Drummer reacts to "St. Elmo's Fire" by Brian Eno (Featuring Robert Fripp)

[@janewells5970]

The first 4 albums by Brian Eno after he left Roxy are phenomenal! Some of my favorite avant-garde music of the 70s🎉 Fripp&Eno was one word for me in high school!

[@Bob.L.Shirley]

Go Jane! Love seeing Lee get some Eno exposure - and his facial expressions😂 Right with you on The post-Roxy works (incl. B&AS). I've always had the most fun with Tiger Mountain as a full album listen. As many musical kudos as Eno gets, his wordplay is right up there. Especially for me on TTMBS. And "Spinning Away" on Wrong Way Up. Thanks!

[@Cheryworld]

The albums with Roxy Music were epic, as well

[@janewells5970]

@@Bob.L.Shirley Spinning away!! I adore that album and that song

[@janewells5970]

@@mk-cx7ov no I’m sorry I drive for a living I lifted before and after science, another green world and taking Tiger Mountain.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

YES!!! ❤

[@z0n0ph0ne]

For another Fripp/Eno collaboration try "Baby's on Fire" from the album "Here Come the Warm Jets". Possibly the greatest guitar solo EVER!!!!

[@Cheryworld]

Here come the Warm Jets: the next 40 years of music start with that album

[@matto9734]

It´s also on 801 Live!

[@brianbosecke3676]

YES!!!!! Has been my favourite song and guitar solo for decades - great choice for a reaction

[@Wilss]

Brian Eno is a legend. I love his 70s stuff. His song 'Julie With...' is hauntingly beautiful.

[@janewells5970]

Love Julie With!

[@johncollier9280]

Julie With...'n Spider And I...my two favorite tracks from Eno's 4th solo album Before 'N After Seance.

[@goonbelly5841]

One of my favorite albums of the 1970s. It's nice to see that you have some rather adventurous patrons willing to introduce you to some of this more unorthodox stuff.

[@janewells5970]

Thank you! Suggest more!

[@madmanasaurusRex]

Might be hard for most young people who have heard lots of electronic/modern music, but this was very new and experimental in this time. He’s worked with Fripp, Bowie, David Byrne, Talking Heads and Roxy Music. GREAT artist who always stayed true to the art ! 😊

[@lauraallen55]

He's also produced for U2 particularly on Achtung Baby

[@johncollier9280]

Eno rules O.K.! Here Come The Warm Jets, Takin' Tiger Mountain By Strategy 'n Another Green World-his first three albums-are all amazin'. St. Elmo's Fire was an excellent introduction but there's so much more to explore. Prepare to have yer mind blown throughout the journey...

[@sammelis6777]

I would highly recommend to listen to the whole album in a row and film it here. This album is full of these short songs and it’s a lot more enjoyable to experience it as a whole

[@kevjones5047]

We are the 801 We are the central shaft And we are here to let you take advantage Of our lack of craft... Been Loving Eno's "lack of craft" since the 70s. Long Live the Eight Nought One!

[@matto9734]

801 Live is such a vigilantly beautiful album!

[@stevedahlberg8680]

If you want to hear how absolutely blistering and urgent and dark he can be, check out Third Uncle, which I believe is the opening track to the iconic Taking Tiger Mountain album. And it's almost like a super-group of musicians and they are all just kicking ass so intensely on that song, even as they are really breaking new ground for the time as well.

[@stuarthastie6374]

Eno is on the first two Roxy music LPS and they were great.

[@paulshannon7303]

St Elmo's Fire is a natural phenomenon of plasma (visible charged particles) that occurs during storms, etc. at bit like aurorae. The music reflects this 'sparky' rapid dancing of charge, as does the percussion (claves). The lyrics suit the music perfectly....

[@thescrewfly]

When Eno was in Roxy Music he was playing a VCS3, an early synth which he used to mould the onstage sound of the band in real time. The story goes that he was kicked out after he tried to persuade Bryan Ferry to let him process the vocals too. True or not, it was unlikely he would have stayed for long, since he had so many ideas about music that didn't fit with being in a rock band, even one as eccentric and innovative as early Roxy Music.

[@jamesadkisson7510]

Eno has lots of albums but his 3 solo albums in the 70s are some of the most creative inventive beautiful songs. If you listen to more don’t be surprised if you find more songs like this, some tiny instrumental songs, odd rock songs. But none like you have heard before.

[@gracedv]

Wait til you hear My Life in the Bush of Ghosts with David Byrne.

[@janewells5970]

Thanks for the reminders! Lee will really appreciate the unique rhythm! Would be great if you want to suggest!

[@patrickcadge-moore6916]

I get introduced to so much new music here

[@L33Reacts]

Gotta love it my brother

[@ericjurgens6976]

Check out Fripp/Eno’s first collaboration: No Pussyfootng. Just Fripp on guitar and Eno on tape recorders.

[@rachelpsmith3129]

Third Uncle from his album Taking Tiger Mountain is another track yould love. The whole album m is fire.

[@superwild]

Another vote for Third Uncle. It's blistering, frenzied, glorious madness.

[@semchen9]

Eno's, Driving Me Backwards, with Fripp on Guitar, is haunting to the Nth Degree.

[@Grizazzle]

Baby's On Fire!

[@AntonyFleck]

Just 'Genoius' always!!!....

[@dominicschaeffer909]

Saint Elmo’s Fire is another name for lightning. “Then we saw Saint Elmo’s Fire splitting ions in the ether” and Fripp brings the lightning!

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

Brian Eno: great artist, great producer, and prolific crossword puzzle answer. I bought this album back in 1977, mostly because I really liked the cover (was studying art at the time). Still listen to Eno often to this day (Ambient music for Airports) is one of my go-to's.

[@martinduner1844]

Sombre Reptiles is also up there!

[@janewells5970]

Excellent choice! I would also add everything merges with the night and my fav, Becalmed. Love that song it often makes me cry! Beautiful

[@fastcakes]

The early Eno albums are a treasure trove of interesting tunes, a deep dive is needed!

[@bobsavage3317]

☮

[@Cheryworld]

Eno and Fripp - favorite: "Baby's on Fire" maybe best guitar solo. Roxy Music with Eno, their first 2 albums, maybe their best. Also Eno - Fripp and Bowie on Heros, one of Bowies best known songs, King Crimson used to play it live.

[@kevjones5047]

As much as I love Fripp, The 801 Live version is my fav...

[@j.kevvideoproductions.6463]

There was a lot of interaction amongst these artists back in the day. Fripp's solo albums. Daryl Hall's solo album. Eno produced for DEVO and the B-52's, Talking Heads & U2.

[@Cheryworld]

@@j.kevvideoproductions.6463 Eno was the brains behind a lot of music

[@01goldg1]

I'll Come Running To Tie Your Shoes...another great Fripp Solo on an Eno Song!

[@01goldg1]

Another Green World is in my Top 10 Required Albums to be stuck on a Desert Island with! As I hear it, Eno asked Fripp, on this Guitar Solo, to create the sound of arcing Electricity...I think he got it!

[@janewells5970]

Me too! Love this album!

[@garynorred4643]

Eno songs deserve a 2nd (at least!) listen. Great reaction !!

[@lauraallen55]

Fantastic!

[@Octavian7771]

i like your face when Fripp went into that solo

[@L33Reacts]

Probably awestruck. I have a lot of funny faces from fripp and friends. F’s for everyone lol

[@hudahekizzy8402]

Eno is the poster boy for the intelligent creative mind.... many many wonderful surprises along his discography. Thanks for the reaction... first Eno reaction I've seen!

[@markdrechsler5660]

JustJP has done some Eno reactions, recently the whole of “Taking Tiger Mountain.”

[@kavimontanaro7976]

Thanks for the recs, will check them out! This song, it divides my musical life - there was before I heard St. Elmo's Fire, then there was after. The whole record is beautiful. Also very influential - he made a bridge between his pure ambient stuff and pop songs.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Just getting started but dude! I guess I haven't gone searching, but I have never heard anybody ever react to Brian Eno. This guy was so influential in the evolution of music that was happening at that time; he was just amazing. He was a founding member of Roxy Music, where he often dressed dressed semi in Drag and would play one of the original huge Moog synthesizers on stage, with all its patch cords and everything. And then he put out three or four albums of solo stuff in terms of songs and the people that are Brian Eno fans just love every song on every one of these albums. And this is one of them. You would love listening to the entire Taking Tiger Mountain album - it's not exactly a concept album, but it really almost is. Anyway, never thought I'd see the day where someone would react to a Brian Eno song, although they are so incredible. He also was a very influential producer, including with the Talking Heads and the B-52's and the Cocteau Twins and others.

[@Manni59]

You already met Brian Eno when you reacted to “801 Live.” "Another Green World" and "Before And After Science" are two wonderful LPs. Eno was a member of Roxy Music and as a soloist was one of the most creative minds in 70s music. "St.Elmo's Fire" is a good example of his exceptional skills and Robert Fripp kills the song with his guitar playing out of this world. I would love to hear more from Eno. “Backwater,” “Julie With” and “Spider And I” from “Before And After Science” are also worth listening to.

[@rexrobertson2219]

welcome to eno an endless journey. checkout his ambient stuff but you gotta check out "baby's on fire". also with fripp.

[@johnkerwin9567]

Damn, Fripp, indeed!!

[@JayCross]

There is an album "801 Live" which has Eno and Phill Mananera. I like everything on the album but want to draw your attention to the Beatles cover "TNK" (Tomorrow Never Knows).

[@L33Reacts]

Already did it ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHislWqZiblgaqc

[@Cheryworld]

Phil Manazanera - guitar - Roxy Music. Not too bad

[@sylvanm4216]

I think you instantly picked up on what this album is all about - creating organic, living textures out of synthetic sounds. Every track sounds like a little terrarium full of strange creatures.

[@L33Reacts]

I can't wait to hear more. This was spectacular. I don't even have the words really. This is the music of my dreams, basically. In 1975. Check out those albums (especially the dark one, clairvoyant, the title track) to see what I mean. And if you like, listen to the whole thing. I think the keyboard player of that band was a fan of Eno

[@capudiovu2a665]

That's why you absolutely have to listen to Peter Gabriel's 3rd album (the one with intruder, games without frontiers etc.), perhaps starting with "I don't remember", which features many of the people you're listening to right now. You're the guy with the curiosity and the right musical background. You've still got a lot of surprises to come. These guys had all already stepped into the 21st musical century. 30 years before anyone else.

[@stephendenning5943]

The whole album is worth a listen in its entirety! A special of my collection of many years!

[@bk-ew1ny]

I suggest checkin out Fripp & Eno's collaborative instrumental masterpiece, 'No Pussyfooting'.

[@janewells5970]

I believe that album is a very important part of music history

[@blanetalk]

I absolutely LOVE "Another Green World"! If you listen to one more track on this album, please please please make it "Sky Saw"!!!

[@StoneShards]

Also from this album, the unforgettable, "The Big Ship", featured in the Peter Jackson film, "The Lovely Bones"--a really great movie! Watch it, Lee, you won't regret it! The last of Eno's first four albums, before he went "ambient", was "Before and After Science"--pure genius, which features "By This River", a favorite of orchestras around the world. "Through Hollow Lands" is a personal favorite from that album. "Becalmed" is probably my personal favorite on the Another Green World album. The "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" album is decidedly quirky--if you go there, you'll have to be patient. 🥰

[@janewells5970]

Becalmed is also my fave! It often brings me to tears! So beautiful. Lifts your spirits and soothes the soul! ❤️@StoneShards

[@StoneShards]

@@janewells5970 There's that one piano note in the very beginning that always gets me! Eno can be wild and crazy, but sometimes incredibly peacefulness-inducing.

[@janewells5970]

@@StoneShards I’ve always called it subtle intensity

[@ritagryphon222]

The whole LP is great, BE has always been ahead of his times It´s always fun listening to your reactions and this one in particular (:

[@lipby]

The one song from Another Green World that gets me hyped was "Big Ship."

[@ijustneedmyself]

So beautiful!!

[@jonathanroberts8981]

I bought this LP on June 17, 1976. Had read a review saying Eno sang “like a rabbit that just caught a bullet up its ass” and had to hear it. But I got this mannered-sounding British guy and a plethora of interesting sounds and excellent performances.

[@ShiverHinge]

You are so astute, patient, focused, kind, emotionally attuned, and open. I love long lists of positive adjectives.

[@wowwhywow]

Lee... you have some of the most eclectic subscribers I've ever seen on youtube

[@janewells5970]

My exhusband took a list of 30 albums to the record store Christmas. The clerk read down the list and said wow you have a lot of different people to buy for with very eclectic taste. He said no that is all for my wife!

[@L33Reacts]

Haha gotta love it :) our community ROCKS

[@terrycunningham8118]

The other great guitarist Eno worked with was Phil Manzanera. Check out their work together on Eno's album "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)". Try the song "Third Uncle" as an appetizer.

[@jonathanroberts8981]

And the “Mainstream” album by Manzanera’s band Quiet Sun. That’ll curl your hair. 🤪

[@Grizazzle]

Ha! Totally get the "listen to it again" - good job!!!

[@L33Reacts]

It was that good I just had too. Lol

[@andrewcaelliott]

Lee, firstly, thank you for this channel. You're doing fantastic work here. This is a truly great album - you should do more stuff off it. For yourself, if not for the channel, listen to the album in its entirety - the tracks on this album talk to each other ...

[@johndrx165]

Fripp and Eno! I love all the early solo Eno albums before he got too ambient. Love the Fripp/Eno collaborations too.

[@brianvernon249]

And add David Bowie and you have the Berlin Trilogy

[@christopherrussell343]

The Fripp solo on Baby's on Fire is the most epic screaming Godzilla face-melt ever in the history of the universe.

[@bélalugrisi]

Great request, Jane!

[@corawheeler9355]

yep That's a keeper

[@steveludski3238]

It fades because you want need to hear it again. Heroes, Eno Fripp Bowie

[@DavidMichaelKalman]

Be sure to check out Sky Saw on the same album. It's a huge saw wave, hence the name.

[@patriciahunt9818]

I'm pleased you played it twice it was brilliant

[@L33Reacts]

Definitely brilliant! I just had too!

[@namesameasu]

Loathe - Two Way Mirror. Great song. Thanks for suggesting it! Check out Jesus and Mary Chain and Echo and the Bunnymen for other bands that may have influenced that sound.

[@deanroddey2881]

Eno of course went on to do a lot of producing, include co-producing the epic Joshua Tree album with Daniel Lanois. And you should do some songs from Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby, which are U2s masterpieces. Doh! You just did... Nevermind. And Fripp produced an album by The Roaches, who are an American Vocal group who can do the most insane harmonies, and he did some Fripperisms on that. Check out Hammond Song for something that just doesn't sound like anything else really.

[@lauraallen55]

He did something from Achtung Baby? I don't see it :(

[@mikevandenbosch9081]

Spectacular!!!!

[@cornellrosiu8818]

Love Eno's artistry of sound: ambient music, movie sound-tracks, & amazing full name- Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno !

[@brianbosecke3676]

Great reaction to Brian Eno, an extremely talented artist. As others have said, you HAVE to react to 'Baby's On Fire', album version, an even better solo

[@theeloquentbaby]

Fripp’s feeling ~ ~ ~ ~ ^ Over so quick! Thank you, Lee and Jane!

[@L33Reacts]

Yeah over too quickly :(( I wanted 10 more minutes

[@theeloquentbaby]

@@L33Reacts Me too. Like the bloom of a flower….~~

[@janewells5970]

You’re welcome! Uncle Eno! He is always at the top of my lips!

[@StoneShards]

👍, Jane!

[@saturninebear]

Love this album. I was very lucky as a young man to meet Mr Eno and tell him how important his work was to me. Especially his video painting.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Haha, glad you started it over 😅

[@therealtwiggyleaf]

The first five or six ENO albums are absolutely seminal! 😎😎

[@michaelsliwkowski5897]

yes 1975- Rhett Davies was the engineer- he went on to produce 80's roxy and crimson- they knew it was a landmark album- Eno became a producer with this - Bowie,Talking Heads, U2 and so many others (Bahaus-new wave bands-Radiohead) had this production in mind as THE GOLDEN sounding record.

[@axolotl8694]

Eno has always been a seriously different cat... all his stuff from this era is ageless. I agree with other comments that another Eno / Fripp must is "Baby's on Fire". Fripp at his Frippiest. and Eno not giving a flying fuck what popular music is supposed to sound like.

[@janewells5970]

Yes! And Eno sings!

[@markdrechsler5660]

The whole album requires multiple listens. Ditto Eno’s prior two albums.

[@floorticket]

It's like you're going through my HS LP collection.

[@guitgas]

Eno, the father of ambient music.

[@matthewstroud4294]

Good album.

[@rayryeridge3313]

I disagree with people who say Eno was ahead of time,because nobody ever went in the same direction, because Enos direction and concepts was unique the only way we understand the idea of what unique is defined as. Eno is. Genius...obviosly.

[@nathanherkowitz764]

Great! You finally got to Uncle Een!

[@janewells5970]

Me and my children call him uncle Eno! He’s been a part of our family for so many years! Thanks for listening

[@vincenttesoriero3614]

How about listening to Needles in the camel's eye next. You won't regret it.

[@Cheryworld]

from the album Here come the Warm Jets, YES!!

[@RichieG]

Thanks (again) @jane wells

[@janewells5970]

You’re welcome

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

1975..?? Genius knows no age, no year. You are stepping up another level, my friend. Yes, genius. Can strongly recommend the ambient tracks for Apollo by Eno. Watching the Lunar lander with the moon a few dozen miles behind, sidestepping over the lunar surface with Eno's awesome low-tempo ambient. Like a drug it was Re Apollo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYXbnH99d9CWhZI no need to watch / listen (though very good), just see the comments...

[@steveosborne3714]

All four of his original solo rock albums are terrific, but Another Green World is his masterpiece. I recommend you listen to The Big Ship next.

[@L33Reacts]

Dude, I'm down for whatever this dude has ever done at this point... this was incredible. And the layers... wow. 1975. Crazy.

[@leftybass5860]

If you’re hitting Eno, you have to go back to Roxy Music, where he started. I’ve been bugging Andy & Alex to play some for years, but they still haven’t.

[@L33Reacts]

Who is that?

[@leftybass5860]

@@L33Reacts - A couple of reaction guys in Florida.

[@L33Reacts]

Ahhh ok sorry I don't watch many reactions 😅 my apologies

[@leftybass5860]

@@L33Reacts - Sounds like you’ve been through a lot in your young life. I’m 61, and love what you’re doing. Keep up the good work keeping this music alive. Give Roxy a try, though. One of the early UK glam bands, but never really big in the US. My favorite of theirs ? “If There Is Something”. It’s like three genres in one song.

[@paulehney4581]

Lol, this one got Lee going.

[@L33Reacts]

That word isn't even good enough to explain how much this song made my soul happy lol

[@edwardmeradith2419]

Fripp!!!

[@alisonrosemorris2524]

My life in the bush of ghosts please

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

Never Eno-ugh!