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"'''Breadfan'''" is a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] song originally recorded by [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]], appearing on their 1973 album ''[[Never Turn Your Back on a Friend]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/never-turn-your-back-on-a-friend-mw0000204474|title=Never Turn Your Back on a Friend - Budgie {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Prato|first=Greg|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> The title refers to a person's relationship to money, with "[[wikt:bread|bread]]" being slang for money. The lyrics further highlight the moral dilemmas on what to do with money; keep it, give it away, spend it and to ultimately be free of it and not to let it rule your life. The song was featured in video game ''[[Brütal Legend]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Games/0,,MUL1261302-9666,00-TRILHA+SONORA+DO+GAME+BRUTAL+LEGEND+TRAZ+CLASSICOS+DO+HEAVY+METAL.html|title=Trilha sonora do game 'Brütal legend' traz clássicos do heavy metal|date=August 10, 2009|website=[[G1 (website)|G1]]|language=pt-br|location=São Paulo|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> and its introduction used in Brazilian television sports news programme ''[[Globo Esporte]]''.
"'''Breadfan'''" is a song by Welsh [[Blues Rock]] [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[power trio]] [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]], appearing on their 1973 album ''[[Never Turn Your Back on a Friend]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/never-turn-your-back-on-a-friend-mw0000204474|title=Never Turn Your Back on a Friend - Budgie {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Prato|first=Greg|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> The title of the song refers to a person's relationship to money, with "[[wikt:bread|bread]]" being a slang term for money. The lyrics further highlight the moral dilemmas on what to do with money; keep it, give it away, spend it and to be ultimately free of it and not to let it rule a life. The song is featured in the video game ''[[Brütal Legend]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Games/0,,MUL1261302-9666,00-TRILHA+SONORA+DO+GAME+BRUTAL+LEGEND+TRAZ+CLASSICOS+DO+HEAVY+METAL.html|title=Trilha sonora do game 'Brütal legend' traz clássicos do heavy metal|date=August 10, 2009|website=[[G1 (website)|G1]]|language=pt-br|location=São Paulo|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> and its introduction used in Brazilian television sports news programme ''[[Globo Esporte]]''.


The original 1973 album version had an initial 17 second excerpt of [[Winston Churchill]]'s speech at the Mansion House on November 10, 1942, citing the words: "I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat".<ref>{{Citation|last=Sir Winston Churchill - Topic|title="The End of the Beginning" - November 10, 1942|date=2015-01-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pwOOJ36eHw&t=39s|access-date=2020-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Nothing Like Vinyl|title=Budgie - Breadfan (original version with Sir Winston Churchill's spoken intro)|date=2018-12-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPROO8oxv4s|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> Due to copyright issues it was omitted from subsequent album pressings.
The original version had an initial 17 second excerpt of [[Winston Churchill]]'s speech at the [[Mansion House, London]] on November 10, 1942, citing the words: "I have never promised anything but [[blood, toil, tears and sweat]]".<ref>{{Citation|last=Sir Winston Churchill - Topic|title="The End of the Beginning" - November 10, 1942|date=2015-01-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pwOOJ36eHw&t=39s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/_pwOOJ36eHw |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|access-date=2020-06-20}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Nothing Like Vinyl|title=Budgie - Breadfan (original version with Sir Winston Churchill's spoken intro)|date=2018-12-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPROO8oxv4s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/TPROO8oxv4s |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-11}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Due to copyright issues, however, it was omitted from subsequent album pressings.

A promotional clip of the band performing the song was made by the band independently, using 18mm video tape; this was played on ''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test]]'' in 1973 as a fill in when one of the scheduled artists failed to appear, but was thought to be lost. The film was later rediscovered, without the sound; this was restored by a technician at BBC Wales, and the clip was made available by the band with the remaster of the ''Never Turn Your Back on a Friend'' album in 2004. The video subsequently received over 7.4 million views on YouTube.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54H3EUAzpVg Breadfan on YouTube]</ref>


"Breadfan" is considered to be an influence on the development of [[progressive metal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/roots-of-progressive-metal-11-songs/|title=The Roots of Progressive Metal in 11 Songs|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|date=June 6, 2018|website=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>
"Breadfan" is considered to be an influence on the development of [[progressive metal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/roots-of-progressive-metal-11-songs/|title=The Roots of Progressive Metal in 11 Songs|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|date=June 6, 2018|website=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>


==Metallica cover==
==Metallica cover==
[[Metallica]] released a cover of the song in September 1988 as a B-side to their singles "[[Harvester of Sorrow]]", and "[[Eye of the Beholder (song)|Eye of the Beholder]]". It was later included on their 1998 album ''[[Garage Inc.]]'', and was also used as an encore during their [[Damaged Justice Tour|1988-1989 tour]] supporting their ''[[...And Justice for All (album)|...And Justice for All]]'' album.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/song/breadfan-mt0000924454 Breadfan - Metallica @ allmusic]</ref> A live video version is present on the ''[[Live Shit: Binge & Purge]]'' boxed set, taken from their Seattle concerts on August 29 and 30, 1989, where it was performed in the second encore. It was frequently used as an opener on the [[Shit Hits the Sheds Tour]], and was also played with frequency during the [[Madly In Anger With The World Tour|Madly In Anger with the World]] and [[World Magnetic Tour|World Magnetic]] Tours. A short clip of "Breadfan" is played at the beginning of the "[[Whiskey in the Jar]]" music video.
[[Metallica]] released a cover of the song in September 1988 as the B-side to their singles "[[Harvester of Sorrow]]", and "[[Eye of the Beholder (song)|Eye of the Beholder]]". It was later included on their 1998 album ''[[Garage Inc.]]'', and was also used as an encore during their [[Damaged Justice Tour|1988-1989 tour]] supporting their ''[[...And Justice for All (album)|...And Justice for All]]'' album.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/song/breadfan-mt0000924454 Breadfan - Metallica @ allmusic]</ref> A live video version is present on the ''[[Live Shit: Binge & Purge]]'' boxed set, taken from their Seattle concerts on August 29 and 30, 1989, where it was performed in the second encore. It was frequently used as an opener on the [[Shit Hits the Sheds Tour]], and was also played with frequency during the [[Madly In Anger With The World Tour|Madly In Anger with the World]] and [[World Magnetic Tour|World Magnetic]] Tours. A short clip of "Breadfan" is played at the beginning of the "[[Whiskey in the Jar]]" music video.


==Other notable covers==
==Other notable covers==
* [[Sweet Savage]] at the 2008 [[Wacken Open Air]] festival.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110106 Founding BUDGIE Member RAY PHILLIPS Working On Solo Debut] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206055645/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110106 |date=December 6, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Sweet Savage]] at the 2008 [[Wacken Open Air]] festival.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110106 Founding BUDGIE Member RAY PHILLIPS Working On Solo Debut] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206055645/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=110106 |date=December 6, 2008 }}</ref>
*The Japanese band [[Ningen Isu]] also cover the song and it was recorded on their 1990 album ''No Longer Human'' under the name "Spiny Mountain in Hell" as well as many live performances. Their version is translated and sung in Japanese.
* The Japanese band [[Ningen Isu]] also covered the song and it was recorded on their 1990 album ''No Longer Human'' under the name "針の山" (Hari no Yama - Hell's Mountain of Needles) as well as many live performances. Their version is not a direct translation, but rather an adaptation using concepts of a person's journey to Hell and their cyclic torture and penitence in the Mountain of Needles, sung in Japanese.
* The song was also covered by the UK band Florence Black.
* The song was also covered by the Welsh band Florence Black.
* [[Rocky Gray]] also did a cover of the song for use in the console launch trailer of the video game, [[Road Redemption]].
* The song is played at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff during Welsh Rugby Union matches.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 23 June 2024

"Breadfan"
Song by Budgie
from the album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
ReleasedJune 1973
Genre
Length6:04
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Budgie

"Breadfan" is a song by Welsh Blues Rock heavy metal power trio Budgie, appearing on their 1973 album Never Turn Your Back on a Friend.[2] The title of the song refers to a person's relationship to money, with "bread" being a slang term for money. The lyrics further highlight the moral dilemmas on what to do with money; keep it, give it away, spend it and to be ultimately free of it and not to let it rule a life. The song is featured in the video game Brütal Legend[3] and its introduction used in Brazilian television sports news programme Globo Esporte.

The original version had an initial 17 second excerpt of Winston Churchill's speech at the Mansion House, London on November 10, 1942, citing the words: "I have never promised anything but blood, toil, tears and sweat".[4][5] Due to copyright issues, however, it was omitted from subsequent album pressings.

A promotional clip of the band performing the song was made by the band independently, using 18mm video tape; this was played on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973 as a fill in when one of the scheduled artists failed to appear, but was thought to be lost. The film was later rediscovered, without the sound; this was restored by a technician at BBC Wales, and the clip was made available by the band with the remaster of the Never Turn Your Back on a Friend album in 2004. The video subsequently received over 7.4 million views on YouTube.[6]

"Breadfan" is considered to be an influence on the development of progressive metal.[7]

Metallica cover

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Metallica released a cover of the song in September 1988 as the B-side to their singles "Harvester of Sorrow", and "Eye of the Beholder". It was later included on their 1998 album Garage Inc., and was also used as an encore during their 1988-1989 tour supporting their ...And Justice for All album.[8] A live video version is present on the Live Shit: Binge & Purge boxed set, taken from their Seattle concerts on August 29 and 30, 1989, where it was performed in the second encore. It was frequently used as an opener on the Shit Hits the Sheds Tour, and was also played with frequency during the Madly In Anger with the World and World Magnetic Tours. A short clip of "Breadfan" is played at the beginning of the "Whiskey in the Jar" music video.

Other notable covers

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  • Sweet Savage at the 2008 Wacken Open Air festival.[9]
  • The Japanese band Ningen Isu also covered the song and it was recorded on their 1990 album No Longer Human under the name "針の山" (Hari no Yama - Hell's Mountain of Needles) as well as many live performances. Their version is not a direct translation, but rather an adaptation using concepts of a person's journey to Hell and their cyclic torture and penitence in the Mountain of Needles, sung in Japanese.
  • The song was also covered by the Welsh band Florence Black.
  • Rocky Gray also did a cover of the song for use in the console launch trailer of the video game, Road Redemption.
  • The song is played at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff during Welsh Rugby Union matches.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Breadfan - Budgie | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Never Turn Your Back on a Friend - Budgie | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Trilha sonora do game 'Brütal legend' traz clássicos do heavy metal". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo. August 10, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Sir Winston Churchill - Topic (2015-01-28), "The End of the Beginning" - November 10, 1942, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2020-06-20
  5. ^ Nothing Like Vinyl (2018-12-22), Budgie - Breadfan (original version with Sir Winston Churchill's spoken intro), archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2019-01-11
  6. ^ Breadfan on YouTube
  7. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (June 6, 2018). "The Roots of Progressive Metal in 11 Songs". Loudwire. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  8. ^ Breadfan - Metallica @ allmusic
  9. ^ Founding BUDGIE Member RAY PHILLIPS Working On Solo Debut Archived December 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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