Mike Ness - I Fought The law

[ElvisIsAwesome123]

I absolutely love this song.

[annaedfitzgerald]

Leave it to Mike Ness, kickin' ass again!! xx ;)

[knaengt]

Waaaaay better than the original!

[newyorkdoll72]

in all my life...i've never hear SO GREAT cover of the clash ♥

[Blink182fan182182]

@newyorkdoll72 look at the description it wasnt the clashes song the clash covered it it was the Crickets

[martincorymartinez]

I'm all about this band loved em since I was 12 and the old man is still jammin...

[footballfan960]

Social distortion is coming to Seattle February but they got sold out when i tried to buy tickets. Freaking pissed me off.

[AudibleJoes]

Definitely the best cover of this Iv heard..

[gretschguy66]

Hey zantam..It was WRITTEN by Sonny Curtis...an original Cricket, NOT Bobby Fuller. YOU go do your homework...dumbass. The Crickets recorded it at least a year before Bobby Fuller. Also, the correct spelling is "BY the way..not "BUY the way" "buy" indicates you are purchasing something. Now..off to school with ya. Run along!

[zantam1]

hey dumb asses the song was writtin' by "Bobby Fuller" not buddy holly do you fuckin home work, buy the way "Shitty Version"!!!!

[johnnybooda]

@zantam1 sonny curtis wrote the original dude. nice research skills

[jordannn114]

AWW I MISS HIM! mAKE MORE RECORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SexxyStrudel]

@jordannn114 hard times and nursery rhymes aint enough?

[SanDonatoKings]

Love the intro!

[totalgamerz]

mike ness is my idol

[wiiiin]

beste version

[ihatecivics7]

Normally i dont usually dig covers, especially when some one covers a song like this or ring of fire... but damnit everything Ness touches is fucking golden.

[butchwalker88]

punk is not dead, it just had an holiday

[Blink182fan182182]

@butchwalker88 Punk will never die its just underground where it should be

[seoulc]

Like Cash did with Hurt...I think Ness made this song his own. It just feels right with him singin' it. Theres alot of experience in that rahspie voice box of his.

[SkinnyOi]

The Clash, Dead Kennedy's and Ness did the best versions of this song.

Bottom line.

[SantaSquiggy]

awesome guitar...

awesome guy...

[psychkoala]

Fantastic song !

Cheers Sonny Curtis, Bobby Fuller, The Clash & everyone else who played this beauty.

[sk8nsnow14]

i met mike ness before!!! such an awesome guy

[EthanCaineDotCom]

If it ain't country it ain't music

[borinhaa]

Que shoow massa !

[herlos]

best version of song love you mike

[faithycoins]

This CD is real HTF, it went OOP right away due to poor sales, it's a huge underground CD and it's great cover to cover (get it?). Look on eBay, it's called "Mike Ness, Under the Influences" and it was put out by Mike's TIME BOMB label in 1999, I still listen to this entire album, it's awesome. Other great covers include: All I can do is cry, BIG IRON, Six more miles, Once a day, House of Gold, Wildwood Flower, and he also does a real cool Honky Tonk version of Ball and Chain. GO FIND IT!!

[1989phillip1989]

hey man im getting it

[rorycanadia]

when I grow up I wanna be like Mike Ness.

[1989phillip1989]

im gettin this album now thanks to bruce springsteen i nve kne him untill i seen the boss do bad luck with mike.

[madranboy45]

simply the best version

[fuechsin1986]

Best Band ever!!!

[chunkymilk02]

greatest voice lke ever

[Gastoncrack]

who the fuck cares who wrote this song?

[MicRidget]

Well Dude, the original version was by Bobby Fuller Four.

[alex379842]

No, Sonny Curtis did it before. The Booby fuller four covered it.

[supermeninkizi]

haha

i fought the law and the law won xD

[historicbloke]

sonny curtis wrote the song read the info the crickets recorded the song first bobby fuller, I think did it next at the same new mexico studios

[KillToyz]

definetely better than the original...

[TKExalia]

I Needed Money Cause I! Had None

I Faught The LOL and the! LOL won!

[WickedRadd]

learn to spell.

the words are right there.

[TKExalia]

lol what did i spell wrong you anus?

[badtoycartoon]

mike ness rocks!!!

[GreatYeldar]

lllllllllllllllllllllike this song it rocks

[xthecosmickidx]

Are you sure Springsteen actually recorded this song? I'm quite sure he's only played it live.

[crimsonsword13]

ok not as good as the punk version

[Buddythewaterpig]

Fuck the Law

[soup7362]

for som reson the law alwase wins ):

[BuryLadBen5]

not in the sex pistols version.

[ronstunziisafatfag]

i think u meen the clash, or did the shitstols do it to

[BuryLadBen5]

Just recently found out it was the Dead Kennedy's who did the cover but people, like me for example seem to get it confused with a Sex "Shitstols" (as you put it)version that never was.

[xemovegx]

actually they did but only live

[only1McBoyd]

whey NO!

you cannot mention this and the Clash in the same breath...

and By the Way 'gkerk1 ' learn your history before posting

[tucsonazrick]

dk version... clash above it but DK is way better than this

[rockcougar69]

la mia classifica è questa :

1)the clash

2)mike ness

3)stray cats

[furbycommando94]

the best covers of the song

1:bobby fuller four

2:the clash

3:mike ness

[fireninja242]

bobby didnt cover this song he wrote it

[furbycommando94]

actually it was written by the bassplayer of the crickets post buddy holly and i hope u werent calling me stupid..........

[ETMR90]

bobby fuller DID write this song, wtf is wrong with you idiots

[OldCreedence]

You should check before typing ... ;)

[xemovegx]

no hes right

[unplugged192]

actually bobby fuller did do the original...

[Grulver]

dead kennedys verision is much better

[BlitzkriegPauli]

It has different lyrics and it`s a punk version, but I really like to chill to his version...

If you like rockin' versions look for the one of the Beatsteaks!

[cceeesssaaarr]

no it isn't, it totally sucks XD greenday an the clash are the best

[fireninja242]

stupid

[gkerk1]

its just that the clash maked this song famous but this is a nice song of sonny but i like the joe strummer more so i think you are right:P but everyone has an opinion, tajke a second think about it

[sweetza1]

very good job

[zak302]

i fought the law...

the gestapo won, go figure...

[zyldyks]

th gestapo allways wins, sooner or later, they rush into your house and goes: YOUAREARRESTEDFORBUYINGPORN! and you go like: what??

[saske7897]

mike ness rox!!!

[KmKsoldja420]

MIKE NESS IS GOD!!!!!!!!!

[LetsGoMetsGo33]

This is decent but doesn't touch the Clash (I say this even tho Soc D are my third favorite band after the Ramones and Misfits). But one thing mikeblackkills, where did you ever hear that the Pistols did this song? I don't believe that is true...

[gkerk1]

the pistols did franks my way so its not that hard to believe that the pistols did this song:P

[fireninja242]

i like social distortion better than the clash but they do it beter

[ShreddusMaximus1]

hey whats "shredder" ment to mean :P, that the style :P I dont call players like Ness "3 Chord Wonders".

no but on a serious note this song is fucking class.

[11spike7]

Just goes to show you that a guitar player doesnt have to be a technical wizard. I'd rather listen to Ness's playing than any "shredder".

[StaryEyedRobot]

Dude. Imo. . .Best version. . .Better then the original. . .He did awesomely!

[1profiler]

Saw him live last night at the House of Blues in Vegas. This was the final song of night. What a show!

[LySTER138]

Man Mike Takes A Song And Just Fucken Twists And Turns With It And Makes It Something Else!!! Fucken Great Cover!

[marydwyer14119]

Ness fucking rocks.  I got to meet him someday

Mike if you're out there, Natron wants to shake your hand brother. I think we would understand each other....

[IDriveMyselfCrazy]

the song was on rocko's modern life when i was little lol

[xtcsydney]

i saw them do this song last night with Bruce Springsteen here in NJ at the stone pony. one word: AMAZING!

[PlymouthBassMasta]

i like his but it seems to countryish to me but that just shows how good ofa musician he is. LONG LIVE MIKE NESS AND SOCIAL DISTORTION

[AndersRamones]

decent cover, like the clash a lot more, it just have more energy to it, which basicly is what i'm looking for in music.

[Hethen119]

no one cares what you're looking for in music

[S0ckless]

i do, i agree with everything he said.

[Sickboy973]

I love this album. His voice goes great with the country/honkytonk tunes.

I like this alot better than the clash's, but I like Social D and Mike Ness alot better than the clash, so..

[WoodsHouse1]

whoa they completely redid the song!! at least is sounds very different form the clash's cover

[daughtry131]

this version is good i like the buddy holly version better though. the clash's version sounds like crap.

[oshesa1]

buddy holly was dead by the time this song was written. it was originally done by the bobby fuller four and that's probably who you are thinking of. bobby fuller also died very young and under mysterious circumstances.

[zachnaustin2]

bobby fuller wasnt the first one to sing it dumbass. it was the crickets

[magoomrmagoo1965]

zachnaustin why do you call someone a dumbass for not realizing the crickets recorded it first?i bet you looked it up on wikipedia just like i did.go ask 1000 people who origionally recorded that song.i bet 999 say bobby fuller.your the dumbass for making a statement like that.

[zachnaustin2]

how so? is it because im tired of people who think they know it all and think that bobby fuller actually did record this song first? i just hate when people are so full of themselves and dont even bother to get the correct information

[rockhard4freespeech]

What are you the music nazi just shutup and listen

[lokos83]

probably the best cover i've ever heard , dude sociaal d. rulez

[freekicking85]

social distortion as fuck!

[Coltsrawsome]

the one by clash is the best this one sucks

[mikeblackkills]

It's just a different interpretation. Especially given the overall theme of the album (honky tonk and outlaw country).

[Wami00]

the Ramones never did this song for your info. This version is great, may be better than the Clash's

[AndiMolko]

I love this song--both versions. Mike Ness is the greatest.

[chriserven]

HELL YEH

[DrGriph]

mike ness is so fucking great =D

[joeman80128]

hell yea gota love the old school thats the best thing about social D or mike always a good time

[vicfits]

fuckin awesome