Dead Can Dance performing "Children Of The Sun" Live at the Village on KCRW

We hosted a rare session with magnificent duo Dead Can Dance. They are a truly unique and legendary outfit who evoke music of the Middle Ages. We hear it on Morning Becomes Eclectic. Watch / Listen to the full session here: www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb...

[@cosmotraumatika7474]

Very few realize how rare it is for creating performers to sing with absolute mastery, 20-30 years later in their careers. Who knew Dead Can Dance would be their best in their 60s?

[@johnny5staley]

Dead can dance were making beautiful music in the late 80s and still are

[@edwardwilliammorris1340]

Amazing music

[@msangthrope5396]

Anytime a singer sounds just like their studio recording is a sign of amazing talent.

[@dominusstyx]

As a European, I love Dead Can Dance too. Sorry, to say that to you, but what you're hearing in the studio recording and not live. Pay attention all the instruments you're hearing and what you see. Besides, it's also obvious of the qualities of musical sounds, and of his voice, of course. Take care.

[@pixelfrenzy]

you think they're miming? really? @@dominusstyx

[@ReachedFromAbove]

Fair point, but you’re mistaken. I agree it sounds like the album version, but if you listen to both simultaneously, you’ll notice the difference. So, no, it’s not mimicry.​@@dominusstyx

[@ReachedFromAbove]

Truth is, they are really good.

[@dominusstyx]

@@pixelfrenzy No, they're not pretending to play, it's what we're hearing as audience, and that's the studio recording. All TV/Radio shows it's the same thing, even if there's live audience. Only concerts are really live, with all the paraphernalia and full orchestras. Of course there are exceptions, but are rare though. On that particular setting, for me, there's no way to be live, apart of the absence of the plethora of instruments we're hearing, even the "echo" of his voice and only, screaming Studio. Then again, maybe I'm wrong. Good bye.

[@CMDR_Elizium51RA]

Dead Can Dance is a gift to our musical history. I wish more people knew their music.

[@deadweight6090]

This WHOLE ALBUM is FLAWLESS.

[@richo7328]

Brendan's voice heals my heart.

[@michaelhornby2961]

unquestionably one of the most iconic bands of the 80s and beyond. Brendan perry is a craftsman like no other. Lisa Gerrard equally an emotive force like no other . dead can dance you are simply wonderfull.

[@krajchek]

Michael Hornby yes, but something is wrong with Lisa, just review the clip again only by looking at her...many clips are the same..sad.

[@annachepeliuk9000]

Ллщ

[@annachepeliuk9000]

Hjhu💜😪💜

[@annachepeliuk9000]

Jyuuuu💜💜😪😪uju👍👍👍🌹

[@annachepeliuk9000]

😱😱😪👍🏵

[@Belljargrrrl]

I love watching them perform live! Nothing like it. Brendan Perry’s voice is perfection.

[@rickdeckard1075]

he is really a pro. gives 110% in his performance

[@aniaamok6550]

So true!

[@antonomad]

I saw DCD in Tokyo back in the 2014 it was one of the best performances I’ve even seen. His and Lisa’s voices are out of this world 🌎

[@alexoliveira1102]

Wonderfull!

[@Accidentinparadiable]

PERFECTION for sure.

[@leonardovillegas1119]

If this ain't playing at my funeral I'm not going, srry.

[@gewonejongen3956]

I will be there!

[@dimitrisapostolou7536]

@@gewonejongen3956 hahaha Call me when you will be there

[@nat75kemp]

Sublime beautiful sorrows, class choice.

[@Jorge-ed5gu]

Buen chiste

[@shaffy27]

The best male and female voice in one band! Amazing! 🤩🤗

[@felipealbertoarancibiavene6131]

This is a song that fits perfectly into these end times which we are living in now... he who wants to dive into spirituality must pay heed to what is said here... a song of faith and hope...

[@tucagoncalves5551]

I loved

[@rens1030]

Our journey's just begun

[@adrianbenedictmendoza6818]

This is just our Carnival as they remind us, my friend

[@JanusKristijan]

We are ancients As ancient as the sun We came from the ocean Once our ancestral home So that one day We could all return To our birthright The great celestial dome We are the children of the sun Our journey's just begun Sunflowers in our hair We are the children of the sun There is room for everyone Sunflowers in our hair Throughout the ages Of iron, bronze, and stone We marvelled at the night sky And what may lie beyond We burned offerings To the elemental ones Made sacrifices For beauty, peace and love We are the children of the sun Our kingdom will come Sunflowers in our hair We are the children of the sun Our carnival's begun Our songs will fill the air And you know it's time To look for reasons why Just reach up and touch the sky To the heavens we'll ascend We are the children of the sun Our journey has begun All the older children Come out at night Anaemic, soulless Great hunger in their eyes Unaware of the beauty That sleeps tonight And all the queen's horses And all the king's men Will never put these children back Together again Faith, hope, our charities Greed, sloth, our enemies We are the children of the sun We are the children of the sun

[@TheWinterShadow]

Back in the days of standards and effort, this was once called poetry.

[@danielkochan1078]

Thanks for lyrics help me toca understand

[@user-nt7uo9jc9o]

@@danielkochan1078 я тоже не с разу

[@lorenaribeiro5276]

I am

[@brucewatson7503]

WOW

[@morioritysresponse2287]

He sounds like the late Jim Morrison from the Doors. Just found this group and love the music!

[@lt7601]

the song reminds me of the end

[@ronnywilson2112]

One of the most amazing and transcendental music I ever heard in my life... Thanks Brendan and Lisa for many decades of this beutiful music...

[@necomeko]

Brendan Perry is such an incredible song writer. Its sad that most people are caught up with 'Modern Pop' and wont experience his work.

[@GohAhweh]

Share it.

[@Thazo79]

His voice is amazing too.

[@robertaharvey2027]

You don't actually know if that's true... I have heard your words saying this from so many... Its just learned behaviour.... We are ancient.... 🙏

[@limasousa5769]

Eu amo a energia das melodias do trabalho dele. Brasil. Fortaleza-Ce, em 4/ 5/2023.

[@venganostureinoaortiz4864]

Y qué? La música de DCD será inmortal

[@Basmatiminarii]

She dresses like royalty, stunning

[@arjantjeee]

She's more than royalty

[@veridical1]

He should be Knighted and she should be A Noble of the Thistle, immediately

[@Fnberg744]

Her hair...

[@thomasdupont7186]

"She dresses like royalty, stunning" pfffff lol, what a stupid thing to say....

[@ex59neo53]

@@thomasdupont7186 That's why she wrote it :p

[@zendenswart768]

It's 2022 discovered this incredible talented beautiful band. Love this . Brilliant song

[@user-et7nw3us8y]

listen Ataraxia too :)

[@timseidenkranz-kf7ts]

Keep the sun in your life.

[@J.Ravensblood]

Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry are brilliant, have been for 30 plus years and they have not lost it at all in fact the newest album is one of their best. Live just shows that Brendan's voice is stronger than ever. This tune is just beautiful. When I first bought this album this being the first song, just took me away, just as all their past work did, and does

[@fredgehrke2080]

Mrtmr Rvnsbld yes yes,I think so-It reminds me a lot of U2 or his voice, can that be?

[@TechCrazy]

Sounds like a pagan chant from out of this world beckoning us to the greater mysteries of life itself. Love the arrangement of the keys, rhythm, voice and the very solemn look they all have while performing. Its quite an experience!

[@mordiskitos93]

5:56 the chills are strong with the entire song, but I live for that part.

[@Rubidium54]

Sounds like a Cosmic Symphony.

[@alexzannoni1501]

Brilliance never dies!! Thank you DCD 🙏🙏✌️

[@BB..........]

Lisa's voice is what got my attention immediately when I first heard DCD many years ago but it ended up being Brennan's voice that I ended up liking the best. They're both incredibly gifted singers and musicians that have brought a lot of musical enjoyment to my life.

[@judegunn1]

The goosebumps when the brass comes in towards the end...

[@Nebulung]

If I believed in the afterlife, I'd want DCD to be playing while my spirit transitions from this realm to the next.

[@noelosullivan197]

IF GOD EXISTS HE'D LISTEN TO DEAD CAN DANCE.😀

[@oscribe2772]

Funny that - as a huge fan of DCD - i had the SAME wish... this music express so much than it simply sounds ^o^ !!

[@lokimourningdove]

#same

[@MichelleAnouk]

I HOPE THE SAME JEJEJE

[@stella19782]

The same for me....🖤

[@Hanna-rg1sy]

What a majestic voice of Brendan Perry ..timeless

[@seraluv]

Goodness I could listen to their music and them signing forever. Voices you'd never tire of.

[@michaelhornby2961]

3:30am with headphones on lol. Incredible music.

[@christophmiessler5459]

This song is we a warm cocon. I have seen Dead can Dance in Berlin at 1985 in the Loft Club on Nollendorfplatz in Schöneberg. It was amazing! 🤗🤗 Dead can Dance is forever in me!

[@carysfaerie]

Incredible sound quality.. I love their music so much..it’s just not of this world..or maybe it’s exactly of this earth itself

[@Maddolis]

I love revisiting this performance every couple of years. Such a fantastic and influential band - I'll be looking up an artist I'm just getting into, be it metal, rock, pop, electronic, film/videogame music and so often I'll see Dead Can Dance cited as an influence. They're one of those bands that perhaps aren't charting constantly but whose footprint can be seen or heard in a great many bands, and will be for centuries quite possibly.

[@gocnogan]

We were at the concert in Praque two days ago. What an astonishing performance. We've been brought into their world from the very first song. Soo happy to see them

[@evablasko6482]

Were there too!! Amazing!

[@pedroxco7]

If you watch carefully, at 6:13, it's the only time in this song that Brendan sings with his eyes fully opened. Delivering that line! One of a kind song...

[@mrtnogden1]

This is why I love music in general!! But this guys are out of this world. Awesome.

[@brentcollins9727]

Still sounds amazing in 2023

[@robshef718]

Awesome and beautiful and Timeless, and hard to find the words....but they surely speak to the heart! Thank You Brendan and Lisa, and the crew.

[@yinks4]

I love DCD so much... No other band makes me feel what they do

[@WillySognatore]

Same 💓💓

[@bidyutde56]

They are God gifted... after so many years they are still Outstanding...

[@QuicoReed]

I remember when I saw them live the first time, after buying every album they had put out...and I was stunned by the power of their performance. You just don't realize how those drums shake the walls and how Brendan's voice is far more powerful in the live setting than it sounds in these recordings. And of course Lisa is a legend, and rightly so. When that voice takes off the angels come to earth to enjoy the show.

[@xavierguichard1186]

Lisa is so beautiful !!!

[@angharad588]

My favorite group from their first CD on. Just look at how beautiful she is! They are both so talented.

[@miguelefrainmartineztorres868]

Me encanta la madurez de este grupo. Le ha dado lo mejor de todo... La serenidad, y se nota en su manera de cantar, tocar la música.

[@kaiseredwardappah6630]

Australia 🇦🇺 should be proud of this group pioneers of the Gothic sound Dead 💀 can Dance 💃 we’re cult in our time especially in West Germany 🇩🇪♥️

[@kevmonz]

Brendon was actually from New Zealand

[@SolarTiger]

Discovered this group after watching the movie "Baraka" and sitting through the credits to find out who created some of the evocative music in the film...I had never heard of DcD before that...big fan since!

[@marly4901]

Hi Jack, the same thing for me, Lisa is an Australian Icon but no-one knows who she is? DcD awesome.

[@deeliciousplum]

Okay. I did not think that it was possible for goosebumps to appear atop of goosebumps. What an exceptional performance. That voice and those accompanying musicians layering those lush sounds. Wow!

[@lorina-janebuonanducci.1042]

cried a river hearing /seeing this such beautiful soul beings and celestial work of art

[@evapecnikova45]

there is nothing like you, love you both

[@stephenbradley6285]

This recording is much better than most of the others. Production of Sunlight takes between 10000 and 170000 years from fusion in the suns core until it reaches your senses...as light and heat ...plus...

[@trunnerfitness8845]

Any old timers out there hear a little Jim Morrison in this magnificent piece of music ?

[@wilborcarvallonunura9307]

ASI ES ...A DUO CON FRANK SINATRA...IMAGINARIAMENTE

[@seafoodmonster3060]

I was thinking the same thing at one point.

[@kastore7]

Totally, i was thinking the same, for the voice and the letter, im remembering "No to touch the earth" for example, good ear!

[@shabibbabing4727]

First time I heard this was at night. I was driving up I95 in Philly. I had never heard of this band and I could not get over how much he sound like Jim Morrison "all the older children come out at night". Unbelievable!

[@Ginko727]

And all the children come insane

[@sirijot1]

I was blessed with discovering DCD in 1990 on an alternative radio program in Canada. I was stunned, mesmerized, and nothing can compare since. This music is sublime, Divine, otherworldly, and deeply magical . BTW...DCD has been explained by Brendan Himsrlf as the coming to life of musical instrument, the resonance, what was still and inert, touched by the human and the energy of Soul....comes to life....thus DCD....not goth by any means....old Souls music from another world. Thankyou for 30 plus years of nectar.

[@michaelhornby2961]

There isnt any other band that transports my mind so effortlessly epic musicians.

[@bazz123]

2019.. Still solid...

[@begindream007]

OMG! SO MANY IMAGES OF BEAUTY ARE WHIRLING AROUND!

[@johnny5staley]

I grew up in the 70,80,90…., I am blessed….. the music they are making now is ? 🤮… this song is on another level!!!!! Beautiful

[@dyotoorion1835]

Dead Can Dance are one of the best bands ever. So beautiful. Thank you for your lovely music.

[@ItsaDaPope-a]

My good friend turned me on to DCD around the time Within the Realm of a Dying Sun came out (I was 14). Man, they were pretty eclectic for that time. Especially given the rest of the 4AD catalog around that time. I was listening to The Birthday Party, Bauhaus, Wolfgang Press, Pixies and other "harder edged" bands. Enter DCD. My mind was kinda blown. I gobbled up everything I could find. Fast forward a year and The Serpent's Egg was released. Mind blown - again! I think that was the first inkling I got of just how huge their soundscape was to become (though I didn't know it at the time). I lost touch with them after Into The Labyrinth. They started becoming a little too mainstream for my liking. I was shifting gears and my taste had veered over into some very fast and loud punk rock. And there it remained for a couple decades. Now I'm 44, and am rediscovering DCD all over again. It's good to see they are still sounding amazing! Kudos to them. Let's see how my 10 year old son likes them. :D

[@kashakroger1692]

I hope you have successfully helped your son see the light!

[@SANDRAKAETHNER]

Same for me! I was introduced also with the same album recommended by a friend… I think this act changed my entire taste for music … for the better

[@TheWarrrenator]

Lisa Gerard never fails to resemble a pagan nun from outer space. I love her so much! And this is a great jam! Thanks!

[@martamr0z560]

Brendon's voice! Mmm great song!

[@peterdembinski8727]

I've discovered the band long time before (now 40) the songs I heard talk and flow through to me, didn't You? best regards that band will stay forever with me...admired

[@powerplantplanetuniverse5945]

Love his voice,ever since they started...Dead can Dance is so unique,simply uncomparable...i have no words to explain ! ;)

[@SilverMatchinc]

That man has a passion for the music he makes!! That's what i love

[@jeaninekolasa8113]

Im really digging this rythmn, (drummmer) not to mention the singers warm timbred voice ! Superb music. xox

[@teresarosa7329]

Unique Voice Beautiful Music Thank You ❤️

[@raven69600]

Damn... I remember when I first heard these guys... I was 19 ...I found a cassette tape in the laundry room trash while I was doing laundry. Took it to my dorm an pooped it into my then hi fidelity tape player... and it changed my life...

[@Dominian1]

I don't care that this comment is two years old. You wrote "pooped into my hi-fi" and I need you to remind you of that.

[@raven69600]

@@Dominian1 😂😂😂😂🤙🏽 I didn’t even notice 🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂

[@ThailandOrBust1111]

The Goddess and The Divine God. Their voices ascending from Divinity. ♡ Dead Can Dance.

[@metalpiper]

No words for this project....because it lives in my mind. It's most certainly a part of me and who I am. Thank you DCD!! forever and always.

[@tonysplace8009]

This song made me discover this band and now I am hooked on their unique brand of music!

[@robertczimmerman3774]

Music of the gods

[@tanguydelooz2881]

Incredible how he gives life to an augmented reality just with his voice which roots deeply into our soul.

[@stephenbradley6285]

So true

[@Anxxxxx]

We are definetly the children of the sun. B E A U T I F U L

[@midairman]

Brendan's dancing reminds me a lot of Ian Curtis, weird. I love to see musicians become entranced with their own music though, makes it that much more interesting and captivating.

[@markmcarthy596]

Haha-Sweet

[@wilborcarvallonunura9307]

YO TAMBIEN LO VEO ASI...BRENDAN PARECE QUE EMULA A MR, CURTIS..PERO LO MAS INTERESANTE ES LO QUE INTERPRETA EN ESTE ACTO CON "LA MUERTE TAMBIEN BAILA"

[@zejaguar]

I bought this CD before I went on vacation in France.I listened to it many times at the beach.

[@thomasley4006]

I was so happy about this album! Probably the best comeback in popular music history, at least that I know of.

[@joebell3220]

Brendan Perry is a Magestic Composer all around and pristine vocalist in his own right* He has made his music, while at the same time his own Genre* Magical well into the night and into sunlight even.

[@Juliana-ex1rp]

This song really fills my soul

[@patriciadias4845]

It's a portal

[@anjiudy3297]

Happy Fathers Day and Summer Solistice 2015. We are the Children of the Sun!

[@bassbytes]

The most beautiful song about human evolution.

[@bluegreenglue6565]

Still filling and thrilling my heart three and a half decades after first hearing The Fatal Impact. Music. And Soul.

[@mikagewitchcraft9754]

One of the greatest musical artists of my lifetime. I have loved their music since their first release and have been fortunate to see them three times. The last in Quatro in Tokyo where they were right next to use as they performed. Amazing. Love to Dead Can Dance and thanks for all their inspiration.

[@Fnberg744]

thank you Sandra Louise Maxwell for petting my hair turning me onto this song tripping in a hotel room exactly one year ago tonight. Here's to Crescent City. I haven't been able to relax since but that night I was floating on a cloud. a child of the moon. you of the sun. I hope you are well. justin

[@Dominian1]

Except for minute variations on the vocal performance this sounds precisely like the studio version. Extremely impressive!

[@stephenbradley6285]

The best recording of this song, probably

[@pascaltreil114]

30 ans que j écoute et je ne m en lasse pas,leur musique et leurs voix parlent à mes cellules, à mon être tout entier...

[@patbolam4448]

Perfection

[@BB..........]

His voice is still just as haunting now as it was over 30 years ago when I first heard it. The part at 3:54 gives me goosebumps.

[@meesterarnoutjan]

What an incredible good song!

[@vixxstaru]

I love seeing the emotions on their faces as they perform. So moving, and meaningful.

[@girfalcon]

Uno dei pezzi più belli in assoluto dei Dead Can Dance, emozionale, struggente e con un enorme messaggio di speranza... i girasoli sono la luce, il rinnovamento, la rinascita. Grazie per questo capolavoro musicale 🙏

[@luisignaciodieguez5299]

Amo está canción! Gracias por todos! Su música me eleva a otra dimensión! Thanks!

[@cosmo1eleven855]

Never heard these guys til now. I'm getting a distinctly Moody Blues influenced sound here. I like the cosmic lyrics. Good musicians and even the keyboardist has that symphonic Moody blues sound.

[@euphoriamorninguk]

The most abstract yet intelligent lyrics ive heard in a long time.. so glad i randomed upon this wonderful music.

[@scottpeck9781]

BILLY THORPE co-wrote this song with SPENCER PROFFER in the late 70's & Thorpe performed it & has a album with the same title as the song. Thorpe's version sounds completely different than this.

[@GQ34-VLG]

Уже много лет слушаю этот трэк и все равно за душу берет.

[@juliana2504]

deeply beautiful

[@emaacuna9966]

Mi espíritu se estremece y soy una con el artista, estoy contenida en él. Gracias por tan elevada y suprema emoción, comparable al nacimiento de una flor.

[@petrvokurek2286]

This brings me to tears every time I listen to it! So beautiful and powerful....omg!

[@tomstickland]

Thankyou KZbin for allowing me to stumble into this. I really like the languorous style of his singing on this. I also love the way that Lisa stands there looking so serene.

[@historybuff333]

man...whatever they fought about all those years ago still haunts them. It doesn't affect their performance but interesting you can still see it.

[@gewonejongen3956]

Best live performance in 2020 years!

[@pacovistosoalvarez8093]

Magistral ..... As melhores músicas são cantadas por Brendan Perry !!! DCD eleva a alma ...

[@scieropia]

perfect tune ...like always ! Love you Dead Can Dance !

[@joshuatheseeker5069]

Who would of thought how advanced this group was! They had it rite all along! Talk about starseed they knew all along we was going to ASCEND and that were from the sun. They are my favorite band by far!!!!

[@KlausSengenbergerPDX]

552,906 views and around 500,000 are probably my views. getting tired of this song ? .... NO... NEVER .... IMPOSSIBLE

[@wathwisaywagwana]

Magnifique paroles et comme dab un self contrôle que de bonne vibes merci merci beaucoup que de temps passer toujours aussi beau la voix de Curtis me transporte a chaque fois .....