The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death

[taxidriver508]

Great tune and this is just the way it really goes! B S W D

[ThomasFMPayne]

Absolute best. Awesome stuff. Awesome song. Awesome solos. ROCK IT BOYS!

[TheMichaelseymour]

stick vevo up your arse - 

[Kingmick58]

Absolute tops me hearties. Love it. Xmas nite 2011 and pumpin'. Givin' me old hips a workout, doin' the wounded wallaby dance and cruisin. Thanks for posting. From the old Aussie.

[theCrapture]

leave it to me to have done the last one once already and entirely out of sequence

[colinb1411]

Saw the Godfathers at the Kilburn National Valentines Day Massacre 92 amounst other gigs those were the days,43 now and reliving the good old days!

[paajjkoo]

Katy Perry go away from my screen!

[DEnsminger100]

This should be the theme song for OWS...future...what future?

[kostasgreece1994]

still kicking asses!

Saw the godfathers in a show on TTv....even 20 years later they rock!

[RobbyKrieger92]

These guys are playing at a club in Athens on Friday 18th...

[Manos882]

i saw it now live in radio arvyla a television show in greece!

[human200freedom]

ARVILA... AHAHAHAH 1ST TO SAY

[mwjppgg]

El único tema bueno de los Godfathers, pero un himno!

[nukecat]

god damn these guys are tight

fucking awesome band!

[nukecat]

god damn these guys are tight

[GriefTourist]

death to the system

[bebopmoon]

becoming relevant with every passing hour..

[sbenitor]

Gordito al cielo si Menéame te trajo aquí. :)

[CosmicRey]

Happy Labor Day 2011 and beyond !

[enterprise1954]

Saw them in the Glasgow Cathouse in the early 90s - first class example of what usd to be called 'pub rock'. This is a great song...and, it's true kids.

[JeanneDarkDancer7]

30 years later it still goes Birth, School, Work, Death...

[juliadennehy]

@JeanneDarkDancer7 And unfortunately it will never change. After birth, school, and work, I welcome death! What good is life? We spend 5 of 7 days every week chained to a freaking desk!

[windsdiver]

Why can't we click off the garbage ad at the bottom of the video??

[StevenVerd]

@windsdiver Just full-screen it and it disappears.

[VoodooCurse1]

I believe the Michael Caine movie they're referring to is The Hand. This song came out way before Get Carter.

[spadger131]

@VoodooCurse1 No it didn't. Get Carter was made in '71, and The Godfathers formed in the mid 80's.

Or are you just trying to be a wag?

[geminiJST]

The Micheal Caine film could be "Get Carter".

[lurch321]

When he says "I felt torture, I felt pain, just like that film with Michael Caine," what film is he referring to?

[bowman62rd]

I just came back tonight for another well needed listen, but had to chuckle at the paradox:  A banner "WATCH NOW VEVO EXCLUSIVE LADY GAGA "JUDAS" is plastered across the bottom of the video as the song plays...! Does anybody else see the sheer irony of this?!!! "Lady Gaga" in the same view as "The Godfathers"!! Talk about your ultimate betrayals...Judas.... (Sigh) When will they ever learn? When will THEY EVER LEARN?

[dreadlockrob1]

@bowman62rd They will never learn because there fucking idiots!

[liliodine]

Who are the two retards voting down on this great song???

[GreatScottProds]

what up with the falling bullets on the boxing news?



[gregv2k]

Agreed that it's as great now as it was then. Not dated at all.

[olli19800]

Local H does a pretty good Cover

[Camakazie07]

own the old vinyl record. Never thought i'd see the film clip. Effing ace

[DaDa2Phlux]

Heard this morning on my rental's SAT- thought it had to be from UK -where the best prog  & post punk were spawned.It's all mine now mwaahaahaah

[theflorgeormix]

Always thought this was Funny...ultimately simplistic

[stucat06]

Heard this today on XM 33. Great station. Great Music. Beats any FM station to death. Hell, Program Directors dont have the balls to be this creative and play this on FM.

[DaJuggernate]

@stucat06

I've heard this song for the first time on an FM station. Apparently someone has the balls to play this on FM.

[stucat06]

@DaJuggernate Well, there always going to be a few that go against the norm. Sorry to generalize, but, I think you know I was referring to todays crap on FM.

[ennuieffect]

How shitty is it that I had to go through Willow Smith to get to some good rock music? What a crappy world we live in. Thanks, VEVO...

[Kingmick58]

Used to tape Rage in Aussie years ago. If a song caught my ear strait away , it was recorded to cassette. Most of the many songs are still playing on my outdated stereo int he garage and this is one of them . Top shitezen. Luv it. From the old Aussie. Carry onskie.

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

Another product from England.

[7thwavepictures]

on tour!

[najoba]

poso kuća poso grob... ekrem remix 2012

[VatreneUliceOfficial]

Legende, u Zagrebu imaju kultni status !

[ultrakool]

timeless

[AngryPostmanSthlm]

Man i have to thank my mate Perre once again for such a great suggestion of music!

Since he played the album "More songs about love&hate" im stuck for it, seems theres alot great bands like this from Australia.

Flash and The Pan

The Stranglers

The Church.. to name a few.

And i love the facial expression of this singer in Godfathers:

Sick&tired, angry,pissed, apathic..the whole register

"I've been high and I've been low and I dont know..WHERE TO GO"

[Tim22410]

Birth, check, School, check, Work, check.....oh oh!

[rem857]

if anyone knows where to get the guitar tab/chords for this song, please let me know!!

[TheRoquevaldez]

a partir de 1987 comienza un sonido que dio pie a la musica alternativa

[PerryLogan]

Has to be the greatest rock chorus ever.

[wheelworker1]

these guys were lot better than that arctic monkeys, franz ferdinando junk nowadays. or maybe my ears are confused

[hardrockman911]

its so sad cause its so true

[PerryLogan]

Many of the images in the video were inspired by the 1969 film "Performance."

[bowman62rd]

Oh yay, it's 11 PM now, and I get up at 5:20 AM. Another day, another dollar, they say. Oh wait, I've been dead for how long?? I guess I never realized it; my time card didn't say anything about it. How I'd love to have this song blaring, as I trail off into another....sunset....

[fattiesg61]

i didn't realize how pathetic my life was until i heard tthis song 

[guitarconasor]

@fattiesg61 Man, you are slow. Everyone else realized it a long time ago!

[guitarconasor]

Pretty much somes up life in general.

[anthrax2525]

Truth in four words.



[hollafied]

Snappy dressers and they play awesome rock music!

[PicnicHikeMusic]

This has held up pretty well. Saw them on the old 120 minutes on MTV twenty years back. But aren't "work" and "death" the same for many of us?

[RaoulGuapo]

Now playing on Radio Vaduz ~ crowd sourced music

[TheMichaelmc99]

An 80s gem...still sounds great over 20 years later !

[talljeeper]

Some of you may have this.....

[Icepacalapse]

You can get a similar fix by the group "reacharound" in the song "big and mean".

Love this song title.

[generatrix999]

... probably rocks last gasp before its death in the 80's

[tonfan]

has to be one of the best song titles ever written......

[zarusoba69]

Da shiz man..

[gypsygirl731]

true to life these words eh? love it back then when it came out still love it..

[ihateyouall1111]

Epic guitar solo at 3:12.

[fuckAdewgong]

PURPLE RAIN NO PAIN!!!!!!!!!!

[Chaslake]

Check that...1988

[Chaslake]

1986... First Av. .. ( Yes, the one in Purple Rain...the old bus depot in Mpls.)...They burned it down!!!

[Thizzmotion]

as i read my bible more i'm re-understanding the '80s... this song is straight new age testimonial. how and why pop culture doesn't talk about the christian aspect of music is just amazing...

[raserx63]

Check out the Zemaitis pearl front guitar that dude is using.... it's worth quite a bit now!

[chapkaren]

thanks for uploading this song. I still love it~ and it definitely tells the truth..

[soblueimblack]

As much as I like this song (and owned the cd), The Cult's "Electric" absolutely blew just about anything else out of the water at the time. There was a specific reason that Rick Rubin was brought in to produce The Cult. And let's just say that there is more than just a little bit of influence from ACDC throughout it.

That's why today, Bon Jovi sounds dated and weak in comparison and "Electric" still sounds raw and powerful.

[SpiritOf1989]

pop music was limp turgid or both until this LP was released in 1987. This record

along with the Cult's "Electric" and Bon Jovi 'Slippery When Wet" saved RnR's day

[bobzan9]

just bought this cd on ebay

[throwntomato]

they fucking rock! great song. the 80's, we not all bad....

[DupekChopra]

A rawkin' song and band.

[bobbyfeather1]

I still have on a cassette somewhere.

[Bufa491us]

I love this song, also

[noizedemon]

I love this song. thanks for uploading it.