Scott 4: A heavenly evening IN HELL with Scott Walker
Micky Beatz
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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened." - Albert Camus
If I had my time over again I would totally do a Scott Walker, just showing up to gigs in a smoking jacket and sunglasses, singing to an over-the-top orchestral backing track. I think people would love that if you simply never broke character and leaned into the illusion - plus you'd get loads of great support gigs cos you wouldn't need to soundcheck. Just a thought.
Chapters:
1. Introduction 00:00
2. The voice 05:20
3. Scott 'n' me 8:40
4. About Scott 12:03
5. Themes 30:18
6. The Seventh Seal 39:35
7. On Your Own Again 42:58
8. The World's Strongest Man 44:42
9. Angels of Ashes 45:45
10. Boy Child 47:26
11. Hero of the War 49:20
12. The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) 51:45
13. Duchess 55:54
14. Get Behind Me 57:03
15. Rhymes of Goodbye 59:01
16. Final thoughts 1:00:48
Names dropped/discussed:
Oasis
Jesus of Nazareth
The Eagles
The Velvet Underground
Bob Dylan
Steve Coogan
William Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
Hunter S. Thompson
Jean-Paul Satre
Albert Camus
Jean Genet
Leonard Cohen
David Bowie
Elvis Presley
Maria Carey
Christina Aguilera
Frank Sinatra
Freddie Winrose
Johnny Franz
Little Red
The Beach Boys
Alex Chilton
Big Star
Rodriguez
Nick Drake
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Ingmar Bergman
Federico Fellini
Robert Bresson
Eddie Fisher
Liz Taylor
John Maus
The Walker Brothers
The Byrds
Arthur Lee
Love
Jack Jones
Dean Martin
Nat King Cole
Bing Crosby
Jim Morrison
Gary Leeds
The Kinks
The Yardbirds
Mick Avory
Dave Davies
The Quotations
Phil Spector
Jonathan King
Peter Olliff
Reg Guest
Ivor Raymonde
Jimi Hendrix
James Taylor
Chrissie Hynde
Suzi Quatro
The Strokes
The White Stripes
The Killers
The Foo Fighters
Harry Nilsson
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Dickens
Dylan Thomas
Cat Stevens
Engelbert Humperdinck
Jacques Brel
Mort Schuman
Tim Hardin
Mette Teglbjaerg
The Beatles
Cilla Black
Cliff Richard
Tom Jones
James Bond
Burt Bacharach
Lee Hazelwood
Serge Gainsbourg
Simon and Garfunkel
Dion
Angela Morley
Beethoven
Shostakovich
Brahms
Bartok
St Francis
Bo Diddley
Louis Armstron
Cab Calloway
Ella Fitzgerald
Josef Stalin
Dave Richmond
Fred Neil
Herbie Flowers
Maurice King
Julian Cope
Jarvis Cocker
Nick Cave
Stockhausen
Noel Scott Engel (January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019), better known by his stage name Scott Walker, was an American-British singer-songwriter and record producer who resided in England. Walker was known for his emotive voice and his unorthodox stylistic path which took him from being a teen pop icon in the 1960s to an avant-garde musician from the 1990s to his death. Walker's success was largely in the United Kingdom, where he achieved fame as a member of pop trio the Walker Brothers, who scored several hit singles, including two number ones, during the mid-1960s, while his first four solo albums reached the top ten during the later part of the decade, with the second, Scott 2, reaching number one in 1968. He lived in the UK from 1965 onward and became a UK citizen in 1970.
After the Walker Brothers split in 1967, he began a solo career with the album Scott later that year, moving toward an increasingly challenging style on late 1960s baroque pop albums such as Scott 3 and Scott 4 (both 1969). After sales of his solo work started to decrease, he reunited with the Walker Brothers in the mid-1970s. The reformed band achieved a top ten single with "No Regrets" in 1975, while their last album Nite Flights (1978) marked the beginning of Walker taking his music in a more avant-garde direction. After a few years hiatus, Walker revived his solo career in the mid-1980s, progressing his work further towards the avant-garde; of this period in his career, The Guardian said "imagine Andy Williams reinventing himself as Stockhausen". Walker's 1960s recordings were highly regarded by the 1980s UK underground music scene, and gained a cult following.
Walker continued to record until 2018. He was described by the BBC upon his death as "one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in rock history".
Scott 4 is Scott Walker's fifth solo album. It was released in late 1969 under his birth name, Scott Engel, and failed to chart. Reissues have been released under his stage name. It has since received praise as one of Walker's best works.
Scott 4 subsequently came to be regarded as one of Walker's strongest works and has been acknowledged in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was voted number 760 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). It has also been praised by the members of Radiohead.
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My favorite artist. The guy had it all and had it taken from him due to the commercial failure of S4. That Scott found his way back and went further out is just incredible.
Great video! Cheers!
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Scott 4: A heavenly evening IN HELL with Scott Walker
Micky Beatz
1,852 views
Support me on Patreon, if ya like: Patreon: mickybeatz
"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened." - Albert Camus
If I had my time over again I would totally do a Scott Walker, just showing up to gigs in a smoking jacket and sunglasses, singing to an over-the-top orchestral backing track. I think people would love that if you simply never broke character and leaned into the illusion - plus you'd get loads of great support gigs cos you wouldn't need to soundcheck. Just a thought.
Chapters:
1. Introduction 00:00
2. The voice 05:20
3. Scott 'n' me 8:40
4. About Scott 12:03
5. Themes 30:18
6. The Seventh Seal 39:35
7. On Your Own Again 42:58
8. The World's Strongest Man 44:42
9. Angels of Ashes 45:45
10. Boy Child 47:26
11. Hero of the War 49:20
12. The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) 51:45
13. Duchess 55:54
14. Get Behind Me 57:03
15. Rhymes of Goodbye 59:01
16. Final thoughts 1:00:48
Names dropped/discussed:
Oasis
Jesus of Nazareth
The Eagles
The Velvet Underground
Bob Dylan
Steve Coogan
William Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
Hunter S. Thompson
Jean-Paul Satre
Albert Camus
Jean Genet
Leonard Cohen
David Bowie
Elvis Presley
Maria Carey
Christina Aguilera
Frank Sinatra
Freddie Winrose
Johnny Franz
Little Red
The Beach Boys
Alex Chilton
Big Star
Rodriguez
Nick Drake
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Ingmar Bergman
Federico Fellini
Robert Bresson
Eddie Fisher
Liz Taylor
John Maus
The Walker Brothers
The Byrds
Arthur Lee
Love
Jack Jones
Dean Martin
Nat King Cole
Bing Crosby
Jim Morrison
Gary Leeds
The Kinks
The Yardbirds
Mick Avory
Dave Davies
The Quotations
Phil Spector
Jonathan King
Peter Olliff
Reg Guest
Ivor Raymonde
Jimi Hendrix
James Taylor
Chrissie Hynde
Suzi Quatro
The Strokes
The White Stripes
The Killers
The Foo Fighters
Harry Nilsson
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Dickens
Dylan Thomas
Cat Stevens
Engelbert Humperdinck
Jacques Brel
Mort Schuman
Tim Hardin
Mette Teglbjaerg
The Beatles
Cilla Black
Cliff Richard
Tom Jones
James Bond
Burt Bacharach
Lee Hazelwood
Serge Gainsbourg
Simon and Garfunkel
Dion
Angela Morley
Beethoven
Shostakovich
Brahms
Bartok
St Francis
Bo Diddley
Louis Armstron
Cab Calloway
Ella Fitzgerald
Josef Stalin
Dave Richmond
Fred Neil
Herbie Flowers
Maurice King
Julian Cope
Jarvis Cocker
Nick Cave
Stockhausen
Noel Scott Engel (January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019), better known by his stage name Scott Walker, was an American-British singer-songwriter and record producer who resided in England. Walker was known for his emotive voice and his unorthodox stylistic path which took him from being a teen pop icon in the 1960s to an avant-garde musician from the 1990s to his death. Walker's success was largely in the United Kingdom, where he achieved fame as a member of pop trio the Walker Brothers, who scored several hit singles, including two number ones, during the mid-1960s, while his first four solo albums reached the top ten during the later part of the decade, with the second, Scott 2, reaching number one in 1968. He lived in the UK from 1965 onward and became a UK citizen in 1970.
After the Walker Brothers split in 1967, he began a solo career with the album Scott later that year, moving toward an increasingly challenging style on late 1960s baroque pop albums such as Scott 3 and Scott 4 (both 1969). After sales of his solo work started to decrease, he reunited with the Walker Brothers in the mid-1970s. The reformed band achieved a top ten single with "No Regrets" in 1975, while their last album Nite Flights (1978) marked the beginning of Walker taking his music in a more avant-garde direction. After a few years hiatus, Walker revived his solo career in the mid-1980s, progressing his work further towards the avant-garde; of this period in his career, The Guardian said "imagine Andy Williams reinventing himself as Stockhausen". Walker's 1960s recordings were highly regarded by the 1980s UK underground music scene, and gained a cult following.
Walker continued to record until 2018. He was described by the BBC upon his death as "one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in rock history".
Scott 4 is Scott Walker's fifth solo album. It was released in late 1969 under his birth name, Scott Engel, and failed to chart. Reissues have been released under his stage name. It has since received praise as one of Walker's best works.
Scott 4 subsequently came to be regarded as one of Walker's strongest works and has been acknowledged in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was voted number 760 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). It has also been praised by the members of Radiohead.