Moon Safari - Lover's End Pt. III: Skellefteå Serenade

Taken from the new EP 'Lover's End Pt. III: Skellefteå Serenade'.
Band: Moon Safari
Country: Sweden
Release Date: 2012
Genre: Symphonic Prog
Of course no copyright infringement intended.
Just trying to get the word out about this great band!

[@CordialGun]

I listened to this song in 2012 but forgot the name. After 12 years, I'm finally here

[@minyeongchoi7418]

I will probably never find a band as beatiful as this

[@scottolson6858]

Absolutely gorgeous! What a great song! Long live prog!

[@chuchaka]

This is one of the most perfectly crafted pieces of music I ever did hear.

[@ChrisChoi123]

damn you guys know Moon Safari too? never would have guessed it from your music

[@tulliofontana]

This band was the finding of the century for me. As an old timer YES fan, I've

[@PetroglyphWatch]

Damn, this song really makes me want to venture away from my small town to visit Skellefteå.

[@sophonicai3350]

yeah exactlyy right. seems like such a secluded area, its like in the north, where there are a lot less people. i can imagine how much these boys missed such a tight knit community

[@raizr]

My new favorite band. This is so unbelievably amazing, I just can not get enough of this song, or any other one they wrote. This is just...outstanding. By God, none of the music on my favorites list compares at the moment.

[@MrHistorian123]

My God - this is the first thing I've heard by this band and it's instant goosebumps. Reminds me of Camel, Genesis and all that's best in prog!

[@tombell3653]

Outstanding this song! 👏

[@RussellTCross]

So good I didn't want it to end! Those vocal harmonies are uncanny. And only $3.99 to download from iTunes makes me happy ;)

[@puppyramen]

STOP GIVING ME GOOSEBUMPS ALREADY! :)

[@kingcurry6594]

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Anyone who says great prog ended in the 70s should listen to this masterpiece. And there's Big Big Train, Haken, Riverside, Mostly Autumn, Lazuli and many many more new bands who are making absolutely brilliant music.

[@lucasfilop]

I listen to this magnum-opus every day. Greetings from Brazil.

[@ChrisChoi123]

Do you still listen to it everyday?

[@ИгорьКруглов-ж2п]

@@ChrisChoi123 I listen this since 2012 /// hi from Russia!

[@julio_scissors]

America here listening in 2020.

[@teemuhyvonen1333]

Still in love in 2020... glad they reunited

[@ChrisChoi123]

@@teemuhyvonen1333 wait what, where did u hear this? when were they ever apart?

[@drumming365]

Wow this song has got to have one of the most beautiful melodies i've ever heard in a prog epic. Thank you Moon Safari. You did good. You did DAMN good.

[@shirajsharma8085]

you guys are one of my greatest music heroes. love from nepal

[@steverogerson1078]

I've only discovered Moon Safari in the last 4 or 5 months and i don't think I've heard anything this outstanding for 20 years or more! I've bought every album bar one of the live ones and i can't remember progressive music that has impressed me from every aspect... i feel privileged to have found this band...they are just so talented !

[@ChrisChoi123]

That is exactly how I feel. It took me 4 years to discover them, from first discovering rock through Bohemian Rhapsody about 4 years ago.

[@codekhalil6437]

One of the most beautifil things I've heard in 40 plus years of being alive

[@poliut2001]

A incredible song .... Best progressive, thank you from Italy

[@TheCgraham18]

Absolutely positively wonderful. The five thumbs down need their hearing checked. Just a phenomenal band, perhaps the best progressive rock band that nobody has ever heard of.

[@grendel292]

They just thought it was the downloading sign !

[@philbroadley8824]

I have most definitely heard of Moon Safari here in the UK, and they are hands down my most favourite prog band by far these days and I am a long time fan of bands like Genesis, Yes and ELP. Moon Safari is up there with these guys as far as I'm concerned! 👍

[@tulliofontana]

Oops...pressed the wrong key...as I was saying, I'm a long time YES fans and always look for new Prog bands. I found a few over the years but no one compares to MS. These guys are awesome. They can sing, play and write creative music with beautiful melodies. Just love everything they've recorded so far.

[@khandrum]

The most musical of all prog-kingdom bands brilliant musicians & vocal expertise fabulous harmonies ...I could go on & on

[@mollwingdrums]

TACK SOM FAN!!! Såg dem i Skellefteå på turnepremiären och det var en av de underbaraste konserter jag varit på! Och detta mästervärk var nog bäst på hela konserten! Nu sitter jag och väntar på att ep:n ska komma hem i brevlådan men får lyssna på den här än så länge :) Moon Safari, Skellefteås Stolthet!

[@PreyingMantisMan]

The image fits the music so perfectly.. beautiful and serene

[@nanco]

Oh god this band just keeps getting better, great song :P

[@user-ru1xc4qf4r]

This is the song that plays at the end credits of the world

[@julio_scissors]

Masterpiece.

[@y16amp]

Stunning!...love this track. Where on earth did this lot come from?...and how did they get so damned good in such a short time? This music is quite incredible - like the Flower Kings but without all the challenging shit!

[@estebandonoso7853]

y16amp x they are from Sweden! Amazing musicians

[@martindytham7705]

Truly lovely from start to finish...love it!!

[@CoreaKixx420]

Talk about multiple EARgasms!!! Thank you very much Adultguj.

[@ChrisChoi123]

11:53 of this song is literally the intro of The Truth Will Set Your Free!!!

[@raiderbandgeek]

It's not fair that I'm in a video with more views. This deserves all the love in the world. I'll have to buy it ASAP.

[@tonicneela]

Love from Belgium....GREAT music! Love it!

[@arandrep]

we're still here 2021

[@RealBesty]

Heard this last night on EIMA and was instantly hooked! Shades of Flower Kings (no surprise there, maybe) but beautiful, compelling, emotional :)

[@WittyCaMoNinja]

Great stuff ... so glad I stumbled upon these guys!

[@SPOCKAL]

Majestic and epic stuff it's fantastic !!!

[@tprotazio]

They sound amazing. Too bad I live in Brasil, the land of the funk music. You guys from Sweden are the luckiest people in the world !

[@h2roughtouch897]

I Love Angra.

[@michasti52]

Ein fantastischer Longtrack... weiter so; go on like this!!!

[@gerardbassols5268]

On a par with the great epic suites of the great 70's Prog bands. Long live Moon Safari !!!

[@frepotheman2333]

Wow! A musical master piece!!

[@unclebenis7621]

Много лет слушаю, и каждый раз наворачиваются слёзы после 14:36.

[@Mignon15]

For me it's exactly one minute earlier at 13:36

[@harrietwj]

Tack för att ni la upp den här! Jag köpte skivan i Alingsås, men KZbin är ju så himla bekvämt. Fantastisk bild också!

[@silviaocamposor]

Following the path that Yes discovered decades ago...

[@mellotronin54]

I went to see Moon Safari last weekend and they were great. The only downer was that they did not play this song which in my opinion is one of the greatest long form of the progressive genre of the last 0 years.

[@shirajsharma8085]

now waiting for you all to produce a new album and have a great wish to see you all someday LIVE. prog on guys you all are the greatest modern generation progressive rock pioneers.

[@LoeffelKing]

Love this song... I've ordered it just a few minutes after watching this : )

[@rodrigoconcha9]

Thanks so much for uploading this!!

[@sparkybonehead]

.....................A Love Song.

[@Huseberry]

Thanks for uploading this, the sound quality is superb! I hope they have an epic on their next album, they're amazing.

[@enriquelesser]

Beautiful music. Love it.

[@asammler]

Dude, your name is "Tormato".

[@gshustin]

My new favorite band!

[@RaphaGarcia]

Agreed! That was the worthiest $3,99 I've ever spent in my whole life!

[@pabloarabia1617]

Estoy redescubriendo MOON SAFARi Y SON REALMENTE MAGNIFICOS.-

[@parzooman]

They've gotten a touch closer to the Flower Kings sound. I thought their earlier stuff was lacking in guitar melodies but that has improved.

[@perm9352]

Red hot chili Peppers

[@asammler]

Only not tone deaf

[@ChrisChoi123]

they have surpassed the flower kings in every way i think

[@magnusliljeqvistl7982]

Fantastiskt stycke! Ska se dem i Alingsås i morgon... :-)

[@Jesusistheway5724]

13:36 sounds like the theme on The Whirlwind by Transatlantic

[@ChrisChoi123]

yes it does, sounds like 1:30 of the song, from this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHqxYXxueNuiqsk , for future reference

[@MusicYou-kv9rk]

Those guys have listened to Starcastle. Nice work!

[@DunerecordsGent]

totally agree ..the synthesiser completely sounds like Star Castle.. loved that band ..love this also

[@DunerecordsGent]

and of course those harmony vocals ...loved Star Castle more than Yes because they had a more accessible sound...it never went over the top..allthough I never minded bands that went over the top but for some strange reason Yes was not my cup of tea ( but I do have their first three albums and all of the Star Castle albums, also their come back releases which are still amazing )

[@DunerecordsGent]

Indeed more Starcastle than Yes....i have this mini cd and it has slowly become one of my all time classics.

[@y16amp]

Wow!...just - wow!!

[@shirajsharma8085]

magic happens after 19:33 that ending part and solo fukkkkkk heavenly godlike

[@ИгорьКруглов-ж2п]

I agree it's absolutely magical here

[@julio_scissors]

For me it's 5:38

[@vulnusetcura6462]

Lover’s End, Part III: Skellefteå Serenade(paroles) The mountain mob is on their way Downtown with the '208', To seal this summers fate Mary's on the city square, she flashes her engagement ring to anyone who cares All the poets are blunt tonight, As Bishop's arms gone dry The lonely lover's just arrived He's tearing every doorway down And invites the darkness again & Tunnel's out tonight All dressed up for one last bout With dreamy eyes They carry on as if nothing could break their hearts The streets are slitherin' like a snake And the shadows are standing guard beneath a killer moon Mary's dancing to the beat of the howling mob to Merchant st. One last retreat The promise of the southbound train Fades with every drink and dies with the rain & Tunnel's out tonight Stomp those high nosed bastards down in one last fight Today we'll make a new Jerusalem We'll meet again in cold december Another night noone will remember In the distance Mary's singing "This is my hometown, yeah this is my home til' I die" Under the cold light of God's street lamp, he walks alone the original supertramp King of the sticks, mayor of madness It gets us all in the end, in this part of the world Ol' Rubberfeet if you could see us now Five years have passed since your last bikeride The city's outsourced and the factory's shutting down Culture's been boiled down to a they all can sing, But they've stopped believin' the words Ol' Rubberfeet if you could see us now Ol' Rubberfeet we really get you now In this town the only movement Is by the driftwood down the river Let everyone and everything just drown in the dam and get lost in the deep blue sea Here's to all the friends that couldn't stay To those that didn't matter anyway For years I've said goodbye to this old town The sky's covered in fire, now I'm done The chic elite and all the punks meet Out on the porch, where we're all just rubberfeet Burning the streets just like a wildfire You'd better burn all your maps to get out of this trap Ol' Rubberfeet our home has lost its soul Ol' Rubberfeet, no heroes in this show When autumn falls down like a curtain and all the roads are quite uncertain The dream postponed just weighs you down Face it my friend, you are stuck in this lonely town Here's to all the friends that couldn't stay Cheers to all the ones I wished away For years I've said goodbye to this old town The sky's covered in fire, now I'm done I heard you're leaving the city You're heading back north For years I have waited for you to come home But my bags they are all packed and I'm closing that door And the songs I gave you don't mean a thing anymore But you know that I love you I'm never leaving, this place is my home I hope you've sorted your life out But I guess you're alone I want to call you, but I'm much too proud I'll try to catch your face but you're lost in the crowd But you know that I love you Life is but a waiting room And I guess I'm still waiting there for you I thought that I was only passing through From the Sunlit hill to the Singing valley, I feel you everywhere Life is but a waiting room And I guess I'm still waiting there for you I thought that I was only passing by Some of us burn in beautiful ways Some do believe that these are the days I've wasted these years just looking back But I've saved my best lines for one final act - A bitter kiss off to the memories of you Here's to all the friends that couldn't stay And here's to everyone that found their way For years I've said goodbye to this old town The sky's covered in fire, now I'm done I close my eyes, I'm home at last and all of the lost boys are here by my side Your love's got me on the run, But I'm never leaving my hometown Your love's got me on the run, But I'm never leaving my hometown

[@Jiggerjaw]

YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@Darkfatheroftheuniverse]

Skellefteå Serenade? Vad kul. En tysk vän bor där i Västerbotten

[@charlesbennett5575]

heard Mega Moon on the free Prog magazine cd.Loved it!Just been on Amazon and bought the whole back catalogue!When are they touring UK?

[@parko2112]

Hi Charles...they are coming back to the UK at the end of November 2014 on a double bill with French band Lazuli. Saw them at the Robin 2 in Bilston back in September and they were immense. My find of the year, and one of my fave gigs, right up there with Rush and the Neal Morse/Flower Kings/Transatlantic gigs. Hope they play this again in full!

[@vegetableman]

L O V E

[@CyrusdVulture]

A person with music to touch synesthesia has described this song as like silk being pull across their face from the lower left to upper right.

[@asammler]

For 24 minutes?

[@YaroSz16]

...wakacyjne wyprawy niebawem...

[@dhomaskim]

아름답다.

[@dalktrax]

thanks!!

[@carlosrocha9993]

I am responsible of 5825 views of this video.

[@dave78729]

Update from a previous comment - reminds me of a cross between Starcastle and Neal Morse Spock's Beard.

[@AmishCake]

This is really good. Also check out "Yasgur's Farm" and "Bluebells." This band has a really nice epic old-school prog sound that makes your soul feel good. Love it!

[@biesmusik]

this is good stuff

[@parkkyle6812]

amazing song. better than BTS for me. thx. Greetings from korea.

[@ИгорьКруглов-ж2п]

after 19:33 ..... magic

[@ann.aerob_comic]

This is so cheesy and I love it so much!

[@ChrisChoi123]

especially this lyrics: "Life is but a waiting room And I guess I'm still waiting there for youuuuuuuuu" absolutely reeks of cheesiness but it's the best love song ever created regardless.

[@d5uncr]

@@ChrisChoi123 As the title pretty much gives away the entire "Lover's End" suite is more about the memory of love that ended, at least somewhat, bitterly and that now has passed. " _A bitter kiss off to the memories of you_ "

[@focntt]

Put a jacket on and just enjoy the music. =)

[@marmas58ink]

Ya'll seem to be breaking into new areas, even while revisiting some earlier LE themes. I'm always slow finding out about new releases these days. But once I do I usually snatch 'em right up... usually in just a month or two.

[@Joshuaying]

last third or so of the song.... so sphincter clenching.... in a good way..

[@RandyLott]

Does anyone have the lyrics for this song? Great tune!

[@RakeRock1994]

track is all awesome, btw best part is at 12:00 till 14:00 imho

[@dizydank]

hey, we use the same profile picture. weird lol

[@asuka05410]

流石、moon safariって感じの幻想的なメロディーとコーラス。 知名度もっと上がってもいいようなものだけど...

[@felixmilanes]

mag-ní-fi-co!!

[@carlosrocha9993]

Band: Moon Safari Genre: Cute Prog

[@Ramblin-Man]

@ Mollwing91: Hur ont gör mästervärk??

[@ayoran0]

What is the image still from?

[@RandyLott]

Nevermind, I got them from Tobias.

[@bossebys]

Yes! I heard this on the opening consert at Skellefteå, really exited to wrap my ears and soul around their new masterpiece!