Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds

[Benjamin]

Anybody else like this?

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[Mrluvaluva]

I love War Of The Worlds. Richard Burton does a great job of narration and it has some great music (if we are talking the musical version which I think we are).

[Pyramid*]

Talk about a blast from the past!

I remember reading the book when I was a kid!

[Shaun]

My best friend used to play this a lot. It's excellent. I want to read the book, I liked the 2005 film.

[Benjamin]

I never watched the 2005 film, I've seen the original, that was pretty good and the book was also good.

[Kizzy]

Used to play this to death in my grungy gothy days as a teen :) *sigh*

[Kate!]

The Planet Suite :love:

[Sticks]

I have the complete album on a two CD set

[Mrluvaluva]

I have the complete album on a two CD set

I got the 30th anniversary edition. :blush:

I would love to go and see "War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage!" in December. I'm thinking of getting tickets.

[Mrluvaluva]

On the subject, someone may find this of interest, or not :tongue::

Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Original Full Radio Broadcast from 1938


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"The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938 and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.

The first two thirds of the 60-minute broadcast were presented as a series of simulated "news bulletins", which suggested to many listeners that an actual alien invasion by Martians was currently in progress. Compounding the issue was the fact that the Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 'sustaining show' (it ran without commercial breaks), thus adding to the program's quality of realism. Although there were sensationalist accounts in the press about a supposed panic in response to the broadcast, the precise extent of listener response has been debated. In the days following the adaptation, however, there was widespread outrage. The program's news-bulletin format was decried as cruelly deceptive by some newspapers and public figures, leading to an outcry against the perpetrators of the broadcast, but the episode secured Orson Welles' fame."


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[Benjamin]

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[Kyle]

Yeh I have both the old version and the newer one with Liam Neeson replacing Richard Burton. I love it it's brilliant.

In fact I made a thread about it a few months back in the music section and didn't get a single comment. :huh:

[Benjamin]

Listening to this now. :love:

[James]

I listened to it on Spotify quite recently, thought it was very good. Richard Burton's narration is excellent.

[Benjamin]

His voice is perfect for it. I didn't realise Spotify had it, found they had it tonight. Amazing.

[JTM45]

When i was a kid i remember me, my sister and my parents all sitting down and listening to the whole of the original version of War of the Worlds. Absolutely loved it!!!!

Some great music and a great cast too! Phil Lynott was amazing as the Parson in it too.

[Benjamin]

When i was a kid i remember me, my sister and my parents all sitting down and listening to the whole of the original version of War of the Worlds. Absolutely loved it!!!!

Some great music and a great cast too! Phil Lynott was amazing as the Parson in it too.

Aww that sounds like a great way to have listened to it. So glad I listened to this when I was a kid too, such a masterpiece.

[James]

I saw Mars, very clearly in the night sky (south-east in the evening), when I was out earlier. Made me think of this. :unsure:

[Benjamin]

:laugh:

Did you start humming the songs in your head?

[James]

It actually creeped me out a bit seeing the red planet after I'd been listening to it. hehe

[Benjamin]

Lol, one day that vision will come true. :unsure:

[James]

The chances of anything coming from that remote, forbidding planet are... a million to one... :o

[Benjamin]

but they still come!

[Kate!]

JOURNALIST: No one would have believed, in the last years of the
nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds
of space.

No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope
studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered
the possibility of life on other planets and yet, across the gulf of space, minds
immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and
surely, they drew their plans against us.

(I totally love re-listening to this)

[Kate!]

In fact I'm gonna quote that in my sig :worship:

[Marsh.]

My mum loves this. She has the album.

[Kyle]

If your younger than when this came out the new one with Liam Neeson and Ricky Wilson in it might be up your street. It's got a little more of a modern twang to it but it's still essentially the same concept. It's a bit longer too with extended scenes around the artilleryman and his brave new world concept.

[Kate!]

If your younger than when this came out the new one with Liam Neeson and Ricky Wilson in it might be up your street. It's got a little more of a modern twang to it but it's still essentially the same concept. It's a bit longer too with extended scenes around the artilleryman and his brave new world concept.

:amazed: I'm in town this afternoon, I'm going to treat myself to this and listen over the weekend. Well chuffed now, Ty for posting the info!

[Kyle]

:amazed: I'm in town this afternoon, I'm going to treat myself to this and listen over the weekend. Well chuffed now, Ty for posting the info!

It's 17 squid on amazon atm. I don't know how cheap it will be in the shops.

Got a big booklet and all that jazz like the other one.

[Kate!]

Ouchie! 17 quid. Hmm.

[Benjamin]

Did you the original or the modern one?

[Kate!]

Did you the original or the modern one?

I got the original, as it was only 3 quid in What's Entertainment. I'd like the one that Kyle mentioned at some point when I have some spare dosh.

[Benjamin]

I've not given the modern one a listen, I'm a bit skeptical it would ruin it for me.

[Kyle]

I've not given the modern one a listen, I'm a bit skeptical it would ruin it for me.

I got past that by treating it as an alternative to the original one rather than a rehash.

Must say though I was a little shocked when I first heard eve of the war because I thought they butchered it but I gave it a full listen and personally thought the second part of the album was the better version compared to the original.

[James]

I listened to the new one and though I thought Liam Neeson's narration was good, Richard Burton was better, and really defined it.

[Kate!]

I got past that by treating it as an alternative to the original one rather than a rehash.

Must say though I was a little shocked when I first heard eve of the war because I thought they butchered it but I gave it a full listen and personally thought the second part of the album was the better version compared to the original.

Think I'll take the approach when I get round to buying the new version

I listened to the new one and though I thought Liam Neeson's narration was good, Richard Burton was better, and really defined it.

Burton is truly iconic and doubt he could be bettered so yes I think I'll feel the same when I listen to it, no detriment to Neeson who I can see doing it justice, but original is where it's at in this case overall.

I just really love listening to it, have done since childhood (yes Ben, I know that's a long time :laugh:)

[Benjamin]

I listened to the new one and though I thought Liam Neeson's narration was good, Richard Burton was better, and really defined it.

Only taken me 4 months to reply. :laugh:

I'm gonna listen to the new one this weekend, but I reckon I'll feel the same as you.

[joeysteele]

It is a brilliant piece of work.