Skids - "Into The Valley" Maxell advert

[Tylermanguy]

That guys face is hilar.

[Dristarg]

Mondegreen.

[Lazersetcetera]

@Dristarg An accurate, pithy and useful youtube comment? Stop being such an honest old punk.

[Franzko787]

LOL! I read the actual words. Jobson truncates words and it is almost impossible to figure out what he is singing. Maxell nailed it. The Skids were awesome and Jobson's words, for a man that young, were very good. The "all systems failing" and other things alluded to in the song are very appicable to today.

[MIKEYCARLING]

I still sing those words to that tune even now!

[RedBryn]

@MIKEYCARLING So do I!

[moisie]

The greatest advert ever?

[palermothegoalgod]

On here somewhere you will find plenty of songs where some wag has improvised lyrics, my favourite all time track - complete control by the clash gets the treatment absolute quality, if you type in the clash complete control mis heard lyrics it should offer a few choices pick the one with father christmas.

[Izzetafox]

Pure quality.

[naepalz]

"juicy men embalmed her!" rofl. I remember reading the real lyrics for this for the first time and going "Oh THAT'S what it is!!" That was in I think 1978/79 and I can for some reason still remember all the bloody words to this day. Loved the Skids but Jobson didn't half write some pretentious twat lyrics ;-)

[stellaviolens]

Genius ad and I love the song too , weren't the Skids Brilliant !

[lurch721]

Great Advert pity it wasn't recorded on maxell tape tho

[JuanKyam]

Great up!

[raysondetra]

stuff of legends

[chuckyoofarley]

Quality advert - I was always disappointed they didn't do more.

[snackleforkofemir]

Absolutely fantastic!!

I had these ads (this and the Desmond Dekker one) on an old VHS - still makes me chuckle evey time i see them!!

Thanks for posting!

[retroreds]

Desmond Dekker :-)

"... every monk and beef head" / "me ears are alight"

PMSL, pure class !

[Glamking1]

It interpets Bob Dylan's video "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and Marillion's TOTP performance "Lavender" with pieces of paper.

[Chaossspirit]

Hahahaha,hadn't seen that one before.

[SiolGhoraidh]

Man, that's proper ruined my understanding of the song lmao

[themanamuscle]

Into the valley Betrothed and divine Realisations no virtue But who can define Why soldiers go marching Those masses a line This disease is catching From victory to stone Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

[cormjah]

oops wrong page!

[cormjah]

lyrics pt1

into the valley,

peas sure sound divine,

that sissy suffered you,

but who can viv iron?

the soldiers go marching,

there's masses of lamb.

whose disease is cat skin?

my picture is hugh's toe,

[CrikeySpiders]

Great upload. Classic tune.

[thinwhiteboy]

I love The Skids but I never knew about this video. I used to vaguely know Jobbo and I'm sure he was big-hearted enough to laugh at it. But what a great band. Shame about Stuart Adamson's end, RIP big man.

[H4rryF]

Richard Jobson hated this because it trivialised a song that was actually about his mates in the army being sent to Northern Ireland.But Stuart Adamson overruled him

[steveo1622]

Brilliant!!Check out my 70s & 80s playlist,might take you back!!up the O's

[SBOReeves]

That brings back the memories of a misspent youth! Would you believe that after all those years I still remembered the lyrics?! Thanks for posting this clip :-D

[JBTEvans]

Clever Advert!

[injune183]

S'funny. I always thought Into The Valley was about kids off the dole signin up for the army cos the army ads were so cool. Then gettin slaughtered in Northern Ireland. Glad Stuart Adamson aint alive to see wot theyve done to his song...

[Whysub]

He was when it was broadcast.

[H4rryF]

Richard Jobson hated this because it trivialised a song that was actually about his mates in the army being sent to Northern Ireland.But Stuart Adamson overruled him

[KBS500V]

Look at my TV STARS vid !!

[mcaffc7]

Has anyone seen the other video like this but it uses a song with the words 'The Israelites'..and the guy shows cards saying 'my ears are alight' - too funny,id like to see it again.

[OrientFan]

Have a look on the "related" tab..!

[choc8]

wot a laugh that was, never seen it,soooo funny

[playa9392]

Aww thanks! Been longing to see this again!

[mmshrwd]

that's great!

[ajs808]

Been looking for these alternative lyrics for ages, I could only remember barman & soda (the original lyric of course). My favourite ever ad, so funny.

[spotjak]

AHOY AHOY ! Land sea and sky.AHOY AHOY ! Boy man and soldier ,AHOY AHOY!Decieved and then punctured. AHOY AHOY !Long may they die . Bob Dylan , John Lennon? ...noooooo...Jobson/Adamson!

[spikeythespikester]

brilliant. The Skids were great but like the advert the lyrics were gash!! lol

[emalyse]

Fan-tastic, no sooner had I casually mentioned that I thought that there WAS another Maxell ad featuring Into the valley and amazingly it was here. This IS what he says isn't it??

LOL-many, many thanks.

[innercalm]

Best advert ever, thanks so much for this, I only ever saw it once - in late 1990 or early 1991 - but always remembered it

[dotokobobo]

top song

[quarrd]

Heh Heh... Classic!