Soft Machine-Moon In June-Bilzen Festival-August 22, 1969

[@bunterscuttle]

Nearly 40 years later I can get zonked on a cup of tea listening to Soft machine. Even the tea speaks.

[@sunrajah]

this music obviously translates into ANY & ALL languages .... saw them twice opening for Jimi Hendrix.....Hendrix loved them

[@philipatoz]

Sobering, the passage of time. Here, Wyatt was this young, robust fellow. Now Hopper is gone. Time stops for no one, but at least this glorious music lives on with video and records. I must have listened to "Outbloodyrageous" a million times. It never fails to give me a sense of the passage of time and the past. I'm happy to see so many others here that were - and still are - touched by these guys.

[@joachimborchert9786]

philipatoz DDR

[@antoine_guenet]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaw that sound! And this organ solo... I really love it, and the sound he's got. That's great. Real music. One of the best I heard for a long time!

[@MrPlanx]

Brilliant orchestration, and Mike's keyboard work here is beyond fantastic ... simply incomparable.

[@ReyZame]

Most beautiful live perfomance I have ever happened to watch on a video. Just a great Piece of Art. Thanks for sharing it.

[@robbieman23]

Thanks to whoever filmed this and whoever posted, it is wonderful, from a time when musicianship really counted, all three are amazing, but I especially like Hugh Hoppers bass lines, he is really cooking at the end; one of their best tunes too.

[@StovoKhor]

lemme say THANK YOU for posting this old goodies.. remember me my youth.... and this is an immortal cut from the SM

[@SaraVaughanfan]

Awesome! Most interesting stuff, I like their sound.

[@A2MIDR]

I remember when this album came out - thanks so much for posting ... RIP

[@marcopivet]

i love how they play the guitar solos with the distorcionated bass or the keyboard effect... they're awesome!

[@thomasrichmond2413]

Distorcionated? Can I use that in scrabble?

[@MrPlanx]

Amazing find! Thank you for posting this gem!!!

[@KoxxMobilhome]

De BRT heeft hier goed werk geleverd en ook bedankt aan degene die dit op KZbin gezet heeft.Legendarische groep met fantastische muziek.Who the fuck zijn al die eikels die daar over en weer lopen op dat podium?Drugs en de zeitgeist zeker.

[@JoelOsee92]

It's a shame this band never received the wide-spread attention that they deserved. Such an innovative group and they obviously weren't afraid to take risks

[@swans1997]

Sopft Machine's music always sounds best for me on a rainy day for some reason. Just has that mood I guess. Third and Vol.2 are my faves by them. Awesome clip you can really hear Third coming into being here.

[@georgestewart1983]

What a great drummer this guy is.He makes the drums talk to the music!

[@SeattleLA]

This song and album got me through the difficulties at age 19, living on my own, in Santa Rosa, CA (USA), back in the 1970s.

[@TKTRAV]

@TKTrav But this version of moon in june brought a tear to my eye... so full of passion and raw talent

[@antiguoautomata]

beautiful, Soft Machine music is still as daring and powerful as ever

[@鈴木孝夫-g8i]

私が予備校生の時に、この曲がＮＨＫのＦＭでオンエアされた時は思わず耳を疑いました。天下のＮＨＫが、あのソフトマシーンの隠れたこの名作をしかもノーカットで流したのです。

[@sunrajah]

鈴木孝夫 yea, what you said -- this music translates in any language

[@脇山祐三子]

鈴木孝夫 それ、私も覚えています。渋谷陽一さんの番組で、それは凄まじいライブでした。探し回ってthirdを買いました。

[@munggipossu]

Thanks Burroughs I found this band!

[@RegorAtalante]

No one understands the role of vocals as an instrument better than Robert Wyatt. His combination of riffing on existing lyrics and extemporaneous lines is exquisite. Moon In June is the piece that best allows him to express this. It's just beautiful!

[@stefanofocacci]

Fabulous band, saw them twice in the early 70's. I own all their records from S.M. 2 to 7, plus "Live at the Proms" and a collection of Peel sessions.

[@dominicgriffiths8125]

Still trying to track down that Live at the Proms album

[@Powly1966]

WOW. Went to see Soft machine when i was about 11 with Alan Holdsworth Not listened to them much since but i have been reading a biography of Pink Floyd and they feature widly in the seminal Barrett era The influences are clear on both sides there must be some argument as to the what where and when but its all incredible music. Many thanks for posting this

[@bendream544]

That early version of the Soft Machine during Syd's time with Floyd were a different animal, same as Floyd really. Being formed by Daevid Allen and members of the Wilde Flowers, a lot more vocal. You can only hear a record they recorded but went unreleased at the time, but since has under one title of Jet Propelled Photograph if you want to hear what they were like in the studio,live they were different and more experimental. If you contact Gong official website www.planetgong.co.uk you can get a copy of a later band working with Daevid called University of Errors and there is a DVD of them playing a lot of early SM songs from that record . It was recorded in 2006 and the group are a fine bunch of players, so all the studio albums they did with Daevid are a great listen also. Have fun

[@retePtnecniV]

03:06 bass dude makes an error and keys dude shakes head priceless

[@PD1972]

Siempre fanatico de Soft y de Wyatt. Moon in June es heavy pero tambien Queens and Kings y Fletchers blemish. Traqueta.

[@jaygresh]

I never heard of them. I'm glad you posted this!

[@EpicAlexMetal]

Band of great talented musician. Robert is great as drummer and songwriter. Five stars

[@kenyar0]

I agree. They were very underrated. I can't think of any band that ever succeeded in producing that very special, almost "enchanting" sound. It was a really unique band indeed with very talented musicians.

[@Michael_Michaels]

THE PROG VIBE WAS STRONG BACK AT THE TIME!

[@vernixx]

Simply the BEST! Soft Machine before they became a jazz band. The last year of the Soft's prog and wit....

[@CarolPrice4p]

Real musicians. Thanks JHouston.

[@dodibenabba1378]

Love Robert's drumming...

[@charlenesoraia]

MIDSUMMER MOON IN JUNE!!! WOOOP!!!... ANYHO... i love this track... go go go go go go go soft! x x

[@ianjones7266]

Robert Wyatt lives near here. When I was a bus driver I had several short convos out the bus window. Seemed a bit sureal to me talking to this rock icon in the middle of the cultural desert that is Lincolnshire.🤘☠

[@motherbrain86]

We love you hugh, you have a good life in the afterlife

[@Mestizo1971]

A year later in 1970,"Moon In June" became a full feature length studio version up to 10 and 1/2 or so minutes...and the last LP recorded by Robert Wyatt before he left for Matching Mole? and went solo.

[@stefanofocacci]

One of the greatest bands in music history...

[@TinselKoala]

Wow. I always thought that sound, there in the solo at the end, was a mellotron. He's doing that with the Lowrey...amazing. Thanks.

[@guswilliamr]

I love this, I wish i was alive when they were still around.

[@JFDEAB]

thx andre cornal!! awesome...

[@TinselKoala]

Baaahhh, BBaaaahh... They still sound fresh to me, after all these years.

[@nigeljwright]

I listened to that live at the time you are right.

[@karen30590]

me lleva a recorrer las estrellas en el viaje de amor...!!

[@kingtarkus]

The lower one is a Lowrey Holiday Deluxe organ (Mike's trademark). He later started using a Hohner Pianet on top of the Lowrey, but that doesn't look like the Pianet in this footage (must be some sort of electric piano.)

[@Nordzumu]

Fragile, Yes and Close to the Edge are easily my favorite works by them, and Fragile is doubtlessly amazing, Roundabout doesn't get old.

[@dominicgriffiths8125]

Err... wrong thread..

[@27max]

Moon in June is for me the history of music, it has many movement as a classical suite, perfect syntesis among tonal e modal, many, many things.

[@pkd4000]

@MrPlanx I couldn't agree with you more. Many people don't realise that Soft Machine (esp. from '66 to about 72-73} were a life-changing experience -- well, kind of.

[@652Christian]

This was so new (and so good) at the time !

[@PaoloDeVecchi]

thank you so much

[@cyrustheguitarman]

this band is a long lost treasure never even heard of them, it has like a pink floydish type sound,

[@Hecateize]

The best version of this song.

[@dominicgriffiths8125]

The more I listen to this version of SM what hits me is the timing / syncopation ...they are really listening to each other...

[@sixtiessyl]

and i thought nothing could be better than the album version... wow :O

[@AlmostEthical]

I love all those crazy bands - Softs, GG, Gong, Crimson, Henry Cow ...

[@albertomerola9127]

Il brano più coinvolgente di Third...una delle improvvisazioni migliori mai sentite...

[@EricBlueDeer]

ohh iluvatar! I LOVE this version,so much better than the studio v., just perfect for my ears :)

[@dantean]

Greatest rock band ever!

[@shotdonkey]

catch the original version of "moon in june", played live on peel`s show; it`s on wyatt`s virgin cd compilation "going back a bit". it blows the studio version (on "third") straight outta the water!

[@PoddigheStudio]

Amazing!!!!

[@bettinellim]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

[@Themsbeatlesrock]

this songggg is awesomee

[@nigeljwright]

Saw the Soft Machine at The London School of Economics - Thrid is the best album - and Robert is amongst the best drummers of all time.

[@brazjol]

awesome, great version. too bad it gets cut off..

[@hcvillatoro]

3:15 Ratledge to Hopper "What are you doing!"

[@gianca60]

Thing I like most in these vid of old festivals : there's always some guy in the background diggin' the music and smoking weed.

[@thatmuse76]

Wow, although the lyrics have not been quite developed yet, it's great to see a video with Wyatt singing since most live versions concentrates on the end of the song. I take it that the end of it no longer exists.

[@nomessnofussjustpureimpact4771]

Nice...Psychedelic!

[@eafkuor]

Best song ever

[@thatmuse76]

I think instead Syd should have joined the Soft Machine or at least formed a band with Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt with Dave Stewart (from Egg) on keyboards. Now that would have been a wild band.

[@bootheavy]

Like the way the bassist treats his instrument like a guitar at different parts. I think the insinuation he makes by doing this actually invites for more experimentation.

[@3243_]

Wow, this sounds better than the studio version (which is brilliant in its own right).

[@5theend1]

amazing

[@shotdonkey]

try and catch the original version of "moon in june", played live on peel`s show; it`s on wyatt`s virgin cd compilation "going back a bit". it blows the studio version (on "third") straight outta the water!

[@MrPlanx]

Soft Machine is not easily accessible to people. They are easy to dismiss as "self indulgent" until you spend the time to listen a few times and begin to comprehend the staggering genius of what they were doing.

[@qeimapa]

best song ever

[@ReyZame]

An impressive modulation sound can be heard around 8:43 - 8:45 almost favourite

[@SonOfSputnik]

im glad a watched this on lsd. bcuz im sure ppl in the audience were also.

[@dlanodrelda]

Agree with JAC82. Phil Collins was an excellent drummer, perhaps one of the best, and was an able vocalist in the Gabriel-era, both as a background singer and lead ("More Fool Me").

[@dantean]

@Minxiekasia I feel that way to this very day about Soft Machine I - III.

[@ReyZame]

What I find so tragic about the way this band fell apart; the tensions and stress that made monumental music - like this excertpt shows - turned into mutual unfriendlines; the Soft Machine had to become Hard, and that is fucking sad (though it had to be) Sheer momentum that destroyed the rich artistic future + development these lads could have had through the 70's, with the contributions of Daevid, & most of all, Robert. I am not complaining. I express my regret.

[@WojciechTrojanowski1978]

Rest In Peace Hugh...

[@RodrigoOsO87]

como suena esta banda ! Tienen un sonido particular que no escuche en ninguna otra banda, lo que la hace única, a mi parecer.

[@spectralwaterfall]

this is soooooo gooood

[@moorelobitos122]

hopper is amazing

[@comptonhouse]

SPLENDIDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eelalien]

God bless who ever first got this footage to place on KZbin - now THIS is truly adventurous stuff. The so-called jam bands or "jazz-inspired" bands today (MM&W) can't hold a candle to this stuff... too bad. And doesn't it sort of make you a bit weepy seeing Robert Wyatt in his young prime, considering what happened to him later...?

[@mikedrennan8303]

Robert Wyatt is Badassed! What a musician. Too bad he never got the notoriety he definitely deserved!!

[@podgson]

...you guys like this stuff! That's GREAT. Check out Robert Wyatt's solo albums. They are unbelievably beautiful. The old stuff and the new stuff...two favorites of mine are "Rock Bottom" (older), and "Cuckooland" (newer)... Good taste...

[@sixtiessyl]

rest in peace, Hugh :(

[@lukethebelgian]

I was there !!

[@kgs42]

They were very very cool art college band

[@TKTRAV]

@NicoPrettyBoy its good to just vibe to, like in the background while studying

[@kingtarkus]

Does anyone know what kind of keyboard is sitting on top of Ratledge's organ? It doesn't look like the pianet he'd use later.

[@dermotoblong]

oh really? nice one thanks

[@boogster123321]

this version came put earlier than the one on the album thats why.

[@deathstalker956]

Have you heard of a band called Gentle Giant?

[@jeanwilliquet4035]

Oh yes. My favourite.

[@LazyGigolo]

Listen to the bass line ..! Groups and composers nowadays have totally forgotten the bass

[@Pigione]

Grandissimi. Ed io non lo traduco!!! ;-)

[@miepdetruus]

@ziemsviews yeah, i guess it would be, still searching for it, but i'm already happy with "softs", it's my best lp for years en i think it would be till i die..