My little cousin Oliver, he introduced me to this show. uhh. called Eva. and Like, pretty much, like I didnt know japanese animation could be so cool. and like. it's pretty trippy like. this stuff about god and religion and everything and like. honestly it kinda blew me away you know? so. Like. gonna give it like. 9 outta 10 stars. so you should check it out. you can get it on. shuyt up boy. you can get it on uh
It's crazy how Steven wilson has been making such masterpieces since decades and most mainstream audience is unaware of it. Seems like people aren't ready for this level of artistry.
Nishad Marathe I think that too. Even some people that listens to good music already told me its not that good and I just "how can you NOT feel their art?"
Sarthak Panda There are many songs on this level of creativity and magic . I think Porcupine Tree has a huge fan following in India , because a a lot of Indians are commenting on this video .
Going through this comment section, gotta say PT and Steven Wilson have had a huge fan following in India. Hand cannot erase live was such a treat! As much as I am waiting eagerly for Steven's next album, I so wish PT performs in India!
That's probably the best song I've ever heard. I play it very rarely just to treasure it and eliminate the risk of overplaying it. The fireworks at the end are just incredible. Nothing can match the feels I get there at the end. How can something be so fucking good and at the same time not very well known.
Right. But Radioactive Toy, Anesthetize, The Raven and so on and on. I will be on my first gig in July. I wish the fans in India, you will see Steven too.
PT is without a doubt the PF of this generation. This is an absolute masterpiece. I stumbled upon them last year after searching trains on you tube and have since become a huge fan ever since. Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and Tool have always been my favorite bands, but I'm slowly beginning to think that PT may knock one of them out of my top three
Lyrics >>>>>>>> . You think I deserve this You said I was stupid All my thoughts are like coal But Russia on ice is burning a hole Can't stop myself drinking Can't stop being me If I call will you come and will you save me? I see the whole thing come down I burn it to the ground Well what the hell did you say? You said you hate me this way It's just a matter of time A drop in the ocean A significant motion Nothing melts in this cold But Russia on ice is burning a hole I see the whole thing come down I burn it to the ground Well what the hell did you say? You said you hate me this way It's just a matter of time
Discovered this genre couple of months ago and instantly it starts growing in me... This genre is so different from it's parent genre and being a Rock and Metal fan for years it feels really great to find something which is unique in itself..
After watching the HBO's Chernobyl ,this song gives me the feeling of isolation and emptiness.I think of abandoned furnitures and old buildings that they've been left to rot away...The lives that vanished into dust.
This song feels cold, dark, ecstatic and beyond.. I have never been to Russia, but this piece made me feel like I was in a forest, in winter, haunted and beautiful ❤️
This is actually a "Russia" reference to vodka. This song is about excesses of alcohol abuse, not about the country. "You think I deserve this You said I was stupid All my thoughts are like coal But Russia on ice is burning a hole Can't stop myself drinking (**) Can't stop being me If I call, will you come and will you save me? I see the whole thing come down I burn it to the ground Well, what the hell did you say? You said you hate me this way It's just a matter of time A drop in the ocean A significant motion Nothing melts in this cold But Russia on ice is burning a hole I see the whole thing come down I burn it to the ground Well, what the hell did you say? You said you hate me this way It's just a matter of time"
Nice to see that Porcupkne trees fan base got bigger and bigger. And more people get into this fine music. I can remember back in 2003 as i was on a concert of pt, we were barely 100 people in one little concert room in berlin.
Was I living under a rock?.. How the hell didn't I get to listen to this band earlier.. I'm just so happy that I found a band that sounds like Pink Floyd..
WoW! This just came up at work as I was just letting RU-vid play. I started with Type O-Negative and it eventually brought me to this. I feel like it was a gift. I have never heard of this band. My first time hearing this. Magnificent! Chills. On first impression, a mix between Pink Floyd and King Crimson. I have been transported!
I feel blessed to have this whole record on vinyl. The second side gloriously ends with Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth before It Is Recycled. This is totally the best band ever for me.
There is such love in this, such ambivalence, such hidden menace. Like many of you I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Genesis etc etc, .I "discovered" Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree through BBC radio 6, same place I "discovered" Cardiacs, Tool, The Pop Band Sufjan Stevens and many many more. Ever since John Peel died, access to anything other than "chart shit" has been increasingly difficult, thankyou R6 for keeping the flame of proper musicians alive
The studio version is sublime, but performed *live* this song is mind blowing. An unsung Steven Wilson masterpiece (and drummer Chris Maitland's final album with the band).
When I first heard it in 2000 at the age of 21 I had turned up the music so loud on my car stereo that I had burned out the speakers. It cost me. I will never forget it
Whoa! I'm 58 an loved Pink Floyd since childhood, ever thought they where really the best... Now I've heard this for the first time... Their music has something of the Pink Floyd inside!!! wonderful!!
In my opinion is one of the best of Porcupine Tree... is such deep and emotional, but you need to listen it more times for truly understand this masterpiece. The lyrics are so dark and criptic,but if you know the meanings of these, the entire structure of the music follow perfectly the moment described in the lyrics. And i love when i need to reflect to comprend truly a song, and in this Steven Wilson is a genius
+SheIsntReal94 In the beginning the lyrics start with a dark thought : "You think i deserve this? You said i was stupid" and introduce us to a man that is suffering for someone (probably his girl), all with a slow intro that is perfect to the crescendo of the song, that slowly progress symmetrical to the "thoughts" that the "man" is feeling. After he sayed "all my thoughts are like coal", and that's a metaphor, because like the coal, the thoughts are propellant for the flame of Pain in this case, the pain that he is suffering, and this pain is only "removed" by drinking alchol, and we know that by "But Russia on ice is burning a hole"the most metaphorical phrase in the song, infact the meaning is deep and ermetic: The "russia on ice" is a metaphor for Vodka - Alchol, that is burning the Throath ("a hole"), so he is drunking because he doesn't want to think. This phrase will be repeated all the times at the end of a strophe, and the meaning is that the only solution for solve the problems that he had is drinking and drinking, and this is clearly explained at the beggining of the next strophe "Can't stop myself drinking". After that he sayed "can't stop being me, if i call will you come and will you save me?", and this is explained the problem that he had with her girl, she doesn't like him anymore for what he became, and he is thinking that she even would not help him if he call for help. Then the music kick and start to have a significant crescendo, with the dark chorus "I see the whole thing come down, i burn it to the ground, well what the hell did you say?You said you hate me this wait, it's just a matter of time", the crescendo is symmetrical to the wrath that start to grows in he, when he is drunk at the ground, angry for the bad words that he received. But after that the music calms down again, because the sadness keep his thoughts, and the next strophe is the real deep end:"A drop in the ocean, a significant motion, nothing melts in this cold, but Russia on ice is burning a hole". That for me had 2 meanings, the first, that the "drop in the ocean" represent how a little thing can really hurt a man inside ( a single drop cause a significant motion in the sea), and that he is so "cold" inside now that he can't feel anything (nothing melts in this cold) and he turn back again at drinking alchol (russia on ice...). The second meaning is much darker and depressing, infact, the "drop in the ocean" could be a metaphor for his body (the drop) that fall in the ocean...he is commiting suicide in the water, and that's the real significant motion, the last motion of his body, and in the cold of the water any "burning thoughts" that melt his soul will be ended, and again the last reference to his alchol addiction that caused his death. In any case, both will end with his death for me "it's just a matter of time" and i can speculate that by the change of the music after that phrase. Infact the heavy riff for me rapresent his last thoughts of anger in the cold water or at the ground drunk, because the alchol make his effect and he is covered in rage, but after all that heavy and dark armony the music calm down suddendly, and a bell start to ring...like a bell of death, like the bell that plays at a funeral...he is dying, and finally all the bad thoughts are vanishing with the silence and peace of the death... That's my interpretation...was really long to write,hope this will help someone to understand more this masterpiece, and sorry for my bad english...hope this is legible!
harsh verma Thanks man :D As i sayed, i jusy tryied to understund this masterpiece by listen it more times and focussing on the beatiful lyrics, know more clear to me.
Such an amazing song. I’ve been listening to them for at least 6 months, if not nearly a year, and have just recently stumbled upon this song. One of my favorites. It’s mellow and manages to make life okay. Such a timeless piece and I know it is a song that will never get old to me.
I am glad I found this gem after seeing Porcupine Tree mentioned as another prog band Gavin Harrison had played with (in addition to King Crimson). Beautiful! I will be listening to more Porcupine Tree!
Thing is, if you didn’t know, Gavin isn’t playing on this song. He joined the band later in 2002, so this is his predecessor Chris Maitland playing drums.
You think I deserve this You said I was stupid All my thoughts are like coal But Russia on ice is burning a hole Can't stop myself drinking Can't stop being me If I call will you come and will you save me? I see the whole thing come down I burn it to the ground Well what the hell did you say? You said you hate me this way It's just a matter of time A drop in the ocean A significant motion Nothing melts in this cold But Russia on ice is burning a hole
I will never forget how my best friend & I felt when we listened to this song during our first edible-induced trip. It was on that day we decided to attend PT's concert, whenever it happens. Roughly 1 year later, we both flew half the world across, from India to Amsterdam, to watch PT perform on November 7th, 2022.
Such a great song. Porcupine Tree is on a particular with Floyd. Total quality thru and thru. A large portion of the music on the radio is souless uncreative crap!! They learn a lot from Steven Wilson and prog in general
Steven Wilson the most prolific, brilliant writer of music. I probably have like 30-40+ fav songs by him :) Can't say that about any other artist, nope.
The Absentia Tour about 15yrs ago at "The House of Blues" in Hollywood California, PT played this!....After learning the sound system there, was purchased from The Rolling Stones, this particular tune shook the Hell out of the building! Too Opeth and many PT fan's,It felt like a good size earthquake!.....LoL
Funny enough, i discover this band after youtube algorithm send me from a Tool song to "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" a couple of years ago. It's the Circle of Life i guess lol
Yes Mr Opeth is a big fan lol. I found out about Steven from Mikael. I'm a bigger fan of Steven now. Opeth is all jazzy neofolk death metal(and now more traditional prog). Steven does alittle bit of everything and isn't afraid of putting a sunshine pop hook next to a thrash metal riff.
This was initially a very difficult song for me. It just seemed sort of dragged and uneventful, with nothing special going on. A few weeks later, I'm totally addicted to this. 13 minutes? I want more!
