The Sound - Monument (HQ)

[@stevex8409]

I was addicted to heroin for 7 years ending in 2006. A few years later i moved away, 100 miles from where i lived to the coast, got a job there, met a girl, started a completely new life. The other day i came back to where i used to live, i drove round the streets i used to score on and where i grew up while listening to this song. Ive long been a fan of this band. It s a monument to who i was and who i am now.

[@travisk4215]

✌🏻

[@whereispie]

Stay strong 🎶

[@rabies8291]

i'm really so happy for you man

[@chrisjonesacoustic]

What a great story. A lovely story and a lovely song

[@alphasniper3570]

I hope my best freind has this moment in his life someday, he loves The Sound and would love to see him off drugs and living a good life w a good woman soon!

[@frederick909]

I don't think I've ever become in love with a band so fast before. Incredible music

[@massivegat5087]

Such a beautiful song. Always remembering Adrian and Colvin and the work they left for us. Their legacy won't be forgotten any time soon ♥

[@ericloranger2609]

Really has become my favorite band I think.

[@IamTheMaestroh]

So did I... the first time I heard it. Like all truly great songs... you gotta hear it a couple times. And what sets the sound apart from any other band is this Once it grabs you it never lets go.

[@robhammer6547]

I just wish Adrian knew how much his music means to ppl before he killed himself, so sad , he was so prolific.

[@Peepeeweed]

The sound is literally my favorite band, it makes me so sad knowing I’ll never watch him live performing his art.

[@tohono]

One of the Sound's best songs without doubt.

[@chrisjonesacoustic]

Definately one of their best, there's so many amazing songs though 😁

[@giovannapisi7631]

I was seventeen the first time i fell in love with this song, i m still now.

[@sd08mpx]

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, especialiy the guitar solo.

[@hyperina]

Beautiful song, great sound. This was heartbreaking when I first heard it, and is even more so now that we know that/how Adrian met his end.

[@cosimo1971]

Niente, possono passare dieci, venti, trenta, 50 anni ma la bellezza di questo brano rimane inalterata. E mi piace pensare che TANTI amici -magari, come me, del 1971- amino questa stupenda canzone! Ciao!

[@gerardochavez5654]

Sei andato a qualcun concerto di the sound o Adrian?

[@cosimo1971]

@@gerardochavez5654 No Gerardo, ma come ho gia detto ho amato (ed amo ancora) questo brano dei Saound e l'album (All Fall Down) che lo conteneva- Ciao!

[@dizzyedge00]

I think this is one of the best songs (maybe THE best song) you could dedicate to a girl. Adrian was so talented...

[@gerardochavez5654]

Universe of you

[@marcvandermeer2208]

Teenage years, why do they seem so impressionable? Superb music, forever with me..

[@artallred66]

I've never heard this song on my local eighties radio for over 30 years until now. They let people decide what to play next on their radio show

[@ammoniosacca]

It makes me cry.

[@emanueleargenti1179]

you show me that silence can speak louder than words.......thanks Adrian

[@sormu16]

I am just hearing this song for the first time in 30 years. I recorded lots of music when I was in my 20ties, and this got on a tape with lots of other stuff. I never paid attention to who made the music. Until today I don't recall ever hearing about "The Sound" or a late Mr. Adrian, which I just read about. But a few words "a monument to love" stuck for all these years, and I have heard them in my head countless times. Today I looked it up in google. Whatever made this song leave such a mark?

[@davidellis5141]

Time Has Been Kind To This Album. A Desert Island Disc.

[@luigiarizzo8039]

Canzone struggente e bellissima di una band fantastica e ingiustamente sottovalutata

[@kimb68]

I haven't heard this in a long time. Brought back good memories.

[@roygillett855]

Fantastic song R.i.p Adrian Borland

[@franckachillegervaise]

Merci pour ce retour à mes années d'adolescence !

[@debruno55]

Such an amazing song!

[@leponti]

I get the goosebumps every fucking time i hear this....

[@cosimo1971]

capolavoro (masterpiece)

[@lusimo65]

Monumental beautiful song

[@sliversilverfox]

Great band that mainstream has never heard of.

[@marymarino3986]

Never heard this before.i love a real good song.its like a sweet puff of sativa.always does the trick...

[@darkwaverful]

my first soundalbum that I'd bought

[@antoinecampo2138]

Magnifique !

[@newwavepop]

i wish Adrian was still around, i wish i could sit down and have a drink with him, i wish i could listen to him tell me about the women that inspired this beautiful piece of art.

[@anslhey]

lovely, lovely, lovely

[@henkpaardevet]

always having a hard time to keep it dry when i hears this song too;-)

[@travisk4215]

He knows now

[@cosmicdrifter287]

this beyond astonishing song is exactly what it says in the title.

[@kasiwakabanzai9760]

Good morning Mister Cosmic. Excellent day to you. And thanks for this song.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

glad that it reached the kasiwaka head quarters.

[@kasiwakabanzai9760]

***** ;-)

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Kasiwaka Banzaï no,really!

[@kasiwakabanzai9760]

***** I like this song. Really

[@mikedeleede3274]

Monumental!!!

[@HeartsFailTX]

reminds me of 2001, even though, of course it was released in 1982.

[@mikescheibinger5191]

my fave sound tune

[@djmightyming3329]

God Bless Adrian Borland and his music.

[@GiuseppePanzera-m5r]

Che emozione … 😢❤😢❤

[@benpowers8697]

Post punk shouldn't be so emotional, but this is.

[@massivegat5087]

Emotional honesty and depth of feeling was Adrian's own personal brand, almost. I think that's what makes him so great. May he rest easy.

[@gabrielceballos8789]

i think most post punk bands are quite emotional

[@Peepeeweed]

What do you meannnn LOL

[@lauraconcilio5831]

Inarrivabili.Monumentali.

[@ArchibaltFingers]

Epic.

[@Peepeeweed]

Is it fear, Is it fear That you feel inside of you? Is it fear? Shouting out just fear You feel inside of you Is it fear that you feel When all eyes are on you? Is it fear? Surely not just fear you feel When all eyes are on you Rise and rise Rise above Rise and rise Not just a girl Not just a girl, not just a building For the skyline Not just a girl, not just a building For our eyes Not just a girl, not just a building But a monument to love Rise and rise Rise above Rise and rise We will never pull you down No we shouldn't put you down You're a monument to love

[@ArchibaltFingers]

@HeartsFailTX nice i have the same thing,i can't understand why it reminds me of 1998 for some reason,it' s amazing

[@philliplandry4139]

Yes I get the same expression that this song was a bit ahead of its time. If you listen through the whole song for the first time without knowing. It felt like a 1998-99 song any how it was made in 1982. That's how unique this song is. Rest in peace Adrian and Colvin. Your guys brought that song to life.

[@danielequarino3628]

THE love song.

[@setts]

this is wonderful constructed song - is it about the statue of liberty?

[@paulking5987]

Seminal is the word to describe this

[@Cecily512]

So pretty.

[@IagoHolek]

[@Horizon344]

This LP was one long (disastrous) piss take, but this is - by accident - a good song.

[@emilio125hd]

wena B|

[@carminelamberti7071]

adriaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[@inkpenguy]

It kind of reminds me of some stuff that Radiohead and Coldplay would do. That could be why. I think the sound; atmospheric synths and guitars, could be coming back.

[@keithmoon8838]

Jesus...wash your mouth out!!

[@NIGHTVISIONSITALY]

the audio is terrible!!!!

[@ronaldvanderkleij]

w ecall it chicken skin

[@2maxxjazz]

sorry this does nothing for me !!!! What some of the comments say about crying !!! I just want to skip to the next track or skip over this CD entirely !

[@sormu16]

We have every reason to be different. Then in the early 80ties, some years after leaving high school I listened to tapes, typically recorded from the radio. Hundreds of songs. Never paid much attention to who made them, just didn't interest me. Before finding this page I ever heard about "Adrian" or "The Sound". But somehow this song repeated itself in my head. More than 30 years later, this song, as the only one, I believe, is the one I look up. The one that still plays in my head. I haven't the least clue why. Maybe it just hit something I felt at the time. Anyway, I just see that to me it is gigantic.

[@keithmoon8838]

OK. Enjoy Tay Tay's next 'masterpiece'.

[@ChristianDeathInJune]

so amazing; it let no tears left ...

[@antoniobruno5194]

Rip Adrian

[@sliversilverfox]

Great band that mainstream has never heard of.