suede killing of a flash boy

[dirkbogarde44]

@blueroomexit  Have to disagree. Sorry.

[dirkbogarde44]

@blueroomexit They didn't write better B-sides but they were of a high quality, much like The Smiths, because they took their template from The Smiths, in terms of creating their own individual world full of a particular iconography.

[DustyCustard]

@MrDoogie1989 It's what we do in England.

[binlargin2]

different gravy

[tenderprey75]

Love the song. Just can't stand the non-sense violence.

[baboon2525]

@tenderprey75 but there's so much violence implicit in a lot of Suede's music, certainly while Bernard Butler was still in the band

[tenderprey75]

@baboon2525 there is. Violence is a symptom of our time, and Suede are obviously allowed to portray it.

[seanreillyireland]

@tenderprey75 just watched this, and you're right.

[kaledrina]

@tenderprey75 Isn't all violence just non-sense?

[tenderprey75]

@kaledrina no it isn't. Violence can be absolutely fair. Any creature faced with danger to itself or dearest (in a broad sense) will rightfully resort to it. Useless street attacks, however, are not traditional or fair, but a result of directionless aggresion or surpressed homoerotic impulses (remember: men don't fight, men kill). Would an aristocrat touch a bar bully with anything but his produced sword?

[kaledrina]

@tenderprey75 Having to resort to violence to protect isn't fair either though if you're going to talk about fairness. It's not fair to have to resort to any kind of extreme measure because there's no choice in the matter.

I also gotta disagree. Not every creature is willing to resort to violence, even when in danger. There's plenty of people out there that won't. Some might think those kinds of people are stupid but that's really neither here nor there.

[balando]

can anyone tell me where can i download the song?

i've been looking for it for a long time but i can't find it

[AthenaKillsYou]

They say my name in there :D

"oh and Athena loves your body" at 2:10 :D

[sherwoodfella]

what a great band . . .makes me sound like an old fucker but they dont make them like they used toi!!

[karziflora]

sherwoodfella...U Damn Right!!!!!!

[SuperCikociko]

@sherwoodfella

no, im 22, and i believe that newcoming bands are SHIT. bring back 90s

[MinuHewson]

im agree with you, bring back the 90's!!!!

[baboon2525]

@sherwoodfella  that's what bowie fans probably said when Suede came out! but yes, amazing band. Bernard Butler should be in the pantheon of greats...amazing how little he gets referenced these days....

[sherwoodfella]

Very good point about bowie, I think I said the same to someone else last week! I think Suede summed up a period in my life for me, they were one of the first bands I ever got into when I was 13. , , ,so my opinion is entirely biased!!

[kevsul47]

sadly missed, superb band.

[sonicadv27]

just nice... suede have done much better than this....

[Terramax]

this song's much better live. Funnily enough I have a vid of it being played live on my channel. Check it out and compare if you like.

[sidandmoi]

@sonicadv27

listen to the live version, its by far more beautiful

[sonicadv27]

@sidandmoi actually, i've come to like this song, pretty much. I prefer the Sci-Fi Lullabies version (which somehow sounds slightly different from this, maybe it was mastered in a different way i dunno) to any live concert. those multi-layered vocals on the chorus are top notch, the guitar track is really good, and overall, that class the track has cannot be portrayed in a live show. imo...

[pollitorsiones]

BEST SUEDE SONG!!!!!

[moderndog1975]

mt fav suede song and its a b-side track....well they have Mzing b-sides

[sidandmoi]

but it sounds way better live than the album version

[Danpaco]

I love the live version of this on the special live cd/dvd that came with Coming Up. Sounds so much better!!! Aghhhh....why is that? I guess his live performance is just more spontaneous, passionate, recklessly genuine. I love how much energy they always seem to bring to stage. Every single video I've watched so far, of so many different songs of theirs from different years and tours, they are all hyped up and so alive in the moment. Crazy. Wish more bands could pour that immediacy out.

[doofmasa]

This is my most favorite track of suede's. Always awesome!!

[sidandmoi]

live versions are wayyyyyyyyyyy better than the album version

[EscapingGravity]

Flashboy is dead, Suede are dead, BUT THEY HAVE FOREVER BURNT MY HEART!!!

[placebo150]

suede will never die

[OrangeKatzlan]

lalala, all depends on me, boys

[lloydsk]

I think its a gay bashing

[swtang78]

I've always love this song but what does "killing of a flashboy" mean? Any clue guys?

[mrrotweiler2]

their B-side 2cd compilation is a MUST, Suede was one of those bands that didnt only write great a-sides but also cool and great b-sides =)

[flowster25]

does anyone know where this Vid was shot?

[keepsonburnin]

Hackney downs. london. Most the flats have been demolished now.

[Kagemusha22]

Why'd this get left off "Dog Man Star"?? It would have fitted better than "New Generation".

[TIMPA921209]

eh? no

new geneartion is one of dog man stars best songs

[Kagemusha22]

It all depends on opinion. But I think the best song was by far "Asphalt World", no matter how cliched it got it was just too fucking cool for words.

I thought 'New Generation' just sucked to be honest, it didn't fit, and wasn't upto the standard early Suede had.

[TIMPA921209]

yeah Asphalt World is great. but i think youre right killing of a flash boy should not only been a b-side. its a fucking great song. so as new generation:)

[elfinmer]

I adore this song, maybe it's my favourite one by Suede, my favourite band... so what can I say? Yea, 'Asphalt World' is great, but the treatment of the sounds, the ryhtm, the lyrics... all is so perfectly dirty here that I can't help falling in love with it! What a shame it wasn't include like an A-side in an album... because its quality is evident.

[ZEROPLACEBO]

shaking obscene like a killing machine...

shaking obscene like a fucking machine (savoir faire 1999)

[Holborn19]

so very best song

[twiginthewind]

And what else can you do but swing, as certain mugheads around you keep doing things like shown in the video? This is humour about them.

[davidofdanica]

there not "real people" the're actors, the dude with the pony tail is in lock stock and the big black dude is in snatch

[LunaSeaSane]

Street violence. Sux.

[BVargas78]

Harsh, but a cool video for a cool track.

[v1m]

Extremely sad, as befits this song. Western culture in all its glory: it's so fookin beautiful, innit.

[StBunt]

What's this about?

[rustyharness]

It's about 4 mins. It's about the Killing of a flash boy. It's set down in Hackney. Which if you don't know is a very violent place. Suede sent a crew down there to film this as a backdrop for the tour. They used real people from the area.

[lovestreams]

omg what a crock of shit! I've seen all these real people in the bill. You also make Hackney sound like south central... I lived there for 3 years and never got mugged. streatham on the other hand...

[rustyharness]

You probably looked like you had nothing of worth for them to take.

[luqas99]

That's not likely.

[475734567]

haha you idiot.