Unfinished Sympathy

未尽的同情

Soul Music

社会与文化

2021-11-27

27 分钟
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Personal stories inspired by Massive Attack's breakthrough single. Featuring the vocals of Shara Nelson, the track together with its iconic video would help catapult this band from Bristol onto the global stage. Stories include the photographer Giles Duley whose work was displayed during the song at the band's 2016 homecoming show in Bristol. Mountaineer Dmitry Golovchenko who named an attempt on the Nepalese mountain of Jannu after the track, and solicitor Marti Burgess who saw early sets from The Wild Bunch, the collective from which Massive Attack emerged, and for whom 'Unfinished Sympathy' helped crystallise her identity. Music Producer Ski Oakenfull deconstructs the track, peeling back the layers of beats, bells and samples. Belgian singer Liz Aku recorded a version of the track during lockdown, bringing back memories of her first love. Melissa Chemam, author of 'Massive Attack Out Of The Comfort Zone' explains the origins of Massive Attack, how 'Unfinished Sympathy' was written and why, when the track was released in 1991, the band had to drop the word 'Attack' from their name. A radio producer and DJ who spent New Year's Eve in a detox centre in London was asked to pick the tune to be played at midnight, and she chose 'Unfinished Sympathy'. Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Toby Field
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  • I'm Rory Stewart, and I want to talk about ignorance.

  • I will die without having read everything.

  • That was written in classical Latin, because.

  • Ignorance isn't simply the opposite of knowledge.

  • It's part of what it means to be human.

  • Just about every game I can think of involves ignorance.

  • There's no adventure without ignorance.

  • There's no narrative.

  • The long history of ignorance, from Confucius to QAnon.

  • With me, Rory Stewart, listen on BBC.

  • Sounds, BBC sounds music radio podcasts.

  • I'm not a particularly brave man, and when I'm in working conflict areas, sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed and I struggle to sleep, and I kind of need to psych myself up a bit.

  • And listening to unfinished sympathy is one of those tracks that I think maybe because it takes me back to being 19, when I believed everything was possible and had no fears.

  • It's a track for me that makes me think of what real love is of relationships.

  • And, yeah, I put that track on, and I think I can do anything.

  • My name is Giles Dooley, and I'm a photographer who covers conflicts around the world.

  • Bristol and massive attack are synonymous.

  • The two things are the same.

  • I actually moved there in April 1991, the same time that the album blue lines came out.

  • It was an amazing time.