James - Government Walls

[0ldskooler]

Madchester Rave on!

[major4469]

Pure quality - stand up & be counted.

Britain should take notice.

[cloudbuster77]

Break down the govt walls in Wisconsin! Walker's a weasel, NOT a badger!

[TheRumac]

uplifting melodies with the most thought provoking lyrics of our generation. I first had the pleasure to see Tim and the band twenty years ago and I'll be in Glasgow @ SECC on Friday night reminding myself just how fucking good they are and probably kidding myself on I can still dance like I'm 21!

[hufclufc]

'its a crime to be outspoken" Too true

[whocaresanyfukinway]

fuck, lets all enjoy this song. it's one of the only decent youtube comments. thank you all. take care all of you. i have the best memories of my life with this tune and your comments. cheers. long live scotland. xx

[redriot74]

James are brilliant...they were part of the Madchester scene has far as iam aware well before Britpop era along with 808state,inspiral carpets,the stone roses,Happy Mondays.great times.

[JohnHoworth1971]

@redriot74 Britpop was just a commercial load of crap tailored by the likes of oasis and blur...groups like this were the real sound of Manchester and indie music...shame britpop ruined it all !!

[whocaresanyfukinway]

fucking magic tune. it started my career as a snowboarder. it also makes me remind myself of the good times. it's a shame james never done anything as good after this.this is in my 'desert island discs top ten'. how many times can we listen to this little baby?....

[MrDragon1968]

That song was from the Gold Mother album which I bought in 1990. It was released a long time before the so called era of 'Brit Pop' in the mid to late nineties. Though it was albums and bands like this that did 'influence' the 'Brit Pop' era later on. However James were never a 'Brit Pop' band. That's an insult to a James fan, and the band. James were (and are) never like anything else- they strove on being different and creating their own sound.

[jackanderton]

you can sort of see why a french person might think a british indie band from manchester in the 90's might be 'brit pop'. some of the vagaries of cultural sub-genres become rather less distinct the further away you get geographically.

[nw2boy]

james were never a britpop band as far as i can remember

[nw2boy]

havent heard this apart from live at brixton in the late 90s

[whocaresanyfukinway]

magic tune, was in that burton video myself,brings back good memories

[jackshittle]

I first heard this song on the soundtrack to "Chill" (snowboard movie / video made by Burton Snowboards around 1989.

[barbarellatx]

Great song........

[nicolasvoglaire]

No comment, tous les putains de groupes de la brit pop devaraient en prendre la graine !