Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love

[lilikatsushi]

この曲でpunksになりました！最高！！

[shaiam1]

slf the best fuckin night you can have with your clothes on or off

[lMaximumlHeat]

I fucking love how they just break into some Beach Boys shit half way through the song!

[adrianDhouse]

Jake Burns = hottest punk singer ever

[JoeStrummer94]

The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers greatest bands ever !!!

We had to do a project for music at school, and I presented The Clash and SLF. But nobody heard of them...so so sad... :(

[rutaloot]

@JoeStrummer94 same things has happened to me at my school when I have used The Clash, SLF, Ramones, etc. for presentations everyone stares at me and asks me how I can like "old music" like that!

[JoeStrummer94]

@rutaloot unfortunately, I do know what you're talking about....

[Williammcgarrie]

Brill! Thanks for sharing! ;-)

[prop8604]

fantastic song

[wetterthanbeer]

i love this song

[TheDubhead1]

smoothmicra - this is isnt a pop song. :) x

[knobhead101]

Jake Burns..."doesn't everybody"?

[1989charl]

Saw them last Monday and still buzzing from it, they were amazing as usual.

[siobhancfc1988]

seeing them this saturday :-) should be fuuuun

[sjc353]

Actually they are 'protestant Ulsterman' by background but really dont subscribe to the ususal bullshit of either side. There whole ethos is a plauge on both your houses so this usual secterian dros claiming them as 'one of yours' is just bollocks. listen to the Jake burns interviews!

[sjc353]

Blasted by her booby traps... I felt the blow in both kneecaps!

[smoothmicra]

I'm a Celtic fan, so def not a fan of the 'Ulster says no' shit, but this is just a great track! Lots of raw energy, a classic punk track, so don't get too het up in the politics and history, its just a pop record for f*cks sake....

[yomistahman]

SLF are too cool for school but this thread ROCKS... Was gonna punksurf the Tube but started reading the comments.

Thanks guys... It's the funniest thing since reading Please Kill Me!

[mybluejay1]

they are not Irish fools, they are from Ulster, being from Belfast makes them British not Irish.

[frediablo]

Total classic! Was so good growin' up with this calibre of band around!

[msg2urudy]

 soundtrack of me long lost yoof, fckn love SLF

[MsTheFonz]

And Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

[HardyFien]

@MsTheFonz haha lol no its not.

[lanterndivinejaysus]

@MsTheFonz get a fukin life u fukn nazi pikey!!!!!

[MsTheFonz]

@lanterndivinejaysus Get an education. ;-)

[wullieready]

@MsTheFonz gud ol punk. im Sottish and argue with yourselves over politics .. gud band

[RuddyIPA]

Best Punk band Ever!

[lanterndivinejaysus]

@RuddyIPA best IRISH punk band ever!!!!!

[66laird]

Dropkick Murphys are from Quincy, Mass. and Flogging Molly is from L.A., California. You're a twit.

[ilikedike]

@66laird well put.

[Onyonghasayo]

This band is Ireland's greatest creation to date closely followed by Dropkick Murphy and Flogging Molly.

[MsTheFonz]

@Onyonghasayo Britain's greatest creation.

[Onyonghasayo]

@MsTheFonz Actually you are incorrect my friend. They are from Belfast, a city in northern Ireland.

[lanterndivinejaysus]

@MsTheFonz s.l.f.are Irish !!!!! IRISH !!!!!

[lanterndivinejaysus]

@MsTheFonz s.l.f.are Irish !!!!! IRISH !!!!! irish punk band u prick,listen to d lyrics n see d shamrocks.der n Irish punk band u ignorant fool.....i hate wen ppl pretend to like a band n dont listen to d lyric content or know anything about d early band history.fukn idiots!! S.L.F are Irish n if u knew anything about dem u would plainly see dat u spa.bet ur a fat fukin brit!u PRICK!! get to know punk or FUCK off!nget a life while ur at it u plastic bastard!!!!!!!!!!

[MsTheFonz]

@lanterndivinejaysus The part of Ireland they are for is part of the UK.

[lanterndivinejaysus]

@MsTheFonz sorry but u obviously do not know ur history,or geography,for that matter.im sorry for bein abusive ms(if inded u are a girl)n if ur not(FUK U)but im irish and have met S.L.F in person n seen dem numerous times,n if u called dem a british band dey would knock d shit outta u.der plainly n IRISH BAND! hence d lyrica and d shamrocks!northern ireland is broken into GB and REP states,S.L.F are party to the IRISH state.sorry for the abuse MsTheFonze(wherever ur from)if ur really female!!

[lanterndivinejaysus]

@MsTheFonz wanker!!!!!

[Mr1995lolipop]

i fucking love it, i saw them at rebelion in black pool.

[blisterpacman]

I don't get it, this song rocks, especially with the 50's influence, but I just can't get into their other stuff....

[ThePaulollerenshaw]

best song by best band ever and still burning

[KrisseSydan]

Nice song and a great band.

[daveyharsh]

nice tits

[bfmvfanforever100]

On the way to a skate park with my freind in the car, was lisyteninbg to them for the first time, now i love this song xD

[howdenender]

Excellent. I'm going to see them tonight for about the 10th time in 30 years.

[simonjlines]

Thank you. A great and sadly unrecognised band and track.

[67sc41]

fink i knackered this song out on inflammable

[prunch72]

'The night was right with wastland light, you set my ARMALITE'.....

[ivanavitchsvensen]

thank you for sharing this vintage stuff

I have not seen this footage for years cheer's

keep old school punk alive!!!!!!!!!

[joeygarage77]

I want to have sex listening to this

[Chaos1977uk]

I love the pex sistols they are my fav 90`s punk band

[Shaddow12]

I want this song played at my wedding

[murfdasurfer]

@Shaddow12 FUCK YEAH YOU DO.

[ohbugger54]

woo seen them yesterday for the first time in person. fun in the pit

[Glitznglamax]

OMG, I am going back to teens.. They all look like babies now.. Adore this one, I was crushed against the railings in Leeds listening to to SLF x

[chitaru2]

Got my little toe broken at at SLF show back in the 70's thanks to a punk chick with spiked heels

[Glitznglamax]

@chitaru2 OMG! So strange, Some bitch in stilletoes broke (not my foot but my skin LMAO) Guy's on here calm down!

[kimbo8012]

im actualy quite lucky too have seen slf in the 80s they were good back then and i watch them now wen ican ,and they are just as good ,not so sure about all the new stuff tho ,but its listenable,as for the air head who says the clash were not punk ,and the pistols are shit ,a say too him ,away and put ur head in a microwave full power ya stupid cunt ,who knows nowt about music,you must be liveing in teletubbie land ,long live punk

[mrbokka11]

@kimbo8012 nice one kid

[silencedblade]

the only people who bitch about theese bands are the conformist moderists that have been brainwashed into thinking they are always right and that we give a damn about them and their opinion

seriously theese guys paved the way so how about some respect?

[Liamski06]

And ever my first love!!!

[MrSambillabong]

Can anyone say this is bad music?

[g4ngzta420]

@MrSambillabong a total self righteous dick can

[MrSambillabong]

@g4ngzta420 If you don´t like it,why do you listen?

[g4ngzta420]

@MrSambillabong im not a total self righteous dick, so i cant

[MrSambillabong]

@g4ngzta420 Hey.Back again.i didn´t really understand.Hate or love for SLF.

I love...

[g4ngzta420]

@MrSambillabong dude i listen to SLF everyday, i was saying most ass holes dont listen to good music...IT WAS A FUCKING JOKE

[MrSambillabong]

@g4ngzta420

Sorry ,you´re not that clear.Didn´t cach the joke.but I´m just a former punk from sweden

[scottleekann]

HE SAID BLa i said blur!

[zorcomat]

unparalleled song then & now

[milesmuhldoon1]

I gotta take a piss...

[13irishwench]

THE BEST BAND EVER...THIS SONG IS A TESTAMENT .doo wop 2 oi...great ability 2 go from 50s tame to 80s agnst...viva ira

[MrSambillabong]

@13irishwench.I agree,beside the Clash the Fingers are the greatest band

[prissboy91]

well for one, the sex pistols arent good at all. and i dont even consider the clash to be punk, they play too slow, too much like classic rock. the ramones are good, but half they're songs arent punk, not that they are bad, but it's classic rock, such as "rock n' roll highschool," that pretty much spells it out. and stiff little fingers is not so bad, this song and "gotta get away" are pretty the only ones i'd listen to because it keeps a good tempo. and yes punk has to be atleast remotely fast.

[guttersnipephil]

@prissboy91 so your saying the ramones and the clash are not punk??? do you know what punk was all about? you saying to me that white riot isnot punk? fuck off ya little prick.you aint no clue about nothing

[prissboy91]

@guttersnipephil im not sure you in between the lines. yes i dont consider the clash punk. but the ramones are, although not all of the ramones songs are, like "rock n' roll high school". it wasnt bad,, but that was borderline classic rock. and yeah i know what its "all about". but i dont just confine myself to only one genre of punk. there are bands that are 3x better than the ones mentioned

[ultanbeare]

am lucky cos i saw the boys 1980 dublin tv club 19th nov might have the year wrong long time ago but by fare the best gig i ever witnessed it brings tears to my eyes to remember fucking the best act of all time

[musdomesticus2]

ace

[jesesiordia]

can any body tell me what kind of bass they have in this vid

[FergR]

@jesesiordia Ally McMordie is playing a Guild B-301.

[mateyla321]

legendssssssssssssssss

[siderado33]

Lo maximo!! recien los escuche el año 1986 con un casette, despues de tantos años veo un video gracias!!

[groovydolphin136]

Love SLF.  Can't wait till 16th March to see them again at the Lemon Tree

[mateyla321]

any tune what these lot sing is true to our day n ageeeeeeeeee gd1 lads

[Knat0001]

I have always wanted to hear social Distortion cover this song. I think that Mike Ness would rock this one.

[emergenyexit23]

i just love the way you spelled ga ga wrong. so punk

[TheDetainedCragmire]

beats lady gagher anyday

[PunkAsFuck82]

barbed wire love snags my jeans .... ! 8)

[TheRolandLees]

Now that's REAL Rock n Roll...

[slosh77]

love the 1950's style break down in the middle of this song!!

[TheThroney]

thats like the best part

[bluesplit51]

i think i remember u2 as the suport band to SLF in coventry 1979 ... inflamable material one of the 1st albums i bought .. been playing it loud today ...quality ...jake's a legend

[jamesy5008]

Yep. U2 owe a lot to SLF.

[mcfchamster]

i can remeber watchin slf as unknowns in belfast.fuc im old but there still awesome

[jaredcoleere]

@mcfchamster SLF are unknown im 18 and i love them people think ive lost it but music was good back then now its just shit

HANX god bless SLF

[whocares44044]

i was at the first ever gig they did on mainland britain awsome live group

[MLGRegulaR]

ugh this helps a little. thru what im going thru.

[Icantunderstandyou]

Oh really.. How nice.

[TheThroney]

hold fast

[mctrixxa]

i'm just in my element!!! Seem em twice, totally in love now as the 1st time back in the day !!

[epsteinsmutha1]

Wow, best live version of this EVER! And that's saying something considering the "Laurel and Hardy" breakdown on the version on Hope Street (and Foxton was bassist on that one, second greatest bassist of the 1970s behind Lemmy (mainly because Lemmy scares me).

Nice to remember when Jake was skinny.

[eyedotkoma]

liberate palestine,

[Kimberino]

the Clash were the greatest, no one can compare, the reason they were great was the fact they had different influences, not just punk but reggae and blues. seeing SLF tonight and looking forward to it, should be good! oh and aivopark do you know who Stalin was?! ignorrent cunt!

[misterstarwars]

the clash where good but the pistols where the greatest - didnt realise slf where still gannin

[SPBAND04]

fuck you valceanu its posers like you that keep bad music alive

[AndrewDaeK]

it's called freedom of expression dumbass. they can sing about whatever they want, be it politics or something else. if you don't like it then don't listen to it.

[valceanu]

Woody Guthrie was a shitbird too. All those fuckers who spoil music with their politics suck. Particularly the commie sympathizers. They're too stupid to realize that commies and Nazis are pretty much the same thing. All music, especially Punk, should stay free of politics. Fuck the stupid Clash! Right up their shitters!

[boritomc]

didnt also SLF intend to write only political songs in the beginning? songs about the problems in northern ireland?

also: why should music leave out politics? you mean art shouldnt deal with political problems?

[valceanu]

The Clash were fashionistas, NOT true punks. They can take their stupid message and cram it up their shitter.

[aivopark]

Clash was stalin rock.

[hemorrhoidprime]

eh I think debating what's "true punk" and what isn't is a little futile. The Clash were like Woody Guthrie--their image was very much calculated, but their hearts were still in the right place. They make more sense in a greater rockist scheme than they do just as "punks," I guess.

[KtotheY77]

I saw them a couple of years ago, they were really good. Such a good song.

[tbskms]

I just found this band. I have only heard three of their songs so far. Good stuff ! I will be back for more.

[alastairjr40]

This explains my love life.

[morgiekinsness123]

i absolutly love this song [:

[dansgod]

"The world's most angry band!"I still love them!BLAHblahblah to any disbelievers

[MrChattyO]

Stiff Little Fingers make The Clash look just like the sell outs they turned out to be!!! Don't get me wrong, the 1st Clash LP is great but after that you could tell they were in it for the cash!!!

[panzer285]

they were interested made music..songs..leave their messages to their fans...the money is consequence dude!!!everyone need it...

[lesleyprickles]

MrChattyO - i disagree, the clash got too intense with their message for many but they have stayed true to Punk - do what you wnat and say what you think! If a musician makes money as well good on them.

[Musashikhan]

I disagree

[MLGRegulaR]

this song kind a helps me get over it little bit.

[mushroomanchilli]

why is everyone so negative about the sex pistols? Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Stiff Little Fingers are all great punk bands, and have created some of the best music of all time.

[paptsakal]

hell yeah a agree totally with you...

[noke439]

@mushroomanchilli

dude I think that's what they parents or grandparents taught them when they lived back in late 70s...and they hate Sex Pistols,The Clash,SLF,Ramones just because they're diffrent from them,diffrent way of living.If music was so horrible why does it still exsist??

[moshiroshi]

@noke439

punk music was horrible, that was the point!

[celtic222222]

@mushroomanchilli

I so agree with you.Their music is amazing and everyone should appreciate it.

[67sc41]

@mushroomanchilli Totally agree

[bainty666]

@mushroomanchilli people are negative about the sex pistols because they were a manufactured band built to cash in on a youth movement that stood for everything malcolm maclaren wasn`t

[MrMaxrifle]

@bainty666

'cash in on a youth movement'? what are you on about? the youth didn't have a movement until the pistols came along. 

[matty323]

@mushroomanchilli well. Because of all the bands you named only one sold out as bad as the sex pistols.

They pissed on everyone else, then sold out. While that may be punk, fuck them. (also their music sucks imo)

[UTFRG]

@mushroomanchilli people are negative bout them not to my knowledge i just hate when non punks define what punk is as being the sex pistols there are many flavours and sorts of anarchy combined with punk which allow individuality punk is the individuals collective

[pathammond]

Excellent, love this tune :)

Especially the middle :)

[B3tty75]

Yeah! I know what u mean.....

[hoadmaboab]

Why is all the SLF I find on UTube live....they where shite live!!

[Ambercat90]

they weren't shit... they were punk.

[EseTrese]

im tangled up in barbed wire

[GARY171064]

check out LAST GANG IN TOWN for SLF covers.....Suspect Device, Alternative Ulster, At the Edge, Wasted Life.....

SLF = great, influential and underestimated band....

[hairywig]

U2 are from Dublin.SLF are from Belfast,north south divide maybe??But im sure bono took some influence from mr burns,who fuckin nows,ask the cunts....

[lightonmars]

♥

[BIGOLWOODY6]

SLF is The best band to come out of Ireland.U2 is a joke

[mapscannotcontainme]

Thin Lizzy

[jhonwanegasey]

smelly tight cunt

[MusicalCamel]

nope, ide still go SLF

[HarryUpHarry]

U2 is a farce. Get real.

[jhonwanegasey]

bitch just sied go 2 thestore , or ill bleed all ove u

[billydai]

SLF: not just the best irish band, the best band on the planet

[mikewines68]

one of the most underappreciated bands in the history of rnr and theres lots of them

[FIFTY2WEEKS]

Absolutely agree with you

[forttrres]

so fucking true man, so fucking true

[l0rdmuff]

the new line up have gotta ge henry cluney back! he had some great songs and he was an amazing background singer

[afthefragile]

my favorite SLF song!!!

After suspect device... :p

[grant1873rfc]

fucking brill video :D

HAPPY FACE

[blades92]

Theres not that many punk bands that are amazing musically, Fingers are, But most are pretty normal, But what they say is soo much more important, and that's why them bands are the best in the World:D

[clashboy1977]

blades92 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

Theres not that many punk bands that are amazing musically,

what the fuck/ theres laodsa punk bands that are brilliant musically! you must be listenin to shit fake poser faggot shit!

[AllyTheIrishFaire]

There's load of punk bands that are amazing musically. You'd just need to be a good musician to actually understand that though. The faggot who wrote that has probably never touched an instrument. He needs to listen to some Aus Rotten...i bet he couldn't fuckin sing like that.

[SonickBlue]

God, I LOVE this! Best ever SLF song! Great seeing this again...the memories it brings back. Fabulous!!!

[AxlSays]

sidsings000 Pistols are/were crap! They were the first Boy Band!! Put together by an ass called Malc McLaren.. (Ramones showed them how it should be done) SLF are STILL rockin!! Goin to see SLF AGAIN Glasgow Barrowlands... (The bands favourite gig...)!!!

2009stephaniie, if you speak true, say hi to a GREAT drummer..! Later people...

[Seeether52]

Barrowland,,Wow..Great venue..Cool

Shit hole part of town though..

Should be a great show. Lucky you.

I was born accross the street from the Sara Heed.. next to the Barrows..

That brings back memories..

[lexfaeayr]

The pistols were crap!!!!!Did somebody cut you're ears off,,,,,,have you heard them recently,,,,,& btw saw slf in 1979,,were you born then?They were good,,,but not the pistols,,,stick to Avril Lavigne ya moron!!!!!!!

[AxlMidas]

Was born in 1965 ya numpty.. Pistols were a BoyBand. I ain't a moron, because I can talk (and hear) sense...

[jinkysmith]

Hanx is a top album, probably the greatest punk album ever made.

[2009stephaniie]

the drummers my uncle :D he called jim reilly :D

[sidsings000]

if the sex pistols had had no talent they would never have got famous in the first place, there were so many others doing the sama thing they would have just gone under, but they were original musically and in what they said and did

[AsphyxiationXo]

going to see them on March.

exciteeeeed!

=D

[racinfancali]

this one, alternative ulster, and nobodys hero my fave. i think this song was probably the most popular one from STL in the US

[punkrockenpunk]

what i dont get is that yur havin a conversation about lydon the only reason lydon is on that ad is coz punk is dead and i hate admitting it but it is and he cant make money goin around sayin oh yeh i used to be a singer in a punk band he wont get money doin that so theres yur argument solved

[beenlovedon]

they are so amazing live!

[kanodaburb]

Langepoot8416 u need ta fuckin wind ur neck how old are you anyways bet ur bout fuckin 15 and havent a clue wat it was like growin up in belfast during the troubles ya stupid racist prick get a life its people like you that stop are country shining fuckin racist prick

[AcidPunk777]

Amen.

[AcidPunk777]

LOL dude, i was commenting Langepoot8416. my bad. :S soz

[AcidPunk777]

FUck off cunt! You arrogant brits have gotta go the fuck home. oh and btw listen to the lyrics of alternative ulster. might help u understand STL a bit better.

[9marbles]

Totally agree with that comment there d4nx2y.