You guys should thank U2 and Green Day. They made the song terrible so everyone would appreciate the original more. Someone thinks it's clever. Only one problem with this plan. It worked.
This is the original and best version the Saints are coming. Brilliant album and one of my favourites of all time. This band should have been given more attention because they were truly one of the best punk bands in the late seventies. I am fortunate to have this on vinyl and consider this a piece of fine music of the punk genre.
Covering this is like trying to draw De Vinci dont even attempt it no matter the cause, and how fucking annoying for all of us their at time that grew up with Skids and Big Country to have them not even get credit typical USA mentality change history for youre purpose..Skids song end of, and not to give them credit in first place is a Liberty. ..
I understand what you're getting at. But the flag was put there as part of my effort to show the song's origins, as there was a common misconception that it was originally a U2/Green Day song. Unlike other idiots I have no objection to them covering the song, especially as it was a charity effort to help New Orleans. Also I can't change the flag without changing the clip and so would "lose" over 200,000 views. And I enjoyed your last statement !
A cover is just that a cover..Class five star Scottish energy, passion and aggression in equal amounts from bods that grew up in state schools and schemes....Amazing band.
Calm down, Green Day and U2 didn't write nor steal the song, The Skids originated it and U2 and Green Day covered it, it is actually a complement to The Skids saying their music is brilliant.
U2's guitarist "The Edge" has always been an admirer and influenced by the Skid's guitarist the late Stuart Adamson; who when the Skids broke up went on to form "Big Country".
@2everibodyfeaturinme there is a house in new orleans. they called the rsing sun bit? that wasnt written by green day :L it's from a song called, wouldnt you guess "house of the rising sun." Muse did a covr of it, I cant remember the original.
This version... by The Skids... is great. I enjoy the U2/Green Day version too. Just imagine if I were to sing it. Trust me, You don't want that to happen. Hahahaha
Oi!!! both versions are fuckin horse shit! thats why there good ya fuckers, now shut up and enjoy the music thats why we clicked on the video in the first goddamn place
And where did you happen to come across this totally false piece of information ? Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson of the "Skids" wrote this song in 1978. Look up Wikipedia or somewhere if you don't believe me.
Music is music and if you don't like it then don't fucking listen to it. You also dont need to fucking comment "But fucking so and so did a better version" it's fucking annoying and then you fucking sit there and fucking argue over it. Honestly just fucking leave the page and go back to whatever the fuck you listen to. So shut the fuck up already. And thanks for putting this video up.
No, I enjoyed that ! There's nothing like a good swear sometimes. As I've said, I only "censor" comments if it is personal abuse aimed at someone in particular. They can abuse their opinion, but not the individual.
the original is good but and i know U2 and Green Day couldn't have made another version of it if it wasn't already out there but i'm just respectfully saying that i like U2 and Green Day's version better. I'm sorry if this offends people but it's just my opinion. personaly i think both versions are good.
Skids song as for anything else youth really shouldnt claim this or that you wernt their..It was as is now a brilliant song Scottish in origin written by young angry Scottish men in a time of mass Unemployment and dissalusionment with society..Without that no song..As for any "Covers" why would any thread praise a cover when the originals the best and authentic version..I despair i really do , Youth read a book go check some history and facts.
@DelStrainComedy being an original doesn't make it any better as a song, so long as people respect that a cover IS just a cover, then it's fine to like it better.
I could have phrased that better ! But I seem to remember the comment I was reacting to had really annoyed me. But at least it was about the music.
This upload has proved to be very popular which is great, but also attracts a lot of comments. A couple have been so bad I've had to delete them straight away and block the sender. Others have been personally abusive so I have deleted the comment, but informed that person they are still welcome to comment in moderation.
@roddy76to86 I can completely understand your reaction... you like a song, uploaded it to youtube and someone dislikes it! My way of thinking is that greenday and U2 could't produce theire cover without The Skids, and I always enjoyed listening to new modern songs and their older original!
Ok, "stealing" is a word over the top. It looks like I must have been fed up with the previous comment which I can't be bothered looking for. The Green Day/U2 song is a "cover version". And as you say, it was in aid of charity.
@roddy76to86 They recorded their cover in September, 2006 with the proceeds to go to the Hurricane Katrina effort. It was available online for sale, but it didn't really get many downloads. In fact, that was true even after the Super Bowl performance.
I think that Bono's & Billy Joe's hearts were in the right place - but it didn't really pan out. Hopefully, the discography of The Skids got some action because of it.
As you can see from my description I uploaded this song with the big Scottish flag to counter the common misconception that the U2/Green Day version was original. I'd no objections to them doing a cover version, and it was a serious charity effort. So this upload did pull in a lot of views, but what really made it go berserk and become by far my most highly viewed upload, was this version of the song being used in the soundtrack of "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day".
@roddy76to86 they didnt steal it stupid also in the u2 and Gd version it includes the house of the rising sun in the intro and its called a cover not stealing lol
@canadagreenday well to me this noise is what i love and green day haved good version too but well they would do better if they did this song and house of the rising sun apart not mix it
@canadagreenday I knew someone like you that suffered from lack of taste when it came to music. One weekend with The skids, R E M, monks, The konks, The clash and many others made him realize that unlike many bands Like U2 their songs are unique and have meaning. Maybe next time dont try and disrespect a band on their own video. Either keep it to your self or say it to a group that would agree. like on the U2 version. -_- unnecessary rudeness is not needed.
Both versions are awesome. Live or studio, the song is powerful. I do like the contrast between them and the guitar work in the live version only adds more texture and a welcome variation to the song. Thanks for chatting and more would always be welcome....
I mainly prefer the quite recently released live version simply because I've been listening to the original version for 33 years ! Sadly to the best of my knowledge there are no other versions by the Skids of The Saints Are Coming. But if you look at my channel page, YouTube now have a handy "search" facility (for uploads and favourites), so if you simply type in "Skids", a handful of my other Skids uploads should appear, both live and recorded.
Brings the movies back to me. Awesome song, and I mostly hate cover versions as they tend to be cash motivated and not about a quality take on a song. Thanks for this music post!!!
@roddy76to86 Have never heard the covers of this and don't need to ever. Awesome song and damn glad to hear the first and only version that needs heard. Thanks roddy!!
My pleasure. You might want to listen to the Skids playing this song live in 1980 that I've put in the "video responses". It's more raw, but the late, great Stuart Adamson plays some neat variations, bored presumably playing it the same way every time.
My favourite version is the live one by the Skids that I've put in the video response section. RAW ! And Stuart Adamson is fed up playing it the same way for 3 years, and adds some great guitar variations.
But I get tired of "which is better ?" Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.
@elmexicanochilango ok too bad greenday had to group up with u2 and their version still sucks campared to the original version lets look at the diffrence in years back when this band was around they were just starting to accept rock so yeah older bands help pave the way for these bands
@TV1Totoya you're right. greenday only covered the song to make a lot of money but the spirit of this song isn't in the green day version, it's nothing in comparison with the the skids version, which is great!
I agree about the music. But I thought the U2/Green Day version was done for charity, after Hurricane Katrina devestated New Orleans. And the name of the New Orleans American football team is "The Saints".
@chiaroos You do list your occupation as "teenager" (which made me laugh; I have a 15 year old son with Standard Grades looming), so they were rather before your time. All the same it is surprising you haven't heard of them. You can't have met an "oldie" like me who wallows in the nostalgia of the great music of that time. There are a few more "Skids" songs in my uploads if you're interested. One sad fact is their brilliant guitarist Stuart Adamson died in 2001.
Well now people will finally be able to see who REALLY wrote this song. I like Green Day and U2's version better, but this is the original (which most people don't know) and it's pretty good.
That was my main reason for uploading this (with the big Scottish flag !), just so people would know where the song originated from. As for which is best, well that's a matter of personal taste.
My favourite version is the live one by the Skids I've put in as a video response. Really raw, and the great, late Stuart Adamson messes about with the guitar work brilliantly, as he's obviously bored out his skull playing it the same way each time for the previous 3 years.
@johnnybagful Well good for you. That's your opinion. I, personally, PREFER the Green Day and U2 version to this, although this one is still good, and you'll never convince me to think otherwise.
@johnnybagful Unfortunately too many people do like the same things...all that rap and pop shit like *insert shitty pop artist here* and *insert shitty rap artist here* (there are just so many to pick from). It's sad the kind of shit people call music nowadays. But hey that's my opinion and some of them have theirs.
I'm quite ashamed of myself right now. Somehow, after 18 years of existence, this song and band has completely passed me by. Thanks for rectifying my mistake, cheers.
Bullshit about the record companies being in charge now. We have this much shitty pop music in the charts right now not because of the record companies but because of the fucked up taste in music today's majority has.
amen to that. when the old white guys were in charge they still let music like this out. but once everything opened up everything went downhill.
same thing with the fucking movies today. back when the old white guys controlled the studios they had to take risks to stay afloat so they made classics.
now todays movies cater completely to what people want and look what we get?
Your talking nonsense. The hippies, prog. rockers, and executives of the big record companies (the old white guys) in the UK tried everything in their power to suppress punk. The BBC's "Old Grey Whistle Test" played it's first punk song two years late in 1978: junior staff revolt ! The Sex Pistol's "God Save The Queen" was No.1 in 1977, but only got to No.2 as the BBC manipilated the sales figures (this is now admitted), and the NME bottled out completely and had no No.1 !
i'm glad you posted this! i thought it was done for the movie but it's still equally appropriate for the movie. plus uk 70s punk is still the best punk...ever!
The best version is the live performance I put as a video response. Obviously too "raw" for many people, but I think it's great, and the late Stuart Adamson's guitar work is brilliant. Go on, give it a try !
@fearfulcrawdog hey bro us ameicans can be oricks to just saying and ima correct your self for you you ment the someone out of the us and ireland arnt trying to be a prick your welcome peace out
Er, yes ! For charity for New Orleans (whose baseball team are called "The Saints") after Hurricane Katriana. If you look back through the comments you'll see rather a big fuss about which version was is best !
My motivation for uploading the song with a big Scottish flag and a description was to ensure that people would know the song's origins, as many Americans (and others) were under the misapprehension that it was an original U2/Green Day song.
Apologies if I gave that impression, but I did say MANY Americans. I also know that from personal experience, as I lived in America for six months (and went to school there) when I was 12 years old in 1976.
And I got home just in time for the UK punk "explosion". That was a relief !
@roddy76to86 Yeah I'm 15. That's a little bit before my time but I wish I could have been there; and honestly I agree with you there the general population of the US embarrasses me.
yeah i'm just gonna go ahead and say because of the fight that i am from the US and i am a big U2 and greenday fan but there is no fucking way you can say that their version is better remakes 90% of the time are complete shit and if you can say that the skids suck i hope the next time you go to a gay Justin Bieber concert that YOU get hit with the water bottle and Justin can finally get hit by Pubertiy
@roddy76to86 he's a musical fad like the Jonas brothers he's one of the people who little girls go crazy over and block real musicians like breaking benjamin the skids that kind of music it makes me sick knowing real music is almost never noticed anymore he's just a kid that got lucky and thinks he's awesome now it really is sad but i'm glad its just a US thing i guess thankfully other nations aren't on this band wagon
Ok stfu there both badass btw is this the only rock vid on utube where people dont fight about justin bieber
greendayrockforever1 2 weeks ago
RIP Stuart. Great song mate! Posted a few B/C songs on my channel. Fell in love with them in the early 80's. No one like 'em.
Geoff
Circumpunk 1 month ago
@pkneebo I'm a white kid from Spokane, WA.
user21937 1 month ago
@user21937
Did somebody spill a pot of white paint over you ?
roddy76to86 1 month ago
@roddy76to86 Not that I'm aware of.
user21937 1 month ago
You guys should thank U2 and Green Day. They made the song terrible so everyone would appreciate the original more. Someone thinks it's clever. Only one problem with this plan. It worked.
skinnyfreak1022 1 month ago 3
This is the original and best version the Saints are coming. Brilliant album and one of my favourites of all time. This band should have been given more attention because they were truly one of the best punk bands in the late seventies. I am fortunate to have this on vinyl and consider this a piece of fine music of the punk genre.
olpunker 2 months ago
Covering this is like trying to draw De Vinci dont even attempt it no matter the cause, and how fucking annoying for all of us their at time that grew up with Skids and Big Country to have them not even get credit typical USA mentality change history for youre purpose..Skids song end of, and not to give them credit in first place is a Liberty. ..
DelStrainComedy 2 months ago
Thumbs up if you think Saints Row: The Third should have used this as there trailer song.
50Calabyte 2 months ago 6
I have this lp on vinyl so I have known for over thirty years about this band. Stuart Adamson went on to make the band and song Big Country.
olpunker 2 months ago
fucking hell are people STILL arguing about the U2 and Green Day cover of this? :') EEEEEEEE. Just enjoy the song!!!!!
SillyStephers93 3 months ago
The Saints are coming November 15th.
ToxicMynd 3 months ago in playlist ToxicMynd's favorites 2
Well...Iam going to Wifey McBeaties to get a boilermaker. Whos comin with me?!
starksman93 3 months ago
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Greenday and U2 did it better!!!!!!
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@thebrentboys no they didnt
prestmon888 3 months ago
@thebrentboys You can't be serious.
HeadfulOfHollow 2 months ago
CANT STOP THINKING OF SAINTS ROW!
ToxicMynd 3 months ago 5
brilliant st mirren song
VolkanDemirelNo1 4 months ago 5
@VolkanDemirelNo1
And Dunfermline, and Southampton...
roddy76to86 4 months ago
@user21937
I understand what you're getting at. But the flag was put there as part of my effort to show the song's origins, as there was a common misconception that it was originally a U2/Green Day song. Unlike other idiots I have no objection to them covering the song, especially as it was a charity effort to help New Orleans. Also I can't change the flag without changing the clip and so would "lose" over 200,000 views. And I enjoyed your last statement !
roddy76to86 4 months ago 5
Boondock Saints
DeliriumBox 4 months ago
To be precise..Adamson was from the cultural centre that is Crossgates!
zeolite2 4 months ago
I'm part irish.
HALOBUDE117 4 months ago
The Hives need to cover this.
Comedyteamz 4 months ago 3
sorry but i just cant hear the green day& U2 version again x)
IrwnopoihmenoLsd 4 months ago
U2 and Greenday are wank. They did a shoddy cover of this.
odinist666 4 months ago
A cover is just that a cover..Class five star Scottish energy, passion and aggression in equal amounts from bods that grew up in state schools and schemes....Amazing band.
DelStrainComedy 5 months ago 2
Didnt know that The Skids were Scots, you guys have some good tunes over there, Greetings from Sunny Mexico
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this movie was so 1337
MCHAVANA42011 5 months ago
ＳＨＵＴ ＵＰ ＡＮＤ ＥＮＪＯＹ ＴＨＥ ＭＵＳＩＣ！
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msaileeniful 5 months ago 39
Boondock Saints. Thumbs Up !
scofieldgangster 5 months ago 7
Calm down, Green Day and U2 didn't write nor steal the song, The Skids originated it and U2 and Green Day covered it, it is actually a complement to The Skids saying their music is brilliant.
SerioMagus 5 months ago 34
@SerioMagus
U2's guitarist "The Edge" has always been an admirer and influenced by the Skid's guitarist the late Stuart Adamson; who when the Skids broke up went on to form "Big Country".
roddy76to86 5 months ago 4
@SerioMagus but the first verse of the green day covered was written by green day and is dedicated to the victims of Katrina
2everibodyfeaturinme 3 months ago
@2everibodyfeaturinme there is a house in new orleans. they called the rsing sun bit? that wasnt written by green day :L it's from a song called, wouldnt you guess "house of the rising sun." Muse did a covr of it, I cant remember the original.
SillyStephers93 3 months ago
@SillyStephers93 yeah sorry for my foolness :P... it's bu the Animals
2everibodyfeaturinme 3 months ago
@SillyStephers93 'The animals' in the late 60's i think
knormskie 1 month ago
@knormskie
'House of the Rising Sun' is an american folk song, The Animals just made a version of it.
estebanmoli07 1 month ago
@SillyStephers93
Yeah that's true, they just took another existing song and changed "the rising sun" for "the super dome".
estebanmoli07 1 month ago
@SerioMagus and they paid the rights, so people should always stop whining about "stealing" covers. The skids (or their current owners) agreed
JoQeZzZ 2 months ago
Bono ruined his version by screaming I'm an american half way through it
gregshatchet 5 months ago
green day is a good band but this version is so much better
thatguyoverthere117 5 months ago
This version... by The Skids... is great. I enjoy the U2/Green Day version too. Just imagine if I were to sing it. Trust me, You don't want that to happen. Hahahaha
ItalianMick2025 5 months ago
Green Day is ass. Just sayin
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Oi!!! both versions are fuckin horse shit! thats why there good ya fuckers, now shut up and enjoy the music thats why we clicked on the video in the first goddamn place
jimmipop1 6 months ago
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GREEN DAY Wrote This
NatWolff43567890 6 months ago
@NatWolff43567890
And where did you happen to come across this totally false piece of information ? Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson of the "Skids" wrote this song in 1978. Look up Wikipedia or somewhere if you don't believe me.
roddy76to86 6 months ago
@NatWolff43567890
Or perhaps you're just "trolling".
roddy76to86 6 months ago
@roddy76to86 That guy has a 'Fallout Boy" video on his profile channel - so what did you expect?
altroval 5 months ago
@NatWolff43567890 Stop trolling..
BaeverN 6 months ago
@NatWolff43567890 i love green day. but no they did not write this. this is a skids song. get ur facts straight
TheJohnny990 4 months ago
The way the song is build is really good and the first guitar parts makes me shiver
Merugaf 6 months ago
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Green Day and U2 sing it better.
xINiNJAzIx 6 months ago
@xINiNJAzIx
I may agree with that, Richard Jobson is hardly Pavarotti. But that doesn't mean theU2/Green Day version of the song is better.
roddy76to86 6 months ago
Dear saints, please pacify the jersey shore cast. thx
Yun351 6 months ago
Okay you fuckers,
Music is music and if you don't like it then don't fucking listen to it. You also dont need to fucking comment "But fucking so and so did a better version" it's fucking annoying and then you fucking sit there and fucking argue over it. Honestly just fucking leave the page and go back to whatever the fuck you listen to. So shut the fuck up already. And thanks for putting this video up.
xAxCxRxBx 6 months ago 2
@xAxCxRxBx
My pleasure. As for the rest of what you say, I couldn't have put it better myself !
roddy76to86 6 months ago
@roddy76to86
maybe minus the 'fuck/fucking"-parts?
lorddwan 6 months ago
@lorddwan
No, I enjoyed that ! There's nothing like a good swear sometimes. As I've said, I only "censor" comments if it is personal abuse aimed at someone in particular. They can abuse their opinion, but not the individual.
roddy76to86 6 months ago
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Great GREAT music
PeiinNagato 6 months ago
the original is good but and i know U2 and Green Day couldn't have made another version of it if it wasn't already out there but i'm just respectfully saying that i like U2 and Green Day's version better. I'm sorry if this offends people but it's just my opinion. personaly i think both versions are good.
umbalaabaduia 6 months ago
Boondock Saints?
Just felt like throwing that in there.
KevinandSergeLPs 6 months ago
@KevinandSergeLPs
They are irish.....
SmokMaahPowle 6 months ago
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parciasepe93 6 months ago
Skids song as for anything else youth really shouldnt claim this or that you wernt their..It was as is now a brilliant song Scottish in origin written by young angry Scottish men in a time of mass Unemployment and dissalusionment with society..Without that no song..As for any "Covers" why would any thread praise a cover when the originals the best and authentic version..I despair i really do , Youth read a book go check some history and facts.
DelStrainComedy 7 months ago
@DelStrainComedy being an original doesn't make it any better as a song, so long as people respect that a cover IS just a cover, then it's fine to like it better.
Mincecraft 6 months ago
to: everyone arguing about which version is better
-WHO gives a shit?
koppshopp 7 months ago 4
Nah, GDU2 is better.
lifethelifetoday 7 months ago
green day and U2 version better in my opinion.
pwnfulify 7 months ago
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green day and U2 are much better than this this is just noise not music
canadagreenday 7 months ago
@canadagreenday
If that's the case, then why didn't Green Day and U2 write their own song instead of stealing this one ?
roddy76to86 7 months ago 9
@roddy76to86 dude, it's called a cover. All big bands cover other songs, even Jimi did!
iamtheipodman 7 months ago
@roddy76to86 I think the skids pull off a way better rock tone that GD/U2, I'm not a fan of GD singer anyway
Junonrunon 7 months ago
@roddy76to86 Using this one :) not stealing....
MysteryAccordeonMan 7 months ago
@MysteryAccordeonMan
I could have phrased that better ! But I seem to remember the comment I was reacting to had really annoyed me. But at least it was about the music.
This upload has proved to be very popular which is great, but also attracts a lot of comments. A couple have been so bad I've had to delete them straight away and block the sender. Others have been personally abusive so I have deleted the comment, but informed that person they are still welcome to comment in moderation.
roddy76to86 7 months ago
@roddy76to86 I can completely understand your reaction... you like a song, uploaded it to youtube and someone dislikes it! My way of thinking is that greenday and U2 could't produce theire cover without The Skids, and I always enjoyed listening to new modern songs and their older original!
MysteryAccordeonMan 7 months ago
@roddy76to86 How did they steal it if they covered it for charity?
DaleJSimpson 5 months ago
@DaleJSimpson
Ok, "stealing" is a word over the top. It looks like I must have been fed up with the previous comment which I can't be bothered looking for. The Green Day/U2 song is a "cover version". And as you say, it was in aid of charity.
roddy76to86 5 months ago
@roddy76to86 They recorded their cover in September, 2006 with the proceeds to go to the Hurricane Katrina effort. It was available online for sale, but it didn't really get many downloads. In fact, that was true even after the Super Bowl performance.
I think that Bono's & Billy Joe's hearts were in the right place - but it didn't really pan out. Hopefully, the discography of The Skids got some action because of it.
altroval 5 months ago
@altroval
As you can see from my description I uploaded this song with the big Scottish flag to counter the common misconception that the U2/Green Day version was original. I'd no objections to them doing a cover version, and it was a serious charity effort. So this upload did pull in a lot of views, but what really made it go berserk and become by far my most highly viewed upload, was this version of the song being used in the soundtrack of "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day".
roddy76to86 5 months ago
@roddy76to86
If you listened properly, the one covered by U2 and Green Day was actually a combination of "House of the Rising Sun" by "The Animals" and this song.
b44styreraug 5 months ago
@b44styreraug
Nonsense. And The Animals didn't write the "House Of The Rising Sun".
roddy76to86 5 months ago
@roddy76to86 they didnt steal it stupid also in the u2 and Gd version it includes the house of the rising sun in the intro and its called a cover not stealing lol
elmexicanochilango 5 months ago
@elmexicanochilango
I'm fucking sick of this.
roddy76to86 5 months ago
@canadagreenday then u dont know music, son. this one is the original and best. it's from ''78''
SylletBang 7 months ago
@canadagreenday
lol
Noa4h 7 months ago
@canadagreenday well to me this noise is what i love and green day haved good version too but well they would do better if they did this song and house of the rising sun apart not mix it
daya41 7 months ago
@canadagreenday I knew someone like you that suffered from lack of taste when it came to music. One weekend with The skids, R E M, monks, The konks, The clash and many others made him realize that unlike many bands Like U2 their songs are unique and have meaning. Maybe next time dont try and disrespect a band on their own video. Either keep it to your self or say it to a group that would agree. like on the U2 version. -_- unnecessary rudeness is not needed.
TerranceW2 7 months ago
@canadagreenday sounds exactly the same save for the face billy joel ruined it with his horrible singing.
Shindori 6 months ago
@canadagreenday go fuck yourself!! The two versions are goods!
MrTelectu 6 months ago
@canadagreenday Ohh, youre from canada, thats why, I thought we killed all of you guys back In 1799?! guess not, well Feck Off Ya Farten Poke!
SkyylerG89 6 months ago
Both versions are awesome. Live or studio, the song is powerful. I do like the contrast between them and the guitar work in the live version only adds more texture and a welcome variation to the song. Thanks for chatting and more would always be welcome....
Broblem12 8 months ago 2
@Broblem12
I mainly prefer the quite recently released live version simply because I've been listening to the original version for 33 years ! Sadly to the best of my knowledge there are no other versions by the Skids of The Saints Are Coming. But if you look at my channel page, YouTube now have a handy "search" facility (for uploads and favourites), so if you simply type in "Skids", a handful of my other Skids uploads should appear, both live and recorded.
roddy76to86 8 months ago
@roddy76to86
I know it's been a month, but there's also that Session Version I sent you, if you remember!
Stig1138 7 months ago
@Stig1138
Oh yeah...
roddy76to86 7 months ago
Brings the movies back to me. Awesome song, and I mostly hate cover versions as they tend to be cash motivated and not about a quality take on a song. Thanks for this music post!!!
Broblem12 8 months ago
@Broblem12
This is the original song, not a cover version. The original version was used in that Boondock Saints film.
roddy76to86 8 months ago
@roddy76to86 Have never heard the covers of this and don't need to ever. Awesome song and damn glad to hear the first and only version that needs heard. Thanks roddy!!
Broblem12 8 months ago
@Broblem12
My pleasure. You might want to listen to the Skids playing this song live in 1980 that I've put in the "video responses". It's more raw, but the late, great Stuart Adamson plays some neat variations, bored presumably playing it the same way every time.
roddy76to86 8 months ago
Fuck Green Day...The original is the bulls bollocks!
xgoldlion07x 8 months ago
hey man fuck green day ! this is the original and always will be ! obviously green day agrees too because they covered this song!
BlackShades1977 8 months ago
i like the original (not remasterd)
M1STERL33T 8 months ago
This one is betterrr <3 <3 <3 EPIC.
schooliebird 8 months ago
Original is better,with out it people cant make shitty versions of it
ComandoIvan3 8 months ago
who are the skids??? idk not punk legends like the Awesome Green Day
elmexicanochilango 9 months ago
@elmexicanochilango
Is this sarcasm ?
roddy76to86 9 months ago 3
@roddy76to86 yes it is. are u a skids fan? u2 and green day's versions better
elmexicanochilango 9 months ago
@elmexicanochilango
My favourite version is the live one by the Skids that I've put in the video response section. RAW ! And Stuart Adamson is fed up playing it the same way for 3 years, and adds some great guitar variations.
But I get tired of "which is better ?" Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.
roddy76to86 9 months ago 3
@elmexicanochilango You are taking the piss.. The original is the best...
kevmach 8 months ago
@elmexicanochilango green day = no musical talent
jimi025 8 months ago
@jimi025 are you serious Green day have more awards and are more known around the world they do have talent all the songs are good
elmexicanochilango 8 months ago
@elmexicanochilango ok too bad greenday had to group up with u2 and their version still sucks campared to the original version lets look at the diffrence in years back when this band was around they were just starting to accept rock so yeah older bands help pave the way for these bands
Fearfulcrawdog 8 months ago
@elmexicanochilango you are pathetic.....flwre
ramon1810l 8 months ago
@elmexicanochilango
LOL
WoodyAllenNY 8 months ago
@elmexicanochilango estas pero bien pendejo vatito jajajajajajajaajaj
thecrazed77 1 month ago
@thecrazed77 Neta guey me vale madre
elmexicanochilango 1 month ago
The Skids Rules............Green Day stinks
TV1Totoya 9 months ago
I hate you Green day. You destroy The Skids spirit.
TV1Totoya 9 months ago
@TV1Totoya
But they've certainly helped this upload's viewing figures !
roddy76to86 9 months ago 2
@TV1Totoya you're right. greenday only covered the song to make a lot of money but the spirit of this song isn't in the green day version, it's nothing in comparison with the the skids version, which is great!
Bieroern 9 months ago
@Bieroern
I agree about the music. But I thought the U2/Green Day version was done for charity, after Hurricane Katrina devestated New Orleans. And the name of the New Orleans American football team is "The Saints".
roddy76to86 9 months ago
@muhajong
I sometimes wonder if I've uploaded a song or a film clip !
roddy76to86 9 months ago 9
how is it i live in Dunfermline and NEVER heard of there guys, Awesome!
chiaroos 9 months ago
@chiaroos You do list your occupation as "teenager" (which made me laugh; I have a 15 year old son with Standard Grades looming), so they were rather before your time. All the same it is surprising you haven't heard of them. You can't have met an "oldie" like me who wallows in the nostalgia of the great music of that time. There are a few more "Skids" songs in my uploads if you're interested. One sad fact is their brilliant guitarist Stuart Adamson died in 2001.
roddy76to86 9 months ago
Well now people will finally be able to see who REALLY wrote this song. I like Green Day and U2's version better, but this is the original (which most people don't know) and it's pretty good.
MrKyel17 9 months ago
@MrKyel17
That was my main reason for uploading this (with the big Scottish flag !), just so people would know where the song originated from. As for which is best, well that's a matter of personal taste.
My favourite version is the live one by the Skids I've put in as a video response. Really raw, and the great, late Stuart Adamson messes about with the guitar work brilliantly, as he's obviously bored out his skull playing it the same way each time for the previous 3 years.
roddy76to86 9 months ago
@MrKyel17 i bought this on 12"red vinyl back in the day and its well better than u2/green day
johnnybagful 9 months ago
@johnnybagful Well good for you. That's your opinion. I, personally, PREFER the Green Day and U2 version to this, although this one is still good, and you'll never convince me to think otherwise.
MrKyel17 9 months ago
@MrKyel17 right on mate,i like the u2/green day version aswell,it would be a boring old world if everyone liked the same stuff,wouldnt it
johnnybagful 9 months ago
@johnnybagful Unfortunately too many people do like the same things...all that rap and pop shit like *insert shitty pop artist here* and *insert shitty rap artist here* (there are just so many to pick from). It's sad the kind of shit people call music nowadays. But hey that's my opinion and some of them have theirs.
MrKyel17 9 months ago 2
@johnnybagful
Have you still got that 12" ? It's probably a collector's item by now.
roddy76to86 9 months ago
@roddy76to86 ive still got it roddy,ilove the skids and the punk/new wave stuff.you have some top tunes yourself,its my era
johnnybagful 9 months ago
@johnnybagful
Glad to hear it.
roddy76to86 9 months ago
I'm quite ashamed of myself right now. Somehow, after 18 years of existence, this song and band has completely passed me by. Thanks for rectifying my mistake, cheers.
scotlandsarmy 9 months ago 4
@scotlandsarmy
Better late than never !
roddy76to86 9 months ago 2
This makes me thinck of The Saints Row video game
ryanbob1000 10 months ago
Bullshit about the record companies being in charge now. We have this much shitty pop music in the charts right now not because of the record companies but because of the fucked up taste in music today's majority has.
ArowanaW 10 months ago 5
@ArowanaW
amen to that. when the old white guys were in charge they still let music like this out. but once everything opened up everything went downhill.
same thing with the fucking movies today. back when the old white guys controlled the studios they had to take risks to stay afloat so they made classics.
now todays movies cater completely to what people want and look what we get?
mattressjedi 9 months ago
@mattressjedi
Your talking nonsense. The hippies, prog. rockers, and executives of the big record companies (the old white guys) in the UK tried everything in their power to suppress punk. The BBC's "Old Grey Whistle Test" played it's first punk song two years late in 1978: junior staff revolt ! The Sex Pistol's "God Save The Queen" was No.1 in 1977, but only got to No.2 as the BBC manipilated the sales figures (this is now admitted), and the NME bottled out completely and had no No.1 !
roddy76to86 9 months ago
i'm glad you posted this! i thought it was done for the movie but it's still equally appropriate for the movie. plus uk 70s punk is still the best punk...ever!
marroxeli 10 months ago
9 people got executed by the McManus Brothers
skinnyfreak1022 10 months ago 3
@skinnyfreak1022
What the fuck has that got to do with a 1978 Scottish punk song ?
roddy76to86 10 months ago
@roddy76to86 It's from The Boondock Saints...
NascarFreak3 10 months ago
@NascarFreak3
Thank you.
roddy76to86 10 months ago
@NascarFreak3 GOD BLESS THE BOONDOCK SAINTS
starksman93 10 months ago
@roddy76to86 everything !
pegwinnipeg 10 months ago
DING DONG MOTHERFUCKER DING DONG
ryanbob1000 10 months ago
@ryanbob1000 nice saying. yeah man spot on
SuperKinley 10 months ago
@ryanbob1000 Amen to that!
l0rf 10 months ago
I honestly like both versions of the song. But this one a tiny bit better.
bailcal 11 months ago
This song is quite ahead of it's time, musically.
Venomfan88 11 months ago
the saints are coming
joedmail 11 months ago
love the saints
Floydman75 11 months ago
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the green day/u2's version is better
MrSocks92 11 months ago
@MrSocks92
The best version is the live performance I put as a video response. Obviously too "raw" for many people, but I think it's great, and the late Stuart Adamson's guitar work is brilliant. Go on, give it a try !
roddy76to86 11 months ago 4
@MrSocks92 frankly I find U2/green day's version much more meaningful ... but this one haves a great charm too mate
MightyMonkeyWrench 11 months ago
@MightyMonkeyWrench um no.......they just stole riffs and lyrics from the house of the rising son and this song
DemonFries 11 months ago
@MrSocks92 are you on crack?....
forbiddenone100 11 months ago
I like Green Day's version better...
WolfGirl9708 11 months ago
@fearfulcrawdog hey bro us ameicans can be oricks to just saying and ima correct your self for you you ment the someone out of the us and ireland arnt trying to be a prick your welcome peace out
mypasswordismgs4 11 months ago
greenday and u2 did a version?
soilwork88 11 months ago
@soilwork88
Er, yes ! For charity for New Orleans (whose baseball team are called "The Saints") after Hurricane Katriana. If you look back through the comments you'll see rather a big fuss about which version was is best !
My motivation for uploading the song with a big Scottish flag and a description was to ensure that people would know the song's origins, as many Americans (and others) were under the misapprehension that it was an original U2/Green Day song.
roddy76to86 11 months ago
@roddy76to86 Well I'm American and I knew of this version first. Just know that we're not ALL fat and stupid. (Americans)
Foreman1695 11 months ago
@Foreman1695
Apologies if I gave that impression, but I did say MANY Americans. I also know that from personal experience, as I lived in America for six months (and went to school there) when I was 12 years old in 1976.
And I got home just in time for the UK punk "explosion". That was a relief !
roddy76to86 11 months ago
@roddy76to86 Yeah I'm 15. That's a little bit before my time but I wish I could have been there; and honestly I agree with you there the general population of the US embarrasses me.
Foreman1695 11 months ago
@Foreman1695
that just a myth. Most third world countries' people and many europeans has the same range of knowledge, even worse
the only thing that makes us worse is that we are too reliant upon our government and has lost that independence edge
and its like REALLY embarssing that sarah palin is extremely stupid :DDDDD
lamerbill 11 months ago
@Foreman1695
True , but most of you are !!
jepsyboy 11 months ago
@jepsyboy Thankyou.
Foreman1695 11 months ago
@roddy76to86- <__< Umm They are a Football team not a baseball team xD
RJAfterlife89 11 months ago
@RJAfterlife89
Oops, apologies, my mistake. But then over here a football is round and we kick it !
roddy76to86 11 months ago
I love this version 10000000000X more than U2s and Greendays I hate U2 they look like fags and I don't mean cigarettes =D
Callofdutyman5 11 months ago 3
heard this on boondock saints 2 :)
Mishapetrenko 1 year ago 2
yeah i'm just gonna go ahead and say because of the fight that i am from the US and i am a big U2 and greenday fan but there is no fucking way you can say that their version is better remakes 90% of the time are complete shit and if you can say that the skids suck i hope the next time you go to a gay Justin Bieber concert that YOU get hit with the water bottle and Justin can finally get hit by Pubertiy
Fearfulcrawdog 1 year ago 2
@Fearfulcrawdog
Who the hell is Justin Bieber ?
roddy76to86 1 year ago 2
@roddy76to86 he's a musical fad like the Jonas brothers he's one of the people who little girls go crazy over and block real musicians like breaking benjamin the skids that kind of music it makes me sick knowing real music is almost never noticed anymore he's just a kid that got lucky and thinks he's awesome now it really is sad but i'm glad its just a US thing i guess thankfully other nations aren't on this band wagon