Skids Circus Games

[sockington1]

ADVERTS FUCK RIGHT OFF

[shlabotnikj]

FUCK YES.



[vespasianlegx11]

sadly this was their last album what a shame they were great jobson adamson should never have split up .

[vordman]

I think Jobson was only about 19 here.

[areyoureceivingme]

Bought this when it came out. I was about 12. Poster sleeve. Still have it. Still play it. Still f-ing amazing. Poor kids nowadays. Not much comes close does it?

[khorrumg]

What a class band...they were a really pioneering band....they really never fitted in any particular genre...they were NEVER New Wave....never really punk....probably Post-Punk.. a band who could change their sound drastically from album to album..hard to label....like their contemporaries Magazine

[montyoneify]

i so tried to dance like jobbers! ahd quite often got beat up!!

[ericidle999]

FANTASTIC STUFF

[MrTet68]

awesome intro one of the best but underated bands ever - tight and solid guitar

[Jackiesstash08]

fantastic song, what memorys, R.I.P Dear Stuart. 

[rjinblack1970]

R.I.P., Stuart - this would have been his 53rd birthday.

[JakobusVdL]

I always wanted to be able to dance like Richard Jobson, Pure dead brilliant man!

[nemotheband]

THE Skids sTILL Stand up today,,,wOT A TUNE Wot a bAND,,,,WHERE Have all the frontMEN GONE????? JObberz is ace xxxx

[SP07FPC]

@nemotheband

an ex drummer from the skids is a truck driver. i forget his name but i spoke to him just last week...

[ronnoten]

Great song from a very under rated album, stuart was different class on guitar both with the skids and big country, sadly missed.

[Kwales66]

Wasnt he in Eastenders ??

[germo66]

He was on TV alot but not Eastenders.

[retroharpo]

Superb Scottish Band... the forerunner to those of the eighties who maybe had more airplay success but these guys were definitely the best...... and not just their well known tunes, but such as this and Charade and others are equally as brilliant than yankee dollar or into the valley...... Keep the music going.....

[davyroppaslf1]

stuart adamson - the best guitarist i ever saw. skids were great -but on reflection dicky jobson was a canny chanter but also a complete tool,as his subsequent arty period showed. RIP stu - what a waste .

[mensamoo]

just how many punk/ new wave front men were stylish. Big respect Skids...love this

[skidsaregod]

Never seen this since i was a kid! Joby looks like max headroom! Absolute quality!!

[bigttim1]

Absolute quality

[JimZ885]

It is completely obvious, even to my yank arse, that the spectacular Johnny Rotten AND Joy Div. stole ALL from R.J. and the Skids crew. You can tell. It's too obvious these poor dumb Highlander brilliant N.E.D.s got duped and taken by the Britts and Germans punkers, alike. The Scotts kicked it all off, and we know we did!

[northernhecklet]

@JimZ885 Nah - they were right in there with the lot of them. Also a big part of the New Romantic movement as well. Massive in North of England & I guess Scotland.

[bandagefreak]

love it when jobson starts to lose it here!! what a fabulous band - and adamson's guitar - goosebump central!

[23angelful]

re-open circus maximus.

[7deacons]

Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb & Mike Baillie.

[altroval]

It's a terrible bit of absurdity that "Rolling Stone" lists Kurt Cobain, Jack White, and the Edge in the top 25 of their "100 Greatest Guitarists" of all time...and Stuart Adamson isn't on this list at all.

[vulpecula999]

@altroval the edge ? - is that the talentless twat who plays three chords less that Status Quo play ??

[altroval]

@vulpecula999 Yes, and who must constantly fall back to using a delay pedal.

[khorrumg]

A truly great band.....they kinda bridged the gap between Punk and Post Punk BUT had a sound of their own.....they could be arty..they could do harder stuff too as with this song with amazing guitar riffs (a la Adamson's great guitar)....the 'obituray' of the band written the late great J.Peel on the back of their compilation album after they ended says it all..that perhaps what they had been looking for along.....originality.... had been staring them always in the face...kills modern muzak!

[Totalthirteen]

So many good memories.

Brilliant band. One of a kind.

[tallandcoolone]

i saw the skids at birmingham odeon yonks and yonks ago, i even got my ticket signed by all of them , could be worth something too, as stuart not around anymore

[buckstoneboy]

tight as fuck..superb band..no peers no equals...tunes...

[freakunt]

...was Richard jobson a rock singer who wanted to be a weatherman or the other way round? Who cares-he was the funniest man on telly for me in the late 70s.

[jaldorian]

Mother is a gambler the wager the one card to play....love the skids mon the scots

[ZLUGGO]

I love this tune and Skids as a band. Marvellous!

[abagail4me]

I always thought Simple Minds were the penultimate new wave band from Scotland,but it seems these guys were way more popular over there and had better record sales than the Minds,but The Skids were never huge or well known in Australia

[brummby611]

stuart adamson..what a class act..! sadley missed....legend..rip.!

[LotteAchillea]

Ahhhh, takes me back... Awesome sound, atmosphere, energy. Had long forgotten the Skids; now re-decovered - and it's just mind blowing, their music!

[TheMantis1914]

pholty . i agree so underated ,pure energy .take care friend ...

[TheMantis1914]

first to use kids choir ,and it worked .lots followed. good track...

[pholty]

one of the most underated bands ever.

[ZLUGGO]

@pholty

I totally agree. They did NOT get the attention they deserved,

[v12dot]

I booted ma Da's dinner off his lap, dancin to this when it came on :) He was ragin , it was Lamb chops. Fuk im , I'd do it again, but who's the old bastard now ? :(

[marialfabeta]

one best punk bands

[faeembrugh]

Aye they always had a good riff did the Skids!

[TheCorkblackcat]

what band did richard jobson have after.forgot how good this song was.

[smid27]

the armoury show mate,no a patch on the skids thou

[iamatwat]

thanks rich and stu......and this was at the tail end of your rather longer than 15 mins but what asong

[gypmaster]

dont you 'dont helmet me' boy ..i'll helmet you!

[philseayjet]

Well said, helmet him.

[kennyinblack]

Think big jobson was buckled in this vid always made me laugh,incidentity thw great BURNEL set the band on thier way saw them a lot always grat live ,punk or not

[bigchrisoioi]

the best punk band of all time..... can never be beaten

[philseayjet]

You helmet! they were plastic punks of the first order. The Clash were punks!

[bigchrisoioi]

dont helmet me..!!! was u there you doughnut....never plastic...the clash yes were great, but punk aint all sex pistoils,clash etc...

[philseayjet]

Apologies, half cut when posting! But best punk band?

[hoopinblack]

what a brilliant band the skids were,thanx for posting

[middenface2112]

Top banana, aint Jobson a cutie in the tie and blazer.... punk on...

[r8ltl]

every scot knows a jobson

[lonelywolf1966]

OMG!!!! this is one of my fave tunes ever!!!! I used to get so fired up listening to this!!!! thanx

[sharkface1965]

Thanks for the info-I guess I'll get the record converted to cd and pay for an artwork conversion also-for a one off you can get this done for around £20-£25.I need this album on cd!

[mgomm7]

Sharkface, I've been trying for years to get Joy on CD. I have three vinyl copies. I've spoken with reps from Captain Oi! and apparently they don't think they'd recoup the investment of buying the rights from Virgin. I've even spoken with Russell Webb, the bass player, but so far no CD.

[sharkface1965]

Such a great band.Anyone know how to get hold of 'Joy' (4th album) on cd without having to sell your house to afford it?

[XCERT4]

Talk about POP Music

[stardustinthezodiac]

Richard Jobson was such a poser! Bloody sexy too!

[rockabillygaz]

jobo needed alot of oil to keep hes curly locks down,,,,so fcukin cool,,r i p stuart

[sidandmoi]

underrated band

[scotiagroup]

Brilliant absoloutely brilliant. Thank you

[apawlmac]

Ahhh fantastic...I remember avidly watching the single's chart progress from week to week, I was such a big fan...the intro up to the opening drum crash still sends a shiver up my spine to this day! Thanks for posting...

(Just received my copy of The Absolute Game on CD today...)

[deadkennedy1]

the days when the top of the pops audience KNEW what they were dancin too

[plingplongy]

The CD is on general release again,so the ebay price has dropped.

[sWaGgErDiAmOnDs]

People pay alot for The Absolute game cd, just watched one sell on ebay for £64

[toonz666]

Full of originality and passion, this song still sounds relevant nearly 30 years later. Their best moment I think.

[hadidta]

Walking through Bradford October 1980 just bought Circus Games,saw Richard Jobson!,saw them the same night at Bradford Uni,Richard was AWESOME!!,a truly original fashion pioneer!,one of the few white men to dance without Lager or Acid!,A GENIUS

[blade0954]

great song,still have the poster that came with the 45

[jonah123qw6]

What a killer song. I love this band. I rate them as top ten. Adamsons guitar here is just great.

[bobjg56]

Fantastic!!!! love the skids way back in 1978 my mate and I blagged an interview with them -Rrchard..........couldn't understand a word he said!!! his accent was so strong. remember taking a photo of Stuart and he just looked right at me and said"fuck off" ahhh wonderful memories of a wonderful group,loved their powerfull intros,THANKS for posting.

[bfbjr]

Stuart Adamson=sadly missed.

[dazzafox02]

ace

[kristianjoneid]

they were awesome still have vhs tape off all there videos glad i kept it in pristine condition 1982 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[earlfist]

this is ace. This was never broadcast on totp probably cause the single went down in the charts the week this was done. It turned up on bbc2 in about 83 in some documentary. Have not seen it since. Thanks for posting a great clip of a great song.

[smid27]

circus games was broadcast twice on totp,28th aug with peter powell and 11th sept with jimmy saville

[JimiRayYng]

blew my parents speakers with this when it first came out. Great memories.

[koridatz]

great song i love it since the first time i heard it

[stakka79]

Superb....What a chuffing band they were!

[neilfunn]

Nice one Paul.

All the best: Al.

[germo66]

Great to hear from you Al. Hoping to get all My Skids stuff uploaded soon

[Swordman401]

I remember this same video being on here for quite a bit and then being removed. Thanks for returning it germo!