Porcupine Tree - Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled (Live at NEARfest 2001)

[@OmarMohamed-ed7kz]

I remember exactly what I was doing the first time I ever heard this song. A very mundane thing. Elevated to a level by unforgettable musicianship.

[@HystrixLignum]

This song regulary appears in my KZbin list. And it is one of the best songs ever, even in 2023. I love SW.

[@johnv4866]

I wish I hadn't waited so long to click on this version. excellent, IMO

[@thedrizzle6]

yeah, their original drummer was much different from Gavin. This is one of my favorites of their older songs.

[@NubletPie278]

Great upload. Is this Warszawa? What a song and this entire CD is one of their best releases if it is

[@didakelx]

The sound of the keyboard solo reminds me of Tangerine Dream.

[@zachj6867]

I thought I was being Mandela effected, I swore I remembered him saying "while I look down your blouse." And here it is.

[@ChamoPeskdor]

Thank you for sharing, miss Colin in this years' reunion tour...

[@LOUANTON1]

Steven Wilson is probably one of the most amazing guitarists to be quite literally unappreciated by rock fans.

[@88omair]

Excellent guitar player. Probably uses the most sonically diverse set of tones I've ever heard

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

I don’t think he’s unappreciated lol

[@silat13]

He is not under appreciated.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Plus I think the last thing Steven Wilson would want was to be considered as a mainstream artist, imo even though he’s successful in what he does I still consider him more of an underground musician who’s loved by other musicians and prog rock fans.

[@skywalker605]

He is unique in his sound and immediately recognisable .

[@darich44]

Steven usually hires the most amazing guitar players

[@finylvinyl66]

He IS one the most amazing guitar players.

[@pascalloesch8059]

The fucking years...

[@amdby]

This may be the proof that Steven doesn't need PT. Or that some songs are strong enough to surpass the group. Either way, it's a work of genius

[@macdisciple]

My gawd he looks young here.

[@funny_money_ad_infinitum]

My ears just transcended above human!

[@kunalkumar8217]

I swear steven just said "while i look down your blouse" 😂. This guy! Genius!

[@BlindHouse]

Sad and beautiful song

[@o-REDBEARD-o]

My man is really out here wearing a fucking tube top.

[@gonzaloigueregui8181]

Why does nobody talk about this perfect song?

[@paulgrace3439]

Incredible song from an incredible album. Yes Steve Wilson is one of the masters at effects and using different guitar tones. Certainly an accomplished and excellent rhythm and lead guitar player and vocalist. Sad theme to the song. Actually sick. To think this sick lunatic took a bunch of other lives with his. Sad.

[@robosssherman5551]

5:29 heaven for ears begin

[@jannowak3604]

Still banging

[@Heiteinah]

Had to watch this again after the FUTURE BITES sessions. Damn, how I miss these days.

[@srvgravesdime]

Wilson's guitar tone is unbelievable here. Not sure what he's using/doing, whether it's a an effects pedal, midi, or something else. It sounds exactly like the album though, even better.

[@LaminarSound]

That would be a humbucker Strat into a Dual Rec. agreed. Wicked good.

[@jannowak3604]

@@LaminarSound nope this is acoustic pickup for sure he talked about it

[@highvoltage6113]

@@jannowak3604 Something feels off though - it sounds REALLY close to the album version. Was it somehow re-mixed, or was there a backing track? I also feel like his hand movements aren't syncing well with the acoustic strumming.

[@amandastevenson6101]

@@highvoltage6113 I wouldn't be surprised if there was a backing track, it's a very complex melody with many layers. Besides, how else would they play that sample of Do speaking? That said, I believe the idea of a professional musician fake playing to a live audience would make Mr Wilson sick to his stomach. Don't forget too that this footage is 20 years old and the audio may not be 100% with the picture.

[@theskidmarkoforion4829]

I don’t think he changes guitar throughout this performance.

[@omairsh8]

Magical outro solo. Steven is such a master of melody and phrasing

[@TheBlackycat]

I was at this show. My first PT show. I have it on CD and have listened to it well over 100 times. Awesome show.

[@chirayurawat9353]

Hey can you upload it somewhere I BEGG YOU😭

[@mikereiss4216]

Me too. Mine also. Did you see any other acts or were you just there for PT like the guy sitting next to me?

[@TheBlackycat]

@@mikereiss4216 I was there for all the bands. I knew PT and had The Sky Moves Sideways and Coma Divine but wasn't a huge fan until after I saw this show. The lineup for 2001 also included After Crying, a great band from Hungary, and Banco del Mutuo Succorso from Italy. Banco's performance blew me away. Attended all the NEARfests except the first one. It was a great festival and I miss it.

[@G9_Studios]

21 years later he is still making comments about how people don't know when to sit or stand st their shows lol

[@binitadhikari879]

Can someone provide tab of what Stevens playing after 5:00

[@montdewallydehonk4717]

chris maitland great drummer.

[@omairsh8]

Agreed, love his style and drum sound. Steven's always worked with incredible drummers

[@mikereiss4216]

Very underrated.

[@jeanjacqueslundi3502]

Best PT drummer for me.

[@mefistothegreat]

"You kissed me on the lipssssssss" I love it

[@mikereiss4216]

I was there. Great performance. I remember the empty seat next to me for the entire festival except for PT. He could have saved the 200 dollars and seen them at the TLA in Philly two days later (which was actually a much better show).

[@anthonywilliams2973]

Saw the current lineup play this live at Radio City Music Hall last night… hearing this one live still feels so surreal. Amazing song, and this recording is GREAT. Really interesting to compare Chris to Gavin. Very different styles, but both play this phenomenally.

[@prasvasu4217]

Yea, the current version is way different, very much improvised. They were so good live, I saw them at the Masonic.

[@vaibhavtulsyan7276]

I am pretty sure I will hear this 20 years later in 2039 and still love it.

[@LuisTorres-pb2ls]

He and Spinetta are so seemed

[@mercurio320]

Y Spineta con sus composiciones, fue brutal, sabes de algún canal de fans del flaco?

[@Arationality]

Really damn cool. Some great drumming and backing vocals by Chris Maitland.

[@yumeN0dengon]

Thx for the upload! This is as great as it is rare!

[@TheBlackycat]

Hey thanks for posting this. I was at this show - first time I saw PT. Fell in love with them.

[@amandastevenson6101]

Occasionally, there is a song that comes along and makes me fall in love with Music all over again. "Last Chance..." is one of those songs. Most of the Lightbulb Sun album sounds like the music I was into back in 2000, something Steve Lamacq might have played on BBC Radio 1's Evening Session, and I can't believe it passed me by so quietly. To me personally, the change in tone is what gets me. The music is absolutely transcendent, and for a reason. I believe it reflects the belief of the cult followers that they would transcend to the next level of glory. It's hopeful, mysterious and very very sad all at once. The abrupt ending is poignant too. As a person who suffers from passive suicidal ideation, I FEEL this song, and I can't stop listening to it.

[@BrisbaneTeslaGuy]

This is a spot on comment really I to have listen to this song over and over again and find it completely hypnotic. It’s actually also the first done of there’s I heard

[@HalcyonKeepitHalcyon]

Wow SW looks so young there. He's always been a legend.

[@amandastevenson6101]

He was 33 or 34 at this gig. He is one of those people who just never age, although that could be down to his vegetarianism, the fact that he never smoked (that I know of anyway), and he never had kids of his own. He's a fucking cool bastard 😂

[@mikereiss4216]

@@amandastevenson6101 Smoking might help but I don't think being a vegetarian has much to do with it.

[@rcantu6]

"If you fall asleep with me, you can dream and drowse, while I look down your blouse." Haha! Steven Wilson :D

[@King-Gilamashur2758]

MY favorite PT era.

[@davidjohnston9481]

This song is a monster composition with a brilliant arrangement. Another grand slam by Wilson and Barbieri.

[@raulsimon6856]

Aquí estamos 21 años después, de este concierto. El pasado 4 de octubre me tocó ver a Porcupine Tree en el Pepsi Center de la CDMX, me tocó escuchar esta canción en vivo. Gracias a la vida por eso.

[@antonyjamesherbert2426]

THIS IS HARD CORE

[@nicksword87]

The perfect end of the earth song to listen to. I will be jamming to this all day tomorrow.

[@connorross8942]

How'd it go?

[@Zealant]

How'd it go?

[@ponyboycurtisx]

Lmaooo

[@nicksword87]

I remember having an end of the world party.. followed by a hangover having me wish for the end of the world. Weird to think that was over 10 years ago

[@TheMike86le]

love Chris Maitland drumming!!

[@sabbahudin]

One of my favorite track‘s of all time!

[@IslesFan_5]

Love the key boards in this song along with everything else. Saw them 3 times in Toronto...awesome band live....geniuses. After all these years I still play this song and many others. All the best in your future endevors

[@cooliestguy45]

They are coming to Toronto again this year and it will be my first time seeing them live :) Really hoping they play this song.

[@purerizzo]

this is a GEM! THANK YOU!

[@Mijaseev]

Filmed at NEARfest (in Bethlehem, PA.) June 23, 2001...The entire PT concert video is on KZbin (five part video)...

[@Seek1Destroy1]

Nice upload. Deep, enchanting song! Superb composition of sound

[@rishabhsinghsolanki8375]

Come back Porcupine Tree

[@ecojot]

perfect song

[@mynamestef]

Steven wore crop tops before they were cool. Also, I love that cheeky little change of lyrics..

[@ShubhankarChawla]

"While I look down your blouse" caught me off guard!

[@birdiehope8231]

lol . I had same tshirt in 2001 but I'm a girl

[@TheBlackycat]

I was at the show and have a copy of the entire show on CD which I had listened to several times before I bought Lightbulb Sun. So for a while I thought the changed lyrics were the correct lyrics. Took me by surprise when they were different on the album.

[@teresajustice7431]

What was the lyric change?

[@teresajustice7431]

Believe me...they were popular back then for guys AND girls. Also, lots of people didn't wear shoes. Myself one of them. None of my friends didn't. But we had to endure cut up feet AND WE LIKED IT!! LOL

[@tittat3699]

You kind of excel in this particular department

[@chazchavara3192]

Yay....we do.

[@88omair]

Chris is a very elegant drummer

[@hansOrf]

Incredible.

[@zero71234]

The drummer is awesome and his work on shesmovedon is even better

[@metallicpsychedelic]

"While I look down your blouse"

[@cockatoo010]

That caought me out of... yeah

[@gtojudge12]

This is my favourite song of all time, and i couldn't have asked for a better performance of it!!

[@tittat3699]

All of his work contains a deep story or plot and take a comprehensive approach to unlock their meaning.

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

great performance. My 1st time seeing PT and SW.

[@shauntbarry]

I met Chris in Liverpool in 1993 and he was a charming fella.. Actually signed my Cd of Up the downstair on the back as he didn't play on it :)

[@MickH74]

Chris maitland fantastic drummer!

[@CristianTejadaU]

in all this years hearing PT i haven't noticed the talent of chris maitland.....but is clear for me after seeing this video that the guy is a genius

[@laser096]

is the best song I ´ve ever heard

[@matthewcarey9544]

i love this live version, much better than the audio version

[@ArtisanSmithy61]

@ PoSscar: This isn't Gavin...he didn't join PT till the recording sessions for 'In Absentia', in March 2002-April 2002. It's actually their original drummer...Chris Maitland.

[@RocKandMat]

great

[@darktulipan]

very good drumplay

[@robbiej2734]

is Steven Wilson wearing a crop top?

[@apieceofdirt4681]

Gavin Harrison took these guys to a whole different level.

[@drury2d8]

really awesome backup vocals here.

[@2ndMrZverina]

He's random, that's why we all love him.

[@hammtron]

Does anyone else get a cosby stills and nash vybes

[@Hejeval]

2001? Looks like middle 90's LOL

[@tittat3699]

I've never heard any of their older work such as this and I am 26

[@r3ality1]

WOW! Nice find. I never thought I would see them perform this live. One of my favorites of their earlier works.

[@MrThebigcheese75]

The future calling, they play it during their Closure/Continuation tour ;-) Great song.

[@prayagthakkar9801]

4 years ago, i put this song in my cell phone and its still in there, ACE mix.

[@KawaiiMonsuta]

change of text "like a boss"

[@LaminarSound]

Who was the drummer back then?

[@aidenhagler4388]

Chris Maitland

[@BWP-u3y]

Still... SO GOOD!!!

[@MrDAVeerl]

Hey man, can you upload it, please???? Would be a treasure!

[@VinMetal666]

Aw yeah 20 years ago RIP Heaven's Gate

[@sharoondaud9604]

Amazing!

[@neesubnan]

Absolutely agree with you on this!

[@iamthemorningmusic]

"it's kind of hard to rock out in front of a seated audience" boy he progressed over the years :D

[@donbut66]

Steven looks like a good looking Geddy Lee?

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

You can’t get a good looking Geddy Lee lol

[@andym28]

They were supposed to support dream theater in 2000 but cancelled.

[@eduardorojas7966]

Genio total el maestro ;!!

[@JonP1961]

"but I definitely think is a jewel because is about Porcupine Tree. Enjoy it!" and it's a jewel because it's got Chris on drums! first time i ever saw them, was late 90's. i was on work detail in Germany. buddy had gotten me DT tickets for Stuttgart, and PT opened. Chris was amazing!

[@Afterdark68]

Epic song.!

[@MrSlenderScare]

someone knows the guitar chords for this? first 3 chords are clear but what is it after that? F? doesn't look like steven's is playing an F but it's unclear

[@jackpaice]

just watched a bunch of stuff from 'Bo'... what a sick person.. I love how conscientious Steven is about this sorta stuff.

[@3spmSwy]

I can prove with lots of evidence that there was nothing "sick" about BO (DO) but you will have to seek it out if you want to learn why I say that.

[@burningtheangel]

Chris Maitland as MissRavenBlue said. He taught me drums back in 2002 - 04 :D

[@TheBlackycat]

It is all up on youtube - do a search for Porcupine Tree Nearfest. Mario Minnemann uploaded it in 5 parts (Parte 1/5 through 5/5)

[@TheJediJoker]

Having only seen Porcupine Tree live with Gavin Harrison and John Wesley, it's interesting to see backup vocals coming from behind the set. I had no idea Chris sang backups; he does a great job. Also interesting to see Steven playing a run-of-the-mill Strat. Also, I love the sound of his acoustic modeling pedal. I find that it's texturally more apt to their music than the real thing. Does anyone know the make and model?

[@Cearz1985]

@TheBlackycat You're welcome. I'll be posting more from them because is good sharing masterpieces.

[@PedroHenrique-uv6zy]

great speech at the beginning, but in case you want to go straight to the song: 1:30 =)

[@MegaCirse]

Don't despise bird dropping, it's the same as your brain

[@Flapy126]

Much better than the studio version, in my opinion at least...

[@ilkinshafiyev2314]

Any tabs for Steven's solo?