The Watchmakers Apprentice by The Clockwork Quartet

[@derpguy101]

A good old fashioned tale of revenge. And it's Steampunk. Win win.

[@HollowDestruction]

I took apart an alarm clock once. It was still all wound up, and I didn't know how powerful the spring was when I pulled it loose; the thing lashed out, uncoiled as big as my hand and almost cut my eye. Be safe around clockwork, kids.

[@guttertomb7773]

I love that steampunk music almost always tells a story, something you rarely find in the most popular music today. An unfortunate thing. Steampunk forever

[@HellraiderZap]

Sitting around at my workplace and somehow it is all flowing. Hot coffee and clockworks :)

[@sumoslamer180]

I love that steampunk songs usually sound like the songs from "the demon barber from fleet street" its just so beautiful.

[@Buzzmancer]

Wow, lately every new song I find is just too amazing for words...this is at the top of that list...

[@Jessinvierno]

I love all the songs they make. My boyfriend and I always sing the Doctors Wife together

[@ShufflerFacey]

after listening to this song iw sas speechless for at least 10 minutes the story of the song stuck with me for so long. just amazing

[@Plutoizreal]

the most perfect invention that still kept impecable time...thats what you call a perfectionist

[@ThomasONeilMusic]

Thank you, finally someone who just likes music for what it has to offer and not what category it's shoved in.

[@20Cheska]

I've always been obsessed with clocks..... and this song made me fall insanily more!!!!!!

[@GlitchyWitch388]

If you wind a pocket watch's springs to tight and someone wound it again for time, at some point the springs wouldn't be able to take the pressure and the watch would explode very violently. The fact that the watch is such a small thing and the springs are compressed would mean that if a watch were to explode in your front pocket, being even more compressed, it would send gears and chunks of metal through to your heart. Sorry for the lengthy explanation.

[@narutostar200]

I love this song first one I heard by them and am now officially hooked on Steampunk music. Thanx guys gave me a whole new genre to look forward to.

[@Sabatuar]

WHO could hate this song? It's awesome!

[@XiaBranSinnach]

This is, quite honestly, one of my favourite songs of all time. Well done, absolutely well done.

[@KosmiskRevolution]

Do they actually have more songs that this and the doctor's wife? I absolutely love them! Especially when the singer get's emotional and begins to "yell", he sounds like a madman :D

[@MushishiLivi]

This gives me a desire to build an army of automatons and use them to rule the world!!! >:D Marvelous song.

[@MushishiLivi]

Oi, I was that cringy just two years ago? Dear God, my comment makes my eyes bleed...

[@daltonmortimer7735]

Livi Livered hey hey we've all been there lol

[@MushishiLivi]

Oh my God, shut the fuck up. You're not taking over shit. You're a music student in the B.A. program.

[@slimyghost5353]

@@MushishiLivi keep ya head up king

[@Wix86]

This song is awesome on so many levels

[@ArisztidZ]

I heard just a couple of days ago that they are working on more music. I can hardly wait.

[@DeepOneBill]

I always saw this narration as given face-to-face in a victorian era train with a prominent window. I can actually visualise the camera angles for this, but lack the equipment to pull it off. The vision of this work is almost intoxicating, with a taste like an old sherry caske, but I doubt I could do this song or that vision justice. This song isn't just auditory, it's visual, olefactory and even has a taste to it that must be blended togeather into a true work of art that this diserves.

[@Quinnknights]

there songs are simply intoxicating.

[@KatarnandKanos]

delightfully sinister song. i love CQ's stuff, i hope more songs come out soon.

[@Exclamation]

I got goosebumps from this song.

[@TimHoltorf]

I do believe that this will be added nicely to my listening playlist while I write.

[@rubiximus]

@MusicianJester1295 They have other songs because they did a live show of sorts late last year, but as far as recordings go those two are all we have to listen to... Over and over... and over.

[@sarahminnesota]

This is amazing. No other word for it.

[@PsychoticWolfe]

They're great! they should really make more music

[@madmechanicus9405]

Nice revenge-story. Felt bad for the random dude it killed tho.

[@ChatQuiTeVoit]

You MUST MUST MUST put this on iTunes. Or something of the sort. It's absoballylutely brilliant, and I want it, and I would pay for it.

[@AnythingElseFails]

I'm addicted to this song

[@imonlywinded]

That's where I heard it first too. Love the steampunk workshop!

[@Rbellious]

Brilliant music, the song just took me back to the victorian age. 5*

[@LadyLucid93]

His voice and way of singing is really sexy.. TCQ are plain awesome!

[@LeapingLeptons42]

gotta love the rythym

[@videolizzard99]

YES!! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES! I hate it when friends suggest ridiculous "steampunk" bands that always miss the mark. This is beyond perfect... I just wish they'd pay us a visit here in the states! :(

[@solarpoweredokapi]

this song is brilliant. wicked, kind of frightening - but brilliant. why aren't there more?

[@Marz1200]

They have a website you can find on google, but they've only released one other song, "The Doctor's Wife."

[@FaeryRibbon]

This is so magical! =D Funny how some lines serve as a metaphor (how I love those) ; P :I'll tell you that clockwork's a powerful thing, There's a terrible strength in those tightly wound springs, A gentleman's pocketwatch stays by his heart, And that's where the damage can start."

[@DobbzTheCat]

man this song is freakin awesome so dark and great

[@MusicianJester1295]

now, im new to these guys, as in so new i only discovered them about 10 minutes ago lol, how many songs do they have i have searched everywhere but i can only find 2? this, and the Doctors Wife....

[@cyhiraethbanshee]

Hauntingly beautiful. I'm hooked! :D

[@InvaderTak176]

@Paris so the apprentice set up his boss by rigging a pocket watch to either explode or what I think actually wind itself tight enough that it would snap and puncture the heart of the man who bought it.

[@imonlywinded]

AWESOME, that wasn't there when they first uploaded i think, either way, great to see em. Thanks!

[@Trollingdruid]

Anyone know any other bands like this? Really enjoying it.

[@yusufer5000]

Kind of reminds me of a really mellow Lament for Toy Factor by Doctor Steel. Fantastic :D

[@GuitarBlues3]

I think this is what Edgar Allan Poe worked on after the Beatles invited him to Sgt. Pepper. Brilliantly creepy.

[@imonlywinded]

agreed

[@MrBojax]

That put a smile on my face,great story :P

[@Elonyy]

This song is like never-ending, and thats all i need :D

[@KefkeWren]

Wow...so powerful and dark!

[@Wiiluvkatz]

This makes me think of 'the wall' for some reason O.o Awesome!

[@Aemoth]

@TheLightYagami That is technically true, yes. This would probably falling under the clockpunk genre, but honestly, considering many of the people and - by extension - bands at large who considers themselves steampunk, but are just fancily-clad goth, well...

[@imonlywinded]

@Quinnknights i think they are in the process of releasing more, I know im ready for more too.

[@palliah2]

Yeah... I want a steampunk style musical now based around these characters and sung by these creative men. Maybe the plans and plots of each character in seperate chapters leading up to a climax that involves them all?

[@Khoast]

@Aemoth I would Love a full length CD from C.Q.!

[@Mixppmix]

marvelous

[@thesirenking]

perfect. perfect perfect.

[@BastardShow]

That would be amazing!

[@imonlywinded]

that would freaking rock!

[@Eudaletism]

I love you.

[@rufus566]

@Hagane0Kitsune Never heard of Clockpunk, and think it is a pointless description. The musical genres are based on the established literary and art genres that preceded them. The music was intended to go hand in hand with the rest of the movement Steampunk is Neo-Victorian from hindsight of modern technology. Included are clockworks, Airships and an influence of musical theater (which was popular in the 1890s). DieselPunk is the 1940s and all things from that era. The era is the genre name.

[@Jaytheforth]

I've pictured the watch being rigged to be a clockwork bomb. That's what I took the power in those tightly wound springs to be, the ability to make the gears themselves into a mechanized weapon. To me, it seems fitting that the mechanisms that create the watch are the are the same mechanisms that end the young man.

[@imonlywinded]

@Emmelina93 You can get this one and another at their website, its in the description of the song....for free! :)

[@rivergenesis]

I have this on repeat on my ipod. :D

[@9til5wizard]

Genius.

[@sumoslamer180]

@Aemoth Theres "Abney park", "The cog is dead" and "Doctor steel" But I only listened to one song by Doctor steel so... I really don't know about the that one...

[@CharacterStudio]

This song is creepy and amazing at the same time...

[@JesterxMailman89]

Steampunk and Cyberpunk are brothers in sub-genres. All the others are sub-sub-genres and are really to specific to be called any sort of genre.

[@mizpriz]

@luxordtimet Also agreed! There just aren't enough fan vids for steampunk songs. I'd totally do it if I had the talent.

[@JesterxMailman89]

Ok People, first there was "Cyberpunk", originally introduced by William Gibson, which talked about the future and "matrix" like stuff. Then came Steampunk, which was kind of the opposite. Instead of telling the future it told of an alternate past, a past where we never advanced but were stuck in the age of steam. Dieselpunk, Arcanepunk, Clockpunk? These are all just smaller parts of Steampunk. If you read any sort of Steampunk novel or story there usually are plenty of examples of each one.

[@SilverBellsAbove]

It is impossible to not sing along with this. And feel like a villain while doing so.

[@KosmiskRevolution]

OMGEEE! :D Exciting, now I can't wait!

[@Quinnknights]

i love this & the doctors wife. Is there any others by them?

[@Aemoth]

@Emmelina93 Go to their homepage, its in the description. You can find MP3s of The Watchmaker's Apprentice and The Doctor's Wife there. Free, too.

[@gabemacaodha7750]

It's subtly violent.That's great

[@imonlywinded]

agreed!

[@luxordtimet]

Someone needs to make a fan video for this song

[@earieknight]

Moral of song, never piss off someone who can make time bombs XD

[@xxdomoxxkunxx]

my new theme song for when I play TTT

[@Sardath13]

there's a genius behind these lyrics

[@TheOnlySilverUnicorn]

@markermage OMG! An amazing idea!

[@AnthonyDukesIsAwesome]

i can just imagine the singer telling this story in a straightjacket while smiling

[@roguetryst]

my friends and I are considering doing just that.

[@nycglitchbomb]

@MrLeomonkey07 If you were talking about the actual story then maybe it would be clockpunk, but the actual music is completely steampunk music.

[@ZZvonSchnerk]

@TheLadyDawner It's like the Carling adverts. Clockwork Quartet don't make music videos. But if they did, they'd probably be the best music videos in the world.

[@jiveyhairchef96]

I'm not sure that he created a bomb exactly, just a means of getting to the gentleman's heart. He mentions "a terrible strength in those tightly wound springs" so perhaps a concealed blade was involved too. The odd thing is though that the fob watch is often carried the lower waistcoat pocket, closer to the intestine or kidney than anything else.

[@aprillen]

This is Steampunk music in my ears. Most of what is labelled Steampunk is too synthey and emo/postpunky for my taste. CWQ: Make more songs! Do a CD! I want more!

[@hibryd1]

@feh2 I definitely still support him. His ideas on creativity, fun, and a Utopian Playland inspire me, so why shouldn't I support him?

[@Emmelina93]

I really wish I could find a place where I can download their songs D:

[@LordGosai]

@markermage Sir, if ever I have a Time Machine, I shall now play stuff like this around Poe and see what he writes.

[@LadyLucid93]

I don't think they do.. At least not up, but they do play live as far as I know, so they should have more songs o0

[@NFMCGorsa]

Listen to kaizers orchestra, theyre not steam, but have made a few songs that could've been classifies as such, "bastard" for example. 'Tis in norwegian though, but there are english translations somewhere on the net, i know :)

[@SilverSteam1]

@luxordtimet definitely

[@theninjaweirdo]

I agree. THIS IS STEAMPUNK!!!

[@kynaston1474]

I saw a grandfather clock explode once, it was incredible. It threw shrapnel all over the house, pieces were stuck in the wall 15 feet away. Mechanics should never work on clocks. :P

[@OhMyGodItsAChimney]

Dr Steel is as much dieselpunk as he is steampunk. We define these genres thematically, as opposed to through beats or instruments or other physical quantities, and because these are alternate pasts that have never existed what defines them ultimately is completely subjective. It's not for me, or anyone else other than the viewer to decide, so please, let's stop bickering about who's a what-now and just enjoy the good music :)

[@Trollingdruid]

Will do, thanks :)

[@coolclaytony]

@TheLightYagami i think of clockpunk as just a sub-subgenre of steampunk.

[@imonlywinded]

@luxordtimet agreed!

[@ShufflerFacey]

have these guys made any other songs? besides this one and the doctors wife?

[@Godbye12345]

me 2! but i dont no why either