The Many Lives of Brian Eno

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In the musical realm, there is no categorizing Brian Eno. Today we will be unpacking just a few of the many records he had a hand in creating that changed the trajectory of music forever.
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0:00 Intro
1:07 Chapter 1: The Art Student
2:42 Chapter 2: The Sound Technician / The Roxy Years
13:17 Chapter 3: The Anti-Frontman
19:29 Chapter 4: The Producer / Bowie & Talking Heads
34:34 Chapter 5: The Composer
36:05 Conclusion: The Architect
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Sources:
"On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno"
"Brian Eno: The Man Who Fell To Earth"
"Talking Heads: The Band and Their Music"
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[@Mondgeist7777]

If one listens carefully … Eno is found everywhere.

[@jonathansturm4163]

Is that really you Charles? I was told you'd died! I really missed you and Pat after you departed Franklin...

[@CockWomble1000]

Surly a true one.

[@richardcolton1009]

i was working at a store in nyc and a tall English guy comes in and we start talking about things, he bought nothing but before he left he asked me if i wanted to go to a show tonight and he hands me 2 tickets----Bowie at the Garden madison square, Diamond Dogs tour, 5th row center! and the lovely English gentleman was playing violin! being that close was spectacular, in my top 10 of concerts (still have my woodstock tickets)----warm jets

[@user-vn1zb9ov8d]

That was Simon House - top dude from the supergroup Hawkwind!!!!!!

[@meesalikeu]

@@user-vn1zb9ov8dlemmy has entered the chat 😂

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

Awesome story! He and Fripp created so much miraculous music!

[@demo3456]

I call bs on the Woodstock tickets

[@fabiouk6764]

It can't be the 1974 DD tour. Simon House was in the 1978 tour stage. Besides,the DD tour never played the Madison Square garden.

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

Surprised you didn't mention the 1981 Eno/Byrne collaboration "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts", loosely inspired by the book of the same name by Nigerian author Amos Tutuola. I think those recordings are truly seminal Eno/Byrne material; they still stand up very well today, and I see their influences on many other artists projects that came later, in world music and especially regarding the use of sampling and looping over smoking funk grooves.

[@lisacolbert5987]

SUCH a great album .

[@davidcopson5800]

I think most of America was waiting for that.

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

@@davidcopson5800 haha, good one! :-)

[@billsadler3]

@@PaisleyPatchouli Still waiting,.... Formulaic-ally...

[@dipling.pitzler7650]

I just was to say exactly the same thing..this happens when amateurs think they can do the work of professionals.

[@tonymostromable]

Fripp & Eno Evening Star, still as incredible as ever.

[@curly_wyn]

Also, Here Come the Warm Jets is the best album of 1974 and one of the best of the 70s, easily!

[@leoninocat5070]

A great album,indeed

[@garethde-witt6433]

Another Green World is better

[@normapalmer2835]

My late brother Lloyd Watson played slide on Here Come The Warm Jets.

[@EdwardCox2016]

Your astounding level of research into Brian Eno blew me away. Thanks for this deep dive into a musical, artistic legend.

[@danielrae861]

Agreed❤

[@rustybearden1800]

One of the best in depth analysis of Eno's career, work and collaborations. Your commentary was to the point and backed up by multiple examples and excellent research. Eno is difficult to explain or talk about, even with the most experienced and knowledgeable music fans. Most know him in passing as being the producer of....... rather than an artist or musician. A friend once described him as a deliberately professional improvisor and I find that description pretty accurate. He created and captured sounds that I had only dreamed about in my head and made them literal. I never get tired of listening to him.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

A very apt description of him!

[@ankitde5513]

Would love for him to produce a beach house album......

[@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents]

oooooooo that would be fire!!

[@glinteastwood]

Oh buddy! Gimme it.

[@davidcopson5800]

Great idea. It might actually be a walk in the park for him to do that.

[@shaneculkin7124]

@@davidcopson5800 Agree! 👍 Eno can produce nearly any sort of feel of music. This is how come he's an excellent soundtrack artist.

[@shaneculkin7124]

I'd bet Eno's still good for taking commissions like this! 👌

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I've only discovered Brian Eno's incredible works earlier this year and have been wanting to hear about his origins and methods. Thank you for making this!

[@Jlipnicki]

The concert recorded as June 1st 1974 had nothing to do with the Velvet Underground. It was a showcase for four artists on Island Records Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno and Nico.

[@philipcorp2523]

Wow, very interesting stuff. Being a huge Roxy Music and Eno fan I thought I knew most of what there was to know about him. I was wrong. Great job. Can’t wait to see what you’ll tackle next.

[@charleywood3718]

"Why does this video have such low views?" Realize that it took over 2 years for this video to hit my algorithms. I use multiple KZbin accounts in an attempt to find videos like this absolute gem. (I'm an Eno fanboy) and I watch/listen to an unreasoble ammount of youtube videos that are usually discussionary or documentary in nature. I will be viewing many more of your videos. I've subscribed and shared this video on Facebook. While I can see from your subject matter that many of our interests and opinions would not allign, I really hope you get more exposure and can profit from your work. You deserve more recognition

[@MichaelHonsinger]

Well made and lots of depth. By far the finest documentary I’ve ever seen on Eno. Would have liked to have heard about his work with Cluster. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts would have been cool. Thank you for sharing!

[@rexhoss52]

very detailed deep dive into eno... whomever he records is always worth seeking out. thank you.

[@ForARide]

The June 1, 1974 gig and album wasn't with VU, it was Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno and Nico, with Mike Oldfield, Robert Wyatt and Ollie Halsall accompanying them. The album was produced by Richard Williams and not Eno. John Cale's album Fear wasn't produced by Eno either, but by Cale himself. He produced John Cale's Words For The Dying though in 1989.

[@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents]

Gotcha. Eno was still the executive producer on Fear though, so he wasn’t un-involved in the project entirely

[@ForARide]

@@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents Still you gotta get your facts right. It's not about who's first or who knows more, it's about getting the narrative right. Would have been nice if you had mentioned the collaborations between Cale and Eno which were quite plenty full, e.g. Cale participating on Eno's Another Green World, or their album Wrong Way Up, which I think is one of the most pleasant pop lp's to listen to. But hey, kudos to you for making this an interesting view.

[@clevebaker8399]

The first four solos are incredible! Wind on water is beautiful masterpiece!! Fripp and eno are phenomenal

[@andrewjohnstone963]

99% i already knew but to those in search of eno it was a good starting point but like any artist you must go discover their work Here come the warm jets, Taking tiger 🐅 mountain by strategy and Another green world 🌎 are wonderful records start there folks after Roxy music's first and second records, his ambient work is huge and will take quite a bit of listening but my personal favourite outside the early records is a collaboration with Jon Hassel called Possible music volume 4 superb ambient record Jon Hassels trumpet 🎺 and the rhythms created by eno are outstanding! Enjoy discover unfold ❤🎶🎵🎭🐯

[@robertd8351]

I discovered these gems soon after they were released in Montreal. I am glad to learn more about the history behind them. Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy was my first Eno record and what fun I had listening to it, still do nearly 50 years later. I could go on but...

[@THR-zf6ti]

Wow, thanks so much for this wealth of information about one of the most influential artists of the last century! 😀

[@rolandtd2048]

I have never been a drug user, but listening to Music for Airports gets into my entrails..... I can literally feel it physiologically as it allows my psyche to journey to great and strange places each and every time I listen to it....the notes, the pitches , the frequecies....they do something which causes me to reflect on my life from the perspective of pure honesty and reality.... it's enticingly frightening each time because I'm not sure what else I will find out about myself....

[@LanternOneStudios]

Inspiring to say the least. Thank you for producing this segment. You have some great nuggets of imagery and context here. Eno has and will always inspire my electronica musings as a "non-musician" producing soundscapes.

[@numbersix8919]

What a fine conspectus of Brian Eno's career! How have you managed to put so much into 39 minutes? Thanks are not enough ❤

[@danielrae861]

Agreed❤

[@gregrice1354]

Great work on this video. You got more video captures of video of Eno than anyone did at the height of Bowie's popularity - when real music and artistic types wanted to discover even about Eno . I'm impressed as a sometime fan of Eno, who tried to find material you found but before web accessibility existed.

[@BOBLAF88]

I saw the Talking Heads twice, they were incredible! I learned that that ,"King's Lead Hat" was an anagram for Talking Heads and knew the Eno was an absolute geniuses! 💥

[@delahayenator]

Great track i know forever but never knew this. Now its so obvious haha.

[@jcsolomon6470]

Brian Eno,is a SoundScape,Artistic Engineer!Just Brilliant!❤ This Guys,inventive Outlook on Life and Music!Thanks!

[@francesglenn937]

Bless his spirit & soul ☯️💙💚💜✌️

[@ruliak]

Oh yay! I only learned of him around a year ago so this is awesome to see.

[@jcsolomon6470]

Brian was Exposed to Introspects of what you can be,through Imagination,and Pushing The Boundaries,of what can be done,or Thought of!

[@scottburghart9278]

The word is used far too often but Eno is a genius among geniuses. Love his work with Fripp, Roxy, U2, Bowie, etc.......

[@curly_wyn]

A producing prodigy if there ever was one!

[@shaneculkin7124]

@@curly_wyn Could not agree with you more. And let us not forget Flood. Another outstanding producer. Since I am still not educated enough on either of these men fully, I wanted to give Flood a mention for his work with Depeche Mode & U2. Prematurely, I will guess that Eno is a greater talent since I know he produces ALL sorts of music. Allowing Eno to be an absolutely perfect soundtrack musician. Even able to take Commissions!! Whereas, I am of the belief that Flood has a special talent with artists especially in studio. Think: Mutt Lange 👌

[@daveyvane9431]

Far too iften

[@AG-iu9lv]

Jack & Diane was the first grown-up song that I remember I truly loved, at 3 or 4 years old. I've only discovered more about Brian Eno since then, and feel fortunate to have the opportunity to explore his wealth of work. He truly is everywhere

[@shawnromaniuk]

How Brian Eno has touched my life, from my 20's... where I pretty much had "Another Green World" on repeat. To my deep dive into the Ambient music genre. I had bumped into a friend at a second hand music store about 1986 and he grabbed "Here Come the Warm Jets" tape and thrust it in my face and said "you gotta hear this". He also had me buy Roxy Music's first album. I was absolutely hooked from the gitgo. I have spent so much time in beautiful solitude and contemplation with his Ambient music in the background. His folder on my HDD is by far the deepest and most satisfying of my entire music collection.

[@naturalexplorer]

Really enjoyed this. Great piecing together of musical video collaborations illustrating the 'Scenius' of Eno's creativity, as detailed within "On Some Faraway Beach". Thanks very much.

[@lisacolbert5987]

So prolific. Eno has been a very large part of of my life , musically. And all of the things that music does for us. How it can mark eras in our lives , how it can assist and support in extremely difficult times , or simply be in the background while just being alive . Brian Eno has made it all more rich for the last 38 - wow, 38 years! of my life. I’d love to have the opportunity to thank him.

[@spacemissing]

I think Brian Eno sometimes surprises himself along with everyone else, and that drives him to his next success.

[@isometric2008]

I've been listening to his work since the early 80s & think you have done a fine job with this. The photos are great & even the repetitive backing track was cool!

[@MatheusSouza-li4jf]

What a thorough video about Eno. I love it!

[@ruliak]

Wow, love his philosophy and exploratory approach to music.

[@exittomenu]

Your channel has exactly the critical eye of subjects it interested in that I didn’t know I was craving Easiest sub in literal years

[@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents]

thank you so much!!! 💗💗💗

[@kimberlymisfit3544.]

Thank you,I learned alot.

[@imaadmajeed]

thank you for this!

[@Gear-Tube]

Such a well made video! Thank you.

[@glinteastwood]

Really enjoyed this. Thank you!

[@eeyore404]

Love your videos, really well done

[@davidrobinson9507]

Great work. I learned so much. Thank you.

[@luminaia]

Fantastic work pulling this together!

[@SwisstedChef2018]

I agree with Philip. Great job. I am a HUGE Eno fan. I am an even huger B. Ferry fan and Roxy in General. I even have Andy MaKay' s first solo album In Search of Eddie Riff.

[@davidcopson5800]

Do you have his second album 'Resolving Contradictions'?

[@maxteba]

great vid! thanks!

[@CaptainRScott]

Thank you ! Always wondard!

[@r.perron6906]

Well done. Thanks!

[@user-pz2lt7ox1r]

Thank you for this video

[@arifaygenov4358]

I've been looking forward to this video since you announced it, and after watching it I wanted to say it turned out excellent. Great job as usual! Also, thanks for touching on everything I commented on in my response to your community post asking what to include in this video

[@rollandjoeseph]

Wow, that was enlightening, thx!

[@jwc3o2]

& let's not forget his contributions to Genesis's "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"

[@deborahhenderson149]

Oh wow! I never realised he had a part in making that with Genesis but not surprised really.

[@DrNothing23]

Wow! SUBBED! The YT algo guided me here and I couldn't stop watching until the end. I love Eno and your presentation of his work was hypnotizing. Four things, though. What about his work with U2? What about Bill Gates Hiring him to compose Windows 95's activation sting, The Microsoft Sound? What about the music and in game music and music creation app he made for the game series "Spore"? And you didn't mention that Eno and Schmidt actually created the Oblique Strategies deck/system, which surprised me, as you mentioned it. Looking forward to watching more of your work! :)

[@Atmosphericol-Audio]

Great video! Eno's Ambient works have been the soundtrack to my life; and an inspiration for some of my own Atmoscapes. I dig this man.

[@JeraldMYates]

Absolutely fascinating, real music history at its best. Thank you for making this here video ! 😊

[@richardkirby5218]

Bowie and Eno met long before 1976 and the Station to Station concerts, Bowie had been promoting Roxy in early 1972 in interviews and invited them on tour as his backing band on the 1st UK Ziggy tours in 1972.

[@deborahhenderson149]

Yes I thought the collab with bowie was earlier than narrated. Eno is so talented to be able to produce music with so many bands.

[@TheJezcol]

this is great! thanks grrrls two cents - subscribed

[@stevesosebee5860]

I am 73 and have loved Roxy Music since ‘73 when I was in LA after moving from Dallas to California, and my brother’s girlfriend played their album for me. For Your Pleasure.

[@gardensofthegods]

I can imagine what Dallas was like way back in 1973 ... was it a bit of a culture shock moving to LA ? What section of the Dallas area are you from ? I first heard of them also around '73 maybe '74 when I was about 15 or 16 . Who knows where the time goes ... but we were certainly blessed to have some of the best music in our younger days

[@Andrew-rc3vh]

Thanks. I really enjoyed that and found out a lot of things I did not know on how these various people connect together. Heroes is still one of my favourite tracks. I love the Talking Heads and have the original Remain in Light album.

[@TobychaserTobychaser]

Saw this since I follow Roxy Music, didn't know much about Eno but halfway thru video stopped and looked for an app I once bought because I wasn't sure if Brian Eno created it and sure enough it was.... called Bloom I loved it. I used it to help a blind TBI survivor I was a caregiver for as recreational therapy, so cool. It makes the user create ambient music❤

[@samgunn12]

I really like your work.

[@FFM0594]

No mention of 'My life in the bush of ghosts.' A shocking omission!

[@GRequinBlanc]

Super interesting. Thank you

[@simonroyjonesuk]

Really interesting. Thank you

[@kennymik1509]

VERY COOL!!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

His collaborations with David Byrne from Talking Heads created a whole new genre of music! A nervous funk unheard of before! Also credit to Adrian Belew for great guitar effects! Spacey AF, but funky with a groove too!

[@drfoxcourt]

Someone asked me who would be in my ideal rock band, and I couldn't answer, but I did know who I wanted as producer. Brian Eno was the only part of the fantasy band that wasn't going to be in the band.

[@olehh5942]

Nicely written essay.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

I will still say his work with David Byrne of Talking Heads was his greatest work! They were 2 of a kind!

[@mslcook471]

Thank you for this journalistic delve into Eno, et al.

[@TheJaything]

This is a treasure!💋

[@garyinmarz8938]

Most of the 60's young musicians in England loved American blues and jazz. It is said that the Britts kept this music alive when America was leaving it behind to fade away.

[@Dutchman536]

Fine piece Miss .............

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

Great Video. I've loved Eno's output since Roxy's 1st album. Try to listen to Warm Jets once a week.

[@MultiXmas2011]

Very interesting video. I am an Eno fan and looking forward to watching his latest piano recital with his brother.

[@MichaelRoy-hc3lz]

Thank you for this. I don't understand how as a feeble druggy teen l had the sophistication to not only be totally infatuated with his vocal albums then addicted to his ambient work. His album with Fripp Evening Star and his Music For Films took me further into his ambient work. At that time l was playing in a locally successful punk band and became very frustrated with stiffled creativity and general distain for "gigging" l gave up on music as an occupation, bought a small business which snowballed into massive financial rewards. So thank you Brian, because l couldn't make the music you inspired l became a wealthy businessman instead. I think l'll go listen to Another Green World now

[@drewmcnaughton6755]

Great video about one of my favourite producers of all time, but now I'm going to have to go back and listen to some of his earlier appearances as a musician. David Byrne, another of my favourites appears in there of course, but have you done anything on Bill Laswell?

[@malcolmcarter1726]

Very enjoyable prog. Ive listened to Eno for some 40+ years now and I never tire of listening to my rather battered copy of Here come the warm jets. The title , the 'Warm Jets' refers to peepee! Have a closer look at the cover and you will see???

[@jw451]

dont even get me started on "you're gonna have to make the choice between the paw paw negro blow torch and ME"

[@dwayneandrews2059]

Eno...One. Coincidence, don't believe so. Incredible, multi-talented artist. Danka

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

King of the skullet! I think he was the inspiration for Riff Raff in the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[@onemerlin]

Good overview, but I'll pedantically note that Adrian Belew's collaborations with Bowie and Talking Heads (and with Frank Zappa, for that matter) all happened BEFORE he joined King Crimson. It was his Talking Heads work that seems to have impressed Fripp enough to ask him to join a new project that would rename itself King Crimson in 1981.

[@robertd8351]

Really really interesting piece. I knew only faltering parts of this.

[@isometric2008]

You touched on this somewhat. On The History of Rock & Roll documentary Bowie tells: He's going to kill me for this but, Eno burst into a room once & exclaimed: " I've heard the future! That black voice that Teutonic beat!" Referring to Georgio Morodor's I Feel Love with Donna Summer.

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

I first became aware of Eno through the Talking Heads! Before I learned how much he worked with other bands before, like King Crimson, etc…. I loved the freaky, avant guard sounds he created!

[@lenrichardson7349]

that voice!

[@JohnSmith-of4vh]

No Pussyfooting: A classic record followed by the wonderful Evening Star......then the theme to Arena, remember that?

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Interesting video. He is a genius musically, in my opinion. I still listen to to his solo records from the early 70s and his later stuff with David Byrne.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

ok

[@gardensofthegods]

Yes I think it's pretty understood most people who are familiar with his work considered him a genius .

[@deadfdr]

One of my all time favorite humans

[@stevensprunger3422]

Started listening to Brian Eno in approximately 1974 Been a fan ever since At the time I was taking a Moog synthesizer class the classic old moog plug and patch stuff at Orange Coast College and Brian Eno The instructor Dr. Edith Smith gave me use of the Moog I’d stay there all night and work on it was a big influence on me

[@audiotomb]

I grew up with Eno starting with Green World Ferry didn’t split with Eno based on an apparent technical prowess Brian was the knobs pusher, not a virtuoso - he realized he needed his own voice Bryan didn’t like the sophisticated and articulate Eno getting all the attention Eno realized it was Bryan’s band and he as the songwriter He even sights Stranded as the best Roxy album, an album he didn’t play on

[@fabienh3943]

For his collaborations with David Bowie alone, he's already proven to be quintessential to the most interesting period of rock (73-83). When you try to get an idea of the scope of the man's input in so many fundamentally different bands, your head gets fuzzy facing so much talent and inventivity. Last but not least, he seems a very decent, well educated and highly intelligent man. He's been the salt and pepper on tons of good music leading to outstanding music. He's absolutely unique. My life in the Ghost of Bushes & Low are my favourite albums with him, still the rest is vaste like an ocean.

[@johndrx165]

Genius!

[@umyrds9950]

love your work & love brian eno too!!! it'd be lovely if you can do one about joanna newsom T_T

[@crysstoll1191]

Great video but i have to point out that Eno didn't produce those masterpieces that he, Bowie, Iggy, and Visconti (and Alomar and the rest) created. They are all produced by Tony Visconti who deserves a lot of credit for Bowie. Once again great vid but as ForARide says below it's up to us to keep the narrative straight. Folks like John Cale and Tony Visconti are grossly underrated and unknown. Eno himself was heavily influenced by John Cale and the VU (which you include). Anyway thanks for the upload.

[@johnbraggins3294]

I've got all roxy music lps, there brilliant.

[@irishis3]

I love and still listen to Before and After Science. Genius

[@garyprice6504]

(As mentioned by Paisley Patchouli) no mention of My Life in The Bush of Ghosts with David Byrne? Surely a seminal album.

[@ericchristen2623]

Great to see a documentaey about Eno. No mention of Shutov Assembly - an album superior to Appollo. Also, tracks like The Great Pretender on Taking Tiger Mountain and Rosalee on Another Green World are as good as any track by Bowie. And I am a big Bowie fan.

[@jw451]

I just like his "feathery " period ohhhhhhhhhhh and his "snake" guitar