X-Ray Spex - Warrior In Woolworths

[slapfish1]

I love this so much. It touches something deep inside of me that i can't explain.

[lethe51]

I'm impressed - they could cut it live

[momagic45]

fantastic clip. The best of punk.

[GermFreeAdolescents2]

our babe of our lives--we love you and your memory will always live on!

[webboffin]

not my cup of tea

[ThePaulollerenshaw]

poly had best voice ever

[wonderlin1]

PUNK

[tennes2465]

hey, they were punk rock

[bernardmeyre]

i love that , the intro somehow reminds me of T Rex (i guess they were fans)

i always dug X Ray Spex , for me they were one of the top 5 new wave acts (along with Buzzcocks/Pistols/Damned/Bansh­ees)

i love the fact they look so young and unassuming

[snodds88]

Punks not dead lol that was a laugh...

[xxnataliexbxx]

rip polly - thanks for the merories/music. never forgotton. alll the newcastle/gateshead punks from the garage era. never to be repeated. x

[agriffina]

RIP

[surfinsmiley]

Legend!



[8busby]

rip poly x



[radiojoe]

another idol gone

[gerlan1234to]

Missing you. You were an inspiriation.

[diamondjimlegend]

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[ZLUGGO]

The first X-Ray Spex song I heard. I love it. I love their music. I always will.

[phyllgerry]

oh so much my youth got old and forgot, RIP now your stupid grown up army xx

[BONGOMAN3003]

RIP POLY

[annawoodrogers]

no it was the same in 1978. she was anti pretty,most of the music biz did not want to know nor did the public

[robbos44]

poly you made people sit up and take notice.....thankyou for the music youve left behind for us....rip polyx.

[VelmaSabina]

REST IN PEACE, POLY STYRENE... THE SPIRIT OF 77 LIVES ON FOREVER

[SkyeBlack101]

The First rocker i know who can pull off a brace face :P x

[goodtimetone]

r.i.p. poly

u r in a better place.

[RepublicanVictim]

When did the last Woolworths close? They had these discount record binds use to spend all ging through them.

[bowerybetty]

Rest well, luv. We'll always be missing your day-glo energy x0x0x

[resista06]

RIP Poly, love you

[severens7]

What a rebel!

[richarddavetich]

She was her own women and aint that a fact

[Maechyll]

RIP Punkstress.

[Gary190tube]

young girls wouldn't know what to make of this if it came out today.

[ivyarchstudios]

Go noisily into that good night Poly ! All of us left behind will miss you xx

[realgranola]

RIP Poly.

[cillitbanguk]

R.I.P Poly

[cillitbanguk]

R.I.P

[tallskinnywith6shots]

Breast Cancer took another victim RIP Poly

[Aniva66]

why has she died? what is the cause?

[MikeBlitzMag]

So sad to hear that she lost her long battle with cancer on the 25th of April 2011. She was 53.

[Skumgummibossenisse]

R.I.P Poly :-(

[B0BBYBH0Y]

RIP Poly......

[bunnyman77]

R.I.P POLY.....

[Sexpistols100]

R.i.p my love xx

[TheSuscribed]

You will be missed. RIP

[scotsmaninusa]

R I P Poly styrene

[silverbaal]

Wow she was beautiful. In the X ray Spex cd. I have she looks chubbier in the fact. But she was hot stuff.

[billysensation]

omg. i fell in love and forgot this song ages ago. guess im ancient. really brings back memories

[gary3640]

Woolies is no more

[julianrant]

@cliffst3rz "All i'm saying" - yes, it ain't worth hearing, When anyone wants shit from u they will squeeze yer head, now off u go to pop music - prick!!!

[julianrant]

@cliffst3rz "All i'm saying" - yes, it ain't worth hearing, When anyone wants shit from u they will squeeze yer head, now off u go to de pop music - prick!!!

[ChrisWasanon]

One person isn't a warrior in Woolworths

[Monsta2283]

How fucking funny, a mate of mine has to go to court and is barred from all woolworths for belting the shit out of a woolies employee. Im going to post this one to him.

[BrotherRon1]

Love that snappy Ric.

[dhoddle]

thanks - love the black christmas, loved this

[yurtseed]

ace , love it , love polly too

[TheMeltdown23]

@cliffst3rz WTF are you some kinda DICK, oh yes your name is richard, for which dick is short, short dick, poly is well good mate otherwise she wouldnt have the following she has, if you dont like her why are you here?

[TheMrLusk]

@cliffst3rz Thats Punk you moron.

[WoodRatGirl]

We have Woolworths here in New Zealand ;)

[porridgeeveryday]

@cliffst3rz, would you prefer she sang opera as opposed to punk because she's a trained opera singer.

[motormadhead13]

poly styrene-shes sound

[kurtle1000]

top track, We all used to go to the record shops and parade around... WHERE's the new culture

[stankler]

quite t rexy this

[SidEskorbuto]

this is just fucking brilliant i wish now days we had bands like this one

[minabird20]

poly..... respect 

[mouthybitch88]

well theres no warriors in fucking woolies now

[Elcore]

@mouthybitch88 As of 2009 there's not even a fucking woolies.

[mouthybitch88]

@Elcore thats exactly wot i meant

[vilepunk]

@Elcore we still have woolies down here in oz :)

[kristalklass]

Very good 

[ShadyPastel]

thanks bert2009 and I agree with nik418 and MisspentYouth70 - those were the days when artists 'invented' themselves because they 'were' creative and didn't have the record company machine doing it.

[devolutionise]

@ShadyPastel What like the Monkees or the Beatles? They were manufactured, styled and sent out to make young girls scream. Poly is better cuz she's punk and didn't get there that way. nik18 has a good point tho, the majority of women in music are eye candy, but then, when weren't they?

[loxi59tica]

The saxophonist looks a bit like Mark E Smith out of The Fall........it is'nt him of course.

[jlovie]

Did they steal a riff from "Here Come the Double Deckers" ?

[csandstrom8775]

@sameysane, i heard she's half robot.

[sameysane]

i heard she's half somalian

[mimickick]

So in love with this. Thank you for posting it.

[middxdiehard]

Brilliant, takes me back a few years. Poly was such a nice lady to talk to.

[vicpur]

jUST AWESOME!!!

[jeremyhillaryboobphd]

man shes a bad singer

[eurodeluxe]

Punk goes mainstream Volume 5965: Pop Princess Cheryl Cole copies Poly Styrene's look for the launch of her new single on X Factor. Poly was the originator - so fabulous and ahead of her time. x

[Germ0o]

soon, she'll make me a lesbain. best band ever

[OrangeSFO]

her voice is like a saxaphone

[MisspentYouth70]

Poly would be rejected by the modern day 'music society'. That's how good she is.

[SuperSneakAttack]

@MisspentYouth70 Oh man, fuck you.

[andywarstarforever]

@MisspentYouth70 yes, she would be. any band that makes classic sounding punk rock gets rejected. like my fucking band! love x ray spex.... fuck society!

[wonderlin1]

@andywarstarforever great post!!!!!!!!!!! thank you

[dadswizz]

i'm into plastic, i consume, i discard, i'm influenced by advertising, i'm a poseur,i pollute the earth, i get it, do you ?

[ZLUGGO]

One of the first punk songs I ever heard. I love it and I love this band.

[Khultan]

Out of context maybe, and a little background info about me: I was 9 years old if this is 1977 and not aware at all of 'punk' music and in America, be that as it may the lines: Warrior in Woolworth's His roots are in today Doesn't know no history He threw the past away It seems one doesn't have to know rock n roll history, I could be wrong about this.

[ZLUGGO]

Your point being...?

[Khultan]

Don't worry about it.

[ZLUGGO]

Well, I' m not worried. Just confused.

[Khultan]

Like I said, I would have been 8 or 9 years old in California and wasn't, like my peers, aware of the 'punk' rock all I'm saying is that, for me, it's important to know as much of the past as possible, the lines 'his roots are in today, doesn't know no history, he threw the past away' I will never ever believe in this sentiment, though I like the song.

[ZLUGGO]

Ok, mate. Copy that. Sorry.

It is possible to throw the past away though.

[Khultan]

That's alright, I get that that's your point of view, but knowing of the past is essential. JMO

[ZLUGGO]

Absolutely..

[hearNyou]

@Khultan + ZLUGGO

...for what it's worth,

"rebel on the underground" a double (dub!?) meaning, the London subway-train system 'the underground' (also 'tube')

"rebel of the modern town", the post WW2 'new town' suburbs of London

"no history/threw the past away" no knowledge of 'history' condems you to repeat the past

Also, young male gang fights (racial tensions)

......happy daze ??

pce

[Khultan]

@hearNyou thanks, HearNyou.

[harfarhs]

@ hearNyou - all true, but I think "threw the past away" refers also to those who planned and built the new towns, the 'post-war dream' and all that..

[Lurcherboy1906]

Excellent vid

[dinarama1980]

warriahhhhh warri warri ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

love poly!

[ringspun01]

Her voice damn near makes me cry. Every time! One of the best ever.

[Clarelovesangels]

love ittxxxxxxxxxxx

[door224]

never thought i would see this again brill

[ginoricca]

Thanks to find this ! Not such a bad quality aft. all... We missed this video ! She was great and so her band.

[nik418]

Ah - the days when women in pop actually had talent and something to say rather than just being vacuous semi-pornographic eye-candy.

[JakeRazor]

dude it was the same bullshit back then, Poly was a rebel then  and that's (in part) why this rules

[SuperSneakAttack]

@nik418 I mean, they're a punk band, but what ever...

[TheTilly65]

@nik418 Well said. This was " Do it yourself " days. And she wrote her own stuff at 16 years of age!

[funkyfunker]

@nik418 Poly is loverly eye candy.... she is ace...

[Khultan]

@nik418 Happening in Great Britain now?!?

[jp00w5941]

@Khultan not

[ignoxious]

A snappy Ric on the bottom - unusual and cool, just like everything else about this band.

- Brother Ron

[birdyboy00]

Love this band. :)

[eeayt]

shes the cooolest

[megancatsick]

she is :)

[WrappedInPlastic]

Thank you.One of my fav bands.

[bert2099]

hey thanks!!!

[TheTilly65]

@bert2099 Who cares? Its brilliant.

[wshockwave]

Another great finding by you. Many thanks! *subscribing to your channel*