Spacemen 3 - 'Revolution'

Spacemen 3 - 'Revolution' Released in 1989 on Fire Records.
Taken from the Carry on Disarming CND video

[@marianomedrano7008]

Who else felt that ‘shiver’ run down their spine with their headphones on full blast…absorbing every word and projecting it out as a cry for help to the universe! Lol…that was a mouthfull…raise their hands those who ‘understand’. Jeeps…the longing memories a song (or concerted effort at harmonic dissonance) can have upon you. *sigh*…I love existence right N-O-W!!!

[@mousecat9398]

Even more so now 3 months on from your Post.....But we got to wait until we see the whites of their eyes....Then its full on Spastic mode.

[@jezjukes]

This and suicide were my heavy acid understanding of music. Then came e........

[@TobcioccLeyton]

out of this world years later

[@peka__]

​@@jezjukes Suicide were a revelation to me in the 80s. Without drugs - at that time.

[@jezjukes]

@@peka__ yeah, quite right. Amazing music whatever. The "e" comment was about recurring though.

[@raddimusmcchoyber3362]

Utterly brilliant. As MES once said: This is the three R's: Repetition, Repetition, Reppertishuuunnn...

[@JustinCase-ld4ih]

CoRRRect

[@davedafc]

Gotta love The Spacemen

[@jimihendrix6969]

Yesterday and tomorrow.

[@dream-67]

The feeling at Reading festival in 89 seeing them was out of this world....

[@dk5468]

Lucky you, nice!!

[@tunniworld]

I wss there but it's a very blurred memory 😎

[@goodie6623]

think i was there as well? was that the year loop and mudhoney played as well, was just coming out of my goth years with the cramps and gun club and the stooges, , best band at reading ever was new order

[@dream-67]

@@goodie6623 yes it was and MBV too, my god '89 what a year ...

[@tunniworld]

What a time to be 17. It was my first festival. They hyped Reading '89 up as the second summer of love cos of it being Woodstock's 20th anniversary. Cant imagine a line-up coming close these days. Uncle John Peel spinnin tunes between bands. I remember the Crammps sound being really bad for the first half until the sound guy found the right plug. Still sounded ace tho. Happy days........😎👍🍺

[@abbyschofield9558]

truly a remarkable slice of human art

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

It sounds like the Stooges raised a baby in an acid lab. I like it

[@akis723]

MC5

[@mightyturkeyneck1349]

Saw this when I was 14 years old, and it blew my wee mind.

[@68majortom]

and I bet it still does, fucking magic Tune by a great Band!!!!

[@The1969Vintage]

Snub TV, by any chance?

[@GalenAus]

@Иван Рожков i am 12 and what is this

[@penguinisnotracist8440]

Good for you , when I was 14 years old , I don't listen to music at all and a year later when I do , I mostly listen to pop music , pity me. But you will never get too old for great music.

[@jasonpfinch]

@@The1969Vintage that's where I saw it and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

[@dk5468]

Classic. This songed changed my whole outlook on music back in the day. Thank you Spacemen 3 :)

[@MsWitko]

It's like Lou Reed, Pat Fish, Jim & William Reid all rolled into one glorious jam!

[@mikenorledge4110]

great comparisons and I would also like to add Iggy Pop and My Bloody Valentine and BrianJonesTownMassacre and Warlocks and Velvet Underground and Galaxie 500 into your soupy mix please

[@crowhillian58]

I'd also chuck in Loop. 😊

[@BurmaShane]

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

[@KavookFilms]

@@BurmaShaneid say jesus and mary chain mixed with velvet underground; the same great cooks with some innovative shit mixed together

[@thenintendogamer9318]

We used to sit on the floor of the Escape Club in Southampton listening to this then go crazy half way through great times...

[@skipper6967]

This shit still means a world to me.

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like spacemen 3 you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris

[@j4mm3d]

More relevant than ever in the UK

[@jimihendrix6969]

I wasn't feeling that, but I hear what you are saying. Amazing track.

[@theoploeg]

so true, in The Netherlands too. going to play this clip to my art students next week.

[@andrewwabik5125]

Feel it in the U.S. 😢

[@WesleyGravolet]

Across the world for that matter..

[@RogerMoore-ji8eo]

There are no words to describe! Modern psych pioneers and still love them after well over 25 years! Spiritulized are F. ace to!!!

[@Izzy-ww1vh]

I remember when I was in elementary my uncle introduced me to this group and now I'm 18 and this song still kicks ass

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

did you like it when you were in elementary school?

[@buddhull]

Izzy Ruelas your uncle cares about you or he wouldn’t have shown you anything at all

[@Pillgrim1981]

I hope I can be an uncle like that to my nephew of 12 and niece of 14. I'm trying to ease them into it, show them some stuff that isn't perhaps completely mainstream and work my way down from that :)

[@Izzy-ww1vh]

@@Pillgrim1981 now I’m 25, almost 26. Still Kicks ass…

[@peka__]

​@@Pillgrim1981 Good luck luring them away from TikTok. Unironically and uncynically - good luck!

[@robotboy15]

Very proud to have seen them when visiting London in "89 and even to have smoked a joint with the band. Never mind that I was never much of a dope smoker. When in Rome, ya know...

[@downallyourstreets]

Wow! That’s kinda like shooting heroin with Lou!

[@robotboy15]

@@downallyourstreets Decidedly less dangerous, though... :-)

[@robbell9444]

I'm not usually envious but I wish I could smoke with Spacemen 3 in 1989

[@robbell9444]

We must remember Spacemen 3 were not drug addicts but were political and professional musicians too

[@manyknives8900]

@@robbell9444 sure they were

[@winetrcrowwisente]

still can't believe my paltry band of misfits managed to support these guys way back in 87 or 89 or something like that :) These guys where so don't give a fuck off the stage as on it ..RESPECT !!

[@andrewoliver5799]

A very good tune that was a gateway to a lot of classic music for a lot of people.

[@laineseely7676]

It takes five seconds to create amazing joy

[@nunopereira817]

Amazing...just brilliant

[@calibanzz69]

I had the Carry on Disarming video on VHS... Also the 12" where Mudhoney covered this, and Spacemen 3 covered Mudhoney's Halloween ☺️☺️☺️

[@shaybockmann4957]

I remember when I heard they were doing a split record covering each other Mudhoney and Spacemen 3 and I was over the moon.

[@susisauer6498]

Immer wieder gut..i liebe diesen Song

[@alexporter3851]

This is where you go after the Mary Chain and MBV

[@sgbh8874]

Before

[@brunomouquet1014]

i think it's time for a little revolution too

[@StopClowningAround]

A nice trip down memory lane.

[@Samurai-ss5qs]

(Look out...) Well I'm sick... I'm soooo... sick ! Of the lot of people Who try to tell me What I can't Count do In my life And I'm tired... I'm so... tired! Of the lot of people In a lot of high places Who don't want You And me To enjoy ourselves Well I'm through the people Who can't get up their ass To help themselves Change this government And beat up the society (It's a shit !) So hold on a second I smell burnin' And I see a change Comin' Round The bend And I suggest to you That it takes Just five... seconds Just five... seconds Of decision To realize That the time Is right To start thinkin' about A little Revolution...

[@robertcubinelli4961]

Majestic.... they pay homage to bands like MC5 and the Stooges :):)

[@morbidorbits]

And Hawkwind

[@leehazlewoodism]

@@morbidorbits and Suicide

[@robertcubinelli4961]

@Stephen Greenhorn Of course not.

[@filled_soda]

I've been a Spiritualized fanatic since the early 90s. Not sure why I'm only discovering Spacemen 3 now 👌🏻

[@taterbapple9847]

Spacemen 3, Snuff and King of the Slums made my 80s.

[@HoodooThatVoodoo]

This is quite possibly the greatest punk rock song of all time.

[@HoodooThatVoodoo]

@Stephen Greenhorn Hmm.. You may be right, although I was speaking of just the song, not the band as a whole. To me this is pretty high up there, though.

[@lupodelupis3672]

I love the Spacemen 3 but their style is rightfully called "noise rock" or "space rock". Ok their attitude is right and they are very powerful. Instead punk is based on 2 and half 3 minutes very raw songs. In this album there are even ballads that aren't quite in the style of groups like Ramones or The Clash, just to make an example.

[@panchoverde5078]

Uh, Iggy Pop called and says he wants to be your dog.

[@danjsy]

Happy memories of buying this Spacemen 3 album and MBV Isn't Anything on the same day at Rough Trade Covent Garden. Guess which one lived longest... and it's not this one ! They were never as good on album as they were live, but we would always have Spiritualized =)

[@gillesvilliere9429]

Got the 12inch ep...pure dope..😎

[@transmitterdown320]

Love this. Play them regularly on my show. - CRMK 8pm Friday UK time

[@atomicvox9911]

Too cooool that I'll allow it at my funeral

[@acemisfit9766]

ПОЧЕМУ Я НЕ СЛЫШАЛ ЭТОГО РАНЬШЕ

[@JulesFaraday22]

This amazing song seriously needs a remaster

[@oliverdiehl3665]

oh my god. . just surfin' around. ... the fxxxin Sound of my youth. .. see them in the late 80's in "Forum Enger"(small youth club in germany/westfalia)... together with feelies-yolatengo- de artsen. .etc.etc) that 's what Made my life just what is today. ...

[@fettuccinealraver]

When you’ve come down enough to read, check out Playing The Bass With Three Left Hands by Will Carruthers.

[@rocketgirlrecords]

Great book!

[@houseofpills]

Elvis died....FOR THIS?

[@fettuccinealraver]

Tate LaBianca The ducks outside: Yes sir he did.

[@68majortom]

Ace read

[@saturatedneowax]

hilarious book

[@sonjaschulze8758]

Absolutely awesome.... Memory of former times, from rock babylon in Germany: -)

[@edgeeffect]

I videoed this off Snub TVway back when... I never had then end bit.... it's kinda wierd seeing it finish.

[@stevegage3914]

This is pretty damn good. It’s amazing. And incredible. Unbelievable. All of the above. Thank you.

[@otisfirefly4121]

It's really mad when you think that this particular track is 30+years, "mad or what? To all the mad people from that time I'm 50 now and I know that I was blessed to be one of the last generations to actually get it. - we can get it all back people, we know what they're going to do because they have to tell you, (that's a minor rule but very important), we CAN BEAT THEM.

[@jameshendricks6929]

Idiot.

[@rfrakctured]

Yes!

[@saturatedneowax]

@Ardel Pillow them dumbass

[@jocamri71]

This is "Black to Comm" by the MC5 revisited

[@erice.5844]

heard this off of a box, TAPE.. cassette.... full album, lucky I still have.... with my CD collection 2000 strong! miss those days of getting a mix tape from a friend!!... mix cd more rare, but have received them also and made them! cheers~1

[@rotildin76]

😂🎉😂🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉😂

[@zarmatic9]

we listen to this play very loud completely smashed in a stopped car we were young we were crazy

[@andrewwabik5125]

“I’m sick. I’m so sick, of a lot of people…tryna tell me what I can not do. It’s my life..” Lot of teenage angst in that line lol

[@TobcioccLeyton]

what a great band

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like spacemen 3 you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris

[@otisfirefly4121]

A TRULY AMAZING FUCKING SONG, IT BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES, I DONE THIS TIME AND I DID IT WITH ACID AND HAWKWIND, GOOD GOOD TIMES NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BUY, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I LIVE MY LIFE BY THE "IT'S BETTER TO REGRET SOMETHING YOU HAVE DONE RATHER THAN REGRET SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T". + DON'T HURT OTHER PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE GOLDEN. 😉

[@josemarcosguimaraes7717]

2020!!! And still Sooooooooo Coooooool!!! Save my 53 day in quarantine!!! Cheer´s from Brazil! #forabolsonaro

[@i0.0t]

I remember Lydia lunch and Richard kern pulled me aside when I was 2 years old in nebraska and told me yep you gotta check out spacemen 3

[@youarethecreator1]

Should be 176 million views

[@bostrickland4970]

Excellent sound good after all these years 😎n 2022 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like spacemen 3 you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris

[@dillongstaff5625]

one of my desert island discs alongside Voodoo Chile,Big Science,Rachmanivoc Piano Concerto No. 4,starSpangled Banner live at Woodstock 9Jimi Hendrix) and You name my name look up the number.

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like spacemen 3 you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris

[@Kniquolas]

This song really blurs the Line between Metal and Punk. A song that must be adored by Metalheads, Punks, Skinheads, Rude Boys and Grunges and all Hard Rockers alike.

[@waynedarronwalls6468]

And shoegazers, space-rockers, psych-heads and funkers

[@MrJoj1977]

@@waynedarronwalls6468 Don't forget ravers

[@coldplayciro]

it just rocks,,,i was listen this 20 Years ago!!!

[@Meni69]

I here because of Amoeba Music, with Kim Gordon..... who chose their records.

[@lemsolaris67]

Meni69 me too incredible

[@christophersorensen3338]

same. had forgotten about this band till she mentioned them on "What's In My Bag?"

[@SpaceAgeRecordings]

Check out the Space Age Recordings channel

[@eckmacdonald]

She has good taste :)

[@joeladams5032]

Me too

[@Benaiahmane]

Reminds me of my first trip

[@moozycla6]

Fire!

[@jannyrcobs]

Classic!

[@joekiddyshaw5757]

That long uphill walk . . .

[@Invisible-Rhino]

it's an interesting mix for sure.,.,.,

[@marcushowell6948]

Riff is an homage to MC5 's Black to Comm, check it out

[@Origano_2501]

So damn good

[@joserodrigues-vq8pz]

Well I'm sick... I'm soooo... sick ! Of the lot of people Who try to tell me What I can't Count do In my life And I'm tired... I'm so... tired! Of the lot of people In a lot of high places Who don't want You And me To enjoy ourselves Well I'm through the people Who can't get up their ass To help themselves Change this government And beat up the society So hold on a second I smell burnin' And I see a change Comin' Round The bend And I suggest to you That it takes Just five... seconds Just five... seconds Of decision To realize That the time Is right To start thinkin' about A little Revolution...

[@jacquesaubin4454]

Freaking awesome

[@downallyourstreets]

Pure phased Stooges guitar

[@southpakrules]

@Camoron MacGibber You clearly have no idea who the Stooges are...

[@warriorsoflego]

It’s a homage to MC5’s Black to Comm.

[@lenini056]

Ironically J Spaceman after Spacemen 3 broke up would make an album with his band Spritualized called "Pure Phase".

[@geoffreypiltz271]

Listen t some early Hawkwind and you'll see where their inspiration came from.

[@juhasukunimi1573]

And The Stooges, MC5, CAN etc.

[@czgibson3086]

And the Velvets, 13th Floor Elevators and Red Crayola! And yes this song does sound similar to 'You Shouldn't Do That' by Hawkwind!

[@dabgmaer1351]

Faust Krautrock

[@thelsdaysband]

Good song, I think that guitar sounds are a combination of space rock and shoegaze, you know fuzz and overdrive around the room

[@black__bread]

Black To Comm by MC5 but with poshboys. Is what it is. I genuinely have no idea how many times I saw Spacemen 3 do this live cos ya know, but even so. Straight lift.

[@ryanmidgley1105]

They always admitted they wanted to be MC5 or the Stooges for late 80s Brits...listen to "OD Catastrophe"! Whereabouts have we heard that before? 😂

[@blackbaghero1218]

The best song of all Times...i've played in front of those guys. I don't do drugs. When i came back into the pit, i was screaming for dope. The best band live of all Times.

[@blackbaghero1218]

I opened for them . I am still playing. That's the only time in all those years that i was begging for drugs.

[@armandmiralles6773]

Sublime

[@nicchejunior91]

Black to Comm! MC5 same riff.. Superb

[@jezza10181]

Sounds like 'You Shouldn't Do That' by Hawkwind

[@kepsline-cc1cd]

Millions miles from what was next to come in UK music

[@sebastian4451]

best thieves ever. no one steals like spacemen 3

[@jbussenius]

crazy stuff!

[@Saintdream3]

The Velvet Underground drenched in LSD.

[@bombjela]

Spacemen 3 without whom would have spawned so much shoegazers

[@hplovehandle]

How many times did I listen to this tripping? Can anyone tell me?

[@bmt3315]

12

[@hplovehandle]

bmt43 Thanks man.

[@bmt3315]

+Big Dave No problem fellow traveller.

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

three times

[@Grubby78]

134, Big Dave. And I was there every time.

[@lucacassoli6930]

Grande pezzo

[@celiotintorifilho8966]

i was buying frank zappa when i listen to it and i like it a lot

[@robbell9444]

The poetry from Sonic boom is better than most and to the point of direct instruction for people to get rid of the government It's a poet making sense 31years on.

[@jac6350]

When The Stooges met The Velvet ! 😻

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like spacemen 3 you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris

[@PsycheInAntartica]

space rock hell yeah

[@XBLspartanx170]

back when mtv was lit

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

mc5 guitar style fred sonic getting that chevy sound

[@robbell9444]

Not drug addicts but actually very important political musicians! The future is now

[@saturatedneowax]

why not both

[@kjefall]

@@saturatedneowax severo ma giusto

[@dream-67]

This song advocates a drug revolution, it's what Sonic was talking about in interviews at the time

[@jezjukes]

@dream he's sick, he's sooo sick....

[@Syd4510]

Tomorrow, Beatles, Spacemen 3! Revolution...

[@akis723]

Come Together · MC5

[@gullepumpe2429]

so cool.

[@azoth3000]

@piynubbunyip: I'll check out the Hawkwind song on your suggestion. I think Spaceman 3 has also "borrowed" from Starship, another song by the MC5.

[@FadGadget1]

Dropping a California Sunrise followed by a White Lightening was truly life changing.

[@danlee8108]

They Are.This Is.

[@azoth3000]

This song is actually a reworking of Black to Com by the MC5 (written by Wayne Kramer, I think). I like the Spaceman 3 version, but I think they should give credit to the MC5.

[@MrSantiagoandDunbar]

a lot of bands from this era just straight up stole songs. its a shame that a lot of this shit is derivative

[@marcushowell6948]

Only the riff bro.... other than that it's a Spacemen song

[@infiniteammo217]

then they should also give credit to every 13 year old who just learned power chords for the first time because this is the first riff anyone plays ever. To act like the mc5 invented this two chord pattern is so ignorant to guitar history and music history. Not only that, this song has NOTHING else in common Black to Com, totally different lyrics, delivery, tempo, drumbeat. The production is completely different and what makes spacemen 3 what they are, shoegaze pioneers, absolutely nothing like the Mc5 track you mentioned.

[@Sr19769p]

I didn't know that, William. I've loved Spacemen 3 since I was 13 but only discovered MC5 at the age of 43! Thanks for the info :)

[@thesprawl2361]

It's a completely different tempo, and it uses a two chord structure that's similar to Black To Comm but not at all identical. To call it a 'reworking' is disingenuous. Sonic Boom was a massive thief, openly so, but this is not a reworking of that song. Any song with simple chord is going to sound like plenty of other rock songs with simple chord, for the obvious reason that there are only so many things you can do with a few chords.

[@stonedsynthesizer]

0:45 always been cool to me this part

[@andrewamanify]

That was amazing!!!

[@Weensx]

This what oasis wish they were.

[@carlarroyo7291]

Peace!

[@marsch8276]

Yes Sir!

[@gaspartrigo7423]

So hold on a second I smell burnin'

[@TheBelse]

After 3.....3....I'm sick.....so sick....sick and tired......

[@alexcallan07]

My dad is the manager of this band yo! #no lies