager of a record store (an uber cool job in the late 70s) and he introduced me to this "new" band that everyone thought was really the Beatles. I absolutely LOVED Klaatu and what a great way to spend an afternoon - listening to Klaatu as I prepare dinner for the family. Was it really 30 years ago?

Y este genial videoclip solo lo vi en "Disco Club" Gracias Jaimie Vernon!!!

This is great.I never heard of them until now.

I love this band!

It's not the Beatles, but would have made a great Beatles hit.

This honestly gives me more Jeff Lynne vibes than Beatles

a so brilliant tune thanks fore putting this on l never herd this before its very good

Very nice, I love the video.

This band should get back together and finally tour ! Never understood why the reluctancy. Good song and video.

Wait so the Cover Art of Sri Army Suit is them walking to the after life? That’s pretty lit

GREAT song!

Amo esta cancion no se porque me impacted de sonidos y esta letra nostalgically gracias klatoo

Wow. Very powerful.

Love.

What a feeling !

great song!

ultimate wagie ragie song

Yes, notice the mass of faceless and nameless beings marching through the workday...and the reference to the "Ivory Tower" - the top is just round and round like the MC Escher sketch...many other suggestive references in the animated film - Brilliant!!

excelente!!!!!!!

My first single ever

@bullseyecanada But not the recognition or recompense they deserve for the amazing work.

this song has always spoken to me of the human spirit and modern man

I really love this song, thanks for posting.

Fantastic

how can some one be a poor amazing songwriter? they are either poor, or amazing.

So nice

Thank you. For years I wondered who "Karen" was.

Great video from a Brilliant album

Very nice sound I don't remember hearing this before.

Love this song...tks klaatu kathy....hihihi..

I like it.

Esto es música!!

Is the gondola really the end of life? It appears the dreaded bus ride turns into a journey across the river Styx. I finally understand the meaning of that album cover, the other side of the river?

Whoever thinks that sounds like McCartney / The Beatles (to the point they thought Klaatu was actually The Beatles) must not be much of a Beatles fan.

Only at the end of the first album and the 5th album.

A mouse squeek is heard at the end of every album, I believe. You really have to listen for it.

Exxellent stuff great musician ship.

How in the world does John do that voice? It sounds so beautiful...

Dope video. 💯.Ferry man on boat was best part. charron.💀

Why the fuck am I just hearing about this band !!!!!!!!!!!! And why were they not famous !?!?! I should be hearing this band be mentioned in same light as Led Zeppelin or Boston

Video emitido en el programa Disco Club de canal 7 (Peru). Lo vi varias veces a comienso de la decada del 80 en aquel programa. Ahora lo estube viendo, aqui en Canada

It started off a routine day I got through the morning in the usual way I caught the bus on time Good morning, Mr. Driver, drive As I sat inside my overcoat I clutched my cane And pressed my nose against the foggy window pane Ho hum The life I lead would even make a dead man yawn Midday comes I break for lunch With my sandwich and a beer I go on a hunch To the park where I hope to find A little bit of peace of mind As I sat there on a bench amidst the rodent race I felt a strange sensation that without a trace appeared But then as quickly disappeared again So tell me what's the bloody point of playing the game With so much to lose yet so little to gain You sell your life away Can't you see you're just a cog working like a dog You trade your future for a dead-end job That's full of routine days Routine days I race the clock to the end of my day The paycheck in my pocket makes me feel okay But was it worth the grind Just to keep from falling behind I stand here in the queue behind a foul cigar My face discreetly buried in a book on Mars Humdrum And I'm waiting on the pier 'til Charon comes

@EnazSnibbor1 Also note the smiling sun on the gondola and the rest of the band members heading to the pub.

A great song when music was great not like the crap that’s out today

Is no one gonna point out the hurtful truth in these lyrics?

Love this album. I noticed Routine Day sounded partly like Gilbert O'Sullivan's Alone Again Naturally. I preferred Everyone took a Holiday.

memories from early '80

Me encanta

You're welcome!

Remaster It!!

Because it is the Beatles!!

.....also, arguably the PRIMARY inspiration (along with, of course, "Yellow Submarine") for Silverchair's OUTSTANDING "Luv Your Life" video 12 years ago.....

Klaatu do alot of space related songs ! Love Anus from Uranus and their appearance at California jam in 1974 !

yes, thank God! I bought the remasters from Bullseye.

A touch of Yellow Submarine meets The Wall with a nod and a wink to Escher. Noice!

The time on the clock has zero significance. The only 'clues' in the video are the identities of the band members. Otherwise, the video was directed and scripted with no input from the band at all. Their involvement was to pose and act out each scene which was Rotoscoped by the artists.

Is any of their music available on CD ?

Cool! If this isn't McCartney on bass and vocals I will eat my hat.