0:00:02 > 0:00:04If I had to describe Scott Walker in three words...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- Dramatic.- Dynamic.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07- Shy.- Deadly.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09- Visionary.- Unique.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- Gentle.- Romantic.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- Godlike.- How many of those guys used the word "genius"?
0:00:35 > 0:00:40# The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
0:00:40 > 0:00:44# The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky... #
0:00:44 > 0:00:46When Scott Walker joined The Walker Brothers,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50that thrust him into the limelight -
0:00:50 > 0:00:52the screaming girls, Beatles-style thing.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57The Walker Brothers were a big pop band.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01# Baby, you don't have to tell me
0:01:01 > 0:01:03# Baby... #
0:01:03 > 0:01:05And at a certain point, it was clear for Scott, I think,
0:01:05 > 0:01:10that he wanted to express himself in a much more personal way.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14But I get the idea that he's always been quite shy
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and kept himself to himself
0:01:16 > 0:01:20and always wanted to kind of explore things.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24With actually, I would imagine,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27his first appearance on television on his own -
0:01:27 > 0:01:30his name is Scott Walker.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32# Mama, do you see what I see?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34# On your knees and pray for me
0:01:34 > 0:01:36# Mathilde, come back to me... #
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I think the first time I ever really kind of became aware
0:01:40 > 0:01:44of how incredibly special he was was actually round at Jarvis' house
0:01:44 > 0:01:46and I'd just sit and listen to it
0:01:46 > 0:01:50and it really went in like a missile
0:01:50 > 0:01:56how incredibly complex and beautiful the music was, you know.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01He is painting incredible oil paintings with his music
0:02:01 > 0:02:04because they're so visceral and so visual.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11He had this sound that you kind of recognised
0:02:11 > 0:02:13from The Walker Brothers, but then the songwriting
0:02:13 > 0:02:18was really somewhere else and it was still melodic,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22but I had never really heard songs like that before.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25They don't sound like songs from 50 years ago.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27# You lose your way
0:02:30 > 0:02:34# A boy child rides upon your back... #
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Between '67 and '70,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39he actually ended up recording a hell of a lot of material.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44The Prom came together to present the solo albums of Scott
0:02:44 > 0:02:48with orchestra, but with a series of sort of solo artists.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52I was immediately drawn to the expansive,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55cinematic-laden element of this music
0:02:55 > 0:02:57and the fact that it wasn't like a band up front
0:02:57 > 0:03:00with the kind of classic wallpaper orchestra at the back.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08You've got this kind of real big,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11almost like a Phil Spector approach to sound
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and then you've got these Play For Today dramas.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18# You've become a stranger... #
0:03:18 > 0:03:20If you want to go further and get into the lyrics,
0:03:20 > 0:03:21then you're in for a treat.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24# Every night with the boys
0:03:24 > 0:03:26# Got a new suit... #
0:03:26 > 0:03:29His music has a lot of contradictions,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32which I think is very interesting and beautiful.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38# We'll melt away before we land
0:03:38 > 0:03:43# Two teardrops for somebody's hand... #
0:03:43 > 0:03:49His ability to wield his mother tongue in his lyrics
0:03:49 > 0:03:55is so masterful and just awe-inspiring.
0:03:58 > 0:04:05It just feels so incredible to sing such amazing music
0:04:05 > 0:04:08and to just be part of it so I think I'll be terrified
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- and really happy at the same time. - SHE LAUGHS
0:04:11 > 0:04:16It's a celebration of the music of one of the greatest singers
0:04:16 > 0:04:19of the late 20th and 21st centuries,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21one of the greatest artists of all time.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:40 > 0:06:42CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:07:14 > 0:07:16# You lose your way
0:07:18 > 0:07:22# A boy child rides upon your back
0:07:24 > 0:07:27# Take him away
0:07:27 > 0:07:32# Through mirrors dark and blessed with cracks
0:07:34 > 0:07:37# Through forgotten courtyards
0:07:37 > 0:07:43# Where you used to search for youth
0:07:45 > 0:07:49# Old gets a new life
0:07:51 > 0:07:54# Reach out, you can touch It's true
0:07:56 > 0:08:00# He's not a shadow
0:08:02 > 0:08:06# Of shadows like you, you see
0:08:07 > 0:08:11# Hearts hold on holding
0:08:12 > 0:08:16# If you stay one, you'll stay free
0:08:19 > 0:08:21# Go seek the lady
0:08:21 > 0:08:27# Who will give, not take away
0:08:29 > 0:08:32# Naked with stillness
0:08:34 > 0:08:39# On the edge of dawn, she strays
0:08:40 > 0:08:44# Night starts to empty
0:08:46 > 0:08:51# That's when her song begins
0:08:51 > 0:08:55# She'll make you happy
0:08:56 > 0:09:00# She'll take you deep within
0:09:02 > 0:09:05# Window lights for wanderers
0:09:05 > 0:09:11# Hide hard in your swollen eyes
0:09:13 > 0:09:17# Echoes of laughter
0:09:17 > 0:09:22# Hide in the city's thighs... #
0:09:45 > 0:09:49# Love, catch these fragments
0:09:49 > 0:09:54# Swirling through the winds of night
0:09:55 > 0:09:58# What can it cost
0:09:58 > 0:10:03# To give a boy child back his sight?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09# Extensions through dimensions
0:10:09 > 0:10:15# Leave you feeling cold and lame
0:10:17 > 0:10:21# Boy child mustn't tremble
0:10:22 > 0:10:28# Cos he came without a name. #
0:10:38 > 0:10:45# Over the rooftops sails Billy
0:10:45 > 0:10:51# A string tied to his underwear
0:10:53 > 0:10:56# Through cobblestone streets
0:10:56 > 0:10:59# A child races
0:10:59 > 0:11:06# And shouts "Billy, come down from there"
0:11:08 > 0:11:14# "My mother's calling," his voice whimpers
0:11:14 > 0:11:20# A string clutched in his tiny hand
0:11:22 > 0:11:28# Not till I've seen the sky's not lit up
0:11:28 > 0:11:34# In tears Child, try and understand
0:11:36 > 0:11:38# Don't pull the string
0:11:39 > 0:11:42# Don't bring me down
0:11:44 > 0:11:47# Don't make me land... #
0:12:00 > 0:12:03# Plastic palace people
0:12:05 > 0:12:08# Sing silent songs
0:12:08 > 0:12:10# They dream too long
0:12:10 > 0:12:13# Their memories just stare
0:12:15 > 0:12:18# Plastic palace Alice
0:12:20 > 0:12:25# She steals her cards tomorrow deals
0:12:25 > 0:12:28# With deafening despair
0:12:32 > 0:12:37# Hurry, you've got to get in line
0:12:37 > 0:12:43# Your nose might start to shine
0:12:43 > 0:12:48# And sweat it out and dance about
0:12:48 > 0:12:54# The horizontal line
0:13:04 > 0:13:10# A harvest of stars surrounds Billy
0:13:12 > 0:13:17# The night clings to his happy eyes
0:13:19 > 0:13:22# A sleeping town square
0:13:22 > 0:13:26# Beneath a fountain
0:13:26 > 0:13:31# A child murmurs a weary sigh
0:13:33 > 0:13:35# My mother weeps
0:13:37 > 0:13:39# And weaves her hair
0:13:40 > 0:13:46# With worries "Please, come down from there"
0:14:04 > 0:14:06# Plastic palace people
0:14:09 > 0:14:12# Through fields of clay
0:14:12 > 0:14:14# And granite grey
0:14:14 > 0:14:17# They play without a sound
0:14:19 > 0:14:22# Plastic palace Alice
0:14:24 > 0:14:29# Blows gaping holes to store her fears
0:14:29 > 0:14:32# Inside her lover's head
0:14:35 > 0:14:38# Listen
0:14:38 > 0:14:42# They're laughing in the halls
0:14:42 > 0:14:46# They rip your face with lies
0:14:46 > 0:14:51# Two buzzing eyes, you cry for help
0:14:51 > 0:14:57# Like God, they bark replies
0:15:08 > 0:15:16# Over the rooftops bursts Billy Balloon
0:15:17 > 0:15:21# Sadly, the string descends
0:15:22 > 0:15:25# Searching its way
0:15:25 > 0:15:31# Down through blue submarine air
0:15:31 > 0:15:35# The polka-dot underwear
0:15:36 > 0:15:38# To meet the trees
0:15:40 > 0:15:42# In the morning square
0:15:44 > 0:15:46# Just hanging there
0:15:46 > 0:15:52# Just hanging there. #
0:16:37 > 0:16:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:17:10 > 0:17:14# Wasn't it a good year?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20# Wasn't filled with talking
0:17:22 > 0:17:27# It still moves through my heart
0:17:27 > 0:17:31# From time to time
0:17:32 > 0:17:37# City after city
0:17:39 > 0:17:44# Granite grey as morning
0:17:44 > 0:17:52# Heroes died in subways left behind
0:17:52 > 0:18:00# Far behind like our love
0:18:03 > 0:18:06# You're on your own again
0:18:06 > 0:18:10# And you're your best again
0:18:10 > 0:18:16# That's what you tell yourself
0:18:16 > 0:18:20# I've seen it all the way
0:18:20 > 0:18:27# As far as anyone can see
0:18:28 > 0:18:31# Except when it began
0:18:31 > 0:18:35# I was so happy
0:18:35 > 0:18:43# I didn't feel like me. #
0:18:51 > 0:18:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:19:01 > 0:19:05# The angels of ashes
0:19:05 > 0:19:09# Will give back your passions
0:19:09 > 0:19:14# Again and again
0:19:18 > 0:19:25# Their light shafts will reach through the darkness
0:19:25 > 0:19:30# And touch you, my friend
0:19:35 > 0:19:39# They'll fly in a mind dance
0:19:39 > 0:19:49# And blind you with wings wrapped in flame
0:19:51 > 0:19:56# If you're down to an echo
0:19:56 > 0:20:04# They just might remember your name
0:20:09 > 0:20:12# In the unbroken darkness
0:20:12 > 0:20:16# Where emptiness empties
0:20:16 > 0:20:22# Alone
0:20:24 > 0:20:28# There is no starting or stopping
0:20:28 > 0:20:36# There is no right or no wrong
0:20:41 > 0:20:44# Well, that's all right
0:20:44 > 0:20:49# For some who can hang the absurd
0:20:49 > 0:20:54# On their wall
0:20:57 > 0:21:01# If your blind hands can't grope
0:21:01 > 0:21:05# Through these measureless waters
0:21:05 > 0:21:10# You'll fall
0:21:13 > 0:21:18# You've been following patterns
0:21:18 > 0:21:22# And fleeting sensations
0:21:22 > 0:21:25# Too long
0:21:29 > 0:21:34# And the fullness that fills up
0:21:34 > 0:21:38# The pulse of durations
0:21:38 > 0:21:43# Is gone
0:21:46 > 0:21:51# Let the great constellations
0:21:51 > 0:21:54# Of flickering ashes
0:21:54 > 0:22:01# Be heard
0:22:02 > 0:22:06# Let them burn with a fire
0:22:06 > 0:22:10# All it takes to confess
0:22:10 > 0:22:14# Is a word
0:22:19 > 0:22:22# I can recommend angels
0:22:22 > 0:22:29# I've watched as they made a man strong
0:22:33 > 0:22:38# If your humbleness shows
0:22:38 > 0:22:42# Then I'm sure that they'll take you
0:22:42 > 0:22:47# Along
0:22:50 > 0:22:54# You can tell them who sent you
0:22:54 > 0:22:58# It might help to get you
0:22:58 > 0:23:05# Above
0:23:07 > 0:23:10# You can say that he laughed
0:23:10 > 0:23:15# And he walked like St Francis
0:23:15 > 0:23:20# With love. #
0:23:25 > 0:23:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:41 > 0:23:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:58 > 0:24:03# Voices from a photograph
0:24:03 > 0:24:05# Laughed from your wall
0:24:05 > 0:24:09# Screamed through your dreams
0:24:09 > 0:24:12# Wake up, Rosemary
0:24:12 > 0:24:17# And wipe your teary eyes
0:24:19 > 0:24:24# Rise and cross the cold bare floor
0:24:24 > 0:24:30# And watch the moon through frosted glass
0:24:30 > 0:24:34# Damn that photograph
0:24:34 > 0:24:39# I'll have to take it down
0:24:41 > 0:24:43# She hears the boats
0:24:43 > 0:24:46# As they move down the river
0:24:46 > 0:24:52# She sees a dog straining hard on its leash
0:24:52 > 0:24:55# To get away
0:24:55 > 0:24:57# She hears the clock
0:24:57 > 0:25:00# And it strikes like a hammer
0:25:00 > 0:25:04# Pounding the nails one day further
0:25:04 > 0:25:10# In the coffin of her youth
0:25:13 > 0:25:17# Evenings with your mother's friends
0:25:17 > 0:25:20# Pregnant eyes
0:25:20 > 0:25:23# Sagging chins
0:25:23 > 0:25:26# Swollen fingertips
0:25:26 > 0:25:32# Pour antique cups of tea
0:25:34 > 0:25:38# Who are you and where have you been?
0:25:38 > 0:25:44# Suspended in a weightless wind
0:25:44 > 0:25:48# Watching trains go by
0:25:48 > 0:25:55# From platforms in the rain
0:25:55 > 0:25:58# Look at the photograph
0:25:58 > 0:26:01# Dream back last summer
0:26:01 > 0:26:02# Dream back the lips
0:26:02 > 0:26:09# On that travelling salesman Mr Jim
0:26:09 > 0:26:11# He smelled of miracles
0:26:11 > 0:26:14# With stained-glass whispers
0:26:14 > 0:26:17# You loved his laughter
0:26:17 > 0:26:23# You tremble beneath him once again
0:26:26 > 0:26:33# That's what I want
0:26:33 > 0:26:38# A new shot at life
0:26:39 > 0:26:42# But my coat's too thin
0:26:42 > 0:26:46# My feet won't fly
0:26:46 > 0:26:49# And I watch the wind
0:26:49 > 0:26:54# And I see another dream
0:26:54 > 0:27:04# Blowing by. #
0:27:21 > 0:27:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Thank you.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Thank you very much.
0:27:50 > 0:27:56# As the morning turned my way
0:27:56 > 0:28:03# Seabirds flying through this hazy face
0:28:03 > 0:28:06# And I came back here
0:28:06 > 0:28:12# To replace your place in my life
0:28:12 > 0:28:15# And didn't you know
0:28:15 > 0:28:18# That I'm not the world's strongest man
0:28:18 > 0:28:21# When it comes to you
0:28:21 > 0:28:24# And your world, I'm lost
0:28:24 > 0:28:28# Can't you see the towers of mine?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31# They could shine like a dime
0:28:31 > 0:28:34# Take me back again
0:28:34 > 0:28:38# To your warm desire
0:28:38 > 0:28:43# And again, again, again
0:28:43 > 0:28:50# Longing for belongings here again
0:28:50 > 0:28:54# And I need your love
0:28:54 > 0:28:59# You know, I just can't pretend any more
0:28:59 > 0:29:02# And didn't you know
0:29:02 > 0:29:06# That I'm not the world's strongest man
0:29:06 > 0:29:09# When it comes to you
0:29:09 > 0:29:12# And your world, I'm lost
0:29:12 > 0:29:16# Can't you see the towers of mine?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19# They could shine like a dime
0:29:19 > 0:29:22# Take me back again
0:29:22 > 0:29:25# To your warm desire
0:29:25 > 0:29:29# Da-da, da-da
0:29:29 > 0:29:32# Da-da, da-da
0:29:32 > 0:29:35# Da-da, da-da-da-da-da
0:29:35 > 0:29:38# Da-da
0:29:38 > 0:29:40# Da-da-da-da, da-da
0:29:40 > 0:29:44# Da-da-da, da-da-da-da
0:29:44 > 0:29:47# Da-da-da-da, da-da
0:29:47 > 0:29:50# Da-da-da-da
0:29:50 > 0:29:54# Da-da, da-da
0:29:54 > 0:29:57# Da-da, da-da
0:29:57 > 0:30:03# Da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da
0:30:03 > 0:30:05# Da-da-da-da-da, da-da
0:30:05 > 0:30:09# Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
0:30:09 > 0:30:12# Da-da-da-da-da, da-da
0:30:12 > 0:30:15# Da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da. #
0:30:45 > 0:30:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:09 > 0:31:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:51 > 0:31:53# It's raining today
0:31:58 > 0:32:01# I'm just about to forget
0:32:01 > 0:32:05# The train window girl
0:32:09 > 0:32:13# That wonderful day we met
0:32:17 > 0:32:20# She smiles through the smoke
0:32:23 > 0:32:27# From my cigarette
0:32:35 > 0:32:38# It's raining today
0:32:40 > 0:32:45# But once there was summer and you
0:32:46 > 0:32:49# And dark little rooms
0:32:54 > 0:32:59# And sleep in late afternoons
0:33:01 > 0:33:04# Those moments descend
0:33:08 > 0:33:12# On my windowpane
0:33:23 > 0:33:27# I've hung around too long
0:33:27 > 0:33:34# Listening to the old landlady's hard-luck stories
0:33:34 > 0:33:37# You out of me
0:33:37 > 0:33:39# Me out of you
0:33:39 > 0:33:43# We go like lovers
0:33:45 > 0:33:50# To replace the empty space
0:33:50 > 0:33:56# Repeat our dreams to someone new
0:34:20 > 0:34:22# It's raining today
0:34:25 > 0:34:29# And I watch the cellophane streets
0:34:29 > 0:34:33# No hang-ups for me
0:34:38 > 0:34:42# Cos hang-ups need company
0:34:45 > 0:34:49# The street corner girl
0:34:52 > 0:34:56# A cold trembling leaf
0:35:00 > 0:35:03# It's raining today
0:35:08 > 0:35:11# It's raining today. #
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Thank you.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Not a dry seat in the house.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47LAUGHTER
0:35:58 > 0:36:03# They spoke transparent phrases
0:36:03 > 0:36:06# To looking-glass women
0:36:08 > 0:36:12# And they took the detours
0:36:12 > 0:36:16# That scattered the way
0:36:18 > 0:36:22# They departed from summer
0:36:22 > 0:36:28# Like two ragged soldiers
0:36:28 > 0:36:32# Dragging their heels
0:36:32 > 0:36:36# Through their fantasies
0:36:41 > 0:36:47# There were meals in the missions
0:36:47 > 0:36:51# For two frozen statues
0:36:52 > 0:36:56# And long draughty sermons
0:36:56 > 0:37:01# Devouring their knees
0:37:01 > 0:37:07# Sometimes passions in winter
0:37:07 > 0:37:11# Turn to cold soundless moments
0:37:13 > 0:37:19# That teared in the eyes of their fantasies
0:37:25 > 0:37:30# There were nights on park benches
0:37:32 > 0:37:36# Stale bread for the pigeons
0:37:36 > 0:37:40# Good mornings to faces
0:37:40 > 0:37:46# Who just turned away
0:37:46 > 0:37:51# And on one road, confusion
0:37:51 > 0:37:56# The other, desire
0:37:57 > 0:38:03# So they took to the road of their fantasies
0:38:09 > 0:38:14# One would speak of a lake
0:38:16 > 0:38:19# Where he used to go swimming
0:38:21 > 0:38:28# The other had no memories left for his mind
0:38:30 > 0:38:35# With their arms round each other
0:38:35 > 0:38:40# The two ragged soldiers
0:38:40 > 0:38:46# Laughed through a war that they couldn't see
0:38:49 > 0:38:52# Laughed for a world
0:38:52 > 0:38:57# Filled with fantasy. #
0:39:06 > 0:39:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:32 > 0:39:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:47 > 0:39:50# Everything still
0:39:51 > 0:39:53# Everything silent
0:39:55 > 0:39:58# As after the rain
0:40:00 > 0:40:03# We lie here listening
0:40:03 > 0:40:06# To night close down
0:40:11 > 0:40:14# Stare like a child
0:40:14 > 0:40:16# Wait for the signs
0:40:16 > 0:40:19# To decide once again
0:40:24 > 0:40:32# Just when they looked here to stay
0:40:33 > 0:40:38# We're to leave our world
0:40:38 > 0:40:41# Our air
0:40:43 > 0:40:46# It really isn't fair
0:40:48 > 0:40:51# Outside, they sing
0:40:51 > 0:40:53# The war is over
0:40:54 > 0:40:57# Raise your blinds
0:40:57 > 0:40:59# The war is over
0:41:01 > 0:41:04# Tell your deepest dark
0:41:07 > 0:41:09# Goodbye
0:41:14 > 0:41:17# A distant waltz
0:41:17 > 0:41:21# Turns in the head of an old lady's night
0:41:26 > 0:41:31# Waiting hands unfold within the dark
0:41:36 > 0:41:39# Lighting a lamp
0:41:39 > 0:41:42# Seeing Prince Albert
0:41:43 > 0:41:47# Recalling the sight
0:41:50 > 0:41:52# They waltz again
0:41:52 > 0:41:57# Through the park
0:41:59 > 0:42:02# Floorboards creak
0:42:02 > 0:42:05# Beneath the moon
0:42:08 > 0:42:11# The room below just sighs
0:42:13 > 0:42:16# Outside, they say
0:42:16 > 0:42:18# The war is over
0:42:20 > 0:42:22# Raise your blinds
0:42:22 > 0:42:25# The war is over
0:42:25 > 0:42:29# So let me get some sleep
0:42:32 > 0:42:34# Tonight
0:42:39 > 0:42:42# Everything still
0:42:42 > 0:42:44# Everything silent
0:42:46 > 0:42:49# As after the rain
0:42:51 > 0:42:53# Still we are
0:42:55 > 0:43:03# After the rain. #
0:43:06 > 0:43:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:21 > 0:43:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:42 > 0:43:45# Hope for me
0:43:45 > 0:43:48# I hope for you
0:43:48 > 0:43:53# We're snowdrops falling through the night
0:44:03 > 0:44:08# We'll melt away before we land
0:44:08 > 0:44:14# Two teardrops for somebody's hand
0:44:19 > 0:44:24# Follow me into
0:44:24 > 0:44:27# Just one more spring
0:44:33 > 0:44:37# Copenhagen, you're the end
0:44:39 > 0:44:42# Gone and made me a child again
0:44:44 > 0:44:49# Warmed my feet beneath cold sheets
0:44:49 > 0:44:54# Dyed my hair with your sunny streets
0:44:56 > 0:45:01# Children aren't afraid to love and laugh
0:45:01 > 0:45:06# When life amuses them
0:45:08 > 0:45:15# And our love is an antique song
0:45:16 > 0:45:27# For children's carousels. #
0:46:30 > 0:46:34# Hello, Mr Big Shot
0:46:35 > 0:46:40# Say, you're looking smart
0:46:42 > 0:46:45# I've had a tiring day
0:46:45 > 0:46:50# I took the kids along to the park
0:46:53 > 0:46:58# You've become a stranger
0:47:00 > 0:47:03# Every night with the boys
0:47:03 > 0:47:06# Got a new suit
0:47:06 > 0:47:09# That old smile's come back
0:47:09 > 0:47:14# And I kiss the children goodnight
0:47:14 > 0:47:25# And I slip away on the newly waxed floor
0:47:25 > 0:47:29# I've become a giant
0:47:30 > 0:47:34# I fill every street
0:47:36 > 0:47:39# I dwarf the rooftops
0:47:39 > 0:47:41# I hunchback the moon
0:47:41 > 0:47:47# Stars dance at my feet
0:47:47 > 0:47:53# Leave it all behind me
0:47:53 > 0:47:57# Screaming kids on my knee
0:47:57 > 0:48:03# And the telly is swallowing me
0:48:03 > 0:48:08# And the neighbour shouting next door
0:48:08 > 0:48:18# And the subway trembling the roller-skate floor
0:48:19 > 0:48:24# I seek the buildings blazing with moonlight
0:48:24 > 0:48:27# In Channing Way
0:48:27 > 0:48:35# Their very eyes seem to suck you in with their laughter
0:48:35 > 0:48:39# They seem to say
0:48:40 > 0:48:44# You are all right now
0:48:46 > 0:48:52# So stop a while behind our smile
0:48:52 > 0:48:59# In Channing Way
0:49:05 > 0:49:09# Oh, to die of kisses
0:49:10 > 0:49:14# Ecstasies and charms
0:49:15 > 0:49:21# Pavements of poets will write that I died
0:49:21 > 0:49:25# In nine angels' arms
0:49:27 > 0:49:32# And they all were smiling
0:49:32 > 0:49:39# Still seductive as sin in their eyes
0:49:39 > 0:49:42# The man I had been
0:49:42 > 0:49:47# No more hard-luck stories to wear
0:49:47 > 0:49:51# Nothing left to give
0:49:51 > 0:49:58# Why the hell should I care?
0:49:58 > 0:50:04# Ann owns my smile and Mary's my shadow
0:50:04 > 0:50:07# In Channing Way
0:50:07 > 0:50:11# And with her cellophane sighs
0:50:11 > 0:50:15# Celina the candle
0:50:15 > 0:50:19# Begs me to stay
0:50:20 > 0:50:24# You're all right now
0:50:25 > 0:50:33# So stop a while behind our smile
0:50:37 > 0:50:47# In Channing Way. #
0:50:51 > 0:50:54APPLAUSE
0:51:13 > 0:51:14How we doing?
0:51:14 > 0:51:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:51:35 > 0:51:38# The little clock's stopped ticking now
0:51:40 > 0:51:46# We're swallowed in the stomached rue
0:51:48 > 0:51:52# The only sound to tear the night
0:51:52 > 0:51:56# Comes from the man upstairs
0:52:01 > 0:52:05# His bloated, belching figure stomps
0:52:07 > 0:52:12# He may crash through the ceiling soon
0:52:14 > 0:52:18# The window sees trees cry from cold
0:52:18 > 0:52:22# And they claw the moon
0:52:27 > 0:52:30# But we know, don't we
0:52:32 > 0:52:37# And we'll dream, won't we
0:52:38 > 0:52:46# Of Montague Terrace in blue
0:52:58 > 0:53:02# The girl across the hall makes love
0:53:05 > 0:53:10# Her thoughts lay cold like shattered stone
0:53:12 > 0:53:16# Her thighs are full of tales to tell
0:53:16 > 0:53:20# Of all the nights she's known
0:53:24 > 0:53:30# Your eyes ignite like cold blue fire
0:53:31 > 0:53:36# The scent of secrets everywhere
0:53:38 > 0:53:42# A fist filled with illusions
0:53:42 > 0:53:46# Clutches all our cares
0:53:51 > 0:53:55# But we know, don't we
0:53:56 > 0:54:02# And we'll dream, won't we
0:54:03 > 0:54:11# Of Montague Terrace in blue
0:54:14 > 0:54:18# Oh, in blue
0:54:49 > 0:54:54# But we know, don't we
0:54:54 > 0:55:00# And we'll dream, won't we
0:55:02 > 0:55:09# Of Montague Terrace in blue
0:55:13 > 0:55:17# Oh, in blue. #
0:55:34 > 0:55:37APPLAUSE
0:56:22 > 0:56:24# It's on days like these
0:56:24 > 0:56:26# When your brother falls
0:56:26 > 0:56:29# You can read it all in the Times
0:56:29 > 0:56:31# How a moving car
0:56:31 > 0:56:33# Stole a movie star
0:56:33 > 0:56:37# Little things that keep us together
0:56:37 > 0:56:40# While the war's going on
0:56:41 > 0:56:43# It's on days like these
0:56:43 > 0:56:45# When your childhood cries
0:56:45 > 0:56:48# And you see it all on the news
0:56:48 > 0:56:50# Little children starve
0:56:50 > 0:56:52# Growing tired of born
0:56:52 > 0:56:55# Little things that keep us all close and warm
0:56:55 > 0:56:58# While the war's going on
0:57:00 > 0:57:02# Find a place you can hide
0:57:02 > 0:57:04# And take what you can
0:57:04 > 0:57:05# The time will arrive
0:57:05 > 0:57:07# When you need a friend
0:57:07 > 0:57:09# Stop looking at us
0:57:09 > 0:57:13# We're waving goodbye
0:57:15 > 0:57:16# There's a man
0:57:16 > 0:57:18# Shouting he's with me
0:57:18 > 0:57:19# When that morning comes
0:57:19 > 0:57:21# I can't wait to see
0:57:21 > 0:57:23# Just how high his eagle
0:57:23 > 0:57:25# On colour screens
0:57:25 > 0:57:28# Is gonna fly
0:57:28 > 0:57:32# Going to fly
0:57:32 > 0:57:34# It's on nights like these
0:57:34 > 0:57:36# That your neighbour dies
0:57:36 > 0:57:39# Cos he put a gun to his head
0:57:39 > 0:57:41# He was so alone
0:57:41 > 0:57:43# He had nothing left
0:57:43 > 0:57:46# Little things that call for a drink
0:57:46 > 0:57:49# That bury a soldier's death
0:57:50 > 0:57:52# It's on days like these
0:57:52 > 0:57:54# When your sister cries
0:57:54 > 0:57:57# And your brother falls from your hands
0:57:57 > 0:57:59# Jumbo jets can die
0:57:59 > 0:58:01# Killing 81
0:58:01 > 0:58:05# Little things that help us get by the why
0:58:05 > 0:58:09# Why the war's going on
0:58:09 > 0:58:11# Why the war's going on
0:58:12 > 0:58:14# Why the war's going on
0:58:15 > 0:58:18# Why the war's going on
0:58:19 > 0:58:23# Why the war is going on
0:58:23 > 0:58:26# Why the war is going on
0:58:26 > 0:58:30# Why the war is going on
0:58:30 > 0:58:34# Why the war is going on
0:58:34 > 0:58:37# Why the war is going on
0:58:37 > 0:58:41# Why the war is going on
0:58:41 > 0:58:45# Why the war is going on
0:58:45 > 0:58:48# Why the war is going on
0:58:48 > 0:58:51# Why the war is going on
0:58:51 > 0:58:54# Why the war is going on
0:58:54 > 0:58:59# Why the war's going on
0:58:59 > 0:59:06- # Why the war is going on - Why the war's going on
0:59:06 > 0:59:09# Why the war is going on.
0:59:09 > 0:59:14# Why the war is going on. #
0:59:14 > 0:59:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:00:15 > 1:00:21# Anybody seen a knight pass this way?
1:00:22 > 1:00:28# I saw him playing chess with Death yesterday
1:00:30 > 1:00:37# His crusade was a search for God and they say
1:00:37 > 1:00:45# It's been a long way to carry on
1:00:47 > 1:00:54# Anybody hear of plague in this town?
1:00:54 > 1:01:00# The town I've left behind was burned to the ground
1:01:00 > 1:01:08# A young girl on a stake, her face framed in flames cried
1:01:08 > 1:01:13# "I'm not a witch, God knows my name"
1:01:15 > 1:01:18# The knight, he watched with fear
1:01:18 > 1:01:21# He needed to know
1:01:21 > 1:01:27# He ran where he might feel God's breath
1:01:27 > 1:01:30# And in the misty church
1:01:30 > 1:01:34# He knelt to confess
1:01:34 > 1:01:41# The face within the booth was Mr Death
1:01:45 > 1:01:52# My life's a meaningless pursuit of meaningless smiles
1:01:52 > 1:01:57# Why can't God touch me with a sign?
1:01:59 > 1:02:05# "Perhaps there's no-one there," answered the booth
1:02:05 > 1:02:11# And Death hid within his cloak and smiled
1:02:12 > 1:02:19# "This morning I played chess with Death," said the knight
1:02:19 > 1:02:23# "We played that he might grant me time
1:02:25 > 1:02:31# "My bishop and my knight will shatter his flanks
1:02:31 > 1:02:37# "And still I might feel God's heart in mine"
1:02:39 > 1:02:45# And through confession's grille Death's laughter was heard
1:02:45 > 1:02:51# The knight cried, "No, you've cheated me!
1:02:52 > 1:02:55# "But still I'll find a way
1:02:55 > 1:03:00# "We'll meet once again and once again
1:03:00 > 1:03:05# "Continue to play"
1:03:09 > 1:03:12# They met within the woods
1:03:12 > 1:03:15# The knight, his squire and friends
1:03:15 > 1:03:21# And Death said "Now the game shall end"
1:03:23 > 1:03:26# The final move was made
1:03:26 > 1:03:29# The knight hung his head
1:03:29 > 1:03:35# And said, "You've won, I've nothing left to play"
1:03:37 > 1:03:43# The minstrel filled with visions sang to his love
1:03:43 > 1:03:48# To look against the stormy sky
1:03:50 > 1:03:53# The knight, his squire and friends
1:03:53 > 1:03:56# Their hands held as one
1:03:56 > 1:04:02# Solemnly danced toward the dawn
1:04:03 > 1:04:06# His hourglass in his hand
1:04:06 > 1:04:10# His scythe by his side
1:04:10 > 1:04:14# The master Death, he leads them on
1:04:16 > 1:04:22# The rain will wash away the tears from their faces
1:04:22 > 1:04:25# And as the thunder cracked
1:04:25 > 1:04:33# They were gone. #
1:05:28 > 1:05:30APPLAUSE
1:05:49 > 1:05:51# He's a hero of the war
1:05:53 > 1:05:56# All the neighbourhood is talkin' 'bout your son
1:05:56 > 1:05:59# Mrs Reiley, get his medals
1:05:59 > 1:06:02# Hand them 'round to everyone
1:06:02 > 1:06:06# Show his gun to all the children in the street
1:06:06 > 1:06:11# It's too bad he can't shake hands or move his feet
1:06:19 > 1:06:22# He's a hero of the war
1:06:22 > 1:06:26# You can see his picture in the local news
1:06:26 > 1:06:32# Mrs Reiley, seems the girl next door is nowhere to be found
1:06:32 > 1:06:36# Once you couldn't keep that boy from hangin' 'round
1:06:36 > 1:06:41# Never mind, dear, you're with your mum once more
1:06:49 > 1:06:52# He's a hero of the war
1:06:52 > 1:06:56# Like his dad, he gave his life the war before
1:06:56 > 1:07:02# It was tragic how you almost died of pain when he was born
1:07:02 > 1:07:05# With no husband there beside you through it all
1:07:05 > 1:07:11# Ring the bell if you get hungry or you fall
1:07:18 > 1:07:23# You're a hero of the war
1:07:23 > 1:07:26# Why those teardrops on your cheek? It's so absurd
1:07:26 > 1:07:31# Feelin' empty, it's the emptiness of heroes like your son
1:07:31 > 1:07:35# And what made him leave his mother for a gun
1:07:35 > 1:07:39# Driven forward, driven back and nothing more
1:07:39 > 1:07:47# He's a hero of the war. #
1:07:54 > 1:07:59SHE VOCALISES
1:08:24 > 1:08:26APPLAUSE
1:09:06 > 1:09:09# I seen a hand
1:09:10 > 1:09:13# I seen a vision
1:09:13 > 1:09:16# It was reaching through the clouds
1:09:16 > 1:09:18# To risk a dream
1:09:20 > 1:09:22# The shadow crossed the sky
1:09:22 > 1:09:26# And it crushed into the ground
1:09:26 > 1:09:28# Just like a beast
1:09:31 > 1:09:35# The old man's back again
1:09:35 > 1:09:38# I can see him back again
1:09:42 > 1:09:44# I seen a woman
1:09:44 > 1:09:47# Standing in the snow
1:09:47 > 1:09:52# She was silent as she watched them take her man
1:09:54 > 1:09:57# Teardrops burned her cheeks
1:09:57 > 1:09:59# For she thought that she'd heard
1:09:59 > 1:10:03# The shadow had left this land
1:10:05 > 1:10:07# The old man's back again
1:10:08 > 1:10:12# I can see him back again
1:10:15 > 1:10:18# The crowds just gathered
1:10:18 > 1:10:20# Their faces turned away
1:10:20 > 1:10:23# And they queue all day
1:10:23 > 1:10:26# Like dragons of disgust
1:10:28 > 1:10:30# All the women whispering
1:10:30 > 1:10:36# Wondering just what these hot-heads want of us
1:10:38 > 1:10:40# And "entres vie" he cries
1:10:40 > 1:10:42# With eyes that ring like chimes
1:10:42 > 1:10:48# His anti-worlds go spinning through his head
1:10:50 > 1:10:52# He burns them in his dreams
1:10:52 > 1:10:57# For half awake they may as well be dead
1:10:59 > 1:11:03# The old man's back again
1:11:04 > 1:11:07# The old man's back again
1:11:10 > 1:11:13# I see a soldier
1:11:13 > 1:11:15# He's standing in the rain
1:11:15 > 1:11:21# For him there's no old man to walk behind
1:11:23 > 1:11:25# Devoured by his pain
1:11:25 > 1:11:31# Bewildered by the faces who pass him by
1:11:32 > 1:11:35# He'd like another name
1:11:35 > 1:11:38# The one he's got's a curse
1:11:38 > 1:11:40# These people cried
1:11:42 > 1:11:44# Why can't they understand
1:11:44 > 1:11:48# His mother called him Ivan
1:12:03 > 1:12:06# Then she died
1:12:08 > 1:12:11# The old man's back again
1:12:12 > 1:12:16# The old man's back again
1:12:17 > 1:12:21# The old man's back again
1:12:21 > 1:12:25# I can see him back again. #
1:12:30 > 1:12:33THEY VOCALISE
1:13:50 > 1:13:53Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for coming to this event
1:13:53 > 1:13:57and supporting it. Thank you to the BBC Proms,
1:13:57 > 1:13:59the Heritage Orchestra,
1:13:59 > 1:14:01London Contemporary Voices,
1:14:01 > 1:14:03Jules Buckley,
1:14:03 > 1:14:05Susanne Sundfor,
1:14:05 > 1:14:08Jarvis Cocker,
1:14:08 > 1:14:10John Grant.
1:14:11 > 1:14:13Goodnight from me.
1:14:13 > 1:14:15My name is Susanne.
1:14:17 > 1:14:21And a massive round of applause for the mighty Scott Walker.
1:14:21 > 1:14:22APPLAUSE
1:14:24 > 1:14:26Come on.
1:14:27 > 1:14:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:14:34 > 1:14:36Goodnight, folks. Thanks very much.
1:15:57 > 1:15:58# Get behind me
1:15:58 > 1:16:01# Get behind me
1:16:24 > 1:16:27# It's the signs as we see them
1:16:27 > 1:16:30# There's no thresholds at all
1:16:30 > 1:16:33# There's no vows to be broken
1:16:33 > 1:16:37# As we rise, or we fall
1:16:37 > 1:16:39# There's no noise high above us
1:16:39 > 1:16:43# As the moon turns in space
1:16:43 > 1:16:46# Just the face of a lady
1:16:46 > 1:16:49# Who we loved for her grace
1:16:50 > 1:16:53- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:16:53 > 1:16:55# Get behind me
1:16:55 > 1:16:58# Won't you bend my ear again?
1:16:58 > 1:17:00# I really need a friend
1:17:01 > 1:17:04- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:17:04 > 1:17:07# Get behind me
1:17:07 > 1:17:09# Remind me to remind me
1:17:09 > 1:17:11# Not to go back there again
1:17:18 > 1:17:20# When the threads of dark moments
1:17:20 > 1:17:23# Start to tremble with sound
1:17:23 > 1:17:26# And an almost formed whisper dies
1:17:26 > 1:17:28# The boundaries surround
1:17:28 > 1:17:31# We keep reaching beyond us
1:17:31 > 1:17:34# Through the shape-shifting clouds
1:17:34 > 1:17:37# Why ain't I like you, brother?
1:17:37 > 1:17:41# So electric, so proud
1:17:41 > 1:17:43- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:17:43 > 1:17:46# Get behind me
1:17:46 > 1:17:48# Won't you bend my ear again?
1:17:48 > 1:17:51# I really need a friend
1:17:52 > 1:17:54- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:17:54 > 1:17:57# Get behind me
1:17:57 > 1:17:59# Remind me to remind me
1:17:59 > 1:18:02# Not to go back there again
1:18:08 > 1:18:10# Set us free of this feeling
1:18:10 > 1:18:13# So we'll be once again
1:18:13 > 1:18:17# So we won't feel the gravity of time
1:18:19 > 1:18:22# And the face in the faces
1:18:22 > 1:18:25# Of the loves we move through
1:18:25 > 1:18:30# Reappears in original design
1:18:31 > 1:18:34- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:18:34 > 1:18:37# Get behind me
1:18:37 > 1:18:39# Won't you bend my ear again?
1:18:39 > 1:18:42# I really need a friend
1:18:42 > 1:18:46- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:18:46 > 1:18:48# Get behind me
1:18:48 > 1:18:50# Remind me to remind me
1:18:50 > 1:18:53# Not to go back there again
1:18:53 > 1:18:56- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:18:56 > 1:18:59# Get behind me
1:18:59 > 1:19:01# Won't you bend my ear again?
1:19:01 > 1:19:05# I really need a friend
1:19:05 > 1:19:08- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:19:08 > 1:19:10# Get behind me
1:19:10 > 1:19:12# Remind me to remind me
1:19:12 > 1:19:15# Not to go back there again
1:19:58 > 1:20:01- ALL:- # Get behind me
1:20:01 > 1:20:04# Get behind me. #
1:20:26 > 1:20:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE