Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Phoenix Festival, 21st July 1996)

[@SimonDavies3250]

20 years ago and still one of the most beautiful and emotional pieces of music I have ever felt. Will be with me forever..

[@lorenamarin5716]

Por favor vengan a Chile! Los amo!

[@Caztaneda76]

2019...still get tears

[@lilmee7469]

That was the time I lived in the UK...sigh...

[@mariacalvarezmariscal3951]

True

[@danieltantan6134]

20? At least 30 bro...

[@290DIRT]

2022 and it's still giving me goosebumps

[@lakeisharobinson2132]

June 2024! 😊

[@kyran333]

​@@lakeisharobinson2132September 2 2024

[@CathieWatson-n8t]

Still tingling 2024..timeless perfection..hip hop meets Samuel barber with a Hayden title

[@jaimhaas5170]

Dec 2025 Still rocking my world

[@romanraidl1609]

The 90 's were just full on. What great music and artists were around. I am in my 50' s but truly miss it.

[@titocaroli]

I'm 48, and i can say 90's were a great music decade

[@davidcoen5820]

We were born in the 70s and missed out on the 70s but we had the 90s. Even my mum said it's like the 70s all over again. The eees were pretty strong too 😂

[@davidcoen5820]

The 90s were the 70s for the people who were born in the 70s

[@PeopleLeeks-wx7cy]

И я скучаю... 90-е любовь навсегда...🖤

[@jeanettehoffsten5178]

62 years old and still Love it ❤❤️‍🔥❤

[@shuddupeyaface]

British music. It was great once.

[@cesaru3619]

RIP

[@arielgomez8346]

one of the most important songs of all time, no doubt

[@8wealthyone8]

fo real...

[@ianhardy4930]

The pioneers of trip hop.. Well done

[@Bookish_Lattes]

This song will *NEVER* age. 😍

[@CathieWatson-n8t]

Never..

[@metal.head.]

I'm a metal music fan and have been most my life. But I appreciate a lot of different genres. Massive attacks unfinished symphony is imo the greatest track in history across all genres. It evokes so much emotion and I think about love and life every time I hear it. Absolutely timeless. Beautiful...

[@mrdough123]

Indeed I feel the same .... But if I had a dollar for all the posts that start with a """Im a metal fan but.....lol. Godspeed friend

[@Haggath]

Iron Maiden is my favourite band. I typically like rock/metal/guitar music. deadmau5 is my second favourite artist. This song is an absolute gem!

[@petranovosad2829]

🙏🙏🙏

[@dayuhanspace]

This is one of the bands that had different vocalists in every album but still remained successful in the music charts!

[@sablebasilisk7998]

Tracy Thorn & Elizabeth Frazier plus Sinead O Connor!!!!!

[@azuldemetileno_7]

like Alan parsons project

[@simep2378]

Probably down to Nelly Hooper being a superb producer 👌

[@Teddy-ez9qq]

You even sacrificed your ear in appreciation

[@EricSimonnet]

@@azuldemetileno_7 euh...

[@karenflowerfairy565]

Still makes me cry…..this track is just everything it stirs such emotion

[@Wilden1967]

Never forgot this “chef d oeuvre” ….unforgettable. After 25 years still listening every week..every day

[@kyrkbymannen]

She nailed it, and she knew it! 🥰

[@davidcoen5820]

She didn't, she just got up and sang. Nobody nailed it back then, they just did it. I can't describe how different things were before snow flake society

[@toromudotoromudo5835]

Oh yeah…❤

[@harliejunie703]

its hard to believe this song 27 years old,amazing She’s completely in charge. At the top of her game l love this song. amazing She is a GODDESS. Wow!

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

The song is from 1991. Released before they were called "Massive Attack."

[@warrenbeer2737]

@@sarcasticallyrearranged they were called massive attack in 1991, they dropped the attack from their name at the release of the single as it was during the gulf war and they thought it was insensitive

[@warrenbeer2737]

She didn’t sing it originally you know, that was Shara Nelson but the singer does a good job.

[@Rachael121]

No-one sings this like Shara!

[@Steven-tm6pq]

Art at its best speaks directly to the soul and this magnificent track does time and time again

[@karenflowerfairy565]

That’s exactly what This song is It’s a work of art.

[@pickledskater4039]

Masterpiece before, now and forever

[@uwi2]

"Like a soul without a mind In a body without a heart I'm missing every part"

[@heygringo7]

Listen close...she spins this around in this version

[@BossySwan]

I’d love to see this song performed with a live orchestra

[@jackiedelvalle]

Me too. I'd cry.

[@stevenbisp5326]

Sorry I late so try hooverphonic 2012 at elizabethstaad for a orchestral version

[@BossySwan]

@@stevenbisp5326Hooverphonic sounds like Henry the Hoover formed a band

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

theres live strings on this???

[@infamouskid2010]

Last time i heard this song as a child was when it was released in 91 or so. Loved it for the beat, didnt care about the lyrics. I am soooooo happy to rediscover this masterpiece on lyrical level now after 32 years. Surreal feeling!

[@ianjames5302]

I think her vocals, and even the words changed are fantastic.

[@franzhaas5597]

HER VOCAL RANGE IS AMAZING!

[@nywvblue]

She is a GODDESS. Wow!

[@karenflowerfairy565]

Sat here in tears I love this track so much but never heard the live version before.... anyone who listens to this and don’t crack when they hear these strings just ain’t got a heart

[@anonmeats]

There was confusion on the day as to who would headline. Originally it was Bjork then she said was gonna play early so she could watch Goldies set (they were dating) we all be came to watch her and were told she had decided to stay as headliner (no doubt contractual wrangling meant she couldn't change) so Massive Attack came on and to be honest there was a feeling if minor disappointment but the sun was setting, they had this beautiful golden light on them and they not only won the crowd over with their set, they outperformed Bjork. This track was the obvious highlight. A real shiver down the spine moment.

[@BossySwan]

It was oh so quiet and oh so peaceful until….

[@aureol40012]

Yep, I was there and you summed it up perfectly.

[@isma_businesscoach]

One can only imagine

[@johnnie20000]

One off the all time great tunes ever I’m 61 now I remember this tune like yesterday

[@groheiderpyro5964]

Ein Meisterwerk, kein Song habe ich im meinen Leben öfter gehört. Jedesmal aufs Neue Gänsehaut. Liebe Grüße aus Ostfriesland

[@TheKurgan]

Released 21 years, just over half my life, ago and it still sounds as good as ever. Even this version without Shara Nelson on vocals is brilliant. Classic tune.

[@melissamilkquakez4932]

Damn, Deborah Miller killed it on the vocals!! 🎤😲👌 And I love how she's truly feeling the song!

[@heygringo7]

absolutely

[@debbiebarrow7557]

Not as good as Shara Nelson 🙏🖤🤎

[@heygringo7]

@@debbiebarrow7557 True. Deborah Miller messes with the lyrics "Like soul without a mind, like a body without a heart" if you listen closely. But she looks amazing grooving and gyrating around with that tambourine, and her voice is nothing to sneeze at

[@maximehedin7143]

@@debbiebarrow7557 I agrree...she is out of tune when she says "know much more"..this is the most dificult part of Shara Nelson lines...cause the thing must be in tune and out of tune in the same way...sumbtle vibrato that she is the only one to achieve imo

[@lefthandlee]

@@maximehedin7143 get a life its live who cares

[@edwardlindell7056]

I've been watching this performance a few times every month for the last two Years or something. One of the best performances ever!🤘🤘

[@christophermorris1276]

So glad that someone uploaded this great live video. Love this song.

[@mahjong9558]

Shara Nelson is the one and only that should be singing this beautiful piece of music.

[@sarahtereapii5184]

Remember this. Almost 65 years old. Birth of son. Never forget.

[@anniep.9982]

Fantastic intro classical and electro. I'm happy when i'm reading others comments how much this song was important in their lives like me !!! i prefer the initial singer Shara Nelson !

[@homeboy2166]

I was at this festival and saw them play this track. They were simply amazing. The me of 1996 would not like the me of 2015!!!

[@EdgarArellano]

@foxinho82 I feel you, man

[@williamsandell3260]

She’s completely in charge. At the top of her game

[@seanferrari6825]

The music video to this song is simply stunning

[@izildanogueira2326]

l love this song. amazing

[@sandrocesar1894]

O tempo não apaga o que é bom

[@louisefinley5929]

2024 still brilliant xx

[@vitoriapadua124]

The first two minutes of orchestral drama 😍😍😍 if falling in love had a soundtrack, it would be these first two minutes

[@cameronmclauchlan7570]

2022. Been here, still here and will forever be here. Classic forever.

[@joeherbert2790]

20 years on unbelievable..... Even today its brilliant. Thanks Massive A

[@SurfingBullDog]

This is timeless

[@javierpacci5064]

The music of the dreams..for ever...thanks!!!!!

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

My fav .... love this song....

[@DREDWHITEHEAD]

I Just Found This Strikingly Beautiful Work Of Art A Week Ago. Now I CANT STOP PLAYING IT 😮

[@jackelcalvo8916]

AMAZING... Best version ever....

[@kolos2006]

Can I like this more than once?

[@pikvlieg]

Best version. Ever…. Probably best song…. Ever. I am still loving this. For ever

[@William-b3c]

This is incredible and it's been 28 years, one of the best songs I've ever heard in my life!

[@nat_the_gymrat1975]

So beautiful. And bad ass all mixed into one!

[@Αντουαν264]

57 years and still love this song SHARA"S. Voice fix like a glove to this greetings from greece

[@nyasiaross687]

She’s completely in charge. At the top of her game l love this song. amazing

[@radgeagainstthemachete6997]

She's coked up to the max. A banging machine backstage mate. A fuckin nobody. Good singer tho.

[@FruitFlyKilla]

@@radgeagainstthemachete6997 You base that on what exactly?

[@stuartunderwood4577]

To be fair shara nelsons shoes are allmost impossible to fill

[@johnwakefield8570]

Shara you paíd a dear price for this song, love .. I hope you are well and fine .. you are priceless .. .. as is every gal sings this song ..

[@fhbcfcvcb2911]

She is a GODDESS. Wow! Magnificent, truly stunning. Love it. Wow, she's wonderful.

[@irenebolanos2401]

Hi. Do You know what is her name? I would like to find more music of her.

[@bieberbelieber11001]

She is a GODDESS. Wow! Magnificent, truly stunning. Love it. its hard to believe this song 27 years old,amazing Can I like this more than once?

[@irenebolanos2401]

Hi can you tell me what is her name?

[@teomanorun9194]

forever this song

[@christophedecarvalho3712]

Juste le son le plus adapté pour faire l'amour!!! Magnifique

[@joshuagann2136]

Magnificent, truly stunning. Love it. its hard to believe this song 27 years old,amazing

[@askerkaca]

its hard to believe this song 27 years old,amazing

[@metalheartlive]

Intemporelle

[@endorphonic]

i was just thinking the same...... i am too old ;( LOL but i was thinking 2021 will 30 years of Unfinished sympathy

[@juanenriquenochestri]

Tener en la mano el disco de éste talentoso grupo en los 90s y que fuese original no cualquiera podía hacerlo.... Tuve la gran fortuna te tenerlo .....! Gracias Massive A. Desde Nezahualcóyotl México....

[@melissamilkquakez4932]

This is such a beautiful song!! 😍

[@138boris]

I miss the 90s❤💋

[@arrakis555]

dioss que temazo. la cantante y los musicos y la intro con orquestra brillante y esas campanitas que hace el de la bateria al empezar la cancion son brutales.

[@guyperry4010]

Magnificent, truly stunning. Love it.

[@johndavison7441]

7.15. She knows that was fucking amazing

[@playalistic1]

I still get Goosebumps watching this clip. Makes me wonder where did it all go wrong with today's music?

[@Tosekupoleceu]

though it is the heart of today/s music.

[@A3TTK]

Moose S. Sorry. But there's some really good stuff around.

[@SimplyReg]

@@A3TTK Tell me where it is. All I hear is nasally-sung, grossly-autotuned diarrhoea everywhere.

[@surferoftime4457]

Beautiful performance

[@ioannisgkountas3657]

I WAS THERE - LOVED IT -

[@dsc4u]

I bet ❤

[@j.j.ohanlon8842]

Gorgeous! Simply BRILLIANT and Timeless .A CLASSIC xx

[@janetiscute77]

Hits your core hard... the arrangement is awesome!!

[@marcoalla4931]

Simply!! The best!!!. Their music is a perfect pazzle made from many different pieces, but that fit perfectly together!!

[@BACKO7777]

Just watched this for the first time, I was there…… Spine tingling❤️

[@scratch5191]

who could give this a thumbs down?! it is epic. love m.a.

[@tldiv6833]

to this day they are the best

[@ninethreefivesix]

That was beautiful! I wish I wan't two years old at the time or else I would of had at least a chance of seeing such a great performance live.

[@jorgedavalos5663]

WhAt an intro!

[@CarlosMartinez-xv5zd]

We all have to get back and see live concert very soon!!!

[@martinadigiusto5893]

This Music, will never Die❤🎶

[@OldSusannah1]

Just reminiscing with a friend about those wonderful, wonderful Phoenix Festivals - and this was the first moment that came back to me - among many magical moments. Thanks for posting

[@carlosc.4131]

24 anos após este concerto contínuo a ouvir e gostar.

[@Mizztree23]

Dedicated to Mr Paul Lewis the mentalist raver and dancer & Best playmate and friend ❤rip my dear friend - see you again one day ❤

[@richardwolf2866]

Brilliant! Tons of mood swings, beats and sound, love it! You’ll go far kiddo! 🤟

[@markrich6657]

I know it's a long time since this track was posted but , hey , I have to comment. This track IS , a full on classic. Ain't rock , ain't pop, ain't classical but the absolute perfect mix of all three. Plus the folks that wrote this song had vision personified. I bet when it was finished and mixed, they had to know, WE created something timeless in the music world. And yes you did. Musical composition excellence. MARK uk

[@fidgetspinner343]

Nice

[@pierregirand1524]

Toujours aussi excellent... Je ne m'en lasserai jamais..

[@goonerash]

Wow...thought this one was consigned to my drunken memories...... who could forget that sunset behind the stage halfway thru this set....!!!

[@Joshua-nt5nh]

They killed it, she did great, and good lord she looked incredible (that subtle smile around 6:20 says it all).

[@Cinnamongirl_Reviews]

December 2022 and this one still gets me in the feels

[@JeezWhiz1]

Makes u feel like the end is coming but the flow is so elegant u are ready to say ‘f*ck it!’ and let the asteroid hit the earth

[@abigailmartinez4882]

It is just a perfect piece😊

[@harry5dad]

Groundbreaking! Very difficult to follow in the wonderful Shara Nelson's footsteps but this is beautiful

[@battistinialain]

the best performance i never heard from massive attack and unfinished..... This is pure, magic and unbelievable sensibility ! can't say anymore, nothig can traduce......

[@sergiovalenco6340]

Certamente uma das melhores performances que já assistí...em 54 anos de vida.

[@andywalker9079]

The whole festival was amazing,dance tent was incredible.

[@derbeaverhaus1862]

This just set me free in August 2019!!!!!!!!

[@philmulholland9378]

Go England! More of this please. もっとやってくる、

[@thebrieface]

my go to song when life sucks...

[@ninom4975]

A MASTERPIECE !

[@moniquezeigler4367]

She’s completely in charge. At the top of her game She is a GODDESS. Wow! Mushroom Vowles, you're missed !

[@francoiscassez8723]

Amazing, Fantastic, Beautiful, Infinite Song ! One of the Most Beautifiul Masterpeiece performed by a Live Symphonic Orchestra. and Deborah Miller ! Wonderful Life !

[@Dan76Rock]

It is undoubtedly a true masterpiece for various reasons. Maybe it’s just my own personal feelings but despite it being a completely different style and theme it has numerous only subtle but still respectful nods to another absolute masterpiece that wowed me in exactly the same way as this track did when I first heard it as young boy…West End Girls. Another one of those relatively rare songs that no matter what taste of music people were into, genuine music lovers found it very hard to dislike or criticise it.

[@anneross1021]

I was there....it was perfect!

[@lydeantaylor3353]

was ok one of my fav tunes of all time would love to sing this tune live myself...

[@goonerash]

Can you remember the sunset...?? was one of those moments i will take to the grave....

[@timl1481]

Such a great song!