Portishead - Wandering Star

[@CK-ne9um]

Her voice has haunted me for 20 years and will for another 20

[@QuadMochaMatti]

It's getting closer and closer to 30 years for me. Back when I was a design major at Uni in the early/mid-'90s, I purchased the CD of "Dummy" practically soon as it was available locally, and it saw frequent rotation in our studio stereo on campus. It's impossible to think of a time or a reason where I wouldn't have them on my absolute go-to playlist.

[@metalface8615]

It's ok you are not alone I think she knows it you know!😅

[@christianjohnson7228]

I just discovered Portishead. I love it. I normally listen to Rock and Metal. Beth’s vocal work is unique and haunting and awesome and amazing! That scratching is also awesome. The guitar lick and harmonica, good sample choices.

[@angieyarbrough3570]

Homer Simpson me too. That voice is mesmerizing.

[@laurahall907]

Its hard to find good electronica these days.

[@christianjohnson7228]

@@laurahall907 agreed.

[@murrayhepple]

The scratching was made by recording their own samples and pressing their own vinyl and throwing it around a bit to make it sound rough. Only then did they use it to scratch in the recording session. Truly a unique bunch of musicians.

[@8all8at8once8]

Ooooohhh, then enjoy! It’s so timeless. I can still listen to it, even though I listened to it when I was in my teens, 27 years ago😜😅

[@sandorrclegane2307]

You have to listen to this on some nice speakers/headphones, gotta hear the bass, man

[@mitchelledwards8710]

It’s going through my Vintage Technics set up Right now while I wash the dishes

[@nickitakiselev6269]

Molchat doma?

[@sandorrclegane2307]

@@nickitakiselev6269 yes ::}

[@heyoka_j5741]

Or try buying actual vinyl or cd ffs

[@sandorrclegane2307]

@@heyoka_j5741 yeah i have the CD, here the bass is kinda quieter so that's why i commented

[@sarapetrovic7960]

This is how depression feels...I can connect with every word in this song.

[@kozmosis3486]

@ Sara Petrovic Yes agreed. To me this is a perfect example of how pain and sorrow can be transformed into something beautiful. That is the true purpose of art.

[@kozmosis3486]

@Drebin 178 yes a couple of lines from the song are prose taken from the bible but your comment is stupid and your religion is a hateful lie

[@Neur0nauT]

@Drebin 178 @Kozmosis I think you are both way off with the message of this song. It can be a religious connotation if you so choose that hill to die on, but it literally, and figuratively portrays human mortality, and death...and the embedded human emotion that is sometimes referred to as... Grief. It's hard to rationalise that feeling, and I think this song conveys it succinctly. With the "wonderment of stars" and those who know how it all comes together......When somebody close to you slips off this Mortal Coil...it reminds you that you too will be gone with the quickening some day.

[@Master_Of_The_Universe]

@@kozmosis3486 Damn that's crazy bro but who asked

[@Tanner0]

I agree.

[@UnholyPanda13]

This has to be one of the best songs ever made.

[@user-hr6yl1yt9l]

Your comment is 14 years old. Hope you're still enjoying good music.

[@NostalgicDays88]

Portishead is such an amazing band. Their songs are just so lonely, and yet full of emotion.

[@gregorykulinski2186]

Just like "like life"

[@RoxieEmm]

This song can repeat over and over for the rest of my life and it still wouldn't get old.

[@lobodepiedra9314]

Hehe, that'$ what i've been doing.

[@charleshodge9765]

Song wouldn't get old but you sure would

[@volkerlinz7214]

Same Here!

[@MARYANNE269]

Hmm Sorry this is the first time I've herd it!! 😱😱 Maybe I should invest in an album or two 👍😍👍 love all Of what I know already of course.. 👌

[@Kazilikaya]

That's because the chorus describes the future of the Universe

[@melissachu2445]

Dummy came everywhere with me in my teens ...Love Portishead !!!!

[@sicwidit21]

My ex used to call me dummy. I went everywhere with her too

[@user-gx8fw8qr6d]

G ... ALL OF US

[@kij100]

From when I was 23 till now at 48 and for ever.

[@ulalume16]

It was with me through my teens also. I would write and paint and this would be my soundtrack. I'd love to say I'd grown up some since then I know I havent. I'm not sure leaving this behind could be considered growing up after all, we're the product of what we knew. I'm happy I'm not the only one who loved this from early on

[@michaelwilkinson7869]

SAme. I was in my 20’s but wore that album slap out

[@michaelcastillo3231]

This album is a masterpiece. I would die for this album. It’s that good.

[@tsugaru_solos]

I almost did. Nearly isekaied myself in 1996 with this album as my ost. 💔 still hurts

[@KosmiekAltertainment]

I met you over 20 years ago and i still love you. The things music can do..

[@boobawayne]

This scratching is astonishing

[@Ajai11]

It's jolly good

[@kij100]

Underrated

[@stefangladovic3854]

its trash but it fits well :) love it!

[@ThaJhay]

If you after 3 years still like his scratch work DJ Geoff Barrow is his name , have seen him 4 times solo, guy is a genius Turntablelist kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJubqa19r6iWq9k

[@jjmontes14]

This sucks

[@guerillapress77]

Portishead was one of the most amazing live shows I ever saw. Truly gifted bunch.

[@LadyofWar1980]

Portishead are so UNDERRATED!!! So ahead of their time. Good stuff....

[@billybussey]

They are universally adored. Hardly underrated.

[@GuardaGuada]

This song is fucking fantastic, and beth's quiet, calm voice adds so much more emotion to it, she sounds like someone that feels helpless... it's amazing how she can sound dominant and scary sometimes, seductive others, mournful, tortured. They're huge artists.

[@CUHZINIT]

I'm truly grateful for this bands work

[@anybody2501]

And the time that I will suffer less//is when I never have to wake... This song is dark as fuck

[@rebekahdiezel7035]

Hahahaha.... Does the sun still not exist behind the clouds 🤣

[@Ningnomaningnong]

I'd love to know what they were thinking when they made this. lol

[@Yu-Fei-Hung]

Darker than Gloomy Sunday, it is when you don't look anymore the details of a damaged normal life. You already looking what expects you in the abyss ahead.

[@th3unmaker]

@@Ningnomaningnong i think It's about the initial reaction a person has when they realize the nature of the world, and life, and the Bible's judgement on those who have rejected God. It's a bit of a dichotomy, i think, but that is also typical of life in general. Death is the only lasting peace we shall get, unless there really is something to come after that. Wolves in sheep's clothing hunt and feed on the masses, always pretending ignorance while actually seeing more clearly than the population they feed on. The verse in Jude this song is lifted from refers to such people, and their condemnation: "raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom it is reserved, the blackness of darkness, forever." edit: I had a different understanding of the verse 'those who have seen the needles eye now tread...", but now I am pretty sure it is just further pronouncement of the judgement of the wicked. The rich have seen the needles eye ('it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven"), and have rejected it in favor of riches and power, and so lose their humanity. They reject God and his laws, and become... hollow.

[@r.h.f.6073]

real as fuck too, what is death if not the end of suffering

[@tokemob9346]

My mom played so much portishead when i was a kid and i still love it

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

That little guitar snippet coming and going really tickles the fright gland.

[@michaelengle9062]

I fell asleep with my iPod on once. Waking up in the middle of the night with this track playing really messed with my head....

[@thebetbetunderground9548]

Michael Engle Portishead's music is psychoactive music. It really does get into your head and changes your perception of the world around you. Powerful music, I don't really have words for it. When Portishead sets up a mood, it's just so pure, so potent, and so affecting. Simply look around you. And then look around another time, this time listening to Portishead -- it alters the world. Once I was just walking around the open field in the campus listening to "The Rip", and then it hit me when it got to the crescendo. It was like I was ripped on strong weed, but I wasn't.

[@michaelengle9062]

had the same type of thing happen listening to Trentemoller....yikes

[@EdwardGFunk]

your mom messed with my head too bro

[@lyntoncollins2758]

You do realize he plays almost EVERY track? And those he doesn't guitar he keyboards?

[@johnvollmar2749]

Recently discovered this song. Hypnotic and addictive. Love it so very much....

[@user-gm2hv7bw4k]

they have saved my life MANY times. HER voice melts me. I WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@helin8036]

Blackness, darkness forever.

[@kapple654]

definitely one of their best and underrated songs!

[@migceb5305]

Technically and emotionally one of the best trip-hop songs ever...Extremely advance for the time,1994, and already a classic

[@wonkyal3097]

I listen to this almost 25 years since I had the pleasure of first hearing it, and still think " F***ing Hell , what an absolute fantastic track this is . "

[@Skitzofreenic]

Scratch wizards here... makes me miss the creative interesting music of the 90s. Music in 2020 is so dull...

[@ChrisEspino759]

feels like the music is dancing on top of me.

[@weirdcrunkygremlin1449]

When you think that words and musik could explain the whole meaning of life and you feel happy and sad at the same time. Masterpiece

[@tmilton82]

Portishead is amazing!!! This is my favorite song by them..

[@GoNzALOST88]

I can't stop listenin' to it! AMAZING piece of art!

[@zamzummimm]

Her voice gives me goosebumps.

[@marcusbeatwise2859]

Watching this at Glastonbury, 10pm, light rain started to fall, coming up on a fistful of MD. One of my best musical experiences

[@xaviereloquin4784]

My boy, 20 years old, on his way to Bristol to make music. I told him: listen to this.

[@shelleysanders9666]

Bristol, U.K. has always had a very good live music scene, also inc for jazz, folk & blues. For those from outside the U.K., Portishead is a small estuary town in the Bristol area.

[@mrtomas0990]

@@shelleysanders9666 i'm from S. Wales...i done work there with my dad as a teen doing conservatories...felt great to go there. Gorgeous views ❤

[@hunterjenkins11]

Back in early 2001 before TOOL released Lateralus I downloaded an over the phone interview with Maynard on Australia's Triple J station/program. Right before he got off the phone the fella interviewing MJK asked him what song from the TOOL catalog he would like Maynard to play and Maynard asked the dude if he could play Portishead - Wandering Star instead of a TOOL song because he had just recently heard it and fell in love with it. If it wasn't for Maynard I may never have discovered the Bristol trip hop sound. And I am very grateful I found out about Portishead, Massive Attack, Tricky and Liz Frazer. Just thought I'd share that. ✌

[@fukuuu]

And here we are a day from the new album. Cheers!

[@Jalerbo]

Maynard, what a dude

[@bastodon]

This post resonates with me on allot of levels

[@flowereia]

Talk about a "modernMasterpiece" ...Lets face it,this Album touched a whole new generation! And will no doubt touch many more generations to come! :)

[@luluahlouw9164]

2/2/19- the reason I appreciate youtube is so I can play portishead and the music that made me who I am and the songs I keep coming back to from this era change with every shift I have made as if the more honest I get with myself the more I respect music that is equally honest and universally human

[@vaiority]

this is absolutely gorgeous...the only thing that can make me feel less alone when i sink down

[@turtlebuttmudd]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@wdks4847]

Portishead, you are now in a part of my heart.

[@OuterHeavenBigBoss]

For those of us that were grown when this album came out its basically top 5 of the greatest albums the UK every produced.

[@SGProductions87]

Always reminds me of that time my friend and I had this on and we were bobbing our heads up and down to the tune staring at each other whilst super stoned off some high grade

[@Antiwasserstoff]

Awesome music, awesome song. When i listen to this kind of music i feel like walking through the night at dead streets where has just cats watching at you

[@KoryGrayson]

Thank you, Erica Hayes.

[@dinofranco9800]

Fun fact about Portishead: the tracks they sample and scratch are all their own music, recorded and pressed on vinyl. They don’t use other artists’ music to further their own. So badass- Saw them live in Boulder, CO in 2011. One of my favorite shows of all time.

[@motherATwork]

Best album of all times! ❤️❤️🌻

[@wednesday3845]

My fav forever, thanks for the great fab bitter sweet memories...still here in 2019

[@davidhertz7583]

Thi song is almost an invitation to abondon the seriousness of life.

[@lyntoncollins2758]

Nothing serious here if Chris Cornell couldn't find any reason to stick around. The fact you are not at Uni doing Bio Chem and genetics in a hope to prevent the telomere hindrance problem just suggests to me : listen to music, and shut the fuck up. Like I do.

[@aninymouse1651]

This song is actually a warning: turn to Jesus, or face the fate of the wandering stars, for whom it is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

[@andreakies8283]

Life isn't as mundane or serious as everyone thinks...we've got an attack on our emotions and hearts and god selves right now...send your vibration higher and let the music make better emotion come from within...we all can evolve out of this...just saying...bring out your lovelight!!

[@jeanfivaz8382]

I like portishead. Just remembered where the phrase comes from: Jude 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

[@zeusnitch]

I once randomly opened a bible and found this in the book of Jude: "Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever." Poetry defies the weariness of time.

[@cameronreed2207]

sweeeet

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

it is referring to the fallen angels.

[@seraphonfire2336]

It's referring to the souls of the damned. Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm-shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted-twice dead. They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness Jude 1

[@justwinfelipe6495]

The buybull still sucks, though!

[@seraphonfire2336]

@@justwinfelipe6495 It only sucks for those too weak to follow it. I rather like it, and find it suits my lifestyle well.

[@CrimsonRain11]

So I heard this song blaring from a car outside my dorm room earlier today and I was really intrigued by it. Picked out a few lyrics, looked it up, and found my way here. I think I'm in love. This song is great.

[@angelavennum3040]

Love this tune, "the masks, that the monster's wear..to feed upon their prey"

[@talltim10]

Buying the album when it came out brought me here

[@s_ftc_re]

the way she's sitting looks so cool

[@zeebeam6745]

They recorded the beats onto vinyl to get old vibes. Modern masterpiece

[@423lisamarie]

Portishead is like tasting everything you've ever felt so deep you couldn't describe it.... set to music

[@nedinasantana4458]

I still love this song after all these years. So glad I got to see them back in 2011. They hardly ever come to US. 😢 Beth’s voice is even more hypnotizing in person and it was at an outdoor theater so her voice echoed across. Sooo good.

[@nickihere8753]

Opera and Portishead are my number 1 recommendations for background music while doing art! So beautiful and inspirational.

[@EA1729]

This will always remind me of when I was 15 and wanted out of my life....but in a good way. Portishead is amazing.

[@serb4n]

I agree!

[@CrackedPleasure]

I love each and every bit of it. With my whole soul. The blackness of darkness for ever.

[@pianotageparalexandreneodv1693]

Un titre qui garde toute sa beauté, son charme et sa puissance d'évocation.. L'un des meilleurs du groupe, et l'un des morceaux emblématiques des années 90.

[@madcow4753]

The sound and composure on this song is absolutely incredible. I can't believe it doesn't have more critical success. A lot like Dead Can Dance. Mainstream just can't adapt to critical thinking in music.

[@azantidote]

this song is so uplifting to me right now ... almost ridiculous Stars have each other unite share Its all about compassion.

[@Britnie16jane]

So many memories... best music to relax your soul. Kills all the other bs outside noise from the world.

[@maynardskunk7612]

Love this band! Still after 25 years

[@darktrain1971]

innovators never die...they just take that little longer to make their new masterpieces...Awesome piece of music.

[@andrewwilliams5008]

Drove over a roundabout in the fog listening to this....

[@mikeb7379]

Can see how that could happen?

[@funkyflorida08]

I discovered Portishead a little over 10 years ago and this music still hasn't gotten old.

[@user-ji8os7sz5m]

Somedays i'm waking up in the morning with Beth's voice in my head "Please could you stay awhile to share my gtief" And everytime it is happening, my day goes well, as i need Thank you band from Portishead, you're helping to continue life of unknown guy from Russia.

[@alcantar5843]

my sister taught me this. excellent in my late 20s

[@AceSoulWolf]

2:21 For some reason I love this part.

[@sashaluxe176]

Thought I was the only one

[@Voyagersguidebook]

Brings me back to my grungy 90’s teen years. Still love this album

[@TheDreamzMachine]

so dopeness.. ok i'm feelin inspired more and more.. I've loved portishead since highschool.. so unique .. no one compares.. in their own genre.. doubles up inside.. wandering stars for who .. reserved

[@spike7038]

Thank you Beth...........

[@richard3a1]

Reminds of a day where I was ready to end it all....

[@TheInsultInvestor]

One day we all will. I have a few scores to settle though.

[@jasonc311]

Hope your above and beyond that GOD bless

[@spindatish]

this album made up an entire chunk of my youth.

[@fsorabella]

T es pas tout seul , qui que tu sois lorsque tu liras ceci n oublies jamais que tu es quelqu un de bien. Ne laisse pas le monde t éteindre, tu ne sais pas pour qui tu representes la lumière. Ne lâches Pas, tu es digne

[@jeremybeau8334]

So melancolic, sad and beautifull.

[@ArmageddonSpeaking]

just a wandering star passing through.

[@nites90]

heard this song from the document bloods and crips. its dark but calming in a way

[@kodeine222]

good acid song

[@XAbbeldydooX]

I fell in love the first time i heard this.Its hauntingly beautiful.

[@Silentveil]

Es Melancólicamente perfecta !!!

[@konnectjahman7275]

It's such a lovely day to have to always feel this way

[@DecipherBorn]

Love hearing this.

[@ianblair4746]

The organ outro melts my soul everytime..

[@bigwave1827]

When something is loved, loved in madness ... or is not loved in the end ... I love Portishead!

[@maiohatawa]

I was in an op shop today, and I heard this song. The only lyrics I remembered were "wandering starrs" so I typed that in and found this song. :) I love it.

[@SvenTviking]

It’s chapter 1 verse 13 of the book of Jude in the Bible.

[@maiohatawa]

@@SvenTviking Thank you!

[@_PsychoFish_]

This hasn't the number of views that it deserves. Such an amazing track!

[@floral35]

10 million.

[@Rami-bi9xj]

​@@floral35dance monkey has 2 B dude

[@AnnaisPiercer]

Eduardo this music will be yours forever 'I will never forget you♥ you're a very special person to me ... RIP ♥ ='(

[@konnectjahman7275]

We're all wandering stars.... To infinity and beyond

[@johnvollmar2749]

K Buzz....😉

[@caseyj5637]

THANK YOU, ERICA.

[@PierceArner]

Seriously. The best.

[@ChuckAKitty666]

fuck erica

[@yuradmitriv6408]

спасибо афише

[@DJ_MOJO73]

Such a great Group of Artists

[@Prometheus1st]

Who says you have to be high to be a 'wandering star'? I feel that way every day. "That which does not kill you makes you...stranger..." That's me. Great song.

[@Trildin]

Listened to this with real bass for the first time in a few years. Fuckin' a man.. Thank you, Erica.

[@pnutwhistle3538]

music like this makes life worth living.....

[@lunacy5510]

could you advice something worth living/similar to this?

[@toprak3479]

+Jim Bo Yes indeed.

[@AdamSurvivingAmerica]

"Wandering Star" Please could you stay awhile to share my grief For its such a lovely day To have to always feel this way And the time that I will suffer less Is when I never have to wake Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever ... Those who have seen the needles eye, now tread Like a husk, from which all that was, now has fled And the masks, that the monsters wear To feed, upon their prey Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever [INSTRUMENTAL] (always) doubled up inside Take awhile to shed my grief (always) doubled up inside Taunted, cruel.... ... Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever

[@user-uu7cw6by5j]

ありがとう

[@meegomae]

@@user-uu7cw6by5j Arigatōgozaimashita

[@MARYANNE269]

Love it! Thanks ♥️

[@Kerry72100]

I was re-reading Jude, I re-read the bible a lot, and Jude 13 reminded of something??? I played the tune in my head & wow...! I just love Portishead-- deep lyrics.

[@jcardenaz5607]

Outstanding scratches 😎🍻🎶

[@HenshinHero13]

This gives me "some edgy/scary cult classic movie from the late 90s" movie vibe and I absolutely live for it. Need more of whatever this exact genre is

[@victoriawhite649]

I reckon I’m the oldest listener here, I was young during the Portishead years, but old enough to understand. Greetings from Bristol.

[@bevmiklaszewski4901]

Me to

[@wulliemitchell1444]

I’ve been wandering for years through the good times the sad times but Portishead always brings me home

[@deejaybong21]

there's no words to how much I truly love her voice..... #inthenextlifeIhopetobeasmusicallytalented