Portishead - Magic Doors

Music video by Portishead performing Magic Doors. (C) 2008 Go! Discs Ltd. Under Exclusive License to Universal Island Records Ltd

[@twinflames5882]

I can't deny what I've become I'm just emotionally undone I can't deny, I can't be someone else When I have tried to find the words To describe this sense absurd Try to resist my thoughts but I can't lie I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for I can't divide or hide from me I don't know who I'm meant to be I guess it's just the person that I am Often I've dreamt that I don't wade Enjoy the gift of my mistake But yet again I'm wrong, and I confess I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for

[@yourjunes]

The production on this song is fucking CRAZY. I don't even understand how something can be mixed this good. Like even with the compression from youtube it sounds crystal clear, and the balance is some kind of sorcery?! This should literally be part of course material is music theory classes, I NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW GOOD THIS IS AHHHHHHH

[@watermusic4381]

We understand. Trust me, we understand.

[@heribertomillan2457]

I feel u bro, saludos desde México

[@guaguancos.montunodcubop8923]

Im with u!

[@avikchatterjee1945]

Portishead and Massive Attack ---the two very best out there

[@SangbumaMusic]

i've lsitened to all of Portishead's stuff over the past couple months now and they are honestly my favorite band. I feel every tone in their music it just sits with me so well. Thank God for Portishead!!!!!

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

yeah they're great. I found Portishead a few years ago and they quickly became one of my top ten bands.. I just wish they had more albums! lol They've been around like 25 years now and only 3 albums :( Although all the members of the band do have other projects but none of them are like Portishead.

[@martincotadoteho3754]

I love these psychedelic type of video clips. They don't make 'em so much.

[@herpderp1153]

Reminds me of the video to More Human than Human.

[@stu4576]

We need people who can give us this kind of music back. Where are they?

[@mustafakuloglu771]

I fucking love "Third". This into Threads is magical.

[@Fragile2712]

Third helped me get through the grief of losing my sister. I absolutely LOVE it.

[@fredman727]

I fucking love Third as well

[@gedeonnunes5626]

My favorite album from them

[@Jucick]

What an anguish there's in the song! It tears you up from the very inside.

[@dirtystreamer]

2022 and still listening Portishead...even if they never return to Music. They made History.

[@khwabyda]

Discovered Portishead a week ago, I'm already a big fan. Third is one of my most favourite albums

[@dickmonkey-king1271]

They are an incredible band.

[@samsepiol4761]

Welcome to an a amazing world, just close your eyes and listen them....

[@Angel-tn4uj]

@@dickmonkey-king1271listen to portishead live in nyc

[@the2ndcoming135]

Got Eem🤣

[@guaguancos.montunodcubop8923]

@@the2ndcoming135 ..😂😂😂😂😂😂 Got eeeeem

[@sarazuccon7727]

I simply love them. I hardly can find a music that I feel more near to me and what I feel that their songs.

[@sarperakyurek2298]

Everything about everything. In just 3 and a half minutes.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

This band's music videos make me feel overwhelmed in a way that's hard to explain with words.

[@anglistalukazzz]

is she using drugs ?

[@Vishnu-xn4vx]

Micah 'Radiohead fan' Buzan, helo :)

[@homegrownpatriot1310]

Yeah its called brainwashing.....this band seems satanic, definitely disturbed. Psychotic for sure

[@FoulMouthFishing666]

Then they did their job

[@kirb_erus]

@@homegrownpatriot1310 Sounds badass

[@TheDreamzMachine]

love this so much.. it is perfect .. the timing.. that break beat ..

[@the2ndcoming135]

Perfect amount of cowbell too😅

[@sarperakyurek2298]

That's pure love..

[@UpYours011]

finally, ive seen Portishead live this summer... fkn exhilarating stuff, & they are better live then on cd, truly one of my favourite bands

[@dezzielou]

Saw her live at the Shrine in LA about 5yrs ago or more- perform this entire album and it sounded amazingggg....her live performance was the greatest i have ever seen... she ran into the audience at the end made my year!

[@demmysdreams2826]

That's my dream come true! Lucky you!

[@ManlyOBeeferton]

I'm guessing you mean you saw _them_ live, Portishead isn't just Beth Gibbons :).

[@dezzielou]

LOL YA NO SHIT haha. Been a fan forever i def know the difference.. I say HER because SHE ran into the audience. My experience felt one on one w HER.. HER voice is captivating,., HER presence is captivating. SHE gets emotional. but THEY as a band are AMAZING.... can't beat the music and the sound.. it;s out of this world. ya...wasn't fair of me to only reference HER lol.

[@dianehoughton5555]

@@dezzielou You don’t have to explain yourself love... 😎

[@advancedraymondology2914]

​@@dianehoughton5555 idk, as much as I love Beth, I'm glad the dude called him out a bit. Her voice is sublime, but that music is so damn good too. And I think that's mostly that other guy. The band was his vision and he crafted their sound...and see, even I don't remember his name. Haha. Front men will always get the spotlight. I guess that's just how it is. But let's not start denying the other members' existence at least. Reminds me of how my grandmom used to say "Ned Zeppelin," like that was Plant's name, haha. "That Ned Zeppelin is something!"

[@svetdoroff8596]

Обожаю данную композицию. Я проживаю в Кемерово, я помню, как напугало, начало композиции когда зазвучал данный трек( на звонке была тема), это было после " Зимней вишни", люди испугались... Это ужас.

[@discovery3749]

This is the best song ever made

[@L.M.B]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@Nevillaa]

this band is so underrated in america

[@illuzeweb]

Speak for yourself. You know how many hip hop artists have used their work or referenced listening to them?

[@abrahamblanco8818]

yeah sure its not like they sold millions of records or anything.

[@Nevillaa]

Abraham Blanco sure they’re famous! But I haven’t encountered many people who actually listen to them duh

[@Warp75]

Third went to number 7 in the US charts. They have a fan base there

[@Nevillaa]

@@Warp75 did I say there was no fan base..?

[@alejandroclimacohernandez9597]

Portishead es una de las mejores bandas que haya escuchado. Beth Gibbons escribe de manera perfecta. Y la música, tan sencilla y compleja a la vez. Pocas bandas logran empatar el sentimiento de la letra con una somple nota. La verdad es que, son unos genios.

[@copheart]

They mastered this onto a cassette for release. That's awesome

[@simontrem080]

+Level Anything Yeah I think I read somewhere it was a tascam porta studio

[@dabean2000]

Best British export ever. Beths Vocals are amazing and the beats are amazing x Much love to all x

[@60okka]

beth has a voice that touches my soul like my mother

[@saritajoshi1737]

Awwwww

[@Petriecat]

I Love You Beth.

[@BauerAzlan]

Funnily, even though it’s a sad song, its beauty makes me happy

[@iandsmith]

A good name for that majestic solo at 2:17 would be a full brain floss between the synapses. Thank you.

[@ripamoramee14]

That banana knows something damn it

[@elizabethmartinezgutierrez1175]

I love this song...

[@mmtz3051]

Every song is a masterpiece itself!!!

[@sunshaped]

truth.

[@TheChasedanger]

How come everywhere I go I see a comment from you

[@horatiotodd8723]

You are a Portishead fan as well?

[@LuneMortRaiser]

this song deserve millions of views, millions of people deserve to hear this before they die :c

[@redcommando1]

Millions of people don't appreciate good music, so therefore Millions of people deserve to die!

[@irvine14]

i deserve to hear this a million times, therefore a million views. PRBLM?

[@theframe100]

runningboard The first million!

[@bgggsht]

almost 2 millions

[@henriqueramos3197]

MAGIC DOORS Released: 24 November 2008 [Verse 1] I can't deny what I've become I'm just emotionally undone I can't deny, I can't be someone else When I have tried to find the words To describe this sense absurd Try to resist my thoughts, but I can't lie [Chorus] I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for [Verse 2] I can't divide or hide from me I don't know who I'm meant to be I guess it's just the person that I am Often I've dreamt that I don't wade Enjoy the gift of my mistake But yet again, I'm wrong and I confess [Chorus] I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for Produced by Portishead Written by Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow & John Baggott Album THIRD (2008)

[@konstantinosbis7905]

What a masterpiece...

[@szmblanka]

This is the best song and music video in the world!!!!!!

[@aldys92]

I love THIRD... the best album of 2008

[@jasonjackson3114]

There's no better music than this.

[@WerewolfMorgue]

haha, the ending always leads me to Threads, that song starts playing in my head automatically now after this song...love them to death, this band.

[@zopilote_4000]

such a sad song :c

[@BodeVanLot]

Awesome song, great album. Portishead is a hell of a band.

[@TranceGurl20]

This song can increase milk production in cows.

[@Oden132]

Портисы лучшие.

[@cyrilroult1067]

Bonjour à vous, Portishead reste toujours une référence dans une CDthèque, et même si je découvre des titres longtemps après leur publication, je suis agréablement surpris.

[@veronikakomarkova8470]

Любимая композиция, слушаю почти 10 лет!

[@firunewsted5625]

I can't deny what I've become I'm just emotionally undone I can't deny, I can't be someone else When I have tried to find the words To describe this sense absurd Try to resist my thoughts, but I can't lie I'm losing myself My desire I can't have No reason am I for ♥

[@user-bo4yh8hl7p]

Hey, I'm not a native English speaker, so I hope you can help me. I've just come across another variant of the chorus, it sounds like this: "All the muse in myself My desire I can't hide No reason and I thought" Which variant is the right one?

[@soniamelo9762]

It's a combination of both; "I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for"

[@felizazelin]

firu newsted g

[@hallowedbethynameyahuah7705]

This is right. It's "My desire I can't have" It is a knowing.

[@zackworrell535]

The sax section is so emotional

[@paulelliott3220]

It’s Portishead and demands repeated listens Beth and Geoff have released some awesome music

[@anthonypaulnoble]

fucking masterpiece of a portishead song...they fused hip hop and emotion to perfection. THANK YOU

[@anthonypaulnoble]

way ahead of the curve it only took the mainstream 20 years to even begin to catch up

[@KevinoftheCosmos]

I'm glad I found this video. It's my favorite album.

[@erry9895]

Need this today, more than ever!!

[@JMLEYLE]

Solo decir Portishead, GRANDES!

[@overseer_grimal]

Third is the best album of Portishead

[@mravojedmravojedovic2179]

the best vocal melody ever

[@TheChaserme]

Is it weird to say that this is exactly what I see every time I hear this song... And I've never seen the video before.

[@justinsheriff6810]

The sight of my burning house is oddly beautiful.

i love this song :-)

[@exxumma]

Amazing band,,,on rotation sequence for over an hour & their music is....soul touching

[@alexanderluthor8906]

I'm just emotionally undone.....

[@herpderp1153]

What a badass way to start a music video.

[@diosa.loba333]

I can't divide or hide from me I don't know who I'm meant to be I guess it's just the person that I am

[@chrisveracroat2074]

This song is a stroke of genious!!!

[@inoriyuzuriha5342]

Tellement beau .. Merci Portishead

[@vonkunstler884]

One of my favorites

[@freeloader8230]

Best song titles on this album

[@freqfreak9733]

thanks for the upload

[@RacerXGTO]

Fascinating piece. The music is 4/4 time signature, but the syncopation gives the illusion it's other than..

[@thinice6080]

shivers.

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

Ahead of their time, under appreciated, above most to understand.

[@vicentem576]

Just perfect!

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

Beautiful....unsettling

[@blablabetbla]

Magnifique !

[@FANTASTICOSRZORRO]

Todos en algún momento de nuestras vidas nos emos sentido demasiado tristes, y con esta cancion es como echarle sal a la herida.😣

[@hen5436]

Thank you portisheat for this lyrics For that music i love you.

[@darkoina]

3 minutos bastan para saber que esto es un temazo! La batería es una pasada

[@checkyourhead1992]

Tremendo temazo!

[@huntrevious]

that was real nice

[@dirtystreamer]

Masterpiece!

[@alejandroclimacohernandez9597]

2:20 increíble, es poesía.

[@HolyMoses81]

Awesome drumbeat!!!!

[@MRTEED]

Great drum groove

[@Magicd00r]

all time fav

[@sameonmalik9915]

Rindu zaman 2007-2013 astro hitz. Zaman skolah menengah. 😂 MALAYSIA

[@batwingwashere]

Even though I find "Street Spirit" one of the greatest songs I have ever heard (and the video... man it's gorgeous), I don't think I could enjoy listening to any full album of Radiohead as much as I enjoy any of Portishead's works. I find both bands' music touching, yet I love Beth much more than Thom :)

[@dickmonkey-king1271]

I think Beth made her wounds open for all to feel, but Thom tried to hide his. The emotion still comes through, but Beth is more Cobain in that it's all there to be heard and felt.

[@herpderp1153]

Either is ten times the artist than was Cobain.

[@stevemosd]

amazing song

[@SeeThatSuperTramp]

Acid like teddy bear, for me, when i hear that really hard! like it!

[@phildeslip728]

Chef d’œuvre

[@user-rp8sg9dt8v]

Super muse. Needed

[@unicejopower5074]

Perfect

[@SHIREDRIFT]

Everytime i get a chance to bash a drum kit, always seem to end up playing this. Such a good song on a brilliant album. When 4 coming out?!

[@ofvids]

fantastic four

[@alejandroclimacohernandez9597]

Sus letras, pocas veces había visto letras tan introspwctivas que reflejaran el alma de un melancólico. Bety gibbons, es enmi opinión, una delas mejores letristas de todos los tiempos.

[@TheXapbkoB]

I cant cry on this thing, called my life, described in this glorious song.British is so much better than american! Love the accent even though its almost unmentionable in songs, still its best of english interpretation.

[@datogadelia]

so good :S

[@henriqueramos3197]

PORTISHEAD - TRIP-HOP FOREVER! Portishead (/pɔːrtɪsˈhɛd/) are an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol. The band is named after Portishead, Somerset, eight miles west of Bristol, along the coast. The band comprises vocalist Beth Gibbons, producer Geoff Barrow, and musician Adrian Utley; Dave McDonald, an engineer on their first records, is sometimes cited as the fourth member. Portishead's debut album, Dummy (1994), fused hip hop production with yearning vocals from Gibbons and an atmospheric, cinematic style reminiscent of spy film soundtracks. The album was met with commercial and critical acclaim, quickly becoming a landmark album in the emerging trip hop genre. However, the band disliked being associated with the term, and would consciously step away from that sound on later releases. Two other studio albums have been issued: Portishead in 1997 and Third in 2008, both of which received similar acclaim. In 1998, the band released a concert album, Roseland NYC Live. Portishead's music was influenced by a wide range of singers and composers. Gibbons's voice has been compared to singer Billie Holiday. Utley mentioned the spaghetti western guitar composed by Ennio Morricone; he said that "[Morricone's] The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the sort of soundtrack that I love". The discography of British trip hop group Portishead consists of three studio albums, one live album, one compilation, ten singles and one video album. The Bristol-based band consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley. And I have the great honor of having in my discography the three studio CD-albums, including the live CD-Álbum. Therefore, I have three copies of the CD-Album, DUMMY (1994), three copies of the CD-Album PORTISHEAD (1997), one unit of the live CD-Album ROSELAND NYC LIVE (1998), and finally the last CD-Studio album, THIRD (2008), only a single unit. In all, there are eight CD-albums that I have from this Trip-Hop trio, one of the pioneers of this electronic music genre, in addition, of course, to Massive Attack, among others that appeared at the same time, and others a little later. TRIP-HOP FOREVER! Third is the third and most recent studio album by the English band Portishead. It was released on 28 April 2008 in the United Kingdom by Island Records and a day later in the United States by Mercury Records. Portishead's first studio album in eleven years, Third moved away from the trip hop style they had popularised, incorporating influences such as krautrock, surf rock, doo wop and the film soundtracks of John Carpenter. After Portishead released their self-titled second album in 1997, band member Geoff Barrow put Portishead on hiatus and moved to Australia. He became uninterested in music, and efforts to develop new songs with guitarist and keyboardist Adrian Utley failed. They were inspired to create again after producing with the band the Coral, and restarted work with singer Beth Gibbons in Bristol, England. Third entered the top ten of several countries' music charts and was certified gold in the UK. It was named one of the best albums of 2008 by several publications; in 2013, NME ranked it number 330 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Described as an electronica, experimental rock and psychedelic rock record, Third departs from Portishead's trip hop sound, the genre they had popularised with their albums Dummy (1994) and Portishead (1997). It also contains no turntable scratching, a hallmark of their earlier albums. Gareth Grundy of Q wrote that "Third's sole link with the past is Gibbons' voice ... Everything else has been binned, the hip hop, the cinematic feel, the lot." Instead, the album contains "muscular" synthesisers, drum breaks and abrupt endings, with "propulsive" krautrock rhythms, break beats, cathedral organ, "Moroccan drones" and surf rock. The AV Club wrote that singer Gibbons "sounds more hollowed-out and harrowed than ever, a human nervous twitch on too much coffee and too little sleep". The opening track, "Silence", has a "propulsive" drum loop and "Morse code"-like guitar. "We Carry On" has a "claustrophobic" two-note electro riff; Rolling Stone likened it to the work of the American psychedelic band Silver Apples. "Deep Water" is a "ukulele doo-wop". "Machine Gun" is driven by a "mechanical" rhythm that gives way to synthesisers which Drowned in Sound likened to the soundtracks of the 1980s films The Terminator and Blade Runner. "Magic Doors" features "huge" piano chords, "tick-tocking" cowbell, and "corrupted" brass. Third was released on 28 April 2008 on Island Records in the United Kingdom, 29 April Mercury Records in the United States,[citation needed] and 30 April on Universal Music Japan in Japan.[citation needed] It entered the UK Albums Chart at number two and the US Billboard 200 at number seven, becoming Portishead's highest US chart debut, selling 53,000 copies. On 8 and 9 December 2007, Portishead curated the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, England, and performed their first full sets in nearly 10 years, including tracks from Third. On 21 January 2008, Portishead announced a European tour to support the album, with a headline spot at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 26 April 2008, their only US date on the tour. On 21 April 2008, a week before its release, Third was made available as a free stream on Last.fm, attracting 327,000 listeners in 24 hours. It was the first time Last.fm made an album available before its release. Third was the fifth-bestselling vinyl record of 2008, selling 12,300 copies. 1995 Mercury Prize Dummy Album of the Year Won, NME Awards Themselves Best Dance Act Nominated, MTV Europe Music Awards Best New Act Nominated. Edison Awards Best International Dance/Rap Won, Brit Awards British Breakthrough Act Nominated, 1997 GAFFA Awards (Denmark) Beth Gibbons Best Foreign Female Act Nominated, 1998 Žebřík Music Awards Best International Female Nominated, 1999 Online Music Awards Themselves Best Alternative Fansite Nominated, 2008 Rober Awards Music Prize Best Band Won, Cutting Edge Won, Best Electronica Won, Third Album of the Year, Won, The Rip "Single of the Year Won, Themselves Best Live Artist Nominated, 2016 Ivor Novello Awards Outstanding Contribution to British Music Won, Music Week Sync Awards "SOS" Film Soundtrack Won, Rober Awards Music Poll Best Cover Version Won.

[@henriqueramos3197]

MAGIC DOORS Released: 24 November 2008 [Verse 1] I can't deny what I've become I'm just emotionally undone I can't deny, I can't be someone else When I have tried to find the words To describe this sense absurd Try to resist my thoughts, but I can't lie [Chorus] I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for [Verse 2] I can't divide or hide from me I don't know who I'm meant to be I guess it's just the person that I am Often I've dreamt that I don't wade Enjoy the gift of my mistake But yet again, I'm wrong and I confess [Chorus] I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for I'm losing myself My desire I can't hide No reason am I for Produced by Portishead Written by Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow & John Baggott Album THIRD (2008)

[@checkyourhead1992]

Amo esta canción y todo de portishead

[@derfbank]

no ads on my playlist PLEASE!!!!!!!

[@smokemylungsblak]

cowbell kills it.

[@emanuelyagami]

J'aime

[@aaziji]

Just wanted to say I love you.

[@TheTiGeRrAmIrEz]

increible... absolutamente celestial

[@samsepiol4761]

what a Ride!!!!

[@cisfinitum5967]

awesome... though it sounds more tired or melancholy it is still amazing